Ocular Oncology

Agenda · 2026

Where the field is actually moving

The 2026 session grid is still being built around the themes below. Until it publishes, the fastest way to see how this meeting runs is the full 2025 program, kept below as an archive.

2026 Themes

What the program is built around

01

Liquid biopsy

02

Uveal melanoma adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapeutics

03

New FDA approvals

04

Intraocular lymphoma

05

Radiation and black-box toxicities

06

Retinoblastoma

07

Advanced diagnostics

08

Clinical trials

09

Access to care

Program in development

The session-by-session 2026 schedule has not been published yet. Times, speakers and panels will be added here once the committee finalizes them.

Abstract presentations for 2026 fall on Saturday, November 14. Accepted authors take the podium that day. Read the abstract guidelines →

The Archive

November 14–15, 2025 program

This is the archived 2025 program, kept here for reference. It is not the 2026 schedule. Times below are Pacific.

Friday, November 14, 2025

12:00 PM Registration and Exhibits

1:00 PM Welcome Remarks · Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, MHS

Session 1 · New “Insights” Into Ocular Imaging

Moderators: Thomas M. Aaberg, MD and Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, MHS

1:05 PM

Virtual visits in ocular oncology: The new era

Carol L. Shields, MD

1:15 PM

“Imaging-only” surveillance for low-risk melanocytic lesions

Scott Walter, MD, MSc

1:25 PM

A photoscreening pathway for choroidal nevus surveillance

Lauren A. Dalvin, MD

1:35 PM

Impact of delayed referrals and the potential for improved outcomes with AI-assisted recommendations from fundus photos

Ezekiel Weis, MD, MPH

1:45 PMPanel

Panel Discussion

Previous session faculty and Zelia Maria Correa, MD, PhD

1:55 PM

Integrated ophthalmic ultrasound: Enhancing usability and diagnostic utility

Michael J. Heiferman, MD

2:05 PM

Ultrawide-field OCT in ocular oncology

Alison Skalet, MD, PhD, FACS

2:15 PMAbstract

Polarization-diversity optical coherence tomography (PD-OCT) analysis and multimodal imaging of peripapillary melanocytomas

Zaid Mammo, MD, FRCSC

2:23 PMPanel

Panel Discussion

Previous session faculty and Zelia Maria Correa, MD, PhD

2:33 PMKeynote

Uveal melanoma: What we know and what’s ahead

Carol L. Shields, MD

Session 2 · Ocular Surface and Adnexal Diseases

Moderators: Brian Peter Marr, MD and Maura Di Nicola, MD

2:53 PM

Targeted next-generation sequencing-based molecular profiling of ocular sebaceous carcinoma

Hakan Demirci, MD

3:03 PM

Characterizing Elahere-associated ocular toxicities

Filippos Vingopoulos, MD, PhD

3:13 PM

Beyond the challenge: Innovation in managing ocular surface neoplasia in Brazil

Priscilla Ballalai Bordon, MD

3:23 PMPanel

Panel Discussion

Session 2 faculty

3:33 PMBreak

Break and Exhibits

Session 3 · Liquid Biopsy

Moderators: Lauren A. Dalvin, MD and Dan S. Gombos, MD, FACS

3:53 PMAbstract

Aqueous humor liquid biopsy in uveal melanoma: A systematic review

Lauren Ong, BA

4:01 PM

Meso-environment tissue culture model validation

Vinit B. Mahajan, MD, PhD

4:11 PM

Circulating hybrid cells in uveal melanoma

Alison Skalet, MD, PhD, FACS

4:21 PM

Reprogramming the immune response in uveal melanoma

J. William Harbour, MD

4:31 PMPanel

Panel Discussion

Session 3 faculty

4:41 PMKeynote

The future of liquid biopsy

Ash A. Alizadeh, MD, PhD

5:01 PM

Day 1 Concludes

Evening Program

6:00 PM

Buses to Paul Brest West Hall

7:00 PM

Reception

7:15 PM

Presentation and Dinner

8:45 PM

Buses return to hotel

Saturday, November 15, 2025

7:00 AM Breakfast, Registration and Exhibits

8:00 AM Welcome · Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, MHS

Session 4 · Uveal Melanoma in Transition and Translation

Moderators: Scott Walter, MD, MSc and Devron Char, MD

8:05 AM

In vitro and in vivo models for uveal melanoma

Lauren A. Dalvin, MD

8:15 AM

Safety of needle biopsy of subfoveal and juxtapapillary choroidal lesions

Ezekiel Weis, MD, MPH

8:25 AM

Development of a synthetic eye model for uveal melanoma biopsy training in ocular oncology

Maura Di Nicola, MD

8:35 AMPanel

Panel Discussion

Previous session faculty

8:45 AM

NCCN: Its role in past and future care of uveal melanoma

Miguel A. Materin, MD

8:55 AM

Uveal melanoma: Need for optimization of surveillance protocols

Arun Singh, MD

9:05 AMPanel

Panel Discussion

Previous session faculty

9:15 AM

Updated indications of photodynamic therapy in ocular tumors

Brian Peter Marr, MD

9:25 AM

Gamma knife and proton beam therapy: Indications, outcomes, controversies

Maria Pefkianaki, MD, MPH, PhD

9:35 AM

Comparative outcomes of large uveal melanomas treated with brachytherapy using 75 versus 85 Gy

