VOSS 2025
Programme
Sunday, July 6th
11:00 – 15:00
Registration
15:00 – 16:30
VOSS: a cultural project for young ophthalmologists – E. Midena
16:30 – 18:00
VOSS Lecture – E. Midena
Monday, July 7th
09:00 – 10:15
Appraising the evidence: a lecture and a practical workshop – N. Lois
10:15 – 11:15
Fluorescein Angiography and Indocyanine Green Angiography: the Fundamentals – M. V. Cicinelli
11:15 – 11:30
Break
11:30 – 12:30
OCT and OCTA biomarkers in diabetic retinopathy – L. Frizziero
12:30 – 13:30
Liquid biopsy of neoplastic and degenerative retinal disorders: the aqueous humor approach – G. Midena
13:30 – 14:30
Light Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
Management of DME and PDR – L. M. Jampol
16:00 – 17:15
Imaging laboratory: session I – L. Frizziero, G. Midena, T. Torresin
Tuesday, July 8th
09:00 – 10:15
Complications of diabetic retinopathy – N. Lois
10:15 – 11:15
The immune system’s response to gene transductions – J. Pulido
11:15 – 11:30
Break
11:30 – 13:15
Infectious Uveitis: Diagnosis, Management, and Clinical Pearls – M. V. Cicinelli
13:15 – 14:15
Light Lunch
14:15 – 15:45
Vitreo-retinal interface disorders – N. Lois
15:45 – 17:15
Imaging laboratory: session II – L. Frizziero, G. Midena, T. Torresin
Wednesday, July 9th
09:00 – 10:30
Ageing retina and choroid – M. M. Edwards
10:30 – 11:30
Geographic atrophy: more than one phenotype – E. Pilotto
11:30 – 11:45
Break
11:45 – 13:15
Noninfectious posterior uveitis, better known as white spot syndromes – L. M. Jampol
13:15 – 14:15
Light Lunch
14:15 – 15:45
Small melanocytic tumors – T. T. Kivela
15:45 – 17:45
Imaging laboratory: session III – L. Frizziero, G. Midena, T. Torresin
Thursday, July 10th
09:00 – 10:00
Retinal Vein Occlusion: Pathophysiology and Management- M. V. Cicinelli
10:00 – 11:30
Retinal glial cells in health and disease – M. M. Edwards
11:30 – 11:45
Break
11:45 – 13:15
Radiation retinopathy – E. Midena
13:15 – 14:15
Light Lunch
14:15 – 15:30
Retinal Vein Occlusion: Pathophysiology and Management – M. V. Cicinelli
15:30 – 17:30
Case discussion: session I with Faculty members – M. V. Cicinelli, E. Midena
Friday, July 11th
09:00 – 10:30
How to improve your diagnostic skills or even discover a new disease – L. M. Jampol
10:30 – 11:30
Precision medicine and DME – E. Midena
11:30 – 11:45
Break
11:45 – 13:15
Retinoblastoma pathology and clinics – T. T. Kivela
13:15 – 14:15
Light Lunch
14:15 – 15:45
Neovascular age-related macular degeneration: new challenges – E. Pilotto
15:45 – 17:45
Case discussion: session II and III with Faculty members – L. M. Jampol, T. T. Kivela,
E. Midena, E. Pilotto
Saturday, July 12th
09:00 – 11:00
The role of the basic research in clinical ophthalmology – E. Midena
11:00 – 13:00
The young ophthalmologists facing the AI era: interactive session – E. Midena
13:00 – 13.30
Closing remarks – E. Midena