Casey Eye Institute participation in ARVO 2026

We are proud to share the work being presented by Casey Eye Institute faculty, trainees and researchers at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2026 Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.

Visit us at booth #7049 to learn more about Casey Eye Institute's research priorities, available faculty and research positions, training programs, the Casey Reading Center, and more.

By the numbers:

50 Poster presentations
19 Paper presentations
1 Minisymposia

Saturday, May 2, 2026

8:00am - 5:30pm
Poster: "3D Retinal Microvasculature Restoration in OCT Angiography"
Yukun Guo
Session: Retinal Vasculature & Choroid
Mile High Foyer

8:00am - 5:30pm
Poster: "Abnormal Retinal Pigment Epithelium Detection in Retinitis Pigmentosa Using the Optical Attenuation Coefficients"
Xiaohui Hua
Session: Retinal Diseases & Degeneration
Mile High Foyer

8:00am - 5:30pm
Poster: "Comparing Retinal Arterial Pulsatility between Normal and Aortic Stenosis using Doppler OCT"
Ou Tan
Session: Imaging Technology & Instrumentation
Mile High Foyer

8:00am - 5:30pm
Poster: "Diabetes Severity May be Associated with Prolonged Retinal Fluorescence Lifetimes"
Saron Tedla
Session: Imaging Technology & Instrumentation
Mile High Foyer

8:00am - 5:30pm
Poster: "Inherent peripheral retinal distortion with ultra-widefield optical coherence tomography"
John Jackson
Session: OCT/OCTA Methodology & Analysis
Mile High Foyer

8:00am - 5:30pm
Poster: "Label–Free Deep Learning Approach for Full–Range PanOCT Retinal Image Reconstruction"
Yakub Bayhaqi
Session: Imaging Technology & Instrumentation
Mile High Foyer

8:00am - 5:30pm
Poster: "Where Is the Shadow? Attribution-Guided MedSAM Segmentation on En Face OCT"
Wei-Chun Lin
Session: Artificial Intelligence & Deep Learning
Mile High Foyer

1:30pm - 1:45pm
Paper PP0014: "RetinaAI-driven Reliable Vessel Density Measurement in Diabetic Retinopathy on OCT Angiography"
Jie Wang
Session: Retina
Mile High Ballroom 2B/3B/2C/3C

5:00pm - 5:15pm
Paper PP0025: "Split-Spectrum Amplitude-Decorrelation Optoretinography Detects Impaired Cone Function in Age-Related Macular Degeneration"
Liang Zhou
Session: Advances in Technology II
Mile High Ballroom 2B/3B/2C/3C

Sunday, May 3, 2026

8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Poster 556: "Development of a multiregional deep learning model for trachoma detection using probabilistic labels"
Hady Yazbeck
Session: Clinical, molecular and computational insights into keratitis and endophthalmitis
Exhibit Hall

1:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Paper 326: "Robust detection of retinal neovascularization in widefield optical coherence tomography"
Jinyi Hao
Session: AI in retina I
Bluebiard Ballroom 1C

1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
Paper 271: "Comparison of static perimetry (SP) and kinetic perimetry (KP) in clinical trials in inherited retinal diseases"
Edeleidys Sanchez Saucedo
Session: Functional testing
Exhibit Hall

1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
Paper 287: "Assessing the ability of pointwise visual field forecasting models to predict rates of change"
Ashkan Abbasi
Session: AI applications and computational science I
Exhibit Hall

1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
Paper 290: "Predicting structure-function glaucoma progression trajectory pattern using baseline patient characteristics"
Sowjanya Gowrisankaran
Session: AI applications and computational science I
Exhibit Hall

1 - 2:45 p.m.
Paper 763: "A robust protocol for generating non-human primate retinal organoids with advanced photoreceptor ultrastructure"
Arman Firoz
Session: 2D and 3D disease processing
Exhibit Hall

1 - 2:45 p.m.
Paper 799: "Modeling bardet-biedl syndrome using human retinal organoids"
Kathleen Chirco
Session: 2D and 3D disease processing
Exhibit Hall

1:45 - 2 p.m.
Minisymposium 384: "Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography for vitreous cell differentiation in uveitis assisted by artifical intelligence"
Eric Suhler
Session: Big data, AI, and immunoinformatics: bridging ocular immunology and precision care
Mile High 4C

