Advances in Ophthalmology Series

Image from a past lectureDinner Lecture Series
Presented by UTHealth Houston Ophthalmology

February 25, 2026
5:30 p.m. – Registration
6 p.m. – Dinner and Lectures

Hotel ZaZa
5701 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005

Registration coming soon!

The Advances in Ophthalmology Dinner Lecture Series consists of multidisciplinary meetings hosted by UTHealth Houston Ophthalmology. These dinners gather local experts in ophthalmology and optometry, for presentations from subject matter experts, followed by discussion.

Each meeting will feature lectures from two to three physicians, and will be formatted to allow sufficient time for a question-and-answer period in order to provide an opportunity to explore the presented subject matter thoroughly. We expect the meetings to be highly interactive and full of scientific and clinical advances presented by local thought leaders in this discipline.

Lectures:

  • The landscape: diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema – Sami Dahr, MD
  • Age-related macular degeneration – Zhiyong Yang, MD
Sam Dahr
SAMI DAHR, MD, MS
Professor
Director, Retina Division
Ruiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Yang Zhiyong MD PhD
ZHIYONG YANG, MD, PHD
Assistant Professor
Ruiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Target Audience: This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of optometrists, primary care physicians, and ophthalmologists.

  • Discuss which patients may benefit from panretinal laser photocoagulation.
  • Discuss which patients may benefit from focal laser photocoagulation .
  • Discuss integration of these modalities with intravitreal injection therapy.
  • Discuss the presentation of most common vitreoretinal diseases that may lead to acute vision loss, including age-related macular degeneration.
  • Discuss the management of age-related macular degeneration.

Accreditation Statement/Credit Designation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Antidote Education Company and UTHealth Houston. Antidote is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Antidote designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.