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Ophthalmic Genetics Study Club 2024 – Chicago Hybrid Meeting

Thursday, October 17  –  Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

OGSC 2024 – Final Program

Moderators: Elias I. Traboulsi & Virginia M. Utz

Session 1

Rebecca Procopio, MS, CGC – Wills Eye Hospital

MORC2-related Neurodevelopmental and Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder and Klinefelter syndrome: Genetic and Ocular Findings

David L. Rousso, Ph.D, Aditya Saxena, Ph.D  – Spark Therapeutics, Inc.

RPE65 Update:
-Safety and Durability of Voretigene Neparvovec for Biallelic RPE65-Mediated Inherited Retinal Disease: Phase 3 Results at 8 and 9 Years
-Genetic epidemiology of RPE65-mediated inherited retinal disease in the United States

Janice Lasky Zeid, M.D. – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University

The Long and Short of it: Expanding the Phenotype and Ocular Manifestations of Neurofibromatosis 1 Microdeletion Syndrome

Nieraj Jain, M.D. – Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine

Pars Plana Vitrectomy in Congenital X-Linked Retinoschisis

Kimerly Stepien, MD – University of WI- Madision Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Could Estrogen reduce the Split?

Andy Drackley, MS, CGC – Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago 

Ophthalmological Manifestations in a Pediatric Population with Stickler Syndrome Types I and II

Fyqah Almahmoudi, MD – King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Macular dystrophy, what is the missing puzzle piece?

Schedule

Title

Presenter

7:00 Breakfast/Catching up
7:25 Welcome Elias I. Traboulsi, MD, MEd
Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute
Virginia Utz, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
7:30 Awardee Presentation
“MORC2-related Neurodevelopmental and Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder and Klinefelter syndrome: Genetic and Ocular Findings”
Rebecca Procopio, MS, CGC
Wills Eye Hospital
7:45 RPE65 Update:
– Safety and Durability of Voretigene Neparvovec for Biallelic RPE65-Mediated Inherited Retinal Disease: Phase 3 Results at 8 and 9 Years
– Genetic epidemiology of RPE65-mediated inherited retinal disease in the United States
David L. Rousso, Ph.D
Aditya Saxena, Ph.D
Spark Therapeutics, Inc.
8:05 The Long and Short of it: Expanding the Phenotype and Ocular Manifestations of Neurofibromatosis 1 Microdeletion Syndrome Janice Lasky Zeid, M.D.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University
8:20 Pars Plana Vitrectomy in Congenital X-Linked Retinoschisis Nieraj Jain, M.D.
Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine
8:35 Could Estrogen reduce the Split? Kimerly Stepien
MD University of WI- Madision Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
8:50 Ophthalmological Manifestations in a Pediatric Population with Stickler Syndrome Types I and II Andy Drackley, MS, CGC
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
9:05 Macular dystrophy, what is the missing puzzle piece? Fyqah Almahmoudi, MD
King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Saudi Arabia
9:20 Coffee Break

Session 2

Patrick J. Droste MS, MD – Pediatric Ophthalmology PC

Genetic Basis for Bilateral Optic Atrophy, Bilateral Medial Rectus Hypoplasia, Oligophrenia and Stroke in 31 y/o Male

Jennifer Rossen, MD – Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Phenotypic variability of MAF-Associated Congenital Cataracts: Isolated or Syndromic?

Megan Soucy, MS, CGC – Columbia University – Department of Ophthalmology

Compound Heterozygous Nonsense and Frameshift Mutations in Exon 43 of EYS Causing Reduced Penetrance

Ari August, MD – Wills Eye Hospital

Genotypic and Phenotypic Expansion of ADAMTS18-Related Ocular Pathology

Savleen Kaur, MD, DNB, FICO, FAICO – Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India

Genetic variants in patients with bilateral congenital cataracts in a large cohort from North India

Lev Prasov, MD, PhD – University of Michigan

Lessons learned from the ClinGen Gene and Variant Curation Expert Panels

Arif Khan, MD – Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Macular scars from prior ocular toxoplasmosis infection?

Brenda L. Bohnsack, MD, PhD – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Compound heterozygous CYP1B1 variants in juvenile open angle glaucoma (JOAG)

