The 116th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society
Program
     
     
     
 
 

Simultaneous translation will be provided at the sessions with this mark.


Special Lecture1

April 7 (Sat) 14:40-15:40 Hall C (Room 1)
Chair: Tatsuro Ishibashi (Kyushu Univ)
New development of studies in the field of optic nerve diseases
Akira Negi (Kobe Univ)

Special Lecture2

April 6 (Fri) 14:25-15:25 Hall C (Room 1)
Chair: Hidetoshi Yamashita (Yamagata Univ)
Noninvasive Analysis of Retinal Microstructure and Function: Challenges and its Promissing Future
Akitoshi Yoshida (Asahikawa Med Univ)


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Invited Lecture1

April 6 (Fri) 13:25-14:25 Hall C (Room 1)
Chair: Takeshi Yoshitomi (Akita Univ)
Visual Suppression in Strabismus
Jonathan C. Horton (Univ of California - San Francisco)

Invited Lecture 2

April 7 (Sat) 10:40-11:40 Hall C (Room 1)
Chair: Kazuo Tsubota (Keio Univ)
Challenges of the Aging Eye
Jonathan Guy Crowston (Univ of Melbourne, Ctr for Eye Research Australia)

Invited Lecture3

April 7 (Sat) 11:40-12:40 Hall C (Room 1)
Chair: Masayo Takahashi (CDB, RIKEN)
Analysis of the pathophysiology of heart disease and its regeneration using human iPS cells
Keiichi Fukuda (Dept of Cardiology, Keio Univ)


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Board of Councilors Nominated Lectures "Progress of Neuro-Ophthalmology"

April 7 (Sat) 15:40-18:10 Hall C (Room 1)
Chair: Hiroko Terasaki (Nagoya Univ)
1. Non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy: Animal model development and treatment applications
Hideki Chuman (Miyazaki Univ)
2. Pupil and melanopsin photoreception
Hitoshi Ishikawa (Kitasato Univ)
3. Optic neuritis -immunological approach to elucidate pathogenesis and develop innovative therapy-
Takeshi Kezuka (Tokyo Med Univ)


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Special Panel Discussion

Japanese Ophthalmic Community Response to the Crisis -From immediate action to radioactivity-
April 5 (Thu)10:40-12:10 Hall C (Room 1)
Organizer: Kazuo Tsubota (Keio Univ)
Shoichi Sawaguchi (Ryukyu Univ)

1. Ophthalmic Medical Care in Iwate
Daijiro Kurosaka (Iwate Med Univ)
2. Ophthalmological care for stricken areas in Miyagi -Looking back a year after-
Toru Nakazawa (Tohoku Univ)
3. Earthquake, Tsunami, Nuclear accident and Now
Tetsuji Sekiryu (Fukushima Med Univ)
4. Disaster healthcare management -How to provide medical services effectively-
Yumi Kamijo (Showa Univ)


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Symposium

1. Research Projects in Ophthalmology and ENT
April 5 (Thu) 9:00-10:30 Hall C (Room 1)
Organizer: Yoshihito Honda (Kyoto Univ)
Kimitaka Kaga (Nat Inst of Sensory Organs, Toyo Med Ctr)

Identification of Eye Disease Genes Using the Next Generation Sequencer
Takeshi Iwata (Nat Inst of Sensory Organs, Toyo Med Ctr)
Genome-wide association study for exudative age-related macular degeneration
Satoshi Arakawa (Kyushu Univ, RIKEN CGM)
Molecular diagnosis of deafness: progress and clinical application
Shin-ichi Usami (Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu Univ)
Genetic diagnosis of auditory neuropathy and its impact on therapy
Tatsuo Matsunaga (Nat Inst of Sensory Organs, Toyo Med Ctr)
Using New and Innovative Technology to Improve Education for Ophthalmologists
Richard L. Abbott
(Univ of California - San Francisco, American Academy of Ophthalmology)


2. Stem Cell Science
April 5 (Thu) 13:40-15:10 Hall C (Room 1)
Organizer: Koji Nishida (Osaka Univ)
Yoko Ozawa (Keio Univ)

Regulation of hematopoletic stem cells in the niche
Fumio Arai (Dept of Differentiation, Keio Univ)
Stem cell regulation and aging in hair follicles
Emi Nishimura (Tokyo Med and Dent Univ)
The corneal epithelial stem cell niche
Shigeto Shimmura (Keio Univ)
Analysis of retinal stem cells by using cell surface antigens
Sumiko Watanabe (Inst of Medical Science, Tokyo Univ)


