OVERVIEW

6th Duke Retina Fellows Advanced Vitreous Surgery (fAVS) Course: Virtual Edition Session 3 is organized by Medical Conference Planners International (MCPI) and will be held on Oct 22, 2020.

Course Description:
The Duke fAVS Course: Virtual Edition is a three-part educational series for all surgical retina, medical retina, and uveitis fellows. This is the third and final session of the three-session series, and the focus is on Life Beyond Fellowship.

For the program and more information, visit the Duke Eye Center website.

Topics include:
• What to Look for in an Academic Job
• What to Look for in a Private Practice Job
• How to Achieve Academic Success in Ophthalmology
• Establishing Collaborations with Industry
• Retinal Degenerations: Gene and Stem Cell Therapies with an Update on Clinical Trials
• What is New in Imaging and Image Analysis
• The Great Job Search Panel

6th Duke fAVS Program Highlights:
• New devices in the vitreoretinal surgery pipeline
• New drugs in the medical retina and uveitis pipeline
• Ocular oncology and retinal degenerations update
• How to collaborate with industry and get involved in trials
• Interpreting clinical trial design and outcomes
• The device development lifecycle
• Surgical and Medical retina interesting case panel
• Fellow-presented cases and surgical videos
• How to achieve academic success in ophthalmology
• Real-world retina: job search in the COVID-19 era, lawsuits, contract negotiations
• Academia vs private practice vs private equity jobs vs managed care organization job
• Life after fellowship

Faculty:
• Durga S. Borkar, MD
• Kimberly A. Drenser, MD, PhD
• Sharon J. Fekrat, MD
• Dilraj S. Grewal, MD
• Nancy M. Holekamp, MD
• Alessandro Iannaccone, MD, MS
• Glenn J. Jaffe, MD
• Daniel F. Martin, MD
• Eric A. Postel, MD
• Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH
• Cynthia A. Toth, MD
• Lejla Vajzovic, MD
• Nadia K. Waheed, MD, MPH