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Save the dateJune 22, 202418:00 - 19:00 GMT+8

Organizer

Organizer: Asia Pacific Glaucoma Society – APGS

Contact Person: APGS Secretariat

Email: info@apglaucomasociety.org

Event Details

The session will run on Saturday, 22 June 2024, 18:00 GMT+8, Singapore time.

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Agenda

17:55 - 18:00
Video
Video
18:00 - 18:05
Introduction
Introduction
Catherine Liu
Senior Consultant at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
18:05 - 18:20
Latanoprost, breakthrough treatment 25y ago and still gold standard
Latanoprost, breakthrough treatment 25y ago and still gold standard
Makoto Aihara
Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at University of Tokyo
18:20 - 18:35
Generics or Branded Drugs for Medical Therapy
Generics or Branded Drugs for Medical Therapy
Dewang Angmo
Additional Professor of Ophthalmology at Dr R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS
18:35 - 18:50
PGA as Family of Choice for Glaucoma Treatment
PGA as Family of Choice for Glaucoma Treatment
Yanin Suwan
Associate Professor at Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
18:50 - 19:00
Discussion and Q&A
Discussion and Q&A
Catherine Liu
Senior Consultant at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Dewang Angmo
Additional Professor of Ophthalmology at Dr R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS
Makoto Aihara
Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at University of Tokyo
Yanin Suwan
Associate Professor at Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
All viewers can submit questions in the chat box, which will be reviewed. Only selected questions will be discussed.

Speakers

Catherine Liu

Senior Consultant at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Catherine Liu

Senior Consultant at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Dr. Catherine Jui-Ling Liu is a professor of Ophthalmology, the School of Medicine at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan. She was chairperson of the Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital from 2015 to 2022, and the immediate past President of the Ophthalmological Society of Taiwan (TOS) from 2017 to 2020. Now she serves as a senior attending physician in the same hospital and an executive board member of the TOS.

Prof. Liu has been the executive secretary and a board member of the Asia-Oceanic Glaucoma Society, the President of the Asia-Pacific Joint Glaucoma Congress held in 2010, one of the steering committee members who facilitated the establishment of Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society (APGS), and now a board member of the APGS. She has been dedicated to clinical practice and research in the field of glaucoma, as well as medical education and prevention of blindness, for more than 35 years. Dr. Liu has published more than 140 peer-reviewed articles, is an invited commentator in International Glaucoma Review, and has served as a reviewer for several prestigious journals including Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology and Eye, now she is Associate Editor-in-Chief in Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology.

Dewang Angmo

Additional Professor of Ophthalmology at Dr R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS

Makoto Aihara

Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at University of Tokyo

Yanin Suwan

Associate Professor at Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Yanin Suwan

Associate Professor at Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Associate Professor Yanin Suwan obtained a medical degree with first-class honors from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. She also completed a Diploma in Ophthalmology at Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, and Glaucoma Fellowship training at Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University in Bangkok. Subsequently, she received a Certificate in Glaucoma Fellowship from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai in New York, USA.

She currently holds several appointments, including the position of glaucoma in Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. Additionally, she serves as the secretary for the Thai Glaucoma Society.

Her interests are not limited to glaucoma, ocular pathology and ocular imaging; she is also interested in cataract surgery, particularly in cataract treatment for glaucoma patients, as well as glaucoma surgery and MIGS. As a trainer, she actively participates in mentoring and engages in glaucoma and ocular imaging research, both at the local and international levels. She published 34 papers in peer-review journals. Furthermore, as an expert, she is regularly invited to speak and chair sessions at various national and international scientific conferences and serves as an invited reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals in the field of ophthalmology.

Sponsors and Partners

An Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society Webinar Sponsored By Viatris

Video

Video

Introduction

Introduction

Latanoprost, breakthrough treatment 25y ago and still gold standard

Latanoprost, breakthrough treatment 25y ago and still gold standard

Generics or Branded Drugs for Medical Therapy

Generics or Branded Drugs for Medical Therapy

PGA as Family of Choice for Glaucoma Treatment

PGA as Family of Choice for Glaucoma Treatment

Discussion and Q&A

Discussion and Q&A

Catherine Liu

Senior Consultant at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Dewang Angmo

Additional Professor of Ophthalmology at Dr R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS

Makoto Aihara

Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at University of Tokyo

Yanin Suwan

Associate Professor at Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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