Ophthalmology

AECP-CHLA 23rd International Ophthalmology Conference

Agenda | September 26, 2025

10:00 am

Opening Remarks

Dr. Roger V. Ohanesian

USA

Dr. John Hovanesian

USA

Nune Yeghiazaryan, MBA, Ph.D

Armenia

Dr. Thomas C. Lee

USA

Glaucoma

10:30 am

Update on Project GIANT (Glaucoma Identification and Narrow Angle Treatment). The Screening of a Nation

Dr. Richard Hill

USA

10:40 am

Correction of refractive errors in glaucoma

Dr. Lilit Voskanyan

Armenia

10:50 am

Treatment of refractory glaucoma at different stages

Dr. Knar Sahakyan

Armenia

11:00 am

Evaluating Functional Tests in Early Glaucoma: Test-Retest Variability and Structure-Function Relationship

Dr. Carmen Balian

Canada

11:10 am

Closed (narrow) angle glaucoma: anatomically closed (narrow) angle. Analysis within GIANT program

Dr. Hayk Babayan

Armenia

11:20 am

Modern methods of early diagnostics of glaucoma

Dr. Gayane Simonyan

Armenia

11:30 am

Side effects of anti-glaucoma medications

Dr. Nvard Baghdasaryan

Armenia

11:40 am

Q&A Session

12:00 pm

Panel Discussion

12:30 pm

Coffee Break

General and Pediatric Ophthalmology

1:00 pm

Pediatric Mystery Cases

Dr. Thomas C. Lee

USA

1:10 pm

Management of Uveitic Cataract in Children

Dr. Ruzanna Harutyunyan

Armenia

1:20 pm

Discussion of modern treatments for binocular vision disorders

Dr. Aharon Gabrielyan

Armenia

1:30 pm

Clinical case: binocular vision in a patient with congenital ptosis

Dr. Nathan Schramm

USA

1:40 pm

Binocular single vision: importance in pediatric ophthalmology
Presented by Marine Chobanyan

Dr. Ruzanna Harutyunyan

Armenia

1:50 pm

Amblyopia in children: advances in treatment
Presented by Lina Gishyan

Dr. Ruzanna Harutyunyan

Armenia

2:00 pm

Q&A Session

Retina and Trauma

2:10 pm

Ten Eear Expierience of Organ Preservation Treatment of Uveal Melanoma with the use of Gamma-Knife. Achievements and Challenges

Dr. Alexander Golovin

Russian Federation

2:20 pm

Glycemic Control as a Prognostic Factor in Diabetic Retinopathy․ Scientific and Practical Study

Dr. Armen Vardanyan

Armenia

2:30 pm

Impact of Duration in Macula-off Retinal Detachment on Visual prognosis

Dr. Tadevos Hovhannisyan

Armenia

Dr. Siranush Asatryan

Armenia

2:40 pm

Ophthalmological Biomarkers of Biological Age

Dr. Anahit Khalatyan

Russian Federation

2:50 pm

Coffee Break

3:30 pm

Longitudinal Assessment of Ganglion Cell Layer Thinning After Stroke

Dr. Carmen Balian

Canada

3:40 pm

Clinical mManifestations of Blunt Injuries of the Eyeball and Surgical Approaches to Treatment at the S.V. Malayan Ophthalmological Center

Dr. Levon Grigoryan

Armenia

3:50 pm

Application of Micropulse Laser in Diabetic Diffuse Macular Edema. The Experience of the S.V. Malayan Ophthalmological Center

Dr. Hasmik Shahnazaryan

Armenia

Dr. Shushanna Manukyan

Armenia

4:00 pm

Eales Disease: Diagnostics and Treatment Approaches: Case Report
Presented by Nelli Matevosyan

Dr. Tatevik Adamyan

Armenia

4:10 pm

Idiopathic Choroidal Neovascularization (ICNV)

Dr. Gohar Varosyan

Armenia

4:20 pm

Posterior Segment Injuries After Blunt Ocular Trauma: The Case of Commotio Retinae

Dr. Tatevik Movsisyan

Armenia

4:40 pm

Q&A Session

5:00 pm

Wrap Up of Day 1