JOUN2022

JOUN 2022

Joint Conference in Uveitis and Neuroophthalmology

24-26/03/2022
Ramada Hotel, Nazareth

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Dear Colleagues and Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming” JOint conference in Uveitis and Neuro-ophthalmology-JOUN” that will be held on 24-26th March 2022, in Nazareth.

The fields of uveitis and neuro-ophthalmology have greatly evolved over the years, with innovative advances in imaging modalities and newer therapies.

During the conference, we will look at such advances and we will learn more about the spectrum of challenging cases in both fields with the hope of advancing management.

“JOUN 2022” conference faculty will include world-leading experts from USA and Singapore. The conference will focus on medical and surgical aspects of management.

JOUN 2022 will be held in the historical city of Nazareth, which is located in the Galilee region. Nazareth has impressive architecture with an abundance of Ottoman era homes with stunning frescoes-painted plaster walls and ceilings. The Old City and surrounds are filled with important religious sites, including the Church of the Annunciation.

We look forward to welcoming you to JOUN 2022 and hope to establish an avenue for active cooperation in the future while reinforcing professional and personal connections.

Sincerely Yours,

Conference Chairwomen

Details

JOUN2022 will take place in Ramada Hotel, Nazareth.

Conference Program

Thursday, March 24th, 2022

15:00-15:30	Registration and Refreshments
15:30-16:30	Session 1: Pediatric session Moderators: Nitza Goldenberg-Cohen, Bnai Zion Medical Center Ron Newman, CMO Biolight, Orasis, Tarsier Pharma Companies Alvit Wolf, Carmel Medical center 15:30-15:45– Pediatric uveitis: Michal Kramer, Rabin Medical Center 15:45-16:00– Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in children: Gadi Dotan, Schneider Children’s Medical Center 16:00-16:15– Vitreous Hemorrhage in pediatric uveitis: Shani Pillar, Hadassah Medical Center 16:15-16:21– Parental Stress for Children with JIA with and without Uveitis: Nadav Levinger, Hadassah Medical Center 16:22-16:28– Multidisciplinary Pediatric Uveitis Clinic: Clinical impact (and Added Value): Oren Tomkins-Netzer, Carmel Medical Center
16:40-17:05	Session 2: Moderators: Ainat Klein, Tel Aviv Medical Center Roche Guest Speaker lecture: Hadas Kalish Rabin Medical Center Update on Neuromyelitis Optica treatment
17:05-17:35	Coffee break
17:35-18:10	Session 3: Moderator: Haneen Jabaly-Habib, Poryia Medical Center Eyal Aloni, Barzilai Medical Center Daniel Rappaport, Shaare Zedek Medical Center Megapharm Guest Speaker lecture: Nancy Newman Emory Eye Center, Emory University School of Medicine Update on Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Therapies
18:10-19:30	Session 4:Covid-19, Covid-19 vaccine and the eye Moderators: Zohar Habot-Wilner, Tel Aviv Medical Center Idit Maharshak, Wolfson Medical Center 18:10-18:30- Guest Speaker: Bart K. Chwalisz Massachusetts General Hospital Neuro-ophthalmic Manifestations of Covid-19 Infection 18:30-18:45- Guest Speaker: Amos Adler Tel Aviv Medical Center Diagnostic Dilemma in Covid-19 Patients 18:45-18:55- SARS-Cov-2 eye manifestations: Michaella Goldstein, Tel Aviv Medical Center 18:55-19:05– Uveitis after the BNT162b2mRNA vaccination against SARS-Cov-2 infection: Zohar Habot-Wilner, Tel Aviv Medical Center 19:05-19:11– Prevalence of non-infectious uveitis following vaccination with the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: Oren Tomkins-Netzer, Carmel Medical Center 19:11-19:17– Posterior Ocular Manifestations following BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine: a case series: Shani Pillar, Hadassah Medical Center 19:17-19:21– Uncommon serious complications associated with the optic nerve after COVID-19 vaccination: Hanan Badarni, Poriya Medical Center 19:22-19:30 Discussion
19:30-20:45	Dinner
20:45	Entertainment

