From October 18 to 20, researchers and physicians from NYU Langone Health join colleagues from around the world at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
At this year’s meeting, Katherine A. Colby, MD, PhD, will receive the 2025 Castroviejo Award—the highest honor of the Cornea Society—in recognition of her contributions to knowledge, research, and understanding in cornea, external disease, and refractive surgery.
Below are notable sessions featuring our faculty and trainees. For a full list of presentations, visit the AAO website.
Friday, October 17
Session
Section VI: Vitreoretinal Surgery, Part I—Eye Transplant Surgery
Session: RET08
Presenter: Vaidehi S. Dedania, MD
Time: 11:31–1:56PM
Location: W415
Symposium
AI as a Clinical Learning Partner: Custom Chatbots, Prompting Strategies, Rubrics and More for Enhancing Medical Education
Session: SYM01
Presenter: Joshua A. Young, MD
Time: 1:30–4:30PM
Location: W311CD
Saturday, October 18
Instruction Course
Evidenced-Based Guidelines From Recent Landmark Trials and Studies in Glaucoma
Session: 278
Presenter: Joseph F. Panarelli, MD
Time: 3:45–5:00PM
Location: W307CD
Skills Transfer
Pupilloplasty Techniques and Innovations in Iris Repair
Session: LAB105A
Presenter: Himani Goyal, MD
Time: 12:30–2:00PM
Location: W109B
Sunday, October 19
Instruction Course
New Treatments for MGD
Session: 465
Presenter: Giacomina Massaro-Giordano, MD
Time: 2:00–3:15PM
Location: W209AB
Symposium
Novel Corneal Treatments—Castroviejo Lecture: Innovation in Ophthalmology: Advances in the Management of Endothelial Dysfunction
Session: SYM35
Presenter: Kathryn A. Colby, MD, PhD
Time: 9:45–11:00AM
Location: W311E
Monday, October 20
Symposium
Corneal Nerves in Health and Disease
Session: SYM55
Presenter: Christina R. Prescott, MD, PhD
Time: 8:00–9:15AM
Location: W414CD
Skills Transfer
Microsurgical Suturing Techniques
Session: LAB137A
Presenter: Andrea Blitzer, MD; Himani Goyal, MD
Time: 10:30–12:30AM
Location: W110A