3:15 - 5 p.m.
Poster 741: "CRISPR MTO7A editing in nonhuman primates reveals variable Usher 1B phenotypes and insights for disease modeling"
Lauren Renner
Session: Retinal degeneration: models and mechanisms
Exhibit Hall

3:15 - 5 p.m.
Poster 891: "Real body weight-based teprotumumab dosing: are we overdosing our patients?"
Elliot Cherkas
Session: Strabismus and thyroid
Exhibit Hall

4:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Paper 851: "OCT-based neurovascular coupling evaluation on early age-related macular degeneration"
Naixing Huang
Session: Advances in structural and functional imaging
Mile High 2C/3C

Monday, May 4, 2026

12:00 - 12:15 p.m.
Paper 1380: "100 degree single-volume vis-OCT and SLO for mouse retinas"
Siyu Song
Session: Progress in molecular and animal modeling imaging
Mile High 2C/3C

12:15 - 12:30 p.m.
Paper 1333: "Central macular fluid volume for detection and risk stratification of center-involved diabetic macular edema"
Kaiyo Shi
Session: Diabetic eye disease I
Bluebird Ballroom 1B

12:30 - 12:45 p.m.
Paper 1341: "Patient-derived retinal organoids to model glycosylation-linked photoreceptor degeneration"
Sunita Khanal
Session: Stem cell based disease models
Bluebird Ballroom 1C

12:45 - 1:00 p.m.
Paper 1411: "Stepwise mechanism of crystallin insolubilization due to the effects of deamidation and oxidation indentified using cys mutants"
Kirsten Lampi
Session: Lens aging and protein chemistry
401

3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Paper 1908: "Early vascular and choroidal trajectories precede macular edema in retinopathy of prematurity"
Aaron Coyner
Session: Retinal vascular disease and ROP
Mile High 4E

3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
Poster 586: "Deep learning-derived ultrahigh resolution OCT segmentation reveals the ganglion cell later drives the macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer thinning in multiple sclerosis"
Anna Andrews
Session: OCT clinical applications
Exhibit Hall

3 - 4:45 p.m.
Poster 603: "Widefield OCTA of retinal non-perfusion and ingradable artifacts in diabetic retinopathy"
Liqin Gao
Session: OCT angiography clinical applications
Exhibit Hall

3 - 4:45 p.m.
Poster 610: "Nerve fiber layer thickness and plexus vessel density in age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy"
Xiaohui Hua
Session: OCT angiography clinical applications
Exhibit Hall

3 - 4:45 p.m.
Poster 642: "Ultrawide-field OCTA for longitudinal monitoring of hyaloid vessels in oxygen-induced retinopathy rats"
Guangru Ben Liang
Session: OCT/OCTA development and technical advances
Exhibit Hall

3 - 4:45 p.m.
Poster 663: "Can large language models unlock data in imaging reports? a case study"
Umair Zaidi
Session: AI in ophthalmology III
Exhibit Hall

3 - 4:45 p.m.
Poster 591: "Wide-field OCT angiography detects intraretinal neovascularization and regressed neovascularization in diabetic retinopathy missed by fluorescein angiograms"
Thomas Hwang
Session: OCT angiography clinical applications
Exhibit Hall

3 - 4:45 p.m.
Paper 1875: "Photoreceptor reponse mapping in mice using split-spectrum amplitude-decorrelation optoretinographys"
Alexander Mark Matteson
Session: Functional imaging and applications
Mike High 1E

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

8:30 - 10:15 a.m.
Poster 203: "Stero slit-scanning photography for corneal nerve imaging"
Alfonso Jimenez-Villar
Session: Corneal imaging
Exhibit Hall

8:30 - 10:15 a.m.
Poster 214: "Repeatability and reproducibility of OCT-derived corneal mean curvature in normal and leratoconic eyes"
Hamzah Sawab
Session: Corneal imaging
Exhibit Hall

8:30 - 10:15 a.m.
Poster 944: "Bifidobacterium longum ssp infantis administration is associated with decreased incidence of severe retinopathy of prematurity"
Tommy Bui
Session: Retinal vascular diseases (excluding DR) and ROP I
Exhibit Hall

