ICO annual conference May 15-17AAO 2016 - 120th Annual Meeting
15 October 2016 - 18 October 2016
The American Academy of Ophthalmology will host AAO 2016, the Academy’s 120th annual meeting in McCormick Place, Chicago from the 15 – 18 October 2016. This year the event will be held in conjunction with the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO). It will be preceded by Subspecialty Day, Oct. 14 & 15. The theme of this year’s event is “Innovate.”
View Programme here
NAMED LECTURES
Named lectures represent some of the most important symposia at the annual meeting. Selected named lectures this year include:
Jackson Memorial Lecture, opening session
"Hiding in Plain Sight: The Enigmatic Cornea and IOL Calculations"
Douglas D. Koch, M.D.
NEW! C. Stephen and Frances Foster Lecture on Uveitis and Immunology
"Immunosuppression for the Uveitides: Current Status and Future Directions"
Douglas A. Jabs, M.D., MBA
Michael F. Marmor, M.D., Lecture in Ophthalmology and the Arts
"The Alchemy of Color in 19th Century Art"
Francesca Casadio, Ph.D., A.W. Mellon Senior Conservation Scientist with The Art Institute of Chicago
See the full list of named lectures
JOINT SESSIONS WITH APAO
The Academy will host three joint sessions with APAO:
- Age-related Macular Degeneration Across Diverse Populations: Variations in Epidemiology, Imaging and Treatment Strategies (SYM45); Sunday, Oct. 16
- What's New in Glaucoma Care for the Busy Clinician: Advances from Around the World (SYM24); Monday, Oct. 17
- Corneal Endothelial Cell Disease: Current Surgical Treatment and the Future of Endothelial Cell Stimulation and Cultured Substitutes (SYM12); Tuesday, Oct. 17
For further information, visit http://www.aao.org/