| TOA International ROP Course Theoretical Course Program | ||
| 07:30 - 08:00 | REGISTRATİON | |
| 08:00 - 09:30 | PART I | |
| Moderators: | ||
| 08:00 - 08:15 | Opening | |
| 08:15 - 08:25 | History and incidence of ROP | |
| 08:25 - 08:40 | Embryonal development of the retina and Pathogenesis of ROP | |
| 08:40 - 08:45 | DISCUSSION | |
| 08:45 - 08:55 | Systemic, environmental and genetic factors that predispose to the development of ROP | |
| 08:55 - 09:05 | ROP Screening Procedure: Concerns and Complications, Ideal environment for ROP examination and treatment | |
| 09:05 - 09:15 | Unique ocular features of ROP | |
| 09:15 - 09:25 | DISCUSSION | |
| 09:30 - 10:20 | PART II | |
| Moderators: | ||
| 09:30 - 09:40 | Tips to use indirect ophthalmoscopy for ROP screening | |
| 09:40 - 09:50 | Wide-angle systems for ROP Screening | |
| 10:20 - 10:20 | DISCUSSION | |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | BREAK | |
| 10:40 - 12:00 | PART III | |
| Moderators: | ||
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Basic ROP classification and definitions (before ICROP-3) | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | ICROP -3 | |
| 11:15 - 11:20 | DISCUSSION | |
| 11:20 - 11:30 | Setting up an ROP screening program and Creating national ROP Guidelines: Steps and process | |
| 11:30 - 11:40 | Screening: To Whom? When? How often? | |
| 11:40 - 11:50 | Artificial intelligence and ROP | |
| 11:50 - 12:00 | DISCUSSION | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | PART IV | |
| Moderators: | ||
| 12:00 - 12:10 | Prospective Randomized Controlled ROP StudiesProspective Randomized Controlled ROP Studies (Pre-Anti-VEGF) | |
| 12:10 - 12:20 | Prospective Randomized Controlled ROP Studies (Post Anti-VEGF) | |
| 12:20 - 12:30 | Criteria for Treatment and Selection of treatment methods | |
| 12:30 - 12:40 | Treatment of ROP outside the guidelines | |
| 12:40 - 12:50 | A-ROP and Oxygen associated retinopathy | |
| 12:50 - 13:00 | DISCUSSION | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH | |
| 14:00 - 15:05 | PART V | |
| Moderators: | ||
| 14:00 - 14:10 | Pediatric Anesthesia in Premature Infants: Challenges, Risks, and Best Practices – Lessons Learned | |
| 14:10 - 14:25 | Tips for laser treatment | |
| 14:25 - 14:35 | Follow-up and Retreatment criteria after laser therapy | |
| 14:35 - 14:45 | Complications and management after laser therapy | |
| 14:55 - 15:05 | DISCUSSION | |
| 15:05 - 16:35 | PART VI | |
| Moderators: | ||
| 15:05 - 15:20 | From RCT to real world: the use of antiVEGF in the management of ROP | |
| 15:20 - 15:35 | SAFER injection protocol | |
| 15:35 - 15:50 | Follow-up after Anti-VEGF treatment and retreatment criteria | |
| 15:50 - 16:05 | Managing PAR | |
| 16:05 - 16:15 | Systemic safety related to ROP treatment | |
| 16:15 - 16:25 | Role of FFA in Acute and late ROP, Techniques for Capturing the Best Images | |
| 16:25 - 16:35 | Persistent Vascular Anomalies in Retinopathy of Prematurity Children: Ultra-Widefield Fluorescein Angiography Findings until School Age | |
| 16:35 - 16:45 | DISCUSSION | |
| 16:30 - 16:35 | Industry presentation 1: | |
| 16:35 - 16:50 | BREAK | |
| 16:50 - 17:40 | PART VII | |
| 16:50 - 17:40 | Moderators: | |
| 16:50 - 17:05 | Surgery for stage 4 ROP: indications, timing, technique, long term results | |
| 17:05 - 17:20 | Surgery in Stage 5 and cicatricial ROP | |
| 17:20 - 17:30 | Surgical tips for ROP | |
| 17:30 - 17:35 | DISCUSSION | |
| 17:35 -17:40 | Industry presentation 2: | |
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2.nd DAY (03.10.2025) TODEM İSTANBUL |
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| 08:00 - 10:00 | PART VIII | |
| Moderators: | ||
