Program Schedule
7th Biennial ROP Update Meeting – Agenda
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
There will be many high-yield, excellent talks and discussions, with an international faculty of ROP experts. Topics include evidence, best practices, historical context, and debates on:
- intravitreal anti-VEGF
- PAR management
- primary and secondary laser
- non-intubated laser
- vitreoretinal surgery for ROP
- ICROP historical lessons and next steps
- treatment criteria origins and next steps
- research priorities for ROP
- imaging advances: OCT, FA, UWF, AI
- treatment advances: dexamethasone drops, biphasic oxygen
- practical lessons: rounds, billing, informatics
- telemedicine
- medicolegal issues
- developmental outcomes
- avoiding anti-VEGF crunch
- ROP sequelae in adults
In addition, there will be challenging cases, patient stories, and the next lifetime award recipient of the Graham E. Quinn Award for Combatting ROP.
Friday May 15, 2026
ROP TREATMENT I: ANTI-VEGF
| The story of the first anti-VEGF injection from an early adopter | Maria Ana Martinez-Castellanos | |
| Perspective of a late anti-VEGF adopter | James Smith | |
| PKeynote talk: Anti-VEGF evidence update | Andreas Stahl | |
| Anti-VEGF for everyone | Audina Berrocal | |
| Anti-VEGF: international perspective | Anand Vinekar | |
| Panel discussion: which anti-VEGF should we use and when? | Moderator: C. Armitage Harper III, MD Panelists: Gerard Barr; Maria Ana Martinez-Castellanos; Mike Shapiro; Andreas Stahl |
ROP TREATMENT II: LASER
| Perspective of a laser advocate | Drew Scoles | |
| Non-intubated laser: Neonatology | Perri Donenfeld | |
| Non-intubated laser: Ophthalmology | Anne Jensen | |
| PAR after anti-VEGF: we should laser | Mike Shapiro | |
| PAR after anti-VEGF: no urgency for laser | Alay Banker | |
| PAR after anti-VEGF: gauging the risk | Kamiar Mireskandari | |
| PAR after spontaneously regressed ROP | William Anninger | |
| ROP on the front lines: Laser, anti-VEGF, and PAR in Sub-Saharan Africa | Sarah Rodriguez |
ROP ROUNDS
| Keynote talk: An ROP Odyssey | Martha Howard | |
| Billing for ROP | Danielle Ledoux | |
| ROP Informatics | Ray Areaux | |
| ROP Training and Education | Faruk Örge, MD, FAAO, FAAP | |
| ROP Basic Science | Dolly Padovani-Claudio | |
| Integrating the P score into your practice | Julius Oatts | |
| Biphasic Oxygen for ROP | Steve Brooks | |
| Practical ROP lessons learned over 25 years | Steven Glaser, MD, FACS |
ICROP and TRIALS
| The ICROP Story: What can we learn from the creation of ICROP | Graham Quinn, MD, MSCE | |
| Origin story of Type 1 and Type 2 and next steps | Michael Repka, MD, MBA | |
| Panel discussion: Future of ICROP | Moderator: R. V. Paul Chan Panelists: C. Armitage Harper III, MD, Gil Binenbaum, MD, MSCE; Kamiar Mireskandari; Mike Shapiro; Michael Blair | |
| Keynote talk: Dexamethasone eye drops | Lois Smith | |
| ROP treatment trials update and challeges | David Wallace | |
| ROP Registry | Andreas Stahl | |
| Graham E. Quinn Award for Combating ROP | Alistair Fielder |
ROP TREATMENT III: SURGERY
| ROP surgery: What’s changed and what’s next | Efren Gonzalez | |
| ROP surgery: an International Perspective | Paulina Ramirez-Neria | |
| Advice for Pediatric Ophthalmologists about Vitreoretinal surgery for ROP | Emmanuel Chang |
Saturday, May 16, 2026
| Breakfast & Poster Session |
SO, DO I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT...
| ROP care coordination and guidelines compliance | Bob Gold | |
| Big babies | Gil Binenbaum, MD, MSCE | |
| Developmental outcomes | Alejandra de Alba Campomanes, MD, MPH | |
| Anti-VEGF crunch | Michael Blair | |
| Panel discussion: Adult ROP experiences and insights | Moderator: Drew Scoles Panelists: C. Armitage Harper III, MD; Yoshi Yonekawa; Matt Trese; Efren Gonzalez | |
| Keynote talk: Research priorities for ROP | Pete Campbell, MD |
RAPID FIRE CASES
ROP IMAGING and TECHNOLOGY
| OCT and ROP | Xi Chen | |
| Ultra wide field OCT for ROP | Benjamin K. Young | |
| FA and ROP | Domenico Lepore | |
| AI Diagnostics | Emily Cole | |
| Open panel discussion: Telemedicine in ROP | Panelists: Anne Jensen; Gil Binenbaum, MD, MSCE; Ray Areaux |