3. Glaucoma and Ocular Blood Flow
April 5 (Thu) 15:20-16:50 HallC (Room 1)
Organizer: Goji Tomita (Toho Univ, Ohashi)
Makoto Aihara (Tokyo Univ)

Clinical findings indicating ocular blood circulation
Kazuhisa Sugiyama (Kanazawa Univ)
Current assessment of ocular circulation and its issues in glaucoma
Tetsuya Sugiyama (Osaka Med Coll)
Optic nerve head circulation and its modification in glaucomatous eyes
Chihiro Mayama (Tokyo Univ)
Neuroprotective treatment for retinal ischemia
Toru Nakazawa (Tohoku Univ)


4. Biology of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium
April 5 (Thu) 9:00-10:30 Hall B7(1) (Room 2)
Organizer: Susumu Ishida (Hokkaido Univ)
Yasuo Yanagi (Tokyo Univ)

Epithelial-Mesenchimal Transition in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells
Eri Takahashi (Kumamoto Univ)
Application of polarized RPE to analyze pathophysiological condition of RPE
Shozo Sonoda (Kagoshima Univ)
Regulation of neovascularization by alphaB-crystallin through VEGF modification
Satoru Kase (Hokkaido Univ)
The age related pathological charge of RPE
Aya Iriyama (Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hosp, Tokyo Univ)


5. Exploring the Pathogenesis of Amblyopia
April 5 (Thu) 10:40-12:10 Hall B7(1) (Room 2)
Organizer: Atsushi Miki (Kawasaki Med Univ)
Takao Hayashi (Teikyo Univ)

Molecularly targeted therapeutic strategies for amblyopia
Hirofumi Morishita (Mount Sinai Sch of Med)
Amblyopia and rearrangement of visual neural circuits
Yoshio Hata (Tottori Univ, Div Integrative Biosci)
Morphological and functional characterization of macular in amblyopic eye
Hitoshi Ishikawa (Kitasato Univ)
Macular function and structure in anisometropic amblyopia
Takafumi Mori (Fukushima Med Univ)


6. Assessment of Visual Function in Glaucoma
-Visual Field Testing in Glaucoma Diagnosis
April 5 (Thu) 13:40-15:10 Hall B7(1) (Room 2)
Organizer: Chota Matsumoto (Kinki Univ)
Nobuyuki Shoji (Kitasato Univ)

Clinical Evaluation of Glaucomatous visual field with Humphrey perimetry
Aiko Iwase (Tajimi Iwase Eye Cl)
Evaluation of glaucomatous damage with Octopus perimeter
Sachiko Okuyama (Kinki Univ)
The effectiveness of frequency doubling technology (FDT)
Tadashi Nakano (Jikei Univ)
Early Detection of Glaucomatous Change Using SWAP
Yoshio Yamazaki (Nihon Univ)


7. Refractive Surgery in the Near Future
April 5 (Thu) 9:00-10:30 Hall B7(2) (Room 3)
Organizer: Naoyuki Maeda (Osaka Univ)
Kimiya Shimizu (Kitasato Univ)

Presbyopia correcting intraocular lens
Hiroko Bissen-Miyajima (Tokyo Dent Coll, Suidobashi)
ReLEx&T-ICL -A New Alternative to LASIK-
Kimiya Shimizu (Kitasato Univ)
New corneal surgery for refractive correction
Kazuo Tsubota (Keio Univ)
Future Therapeutic Modality using Femtosecond Laser in Ophthalmic Diseases
Shigeru Kinoshita (Kyoto Pref Univ)


8. Updates of Current Research on Pathogenesis of Myopia
April 6 (Fri) 10:40-12:10 Hall C (Room 1)
Organizer: Yasushi Ikuno (Osaka Univ)
Kyoko Ohno-Matsui (Tokyo Med and Dent Univ)

The pathology of high myopia
Toshio Hisatomi (Kyushu Univ, Kyushu Med Ctr)
Genome-wide association analyses for myopia
Hideo Nakanishi (Kyoto Univ)
Myopia research based on genes expression profiles in human scleral cells
Yuko Seko
(Nat Rehabilitation Ctr for Persons with Disabilities, Nat Ctr for Child Health and Development)
The strategy of prevention of myopia suggested by experimental myopia
Muka Moriyama (Tokyo Med and Dent Univ)


9. Process to Develop and Approve New Pharmaceutical
April 6 (Fri) 9:00-10:30 Hall B7(1) (Room 2)
Organizer: Yuichiro Ogura (Nagoya City Univ)
Yukihiko Mashima (R-Tech Ueno, Keio Univ)

