Discover UT Southwestern research updates and participation during the 2026 AAO Annual Meeting
October 9-13 – New Orleans
We look forward to seeing you at the AAO Annual Meeting in New Orleans this week! Please join UT Southwestern’s expert ophthalmologists as they present posters and participate in innovative scientific discussions and panel sessions.
Friday, October 9
Presentation – 8:45-8:55 a.m. / Location: Room 271-273 / UVE02
Section I: Waking Up in the French Quarter With Coffee and Beignets: Anterior Uveitis and Scleritis
Case 4 (Jennifer Cao, M. D.)
8:53-10:20 a.m. / Location: The Great Hall A / GLA03
Section II: Glaucoma Fellowship Directors’ Survival Guide: Surgical Pearls We Teach Our Fellows
Shivani S. Kamat, M.D. - Moderator
Presentation – 11:10-11:20 a.m. / Location: Room 271-273 / UVE04
Section III: Back to Jazz in Treme and the Marigny: Posterior Uveitis and Imaging
Case 4 (Noy Ashkenazy, M. D.)
Section VI: AI and the Business of Retina – 1:50-1:57 p.m. / Location: New Orleans Theater / RET08
Retina Has a Zip Code: Addressing Social Drivers of Vision Outcomes (Judy E. Kim, M.D.)
Saturday, October 10
Skills Transfer – 8-10 a.m. / Location: 346-347 / LAB106
Advanced Suturing: Intraocular Knots, Iris Suturing and Scleral Suture Fixation of Posterior Chamber IOLs (William H. Waldrop, M.D. - Instructor)
Instruction Course – 9:45-11 a.m. / Location: W220 / R05
MIGS in Cataract Patients: Canaloplasty and Trabecular Meshwork Cutting Procedures (Shivani S. Kamat, M.D. - Instructor)
Skills Transfer – 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. / Location: 346-347 / LAB105A
Imaging of the Optic Nerve and Nerve Layer Fiber (Karanjit Kooner, M.D. - Instructor)
Sunday, October 11
Original Paper Session – 8-9:15 a.m. / Location: 255-257 / OP06
Glaucoma Original Papers (Shivani S. Kamat, M.D. - Panelist)
Symposium – 8-9:15 a.m. / Location: The Great Hall B / SYM27 / Navigating the AI Frontier: Validation, Transparency and Risks
AI Chatbots: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (8:20-8:30 a.m.) (Judy E. Kim, M.D. - Co-Chair and Presenter)
Symposium – 9:45-11 a.m. / Location: La Nouvelle Orleans C / SYM35
Dry AMD: From Observation to Intervention, What’s Real, What’s Next and What Matters (Judy E. Kim, M.D. - Co-Chair)
Learning Lounge – 1-2 p.m. / Location: Learning Lounge 2 / LL16
Sustained Release Therapies: A New Era in Glaucoma Care (Shivani S. Kamat, M.D. - Senior Instructor)
Instruction Course – 2-3:15 p.m. / Location: Room 338-339 / 474
Paradigm Shifts in the Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis and Management of Cicatrizing Conjunctivitis (Jennifer Cao, M. D. - Senior Instructor)
Monday, October 12
Instruction Course – 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. / Location: 640 / R03
Globe Injuries with IOFB: Diagnosis, Management, and Complications (Noy Ashkenazy, M. D. - Instructor)
On-demand activities
Instruction Course / 830V
Practical Ocular Oncology for the Comprehensive Ophthalmologist: What You Should Know (J. William Harbour, M.D. - Instructor)
Video / V04
Post-LASIK Traumatic Cataract (Winner “Best of Show” Award) (Zahra K. Ali, M.D. - Video Senior Author)
Will also be screened on Fri., 10/9, 2-3 p.m. and Mon., 10/12, 8-9:15 a.m. in the Video Theater Café, 275-277)
Scientific Poster – Session PO411
Recommendations for Ab Interno Canaloplasty in Glaucoma Management: Expert Consensus on Treatment Protocols and Outcomes (Shivani S. Kamat, M.D. - Co-Author)
Scientific Poster – Session PO500
Evaluation of Prothrombotic Risk Factors in Young Patients Diagnosed with NAION (Gizem Ulker Yilmazer, M.D. and Ruben Jauregui, M.D. - Co-Authors)
Scientific Poster – Session PO509
Neoadjuvant Darovasertib in Uveal Melanoma Patients (OptimUM-10): Phase 3 Trial in Progress (J. William Harbour, M.D. - Presenting Author)
Scientific Poster – Session PO716
Active SDoH Associated With Decreased Remission Rates in Pediatric Noninfectious Uveitis (Jennifer Cao, M. D. - Co-Author)