Posters
Thank you to everyone who submitted a poster for the 2024 meeting. The 2025 meeting will be held on February 7-9, 2025. The poster session is scheduled for Friday, February 7th. The submission window for abstracts will open on October 1st, 2024. Please consider submitting a poster for our 2025 session. Questions regarding the 2025 Posters session can be emailed to Eric Polk, OD at education1@hoaecc.org
Congratulations to our 2024 resident poster winners!
- Nand Shah, OD: Balancing Visual Outcome and Systemic Function: A Rare Case of Amantadine Keratopathy in a Patient with Severe Parkinson's Disease
- Rachel Shackelford, OD: Worsening NPDR with Roth Spots in the Setting of Breast Cancer treated with Chemotherapy
- Noa Robson, OD: A Case of Topical Losartan Improving Corneal Scarring
- Shelby May Parmley, OD: Pediatric Myasthenia Gravis: Rare and in Your Chair
- Ethan Gerstein, OD: Tales of the Trigeminal Nerve: A Case of a Meningioma Masquerading as Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus
Five residents were selected to receive an award for outstanding poster for the 2024 meeting. These posters were recognized as having the highest rankings from our poster selection committee. The residents were awarded a $2,000 scholarship, free registration, free travel and accommodations at the Heart of America meeting. Congratulations to our poster winners!
Poster submission is not currenly available. Please check this page for future updates.
(L-R) Scott Drake, OD (Past-President HOAECC), Nand Shah, OD, Rachel Shackelford, OD, Noa Robson, OD, Shelby May Parmley, OD, Ethan Gerstein, OD, Eric Polk, OD (Education Director HOAECC)
(L-R) Ethan Gerstein, OD, Larry Stoppel, OD (Previous HOAECC education board member)
Congratulations to Dr. Ethan Gerstein for receiving the inaugural Dr. Stoppel Award for Excellent Poster! Dr. Gerstein's poster was selected as the highest ranking poster of all posters submitted.
Poster Gallery
140 posters found
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A Case of Acute Syphilitic Posterior Placoid Chorioretinitis Secondary to Undiagnosed Syphilis
Coral Dundon, OD
A Case of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Associated Optic Nerve Pallor in a Young Adult
Monica Papinski, OD,MS
A confirmed case of acute bilateral Haemophilus influenza conjunctivitis in an adult patient
Alexandra Gada, OD
A Difficult Differentiation Between Severe Preseptal and Orbital Cellulitis: A Case Report
Nicholas Green, OD
A Hop, Skip, and a Jump: Ganglion Complex Transsynaptic Retrograde Degeneration in a Patient with Ocular Hypertension Following Occipital Lobe Stroke
Bhawanjot Minhas, OD
A Safe Space: Scleral lenses helping to heal epithelium in limbal stem cell deficiency
Rachel Bushey, OD
An Irregular Pattern of Unilateral Choroidal Folds in the Setting of Combined Anterior and Posterior Scleritis
Alexander Wong, OD
Atypical JOAG Presenting as a Glaucoma Suspect: A Case Report Emphasizing OCT Findings in the Absence of Visual Field Data
Janzen Pigg, OD
Atypical Optic Neuritis: An Overview of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders (NMOSD)
Salma Abouassaf, Student
Atypical Presentation of Bilateral Central Serous Chorioretinopathy in a 44-Year-Old Hispanic Male
Graham Chung, OD
Balancing Visual Outcome and Systemic Function: A Rare Case of Amantadine Keratopathy in a Patient with Severe Parkinson’s Disease
Nand Shah, OD
Basilar Migraine, The Culprit of a Resolved Complete Right Congruous Homonymous Hemianopsia
Jessica Rischling, Student
Bilateral Development and Progression of Pigmented Fundus Lesions in a Pediatric Patient
Alexis Abernathy, OD
Bilateral Peripapillary Cotton Wool Spots and Visual Field Defect Associated with Acute Pulmonary Embolism and Atrial Fibrillation
Lydie Tubene, OD
Clearing up Communication: Treatment of Filamentary Keratitis in a Patient with Locked-in Syndrome
Ryan Junidi, OD,MBA
Congenital Optic Nerve Head Pits and the Diagnosis and Management of Glaucoma
Caroline Obermeier, OD