U.S. Drug Development and VCM Technology
Ryo Kubota (Acucela)
Clinical Development Situation -From Japanese Perspective-
Yoshikazu Matsumoto (Santen Pharmaceutical)
Japan in multi-national clinical trials
Koichi Nishijo (Bayer Yakuhin Product Development)
Review of Ophthalmic drugs in PMDA
Kazuyuki Saito (PMDA)


10. New Therapeutic Modalities for Cornea Diseases using Translational Research
April 6 (Fri) 10:40-12:10 Hall B7(1) (Room 2)
Organizer: Shigeru Kinoshita (Kyoto Pref Univ)
Shigeto Shimmura (Keio Univ)

New Therapeutic Concepts for Corneal Endothelial Dysfunction
Naoki Okumura (Doshisha Univ)
Ion channel receptors and stromal inflammation
Shizuya Saika (Wakayama Med Univ)
Indication and application of corneal crosslinking
Naoko Kato (Nat Def Med Coll)
Tissue Engineered Corneal Endothelium Derived From Cornea-derived Precursor
Shin Hatou (Keio Univ)
Corneal epithelial stem cell
Ryuhei Hayashi (Osaka Univ)


11. Updates of Visual Function Analysis in Retinal Degeneration
April 6 (Fri) 9:00-10:30 Hall B7(2) (Room 3)
Organizer: Shuichi Yamamoto (Chiba Univ)
Masayuki Horiguchi (Fujita Health Univ)

Frontiers of the research in Miyake's disease
Kazushige Tsunoda (Nat Tokyo Med Ctr)
Functional Analysis of Animal Models with Photoreceptor Degeneration
Shigeki Machida (Iwate Med Univ)
New findings in paraneoplastic retinopathy
Mineo Kondo (Mie Univ)
Updates of treatment for retinal degeneration
Shuichi Yamamoto (Chiba Univ)
New findings of the causative genes for retinitis pigmentosa and allied diseases
Yoshihiro Hotta (Hamamatsu Med Univ)

12. Frontiers in Mechanisms underlying Inflammatory Ocular Diseases
April 6 (Fri) 10:40-12:10 Hall B7(2) (Room 3)
Organizer: Nobuhisa Mizuki (Yokohama City Univ)
Koh-hei Sonoda (Yamaguchi Univ)

Molecular genetic analysis of inflammatory ocular diseases
Akira Meguro (Yokohama City Univ)
Regulation of ocular inflammatory disease by retinoid
Hiroshi Keino (Kyorin Univ)
Molecular mechanisms in regulation of ocular inflammation
Junko Hori (Nippon Med Sch)
Birds' eye view of uveitis
Nobuyoshi Kitaichi (Health Sciences Univ of Hokkaido, Hokkaido Univ)
Regeneration and inflammation in lacrimal gland
Masataka Ito
(Nat Def Med Coll, Dept of Developmental Anatomy & Regenerative Biol)


13. Basic Research Seminar
April 6 (Fri) 10:40-12:10 Hall B5(1) (Room 4)
Organizer: Hiroko Terasaki (Nagoya Univ)
Kousuke Noda (Hokkaido Univ)

Biological approaches to mood disorder
Takaoki Kasahara (RIKEN Brain Science Inst)
A role of L-PGDS in cardio vasular renal disease
Motoaki Sano (Dept of Cardiology, Keio Univ)
Neural stem cell for the future of regenerative medicine
Wado Akamatsu (Dept of Physiology, Keio Univ)


14. Latest Version! Application of Lens Regeneration and Maintenance of Transparency in a Clinic Setting
April 6 (Fri) 15:30-17:00 Hall B5(1) (Room 4)
Organizer: Hiroshi Sasaki (Kanazawa Med Univ)
Makoto Takehana (Fuculty of Pharmacy, Keio Univ)

Oxidative atress-related signaling in lens epithelial cells and cataract
Eri Kubo (Kanazawa Med Univ)
Somatic stem cells in lens
Mikako Oka (Fuculty of Pharmacy, Keio Univ)
Functional analysis of Large Maf transcription factors for lens development
Satoru Takahashi (Tusukuba Univ)
Analysis of lens development using zebrafish
Sumiko Watanabe (Inst of Medical Science, Tokyo Univ)


15. Aging Science
April 7 (Sat) 9:00-10:30 Hall C (Room 1)
Organizer: Shiro Amano (Tokyo Univ)
Tetsuya Kawakita (Keio Univ)