Zelia Maria Correa, MD, PhD

9:45 AMPanel

Panel Discussion

Previous session faculty

Session 5 · Advanced Uveal Melanoma

Moderators: Pauline Funchain, MD and J. William Harbour, MD

10:05 AMAbstract

Efficacy and safety of anzutresgene autoleucel (anzu-cel, IMA203), a PRAME-directed T-cell receptor (TCR) T-cell therapy, in patients with previously treated advanced or metastatic uveal melanoma from a Ph 1 trial

Pauline Funchain, MD

10:13 AM

Evidence based update on advanced disease

Sunil Arani Reddy, MD

10:23 AM

What to do with all the tools: A strategic approach to patients with uveal melanoma

Marlana Orloff Dacey, MD

10:33 AMAbstract

Darovasertib in primary uveal melanoma: Early evidence of tumor shrinkage, eye-sparing, and vision preservation

David A. Reichstein, MD

10:43 AM

Immune related adverse reactions (irAE): Lessons from systemic side effects

Pauline Funchain, MD

10:53 AMPanel

Panel Discussion

Session 5 faculty and Dan S. Gombos, MD, FACS

11:13 AMBreak

Break and Exhibits

11:33 AM

Sponsor Presentations

Session 6 · Retinoblastoma

Moderators: Jesse Berry, MD and Raya Saab, MD

11:48 AM

The potential unknown long term sequelae for IAC and Ivit injections in Rb

Dan S. Gombos, MD, FACS

11:58 AM

Suprachoroidal delivery of chemotherapy in retinoblastoma: What is the preclinical evidence

Arun Singh, MD

12:08 PM

LBSeq4Kids: Clinical implementation of an aqueous humor liquid biopsy platform for retinoblastoma and simulating lesions

Jesse Lee Berry, MD

12:18 PMPanel

Panel Discussion

Session 6 faculty

12:28 PMBreak

Lunch and Exhibits

1:28 PMKeynote

The ALRN-6924 story

Matthew W. Wilson, MD, FACS

Session 7 · Lymphoma

Moderators: Arun Singh, MD and Maria Pefkianaki, MD, MSc, MPH, PhD, FEBO

1:48 PM

Updates on molecular diagnosis of vitreoretinal lymphoma

Maura Di Nicola, MD

1:58 PM

Ocular toxicities of CAR-T therapy

Tara Murty

2:08 PM

CAR-T therapy and lymphoma

David Miklos, MD, PhD

2:23 PMPanel

Panel Discussion

Session 7 faculty

Session 8 · Uveal Melanoma Genetics

Moderators: Hakan Demirci, MD and Miguel A. Materin, MD

2:38 PMKeynote

New insights into the genetic evolution of uveal melanoma

J. William Harbour, MD

2:58 PM

Multimodal deep learning for classification of uveal melanoma

Michael J. Heiferman, MD

3:08 PM

Open source and bespoke models of uveal melanoma prognostication

Chase A. Ludwig, MD, MSc

3:18 PMPanel

Panel Discussion

All session faculty

3:28 PM

Update on next-generation sequencing for uveal melanoma (long-term data)

Armin Afshar, MD, MBA

3:38 PM

GPS-guided management of clinically indeterminate lesions: Biopsy first, then decide whether to treat or observe

Scott Walter, MD, MSc

3:48 PM

Changes in GEP in observed indeterminate lesions

Ezekiel Weis, MD, MPH

3:58 PM

Early detection of small, Class 2 choroidal melanomas using diagnostic FNAB

Zelia Maria Correa, MD, PhD

4:08 PMPanel

Panel Discussion

All session faculty

4:18 PMBreak

Break and Exhibits

Session 9 · Case Presentation

Moderators: Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, MHS and Ezekiel Weis, MD, MPH

4:33 PM

Atypical choroidal melanoma

Vikas Khetan, MD

4:41 PM

A very mysterious case

Brian Peter Marr, MD

4:49 PM

Cyberknife stereotactic radiosurgery for nonresectable iris melanomas

Murat Tunc, MD

4:57 PM

Beyond the vitreous

Purna Nangia

5:05 PMAbstract

What lurks in the dark: A rare presentation of conjunctival melanoma in a young immunocompetent patient

Nida Safdar, MD

5:13 PMAbstract

Retinoblastoma beyond initial remission: Highlighting the role of ongoing surveillance

Reem Alahmadi, MD

5:21 PMAbstract

Bilateral panuveitis manifestation of myelodysplastic neoplasms associated autoinflammatory syndrome

Tina Tang, MD

5:29 PM

Multiple melanomas in a single eye: BAP1, seeding, or just good luck?

Evandro Lucena, MD

5:37 PM

Meeting Concludes