| 08:00 - 08:15 | Differential diagnosis: (FEVR, Norrie, Incontinentia Pigmenti, PFV, Coats) | |
| 08:15 - 08:30 | Non-ROP neonatal retinal diseases seen during ROP care and unusual forms of ROP | |
| 08:30 - 08:40 | DISCUSSION | |
| 08:40 - 08:55 | Challenges in ROP screening and treatment (Premature infants with corneal opacity /2. Infants with non-dilated pupils /3. Premature infants with congenital cataracts/4. Cases with active adenoviral conjunctivitis) | |
| 08:55 - 09:10 | Role of OCT in ROP and OCT biomarkers to predict ROP response to anti-VEGF | |
| 09:10 - 09:20 | Experimental treatments for ROP | |
| 09:20 - 09:30 | DISCUSSION | |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Clinical Features and Visual Outcomes of Patients Developing Retinal Detachment, Vitreous Hemorrhage and Retinal Break in Adult Retinopathy of Prematurity: An International Multicenter Study | |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | ROP related RRD in Adolescent/Adults: Causes, Treatment, Precautions | |
| 10:00 - 10:10 | DISCUSSION | |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | BREAK | |
| 10:30 - 12:15 | PART IX | |
| Moderators: | ||
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Strabismus in ROP survivors | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Challenges in refractive examination in ROP and Management of amblyopia | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Premature baby with Cataract: Management | |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Aphakia and its management in ROP patients | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | ROP and secondary Glaucoma: causes, precautions and management | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | DISCUSSION | |
| 11:40 - 11:55 | Evaluation of vision in visually-impaired infants and children | |
| 11:55 - 12:05 | Visual habilitation in premature infants | |
| 11:55 - 12:05 | Ophthalmological impairment at 5 y old in preterm infants | |
| 12:05 - 12:15 | DISCUSSION | |
| 12:15 - 13:15 | LUNCH | |
| 13:15 - 15:00 | PART X | |
| Moderators: | ||
| 13:15 - 13:25 | How to set up an ROP training program | |
| 13.25 - 13:45 | AAO Virtual Reality Center- Virtual ROP examination, retinal laser and intra-vitreal injection training simulator | |
| 13:45 - 14:45 | Panel: Case Discussions and Medicolegal Issues (Interactive Panel with sample cases) |
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| 14:45 - 14:55 | BREAK | |
| 14:55 - 15:35 | THEORETICAL EXAM | |
| 19:30 | GALA DINNER & CERTIFICATE / DOCUMENT CEREMONY | |
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3.rd DAY (0410.2025) TODEM İSTANBUL 08:00-17:00 SKILL TRANSFER DRY LABS |
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The trainees will simultaneously receive training for 120 minutes in four rooms in four small groups. After each course, there will be a 10-minute break and the trainees will move to the next room. |
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| 1. COURSE | 08:00 - 10:00 | |
| BREAK | 10:00 - 10:10 | |
| 2. COURSE | 10:10 - 12:10 | |
| LUNCH | 12:10 - 13:00 | |
| 3. COURSE | 13:00 - 15:00 | |
| BREAK | 15:00 - 15:10 | |
| 4. COURSE | 15:10 - 17:10 | |
| 1- STL: Neonatal Resuscitation |
| 2- STL: Indirect ophthalmoscopic examination with Eyesi Indirect Ophthalmoscopy Simulator
(Optik principles, Lenses, examination of the posterior pole and peripheral retina)
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| 3- STL A: Laser application to phantom eyes STL B: Intravitreal injection to phantom eyes STL C: Basic Retinoscopy |
| 4- STL: Clinical case discussions with slides |
“The Scientific program may be subject to change.”