Demyelinating Chronicles: Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia in a 30-year-old
Alek Karthikeyan, OD
Double trouble: Branch retinal vein occlusion and retinal neovascularization in an eye with previous branch retinal artery occlusion
Kathryn Hohs, OD
Foster-Kennedy Syndrome and Pseudo-Foster-Kennedy Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment, Management
Sylvia Sparrow, OD
Front and Centered: The Use of a Large Diameter Prosthetic Contact Lens after Corneal Graft Failure
Helene Pippin, OD
Importance of a thorough work-up with bilateral swollen optic nerves: A case of infectious papillitis due to neurosyphillis
Krishan Saini, OD
Intermediate uveitis vs intraocular lymphoma with complaint of acute onset bilateral floaters
Emily Wangen, OD
Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency in a Pediatric Patient with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis
Jacob Rosenberg, OD
Macular Masquerade? You're Yolking! A case of Adult-Onset Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
Hania Mahmood, OD
Management of Bilateral Eyelid Ptosis using omymetazoline hydrochloride in a Patient with CPEO Following Failed Surgical Ptosis Repair
Reneta Simeon, BS
Management of Bilateral Papilledema Secondary to Undiagnosed Neurosyphilis: A Case Report
Konstantina Kalas, OD
Managing Symptomatic Diplopia with Cosmetically Appealing Prosthetic Soft Contact Lenses
Sharon Qiu, OD,MS
Multifactorial keratitis in a patient with CREST syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease
Gulnoza Azieva, OD,MS
Multiple Myeloma Chemotherapy Drug Bortezomib Increases Intensity and Severity of Eyelid Chalazia
Sarah DeVries, OD
Not Your Average Dry Eye Follow Up: A Case of Papilledema Leading to the Diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma
Travis Pfeifer, OD
Optic Neuritis and Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis
Bethany Li, BA
Optometric Management of Ocular Coloboma in a Pediatric Patient with Developmental Delay
Shin Sawai, OD
Optometry's Role In Multidisciplinary Healthcare: Navigating Diagnosis and Treatment of Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia
Emmanuel Stevenson, OD
Pediatric Low Vision Rehabilitation and the Importance of Coordination of Care
Charlotte I Spada, OD
Pentosan polysulfate (Elmiron) maculopathy with rare choroidal neovascular membrane
Benjamin Quach, OD
Pile on the Drops! Pilocarpine Induced Pupillary Block in a Patient with an ACIOL
Angelo Shimada, OD
Preoperative Inflammation: Urgency of Acute Endotheliitis Prior to Cataract Surgery
Hamza Shah, OD,MS
Rapid Progression of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in Adult Male Associated with Prolonged Postural Change
Greta Gregg, OD
Recurrence of Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia Following Interferon Treatment: A Review
Madyson Locke, OD
Scleral Lens Fitting in a Patient with a History of Radial Keratotomy (RK) and Ocular Surface Disease (OSD)
Carter Morrison, BS
Sometimes 2 is Better Than 1: A Case of Initially Undetected Traumatic Choroidal Rupture
Kinsley Gossard, OD
Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascular Membrane in Presumed Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome
Taylor Vincent, OD
Tales of the Trigeminal Nerve: A Case of a Meningioma Masquerading as Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus
Ethan Gerstein, OD
The Role of OCT-Angiography in the Diagnosis of Peripapillary Pachychoroid Neovasculopathy
Ethan Wohlgemuth, OD
Through Thick and Thin: A Case of Keratoconus Management with Fuchs’ Endothelial Dystrophy
D'Ajanee Smallwood, OD,MS
Two lenses are better than one: Aphakia Induced Anisometropia Resolved with Corneal Gas Permeable Lenses
Megan Ingalls, OD
Unilateral Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Secondary to Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Connor Monaghan, OD
Use of Scleral Lenses in a Pediatric Patient with Visually Significant Corneal Scarring
Jourdan Valkner Krause, OD