9:45 - 10 a.m.
Paper 2493: "Deep learning-assisted AMD severity grading based on 2D/3D OCT and OCTA"
Yali Jia
Session: AI in retina II
Bluebird Ballroom 1B

1:15 - 3 p.m.
Poster 227: "Outflow segment drives TM/JCT mechanics: higher traction, strain, and curl in high-flow"
Alireza Karimi
Session: Aqueous outflow cell biology and mechanobiology
Exhibit Hall

1:15 - 3 p.m.
Poster 228: "Matched stiffness, mismatched mechanics: trabecular meshwork traction on collagen versus polyacrylamide"
Hasti Golchin
Session: Aqueous outflow cell biology and mechanobiology
Exhibit Hall

1:15 - 3 p.m.
Poster 229: "Segmental TM/JCT cytoskeletal and ECM reorganization in high- and low-flow regions"
Mini Aga
Session: Aqueous outflow cell biology and mechanobiology
Exhibit Hall

1:15 - 3 p.m.
Poster 230: "Segmental Shear Transduction in the Human TM: high-flow cells adapt, low-flow cells resist"
Megan Adamec
Session: Aqueous outflow cell biology and mechanobiology
Exhibit Hall

1:15 - 3 p.m.
Poster 498: "Understanding the role of myosin vlla in an in vitro human USH1B model"
Stacy Tletlepantzi
Session: Ophthalmic imaging, visual and retinal function
Exhibit Hall

1:15 - 3 p.m.
Poster 671: "Progression kinetics of atrophy in choroideremia by ultra-widefield fundus autofluorescencel"
Jacqueline Foltz
Session: IRD I
Exhibit Hall

1:15 - 3 p.m.
Poster 0628: "Longitudinal tracking nonperfused capillary dynamics with OCTA"
Min Gao
Session: AI in retina II
Exhibit Hall

2:15 - 2:30 p.m.
Paper 2937: "Isobaric quantitative proteomics of glaucomatous travecular meshwork cells with and without an endogenous N700S thrombospondin-1 mutation"
Kate Keller
Session: Decoding disease mechanisms with ocular omics
405

3:30 - 5:15 p.m.
Poster 59: "Chronic post-refractive surgery pain: multiomic tear fluid analysis"
Brooke Harkness
Session: Corneal neuopathy and ocular pain
Exhibit Hall

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

10:15 - 12 p.m.
Poster 161: "Choriocapillaris flow deficit ratio and subretinal drusenoid deposit area as indicators of atrophy development in intermediate AMDs"
Liang Zhou
Session: AMD imaging II
Exhibit Hall

10:15 - 12 p.m.
Poster 203: "Reliable assessment of outer retinal thickness independent of scan tilt"
Azaz Khan
Session: Image processing and interpretation
Exhibit Hall

11:00 - 11:15 a.m.
Paper 3836: "Elevated RNV on widefield OCTA predicts complications in high-risk PDR"
An-Lun Wu
Session: OCT/OCTA clinical applications
Mile High 2C/3C

11:45 - 12 p.m.
Paper 3839: "Monitoring of choroidal melanoma using AI-assisted ulta-widefield optical coherence tomography"
Yakub Aqib Bayhaqi
Session: OCT/OCTA clinical applications
Mile High 2C/3C

2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
Poster 137: "Comparison of ex vivo transepithelial corneal collagen crosslinking protocols with optical coherence elastography"
Omkar Thaware
Session: Keratonus, biomechanics and collagen croslinking
Exhibit Hall

2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
Poster 640: "Subretinal gene therapy laru-zova for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP): Phase 1/2 HORIZON 5-year safety results"
Paul Yang
Session: Stem cell and gene therapy
Exhibit Hall

2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
Poster 644: "LNP-mediated gene editing of the trabecular meshwork shows pre-clinical safety in non-human primates"
Renee Ryals
Session: Stem cell and gene therapy
Exhibit Hall

2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
Poster 708: "Blau syndrome is characterized by an enhanced IL-17 signature"
Leah Huey
Session: Anti-inflammatory agents, ocular toxicity, cytokines and growth factors
Exhibit Hall

