Glaucoma Care for All: Accessing Glaucoma Care at Home and Abroad

A symposium for AAO 2024 attendees,  cosponsored by Prevent Blindness

Session: SYM66
Location: Grand Ballroom, S100C

Glaucoma is a chronic disease requiring ongoing care and is largely silent in its early stages. Patients may lose significant vision either through late diagnosis or through lapses in care. The prevalence of glaucoma is rising, while the ophthalmology workforce is shrinking. Thus, detection of glaucoma and delivering care for glaucoma patients, at home and worldwide, is especially crucial in vulnerable populations who face special challenges in accessing health care. Potential strategies for improving access to glaucoma care include targeted screening and outreach efforts, low-cost or telemedicine care programs and building up the workforce of physicians who care for glaucoma patients. Examining, discussing and propagating these strategies are important for increasing access to care for glaucoma patients.

Chairs:
Sophia Ying Wang, MD
Karen M Allison, MD

11:30
Expanding the Workforce to Improve Access to Care for Glaucoma Patients
Eve J Higginbotham, MD

11:38
E-glaucoma Care: Home Monitoring and Telemedicine
Barbara Marie Wirostko, MD

11:46
Access to Glaucoma Care in Under-Resourced Countries
Anil K Mandal, MD

11:54
Targeted Screening for Glaucoma in Vulnerable Populations
Lisa Hark, PHD

12:02
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Increasing Access to Glaucoma
Nicolas Jaccard, BS, PHD

12:10
Panel Discussion

12:25
Introduction to the Shaffer Lecturer
Andrew George Iwach, MD

12:30
Robert N Shaffer Lecture: Thriving in Glaucoma Practice: Strategies for Excellence and Well-Being
Ruth D Williams, MD