Invited Speaker
Philip J. Rosenfeld, MD, PhD

OCT in the Diagnosis and Management of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
OCT is the gold-standard imaging technique for the diagnosis and management of both non-exudative and exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The clinical convergence of of OCT and vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors (anti-VEGF therapy) led to a revolution in the treatment of neovascular and exudative ocular diseases. OCT-guided treatment with anti-VEGF therapy has become the global standard and has resulted in billions of dollars being saved by reducing the need for retreatment. OCT structural imaging combined with OCT angiographic imaging have eliminated the clinical need for dye-based angiography in managing AMD, while the use of novel algorithms has provided all the tools a clinician needs to diagnose and manage AMD. Most recently, swept-source OCT angiography has allowed us to study the choriocapillaris, a vital vascular layer that previously couldn’t be routinely imaged, yet is thought to play a pivotal role in the development and progression of AMD.