2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
Poster 923: "Socioeconomic vulnerability and surgical choice: trabeculectomy vs. ahmed valve in glaucoma care"
Aiyin Chen
Session: Lasers and surgery II
Exhibit Hall

Thursday, May 7, 2026

8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Poster 0108: "Current Practices of Ophthalmologists and Optometrists: Genetic Education, Genetic Testing, and Barriers to Genetic Counseling Services"
Madge Stuhlreyer
Session: Training and Education
Poster Hall

8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Poster 0112: "Medical Student Attitudes, Barriers, and Learning Outcomes in Peer-to-Peer Dilated Fundoscopic Examination Training"
Michael Aaby
Session: Training and education
Exhibit Hall

8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Poster 0206: "Electrophysiological maturation of stem cell-derived donor retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) onto glaucomatous nonhuman primate retina and non-glaucomatous organotypic retinal explants"
Joseph Leffler
Session: Posterior segment and optic nerve imaging
Exhibit Hall

8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Poster 0643: "Preliminary results from adult participants in a Phase 1b/2a clinical study of OPGx-BEST1 gene therapy for ARB and BVMD due to BEST1 mutationss"
Mark E Pennesi
Session: IRD II
Exhibit Hall

8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Poster 0626: "Role of a HADHA pathogenic variant in trifunctional preotein a on chorioretinopathy progression"
Melanie Gillingham
Session: IRD II
Exhibit Hall

8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Poster 0003: "Visual Field Modeling Analysis (VFMA) in Conjunction with Custom Locally Condensed Stimuli improves Glaucoma Visual Field Defect Assessment"
Andrew Toland
Session: Visual fields and other functional testing
Exhibit Hall

8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Poster 0263: "Deep Learning for Accurate Corneal Epithelium Segmentation in OCT of Opacified Corneas"
Jad F. Assaf
Session: Machine learning for classification, segmentation and others
Exhibit Hall

8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Poster 0171: "Total retinal blood flow measurement using ultra-high resolution Doppler OCTs"
Chinmay Deshpande
Session: Ocular blood flow and vascular pathophysiology
Exhibit Hall

11:45 - 12:00 p.m.
Paper 5492: "Ultrahigh resolution OCT reveals ganglion cell layer thinning to be a promising diagnostic biomarker of glaucoma"
Nikita Lalwani
Session: Posterior segment and optic nerve imaging
Bluebird Ballroom 1A

11:45 - 1:30 p.m.
Poster 0143: "Hybrid Telemedicine Program to Address Barriers to Pediatric Amblyopia Care"
Kaylee Day Steiner
Session: Tele-ophthalmology
Exhibit Hall

11:45 - 1:30 p.m.
Poster 0525: "Identifying Early Optic Nerve Head Gene Responses Immediately after a Single Exposure to Mildly Elevated Intraocular Pressure."
Diana C. Lozano
Session: From multi-omics and function to ocular disease mechanisms
Poster Hall

12:00 - 12:15 p.m.
Paper 5548: "Interpretable OCT Image Quality Assessment Using a Multi-Task Transformer for Artifact Detection and Localization"
Wei-Chun Lin
Session: Machine learning for classification
Mile High 2C/3C

12:00 - 12:15 p.m.
Paper 5500: "Safety and efficacy of ATSN-201 in patients with X-linked retinoschisis: 12-month dose finding results of the LIGHTHOUSE study"
Lesley Everett
Session: Stem cell and gene therapy
Bluebird Ballroom 1B

12:45 - 1:00 p.m.
Paper 5503: "Subretinal gene therapy laru-zova (AGTC-501) for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP): Phase 2 DAWN safety and efficacy update"
Andreas K Lauer
Session: Stem cell and gene therapy
Bluebird Ballroom 1B

2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
Poster 0806: "Measurement of Group Refractive Index of Hydrophobic Acrylic Intraocular Lenses Using Optical Coherence Tomography"
Jiachi Hong
Session: Crystalline lens, Intraocular lenses and presbyopia
Exhibit Hall

On Demand

OD152: "GLP-1 agonists and risk of optic neuritis in adults with overweight or obesity"
Abhimanyu Ahuja

OD95: "Real-world switching and bevacizumab step-backs across nAMD, RVO, and DME (2016–2025)"
Oliver Daniel Valdivia Camacho