SIRT1 in NeuroDegenerative Diseases
Leonard P. Guarente (Massachusetts Inst of Technology)
Molecular Genetics of Age-related Eye Diseases
Calvin Chi Pui Pang
(The Chinese Univ of Hong Kong, Joint Shantou International Eye Ctr, China)
Telomerase,Stem Cell and Cancer
Kenkichi Masutomi (Nat Cancer Ctr)
Anti-Aging Approach for the treatment/prevention of eye disorders
Kazuo Tsubota (Keio Univ)


16. Assessment of Surgical Insult for Vitreoretinal Diseases
April 7 (Sat) 9:00-10:30 Hall B7(1) (Room 2)
Organizer: Tsunehiko Ikeda (Osaka Med Coll)
Takashi Kitaoka (Nagasaki Univ)

Strategy for less invasive laser photocoagulation
Kishiko Ohkoshi ( St.Luke's International Hosp)
Evaluation of surgical insult in macular surgery
Eiko Tsuiki (Nagasaki Univ)
Scleral buckling procedure
Eisuke Ishizaki (Osaka Med Coll)
Surgery for proliferative disease
Makoto Inoue (Kyorin Univ)
Vitrectomy for intraocular inflammatory disease
Masaru Takeuchi (Nat Def Med Coll)


17. Basic Research of Bacterial Infection and its Application
April 7 (Sat) 9:00-10:30 Hall B7(2) (Room 3)
Organizer: Yoshitsugu Inoue (Tottori Univ)
Yoshikazu Shimomura (Kinki Univ)

Virulence factors in staphylococci causing ocular infection
Takashi Suzuki (Ehime Univ)
Antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus species
Saichi Hoshi (Fujieda Municipal General Hosp)
The role of mobile DNA of enterococci
Daisuke Todokoro (Gunma Univ)
Corynebacterium
Hiroshi Eguchi (Tokushima Univ)


18. Informed Consent for Surgical Treatment in a New Era of Medicine
-The ways to get informed consent, as it ought to be, for new surgical procedures, unapproved devices, and clinical trials-
April 7 (Sat) 9:00-10:30 Hall B5(1) (Room 4)
Organizer: Yasuo Kurimoto (Kobe City Med Ctr General Hosp)
Akito Hirakata (Kyorin Univ)

The procedures according to guidelines on clinical research
Kojiro Imai (MHLW, RDD)
Informed Consent - Ethical and Social perspectives
Kazuto Kato (Inst for Research in Humanities, Kyoto Univ)
Unapproved device: an experience of glaucoma drainage implant surgery
Teruhiko Hamanaka (Japanese Red Cross Med Ctr)
The clinical protocol for iPS cell-derived RPE sheets transplantation
Masayo Tkahashi (CDB, RIKEN)
Clinical trial of advanced medical treatment
Koji Nishida (Osaka Univ)


19. Politics of Medical Services and the Evaluation of Ophthalmology for the Future
April 7 (Sat) 10:40-12:10 Hall B5(1) (Room 4)
Organizer: Akira Murakami (Juntendo Univ)
Naoya Yamagishi (Yamaghishi Eye Cl, Japan Ophthalmologists Association)

Eye health care and cost-effectiveness
Yoshimune Hiratsuka (Nat Inst of Public Health, Juntendo Univ)
Economic Cost of Visual Impairment in Japan
Masakazu Yamada (Nat Tokyo Med Ctr)
Social security New Deal Policy
Mitsuru Sakurai (Formar Senior Vice Minister of Finance)


20. Treatment of Retinoblastoma -Establishment of the Japan Protocol-
April 8 (Sun) 9:00-10:30 Hall D7 (Room 6)
Organizer: Hiroshi Goto (Tokyo Med Univ)
Minoru Furuta (Fukushima Med Univ)

Chemoreduction and extrabeam irradiation
Noriyuki Azuma (Nat Ctr for Child Health and Development)
Local chemotherapy for intraocular retinoblastoma
Shigenobu Suzuki (Nat Cancer Ctr Hosp)
Controversy in the treatment of retinoblastoma from view of the pediatrician
Masaharu Akiyama (Dept of Pediatrics, Jikei Univ)
Current Approaches to Retinoblastoma Management in the United States
Shizuo Mukai (Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Med Sch)


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ARVO-JOS Symposium (in English)

1. Molecular Mechanism of Retinal Diseases; Lessons from Animal Models
April 5 (Thu) 15:20-16:50 Hall B7(1) (Room 2)
Organizer: Toshinori Murata (Shinshu Univ)
Toshio Hisatomi (Kyushu Univ, Kyushu Med Ctr)