Friday, March 25th, 2022

8:00-8:30	Registration and Refreshments
8:30-9:15	Session 1: Debate on tPA treatment in CRAO Moderator: Nizar Horrany, Poriya Medical Center Josh Kruger, Hadassah Medical Center Eyal Aloni, Barzilai Medical Center
9:15-10:00	Session 2: Update on Behçet disease Moderators: Oren Tomkins-Netzer, Carmel medical Center Iris Ben Bassat-Mizrachi, Sheba Medical Center Tamar Hareuveni, Galilee Medical Center 9:15-9:28-Update on Behçet disease Treatments: Fadi Kharuf, Hadassah Medical Center 9:30-9:43-Neuro-ophthalmic Manifestations of Behçet disease: Shlomo Dotan, Tel Aviv Medical Center 9:45-9:58-Uveitis in Behçet disease: Radgonde Amer, Hadassah Medical Center
10:00-10:45	Coffee break
10:45-11:15	Session 3: Guest Speaker: Phaik-Soon Chee Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School Singapore National Eye Center Viral anterior uveitis Panel Discussion: Radgonde Amer, Hadassah medical center Ron Newman, CMO Biolight, Orasis, Tarsier Pharma Companies Raz Gepstein, Meir Medical Center
11:15-12:00	Session 4: 11:15-11:35-Guest Speaker: Phaik-Soon Chee Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School Singapore National Eye Center Management of Uveitic cataract 11:35-11:50-Panel Discussion Radgonde Amer, Hadassah medical center Hanna Garzozi, Maayan Eye Medical Center Nael Mazzawi, French Hospital
11:50-12:05	Session 5: Bayer Lecture Aflibercept Treatment in RVO-Current Evidence: Rinat Kehat, Bnai Zion Medical Center Honoring of Prof. Manor
12:15-13:15	Lunch
13:30	Tour in the old city of Nazareth

Saturday, March 26th, 2022

8:00-8:30	Registration and Refreshments

8:30-9:00	Session 1: Allergan workshop Update lecture: Shiri Shulman, Assuta Medical Center Nakhoul Nakhoul, Poriya Medical Center Dexamethasone implant training session
9:00-9:51	Session 2: Residents’ and Fellows’ Presentations Moderators: Shiri Shulman, Assuta Medical Center Zina Almer, Shamir Medical Center Asaf Bar, E. Wolfson Medical Center 9:00-9:04-A wolf in another wolf’s clothing: Rita Zlatkin, Rabin Medical Center 9:05-9:09– Anti-tuberculosis treatment in the management of serpiginous-like choroiditis: Hana Shyriaieva, Carmel Medical Center 9:10-9:14-Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy following COVID -19 vaccination : Sara Abdel Jalil, Al-Najah University Hospital 9:15-9:19– Recurrent Herpes Zoster Kerato-Uveitis in an otherwise healthy patient: Nili Golan, Rabin Medical Center 9:20-9:24-Ocular Siderosis Masquerading as Chronic Uveitis: Rawan Utt, Bethlehem Arab Rehabilitation Center 9:25-9:32-Myopic CNV as a Sign of PIC: Jamel Corredores, Hadassah Medical Center 9:33-9:37-Today’s Special: Pizza Pie: Yulia Sheinfeld, Bnai-Zion Medical Center 9:38-9:42- When in Doubt, Zoom out: Dua Masarwa, Barzilai Medical Center 9:43-9:49- Enhanced S-Cone Syndrome: When a Genetic Syndrome Mimics a Congenital Infection: Areej Kanaan, Hadassah Medical Center
9:51-10:15	Coffee Break
10:15-11:00	Session 3: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Surgical point of view Moderators: Daniel Briscoe, Emek medical Center Guy Ben Simon, Daphna Landau – Prat, Sheba Medical Center 10:15-10:30- Guest Lecture Youssef Amara, Emek medical center: Bariatric surgery 10:30-10:38- Visual outcomes of optic nerve sheath fenestration for idiopathic intracranial hypertension: Jonathan Kfir, Sheba Medical Center 10:40-10:48-Recovery of Vision after Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration in Children and Adolescents with Elevated Intracranial Pressure: Daphna Landau Prat, Sheba Medical Center 10:50-10:56- Is OCT Helpful in Diagnosing Papilledema in Children: Nimer Sayed Ahmad, Rambam Medical Center
11:00-11:30	Coffee break
11:30-12:30	Session 4: Uveitis masquerade syndrome Moderators: Marina Shnek, Soroka Madical center Eyal Raskin, Medical Aesthetic 11:30-11:43-Retinoblastoma-Associated Masquerade Syndrome: Didi Fabian Sheba Medical Center 11:45-11:58– Neoplastic Masquerade Syndromes in Adults: Maya Eigar, Hadassah medical center 12:00-12:05– The long road to a positive diagnosis: Ioana Teodora Tofolean, Florian Balta, Retina clinic, Bucharest, Romania 12:06-12:20– Different Cases of Uveitis Masquerade Syndrome: Vicktoria (Vicky)-Vishnevskia-Dai, Sheba Medical Center
12:30-13:30	Announcement of Resident/fellow winning talk
14:30	Rooms departure and end of conference

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Guest Speakers

Dr. Nancy J. Newman, MD

Dr. Nancy Newman holds the LeoDelle Jolley Chair of Ophthalmology, and is Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology and Instructor in Neurological Surgery at the Emory University School of Medicine, where she serves as the Director of Neuro-Ophthalmology.