Monique Leys, MD – WVU Eye Institute

INTS11 neurodevelopmental disorder with electronegative ERG

Schedule

Title 

Presenter

9:40 Genetic Basis for Bilateral Optic Atrophy, Bilateral Medial Rectus Hypoplasia, Oligophrenia and Stroke in 31 y/o Male Patrick J. Droste MS, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmology PC
9:55 Phenotypic variability of MAF-Associated Congenital Cataracts: Isolated or Syndromic? Jennifer Rossen, MD
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
10:10 Awardee Presentation
“Compound Heterozygous Nonsense and Frameshift Mutations in Exon 43 of EYS Causing Reduced Penetrance”
Megan Soucy, MS, CGC
Columbia University – Department of Ophthalmology
10:25 Genotypic and Phenotypic Expansion of ADAMTS18-Related Ocular Pathology Ari August, MD
Wills Eye Hospital
10:40 Genetic variants in patients with bilateral congenital cataracts in a large cohort from North India Savleen Kaur, MD, DNB, FICO, FAICO
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India
10:55 Lessons learned from the ClinGen Gene and Variant Curation Expert Panels Lev Prasov, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
11:10 Macular scars from prior ocular toxoplasmosis infection? Arif Khan, MD
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
11:25 Compound heterozygous CYP1B1 variants in juvenile open angle glaucoma (JOAG) Brenda L. Bohnsack, MD, PhD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
11:40 INTS11 neurodevelopmental disorder with electronegative ERG Monique Leys, MD
WVU Eye Institute
11:55 Lunch Break  

Session 3

Arlene Drack, MD – University of Iowa 

Tribute to Frank Judisch, MD

Distinguished Special Lecture

Johane Robitaille, MD

“Saturday Night FEVR and Three Decades of Research in Maritime Canada”

Irene H Maumenee, MD – CUIMC/Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute

Thirty-year follow-up of surgical repair of congenital ectopia lentis including DNA analysis

Ian MacDonald, MSc, MD, CM – University of Montreal 

Homozygous deletion in P-CARE results in a maculopathy and cone-rod dystrophy

Scott Brodie, MD, PhD – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Pigmentary retinopathy and optic disc swelling in siblings with ABCA4 mutations

Diana Brightman, PhD, MS – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center 

Association of colobomas with variants in the Rho family of small GTPases and effector genes

Alina Dumitrescu, MD – University of Iowa 

Amblyopia Not Responding to Treatment

Emily Levine, MD – Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Microcephaly and chorioretinopathy in a child born to an Ophthalmology resident: perspectives as a doctor and mother in training

Schedule

Title

Presenter

12:40 Tribute to Frank Judisch, MD Arlene Drack, MD
University of Iowa
12:50 Distinguished Special Lecture
“Saturday Night FEVR and Three Decades of Research in Maritime Canada”
Johane Robitaille, MD
13:40 Thirty-year follow-up of surgical repair of congenital ectopia lentis including DNA analysis Irene H Maumenee, MD
CUIMC/Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute
13:55 Homozygous deletion in P-CARE results in a maculopathy and cone-rod dystrophy Ian MacDonald, MSc, MD, CM
University of Montreal 
14:10 Pigmentary retinopathy and optic disc swelling in siblings with ABCA4 mutations Scott Brodie, MD, PhD
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
14:25 Association of colobomas with variants in the Rho family of small GTPases and effector genes Diana Brightman, PhD, MS
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center 
14:40 Amblyopia Not Responding to Treatment Alina Dumitrescu, MD
University of Iowa 
14:55 Microcephaly and chorioretinopathy in a child born to an Ophthalmology resident: perspectives as a doctor and mother in training Emily Levine, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center 
15:10 Coffee Break  

Session 4

Emily McCourt, MD – University of Colorado

Results of the first patient-customized intravitreally-administered antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) for a patient with retinal dystrophy caused by an intronic pseudogene.

Matt Benson, MD – University of Alberta

A case of fish-eye disease caused by novel variants in LCAT

Kati Veres, MD – National Eye Institute/NIH

Deep phenotyping reveals novel ophthalmic findings in Smith-Lemli-Optiz Syndrome

Noor Ghali, M.S. – Case Western Reserve University SOM 

Case Presentation

Kirill Zaslavsky – Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Ellipsoid zone optical gap and cone-rod dystrophy secondary to ABCA4 p.Pro143Leu variant

Ramiro Maldonado, MD – Duke Eye Center

Ultracompact hand-held swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-HH-OCT) as a novel diagnostic modality for early-onset retinal dystrophies (EORDS)

Dan Chung, DO – SparingVision

Presentation

Schedule

Title

Presenter

15:30 Results of the first patient-customized intravitreally-administered antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) for a patient with retinal dystrophy caused by an intronic pseudogene Emily McCourt, MD
University of Colorado
15:45 A case of fish-eye disease caused by novel variants in LCAT Matt Benson, MD
University of Alberta
16:00 Deep phenotyping reveals novel ophthalmic findings in Smith-Lemli-Optiz Syndrome Kati Veres, MD
National Eye Institute/NIH
16:15
Case Presentation
Noor Ghali, M.S.
Case Western Reserve University SOM
16:30 Ellipsoid zone optical gap and cone-rod dystrophy secondary to ABCA4 p.Pro143Leu variant Kirill Zaslavsky
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
16:45 Ultracompact hand-held swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-HH-OCT) as a novel diagnostic modality for early-onset retinal dystrophies (EORDS) Ramiro Maldonado, MD
Duke Eye Center
17:00
Presentation
Dan Chung, DO
SparingVision
if time permits Case Presentation Scott Brodie, MD, PhD
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Concluding Remarks / Adjourn
OGSC Business Meeting

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