Age-associated impairment of cholesterol efflux in macrophages promotes AMD
Rajendra S. Apte (Washington Univ - St Louis)
The gp130/STAT3 pathway regulates the rate of inherited retinal degeneration
John D. Ash (Univ of Florida)
Photoreceptor apoptosis in retinal diseases
Toshio Hisatomi (Kyushu Univ, Kyushu Med Ctr)
Inflammatory signals in the pathogenesis of retinal degeneration in diabetes
Yoko Ozawa (Keio Univ)


2. Ocular Surface Update; Inflammation and its Management
April 6 (Fri) 15:30-17:00 Hall B7(1) (Room 2)
Organizer: Tetsuro Oshika (Tsukuba Univ)
Takahiro Nakamura (Doshisha Univ, Kyoto Pref Univ)

Glycobiology of the ocular surface: Mucins and lectins
Pablo Argueso (Harvard Med Sch)
Recent advances and future challenges in ocular surface reconstruction
Takahiro Nakamura (Doshisha Univ, Kyoto Pref Univ)
The role of inflammation in dry eye disease
Christophe Baudouin (Quinze-Vingts Hosp France, Vision Inst Univ Paris 6 France)
Angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors in corneal avascularity
Tomohiko Usui (Tokyo Univ)


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Educational Seminar

1. Current Visual Correction with Spectacles -Important Knowledge for Prescription of Spectacles 3-
April 5 (Thu) 13:40-15:10 Hall B7(2) (Room 3)
Organizer: Takashi Tokoro (Tokyo Med and Dent Univ)
Toshine Maeda (Japan Ophthalmologists Association)

Spectacles prescription in early childhood
Keiko Yago (North Fukushima Med Ctr)
Spectacles prescription in school children
Satoshi Hasebe (Okayama Univ)
Prescription glasses for Adult myopia
Hidehito Kawabata (Kawabata Eye Cl)
Glasses prescription in consideration of asthenopia
Masayoshi Kajita (Kajita Eye Cl)


2. Management for Presbyopia
April 5 (Thu) 15:20-16:50 Hall B7(2) (Room 3)
Organizer: Shigeki Okamoto (Okamoto Eye Ctr)
Osamu Hieda (Kyoto Pref Univ)

Comfortable lenses prescription
Taketoshi Suzuki (Suzuki Eye Cl Kichikoji)
Prescribing of Contact Lenses for Presbyopia
Kiichi Ueda (Ueda Eye Cl)
LASIK-induced and Psedophakic Monovision
Kazutaka Kamiya (Kitasato Univ)
Presbyopia-correcting intraocular lens
Kazuno Negishi (Keio Univ)


3. Training Course for Examinee of Diplomate of Ophthalmology
April 5 (Thu) 13:40-15:10 Hall B5(1) (Room 4)
Organizer: Daijiro Kurosaka (Iwate Med Univ)
Taiji Sakamoto (Kagoshima Univ)

Neuro-ophthalmological examinations
Osamu Mimura (Hyogo Med Coll)
Ocular tumor
Hiroshi Takamura (Okitama Public General Hosp)
Concept of glaucoma diagnosis
Atsuo Tomidokoro (Tomidokoro Eye Cl)
Basic and Practical approach for uveitis
Koh-hei Sonoda (Yamaguchi Univ)


4. The Cutting Edge of Dry Eye Care Practice
April 5 (Thu) 15:20-16:50 Hall B5(1) (Room 4)
Organizer: Hiroshi Takahashi (Nippon Med Sch)
Taiichiro Chikama (Hiroshima Univ)

Diagnostic methods for dry eye based on tear dynamics
Norihiko Yokoi (Kyoto Pref Univ)
The validity of the non-invasive meibography
Reiko Arita (Itoh Cl, Tokyo Univ, Keio Univ)
Medical Treatment of Dry Eye Disease
Masakazu Yamada (Nat Tokyo Med Ctr)
Punctal Occulusion for Dry Eye
Hitoshi Watanabe (Kansai Rosai Hosp)


5. Treatment Guideline for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
April 6 (Fri) 15:30-17:00 Hall C (Room 1)
Organizer: Kanji Takahashi (Kansai Med Univ, Hirakata)
Mitsuko Yuzawa (Nihon Univ, Surugadai)

Outline of AMD treatment guideline
Kanji Takahashi (Kansai Med Univ, Hirakata)
Early stages and dry form of age-related macular degeneration
Tsutomu Yasukawa (Nagoya City Univ)
Typical age-related macular degeneration
Yuji Oshima (Kyushu Univ)
Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
Ryusaburo Mori (Nihon Univ, Surugadai)
Retinal Angiomatous Proliferaiton
Chieko Shiragami (Kagawa Univ)