She attended Princeton University, the University of London on a Marshall Scholarship, and Harvard Medical School.
She trained in Internal Medicine and Neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital where she was Chief Resident in Neurology, and in Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, and the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society.
She was President of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society from 2014 to 2016, Chair of the Board of Directors from 2016 to 2018, and is now Senior Vice President for Education.
She has served on the Editorial Boards of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Seminars in Neurology, Journal of the Neurological Sciences and the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology.
She has over 500 publications, including scientific articles, book chapters and books, including the primary textbook in Neuro-Ophthalmology, Walsh & Hoyt’s Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 5th and 6th Editions, and the popular manual Neuro-Ophthalmology Illustrated, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Editions.
She has received many teaching and service awards nationally. She has lectured widely throughout the world and is known for her innovative teaching style.
Her main research interests include disorders of the optic nerve and mitochondrial diseases. She is a Trustee Emerita of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University and also served as President of the Princeton University Alumni Association.

Dr. Soon-Phaik Chee, MD

Soon-Phaik CHEE, MD, is the Distinguished Professor of Clinical Education in Ophthalmology at the Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School.

She is a Senior Consultant of Ocular Inflammation and Immunology Service and the Cataract and Comprehensive Ophthalmology Service at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), where she served as the immediate past head of both the Ocular Inflammation and Immunology Service and Advanced Cataract Service.
Prof Chee has authored over 250 peer reviewed scientific papers and many book chapters. She has published extensively on Cytomegalovirus infection of the anterior segment in the immunocompetent, Ocular Tuberculosis, Dengue Maculopathy and Vogt-Koyanagi Harada disease. She has delivered several named lectures and won medals for her surgeries.
In the field of uveitis, Prof Chee has been the President of the Asia-Pacific Intraocular Inflammation Study Group (APIISG) since 2013 and a member of the International Uveitis Study Group (IUSG) and an International Council member of the IOIS.
In 2018, she was elected as a member of the International Intra-Ocular Implant Club and in 2019, she was admitted as a council member of the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology (AAPPO).

Prof. Amos Adler (MD, D(ABMM))

Prof. Amos Adler (MD, D(ABMM)) is the director of the clinical microbiology laboratory at the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and an associate professor at the Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, School of Public Health, Tel-Aviv University.

He serves as the treasurer of the Israeli Society for Infectious Disease and as the Chair of the Examination Committee and Representative of Profession in Clinical Microbiology at the Scientific Council, Israeli Medial Association.
Prof. Adler is board certified in Pediatrics in Israel and in Medical Microbiology in Israel and the USA. Prof. Adler published more than 95 research articles and his interests include the Epidemiology and molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in healthcare facilities and livestock.

Dr. Bart Chwalisz, MD

Dr. Chwalisz grew up in Poznan, Poland and later in Berlin, Germany before moving to the United States.

After college, he taught and researched Medical Ethics at the University of Oxford, UK. Dr. Chwalisz earned his medical degree at the University of Illinois College of Medicine.
He completed his Internal Medicine internship at the University of Chicago, and his Neurology residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, where he was recognized for his dedication to teaching residents and medical students.
He completed a clinical fellowship in Advanced General and Autoimmune Neurology at Mass General, and a second fellowship in Neuro-ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye & Ear, where in addition to his clinical activities he researched treatment outcomes in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri).
As a clinician and teacher, Dr. Chwalisz is passionate about helping patients with neurological disorders, and he participates in the training of Mass General Neurology residents, Mass General Autoimmune Neurology fellows, and MEE Neuro-ophthalmology fellows.
Dr. Chwalisz’s is particularly interested in the intersection of the brain and the eye in health and disease, and he has a particular focus on inflammatory, infectious and autoimmune disorders affecting the eye, base of skull and the nervous system.
Dr. Chwalisz is the founding director of the innovative Skull Base Disorders Clinic at Mass General, a first-of-its-kind referral clinic for patients with inflammatory and infectious disorders affecting the base of the skull, including the optic nerves, orbit, cavernous sinus, cranial nerves, pituitary, meninges, temporal bones and cranial vasculature.

Dr. Fadi Kharouf, MD

Dr. Fadi Kharouf is an internal medicine specialist, and a rheumatologist at the Hadassah Medical Center.
Dr. Kharouf runs a diverse outpatient rheumatology clinic, dealing with different aspects of inflammatory disorders.
He is particularly interested in the field of vasculitis and in clinical and basic research of autoimmune diseases.