Medical Student Presentations

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[PDT4CNV]

I have to give a presentation to the residents and attendings at the end of my rotation. Anyone have any ideas on what would make an interesting topic to present? Would like to do something that people would actually be interested in hearing about, maybe something timely (an update on a recently published study?). Thanks.

Choose an area that you are interested in. Some areas of current interest.

Retina- treatment of amd (macular degeneration) with avastin, amd and lucentis (not out yet), combination therapy with PDT (photodynamic therapy)/triamcinolone (Results of the ANCHOR, FOCUS, and MARINA trials), management of uveal melanoma (plaque radiotherapy vs TTT vs. charged particle irradiation vs enucleation vs local surgical resection), there is a lot of research currently on retinal vessel caliber and its association/prognosication for various disease states. Scleral buckling vs vitrectomy surgery vs both for RD repair. ILM peeling for macular pucker surgery and macular hole repair w/ and w/o ICG. Injection of bone marrow cells intravitreally for various disease states. 25G vs 20G vitrectomy and visual outcome, patient morbidity, RD rates. Autogenous RPE/Choroid grafts for submacular transplantation in AMD patients.

Peds-treatment of third nerve palsy with periosteal flap, management of retinoblastoma and chemotherapy, management and timing of intervention of retinopathy of prematurity, patching regimens for amblyopia, pathophysiology of misinervation disorders (Duane syndrome, marcus gun jaw winking, etc..)

Cornea-never ending supply of new refractive surgical techniques (would avoid), more importantly is PLK/DLEK/DSEK procedure for endothelial transplantation that is taking off, INTACS corneal implants for keratoconus, dry eye (tear replacement, topical cyclosporine, autologous serum tears, punctal plugs etc..)

Uveitis-biologic agents and treatment of uveitis (remicaid, humira, etc..) vs, traditional therapy (steroids, methotrexate, cyclosporine etc..), the Retisert implant for treatment of uveitis affecting the post. segment (also being studied for diabetic macular edema).

Neuro-Diagnosis of traumatic optic neuropathy, diagnosis of GCA (ESR, CRP, platelet count, biopsy), ischemic optic neuropathy and ED drugs (viagra, cialis), management of optic neuritis and MS (various interferons, steroids,etc..), there is a lot of stuff coming out on vigabatrin (seizure medicine), utility of multifocal electroretinography, genetics and lebers hereditary optic neuropathy, anti-tuberculous therapies and optic neuropathy.

Cataract-Multifocal lens implants, toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS), capsular tension rings, floppy iris syndrome and flomax.

Glaucoma-Neuro-protection, FDT and SWAP perimetry, SLT and ALT, optic nerve imaging/analysis, topamax and uveal effusions. NFL analysis with OCT.

Plastics- orbital decompression for graves (multiple techniques), hydroxyappetite vs medpore vs traditional orbital implants, necessity of wrapping the implant or even attaching the muscles and rates of extrusion and satisfactory mobility, use of restylane and botox, new cable procedures, long term stability of various browlift procedures (endoscopic browlift vs direct browpexyvs coronal vs gullwing etc..), endoscopic vs external DCR (use of various materials for visualizing lacrimal sac with endonasal approach),

Low Vision- bioptic spectacles and driving, low vision and driving (would avoid low vision topics), many things on low vision and quality of life, etc.

contact lens- silicon hydrogels, presbyopic lenses, orthokeratology (would avoid CTL topics)

 

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[Adcadet]

Why AREDS should just be ignored. It helped me snag an honors in ophtho. Down with Occuvit!