6. The Significance of Gonioscopy in the Era of Anterior Segment Imaging
April 6 (Fri) 15:30-17:00 Hall B7(2) (Room 3)
Organizer: Tetsuya Yamamoto (Gifu Univ)
Kazuhiko Mori (Kyoto Pref Univ)

Practical Gonioscopy
Kazuhiko Mori (Kyoto Pref Univ)
Angle surgery using surgical gonio lenses
Kazuhiko Mori (Kyoto Pref Univ)
Ultrasound Biomicroscopy and Gonioscopic evaluation
Shiho Kunimatsu-Sanuki (Jichi Med Univ)
Anterior segment optical coherence tomography, Pentacam and gonioscopy
Yasumasa Otori (Osaka Nat Hosp)


7. Writing Scientific Papers: Good or Bad
April 6 (Fri) 9:00-10:30 Hall B5(1) (Room 4)
Organizer: Manabu Mochizuki (Tokyo Med and Dent Univ)
Masaru Takeuchi (Nat Def Med Coll)

General Instructions for Authors
Masaru Takeuchi (Nat Def Med Coll)
Technical Advice from a Translator/Rewriter
Kyoko Shirose (ZENIS)
Notes on Statistical Analysis in Clinical Reseach
Makoto Tomita (Tokyo Med and Dent Univ)
Guidelines on publishing ethics
Satoshi Kashii (Aichi Shukutoku Univ)

8. Differential Diagnosis of Conjunctivitis -infectious, allergic or blink-related?-
April 7 (Sat) 10:40-12:10 Hall B7(1) (Room 2)
Organizer: Yuichi Ohashi (Ehime Univ)
Atsuki Fukushima (Kochi Univ)

Intractable bacterial conjunctivitis and its differential diagnosis
Kaoru Araki-Sasaki (Ideta Eye Hosp)
Viral conjunctivitis
Hisashi Nakagawa (Tokushima Eye Cl)
Allergic Conjunctival Diseases
Ken Fukuda (Kochi Univ)
Non-infectious conjunctivitis: BAD (Blink-associated Disorder)
Atsushi Shiraishi (Ehime Univ)


9. Cataract Surgery: The Management of Serious Cases
April 7 (Sat) 10:40-12:10 Hall B7(2) (Room 3)
Organizer: Takuya Shiba (Jikei Univ)
Kiyoshi Ishii (Saitama Red Cross Hosp)

Cases with small pupil
Tetsuro Oshika (Tsukuba Univ)
The Management of Weak Zinn's Zonule
Kiyoshi Ishii (Saitama Red Cross Hosp, Tokyo Univ)
Milky cataract
Daijiro Kurosaka (Iwate Med Univ)
Cases with corneal disease
Takuya Shiba (Jikei Univ)
Pediatric cataract surgery
Toshiyuki Nagamoto (Kyorin Univ)


10. Orbital Inflammatory Disease and IgG4-Related Disease
April 7 (Sat) 9:00 -10:30 Hall B5(2) (Room 5)
Organizer: Hiroshi Takamura (Okitama Public General Hosp)
Shigenobu Suzuki (Nat Cancer Ctr Hosp)

Orbital inflammatory disease, general considerations
Koh-ichi Ohshima (Okayama Med Ctr)
Orbital inflammatory disorders: Multidisciplinary analyses
Toshinobu Kubota (Nagoya Med Ctr)
IgG4-related disease and its clinical importance
Masayuki Takahira (Kanazawa Univ)
Treatment of orbital inflammatory diseases
Atsushi Azumi (Kobe Kaisei Hosp)


11. Treatment Strategy for Infantile Esotropia
April 8 (Sun) 10:40-12:10 Hall D7 (Room 6)
Organizer: Miho Sato (Hamamatsu Med Univ)
Yoshiko Sugiyama (Kanazawa Univ)

Examination and diacrisis
Miho Sato (Hamamatsu Med Univ)
Preoperative examination and treatment
Sachiko Nishina (Nat Ctr for Child Health and Development)
Surgical Timing in Infantile Esotropia
Teiji Yagasaki (Yagasaki Eye Cl)
Infantile esotropia -prognosis and complication-
Akiko Kimura (Hyogo Med Coll)


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Subspecialty Sunday

"Posterior Segment Eye Diseases"
Director: Susumu Ishida (Hokkaido Univ)
1. Retinal Diseases: Recent Advances in Surgical Systems and Diagnostic Instruments
April 8 (Sun) 9:00-10:00-Hall B7(1) (Room 2)
Moderator: Kiyoshi Suzuma (Nagasaki Univ)

