197 - Fungal Eye Dilemmas: To Dilate or Not to Dilate

Saturday, October 14, 2023

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM US ET

Location: 259 AB

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Zanthia Wiley, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, United States
CC

Cornelius Clancy, MD

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Miriam Barshak, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, United States

Faculty(s)

Mark Breazzano, MD, FACS

Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Clinical Assistant Professor
Retina-Vitreous Surgeons of Central New York, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY, United States

Slides
Senu Apewokin, MBChB

Assoc Prof
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH, United States

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Zanthia Wiley, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Cornelius J. Clancy, MD: Merck and Co: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Qpex: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Shionogi: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); T2Biosystems: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); VenatoRx: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing)

Miriam Barshak, MD: Boston Scientific Corporation: Stocks/Bonds (Ongoing); Pfizer, Inc.: Stocks/Bonds (Terminated, March 9, 2022); Viatris: Stocks/Bonds (Terminated, March 14, 2022)

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

recognize key recommendations regarding fundoscopic evaluation of patients with candidemia outlined in the IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Candidiasis and the American Academy of Ophthalmology Recommendations on Screening for Endogenous Candida Endophthalmitis;
identify recent evidence of current practices and epidemiology of candidemia and eye findings in patients with candidemia

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM US ET

Fungal Eye Dilemmas: To Dilate or Not to Dilate – Is Routine Dilation for Candidemia Useful?
Speaker: Mark P. Breazzano, MD, FACS – Retina-Vitreous Surgeons of Central New York, SUNY Upstate Medical University
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM US ET

Fungal Eye Dilemmas: To Dilate or Not to Dilate – Presentation 2
Speaker: Senu Apewokin, MBChB – University of Cincinnati College of Medicine