Department of Ophthalmology Grand Rounds (February 16, 2024)

Needs Statement

Comprehensive ophthalmologists, subspecialist ophthalmologists, fellows, residents, medical students, and other healthcare professionals need to receive regular updates on the management of common and rare ocular conditions. Unique presentations of these conditions will be used as an impetus to identify key facets of each disease process and to review its natural history. The series aims to improve patient care by demonstrating the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of ocular conditions to prevent serious complications and to maintain the standard of care supported by the medical literature.

Educational Objectives

A Midnight under Pressure

At the conclusion of the session, the participants should be able to:

• Recognize the clinical signs of pressure-induced stromal keratitis (PISK).
• Identify PISK based on anterior optical coherence tomography findings.
• Demonstrate greater understanding of the etiologies of PISK and its management.

Bull’s Eye Baby

At the conclusion of the session, the participants should be able to:

• Recognize the most common causes of a bull’s eye maculopathy.
• Demonstrate greater understanding of new treatments for geographic atrophy and their efficacy.
• Review the clinical trials that lead to the approval of these new treatments by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
• Identify patients who are suitable candidates for these new treatments.

“But, Has It Always Looked That Way?”

At the conclusion of the session, the participants should be able to:

• Review the differential diagnosis of elevated episcleral pressure.
• Recognize the causes of elevated episcleral pressure, including carotid-cavernous fistula and idiopathic dilated episcleral veins.
• Identify approaches to manage elevated episcleral pressure.

Target Audience

Accreditation/Credit Designation

Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Policy

Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. BCM is committed to sponsoring CE activities that are scientifically based, accurate, current, and objectively presented.

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, BCM has implemented a mechanism requiring everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity (i.e., directors, planning committee members, faculty) to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests (drug/device companies) and manage/resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. Individuals must disclose to participants the existence or non-existence of financial relationships at the time of the activity or within 24 months prior.

In addition, BCM has requested activity faculty/presenters to disclose to participants any unlabeled use or investigational use of pharmaceutical/device products; to use scientific or generic names (not trade names) in referring to products; and, if necessary to use a trade name, to use the names of similar products or those within a class. Faculty/presenters have also been requested to adhere to the ACCME's validation of clinical content statements.

BCM does not view the existence of financial relationships with commercial interests as implying bias or decreasing the value of a presentation. It is up to participants to determine whether the relationships influence the activity faculty with regard to exposition or conclusions. If at any time during this activity you feel that there has been commercial/promotional bias, notify the Activity Director or Activity Coordinator. Please answer the questions about balance and objectivity in the activity evaluation candidly.

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.