Recent advances in the evaluation of retinal vascular disorders
Taiji Nagaoka (Asahiawa Med Univ)
Recent advances in diagnostic devices for retinal morphology
Sotaro Ooto (Kyoto Univ)
Recent Advances in Laser Photocoagulation
Miho Nozaki (Nagoya City Univ)
Progress in Vitreous Surgery
Kiyoshi Suzuma (Nagasaki Univ)

2. Retinal Diseases: Basic Theory and Clinical Practice in Medical Treatments
April 8 (Sun) 10:10-11:10 Hall B7(1) (Room 2)
Moderator: Yoko Ozawa (Keio Univ)

Medical treatments of macular edema
Yasuo Yanagi (Tokyo Univ)
Management of Age-related Macular Degeneration
Yoko Ozawa (Keio Univ)
Diagnosis and clinical features of acute zonal occult outer retinopathy
Wataru Saito (Hokkaido Univ)
Molecular Diagnosis and Possible Therapies of Retinitis Pigmentosa
Atsushi Otani (Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Med Ctr, Kyoto Univ)

3. Intraocular Inflammation (Uveitis): Current Topics in Diagnosis and Treatments
April 8 (Sun) 11:20-12:20 Hall B7(1) (Room 2)
Moderator: Kenichi Namba (Hokkaido Univ)

Clinical findings and diagnosis for CMV iridocyclitis
Sunao Sugita (Tokyo Med and Dent Univ)
Biological drugs for intraocular inflammation: Systemic infliximab treatment
Kenichi Namba (Hokkaido Univ)
Possibility of topical treatment with biological products for uveitis
Nobuyoshi Kitaichi (Health Sciences Univ of Hokkaido, Hokkaido Univ)
Surgical management of uveitis
Yoshihiko Usui (Tokyo Med Univ)


"Glaucoma & Optic Neuropathy"
Director: Goji Tomita (Toho Univ, Ohashi)
4. Differential Diagnosis of Optic Neuropathy
April 8 (Sun) 9:00-10:00 Hall B7(2) (Room 3)
Moderator: Takeshi Yoshitomi (Akita Univ)
Keigo Shikishima (Jikei Univ)

Diagnosis of optic nerve hypoplasia by OCT
Naoya Fujimoto (Inoue Memorial Hosp)
Differential Diagnosis of Hereditary Optic Neuropathies
Takaaki Hayashi (Jikei Univ)
Diagnostic neuroimaging in optic nerve disorders
Masato Hashimoto (Sapporo Med Univ)
Diagnosis of optic disc swelling
Keigo Shikishima (Jikei Univ)

5. Risk Factors for Glaucoma Progression
April 8 (Sun) 10:10-11:10 Hall B7(2) (Room 3)
Moderator: Goji Tomita (Toho Univ, Ohashi)
Hidenobu Tanihara (Kumamoto Univ)

Evaluation of glaucoma progression
Atsuo Tomidokoro (Tomidokoro Eye Cl)
IOP as a Risk Factor for Glaucoma Progression
Shiro Mizoue (Ehime Univ)
Risk factors for glaucoma except for IOP -especially disc hemorrhage and myopia-
Koji Nitta (Fukui-ken Saiseikai Hosp, Kanazawa Univ)
Biological risk factors for glaucoma progression
Kenya Yuki (Keio Univ)

6. Update of Glaucoma Medical Treatment
April 8 (Sun) 11:20-12:20 Hall B7(2) (Room 3)
Moderator: Yoshiaki Kiuchi (Hiroshima Univ)
Tetsuya Yamamoto (Gifu Univ)

Evidence of IOP Reduction By Glaucoma Medication
Takeo Fukuchi (Niigata Univ)
Medical treatment for glaucoma: Countermeasures for adverse effects
Hideki Mochizuki (Hiroshima Univ)
Strategy 1: Initial medical therapy for glaucoma
Akira Sawada (Gifu Univ)
Strategy 2: Medication alteration and tansition to surgery during management
Makoto Nakamura (Kobe Univ)


"Anterior Segment Diseases"
Director: Shiro Amano (Tokyo Univ)
7. Update in Cataract Diagnosis and Treatment
April 8 (Sun) 9:00-10:00 Hall B5 (Room 4, 5)
Moderator: Kazuno Negishi (Keio Univ)
Hiroyuki Matsushima (Dokkyo Med Univ)

Indication for cataract surgery and preoperative examination
Hiroshi Sasaki (Kanazawa Med Univ)
Selection of intraocular lenses
Kazuno Negishi (Keio Univ)
Setting of Phaco Machine
Hiroyuki Matsushima (Dokkyo Med Univ)
How to use of ophthalmic viscosurgical device
Takuya Shiba (Jikei Univ)

8. Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Ocular Surface Diseases
April 8 (Sun) 10:10-11:10 Hall B5 (Room 4, 5)
Moderator: Jun Shimazaki (Tokyo Dent Coll, Ichikawa)
Chie Sotozono (Kyoto Pref Univ)

The treatment of dry eye in Japan
Yuichi Hori (Toho Univ, Sakura)
Complications of contact lens wear (excluding infection)
Motozumi Itoi (Dogenzaka Itoi Eye Cl)
Infectious Keratoconjunctivitis
Takashi Suzuki (Ehime Univ)
Eyelid and Conjunctival Diseases You Should Know
Hiroto Obata (Jichi Med Univ)

9. Recent Progress in Corneal Transplantation
April 8 (Sun) 11:20-12:20 Hall B5 (Room 4, 5)
Moderator: Satoru Yamagami (Tokyo Univ)
Akira Kobayashi (Kanazawa Univ)

Enlarged indication for penetrating keratoplasty
Satoru Yamagami (Tokyo Univ)
Femtosecond laser assisted keratoplasty
Juntaro Sugita (Sugita Eye Hosp)
Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty
Tadashi Senoo (Dokkyo Med Univ)
Endothelial Keratoplasty
Akira Kobayashi (Kanazawa Univ)


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Skills Transfer

1. Evaluation of Model Animals and Basic Knowledge for Basic Science Study
April 6 (Fri) 15:30-17:00 Hall B5(2) (Room 5)
Organizer: Kenji Kashiwagi (Yamanashi Univ)
Masayo Takahashi (CDB, RIKEN)

Visual acuity, behavior, and electroretinogram in animal model
Mineo Kondo (Mie Univ)
Evaluation of animal models: in vivo imaging of rodent fundus
Tomomi Higashide (Kanazawa Univ)
Referees' Viewpoints
Yoko Ozawa (Keio Univ)
Tips for obtaining research funds
Masayo Takahashi (CDB, RIKEN)


2. Practical Training of Retinoscopy -Basic Course-
April 8 (Sun) 9:00~10:30 G701 (Room 11)
Organizer: Takashi Fujikado (Osaka Univ)
Takashi Utsumi (Utsumi Ophthalmic Cl)



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JOS Academic Encouragement Prize Commemorative Lecture

April 6 (Fri) 9:00~10:00 Hall C (Room 1)
Chair: Shoji Kishi (Gunma Univ)
IS/OS Junction Assessed by Spectral-Domain OCT in Patients with Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane
Maiko Inoue (Yokohama City Univ, Med Ctr)
Expression and function of ICOS on CD4 T cells in patients with ocular Behçet’s patients with uveitis
Yoshihiko Usui (Tokyo Med Univ)
Retinal laser photocoagulation for transthyretin–related ocular amyloidosis
Takahiro Kawaji (Kumamoto Univ)
Regulation of retinal angiogenesis and inhibition of VEGF by soluble heparan sulfate.
Koji Nishiguchi (Nagoya Univ)
Subfoveal choroidal thickness after treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy
Ichiro Maruko (Fukushima Med Univ)



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65th RINGAN Best Poster Presentation

April 7 (Sat) 9:00~10:00 Hall D7 (Room 6)
Organizer: Akira Murakami (Juntendo Univ)
Genetic Diagnosis from Buccal Cells in Patients with Ophthalmoplegia
Kaoruko Torii (Hamamatsu Med Univ)
A clinical trial of sample glasses with an occluded colored lense
Chisato Maki (Inoue Eye Hosp)
Pinguecula among office workers in an urban setting
Shinsuke Shibata (Kanazawa Med Univ)
Lenticular astigmatism in eyes with cortical opacities -Reykjavik Eye Study-
Natsuko Hatsusaka (Kanazawa Med Univ)
Adherence to topical medication in healthy subjects; Quantitative validation of self-assessment by measurement of the residual amount
Hiroshi Matsuo (Matsuo Eye Cl)
An investigation of chorioretinal blood flow following intravitreal Ranibizumab injections for choroidal neovascularization
Yuki Maekawa (Nagasaki Univ)
Five-year visual outcomes of the AMD and/or PCV patients that received PDT as initial treatment in comparison with the patients before PDT era
Masayuki Hata (Kobe City Med Ctr General Hosp)
The frequency of elevated intraocular pressure and treatment in patients with uveitis
Hiroyuki Matsuda (Osaka Koseinenkin Hosp)