Agenda
The agenda for WCRR2026 will include the welcome dinner on Thursday and the full day of events on Friday, featuring Grand Rounds, Retina Day, and the WCRR2026 conference. This comprehensive program is designed to provide valuable insights and updates on the latest advancements in retinal research and clinical practice. Attendees can join the meeting via Zoom.
Welcome Dinner at Luca (Thursday Oct 22)
Luca YYC Restaurant
524 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 1L1
6:00 PM
Arrival
6:45 PM
Dr. Matthew Benson presenting
“Balancing Clinical and Translational Science Roles in Ophthalmology”
Retina Day (Friday Oct 23)
The Glencoe Club
636 29 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2S 0P1
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Grand Rounds: Dr. Matthew Benson
Ocular Genetics in Western Canada: A Survey of the Current Landscape
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM
Breakfast
9:30 AM
Opening remarks, Drs. R. Geoff Williams and Amin Kherani
9:35 AM
Dr. Matthew Benson
Resident Teaching & Discussion
10:00 AM
Dr. David Hardy
Ophthalmic Anesthesia
10:30 AM
Break
10:40 AM
Dr. Zorana Vujadinovic
Diabetes, hypertension, or both?
10:50 AM
Dr. Christopher Nielsen
From Bench to Bedside: An End-to-End Case Study of Artificial Intelligence for Diabetic Retinopathy
11:00 AM
Dr. Mostafa Bondok
The Star That Never Came
11:10 AM
Dr. Sterling King
Orbitocranial Trauma – On Nail’s Edge
11:20 AM
Dr. Chijindu Ukagwu
A Shadow Behind the Retina
11:30 AM
Dr. Robert Moore
A Fleck of Trouble
11:40 AM
Dr. Mohamed Bondok
Twists and Turns - Isolated finding or syndrome?
11:50 PM
Dr. Brooklyn Rawlyk
A Hole lot to Consider: Straight to Surgery?
12:00 PM
LUNCH
Western Canada Retina Retreat 2026
The Glencoe Club
636 29 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2S 0P1
1:00 PM
Dr. Matthew Benson
More Than Meets the Eye: Incidental Retinal Arteriolar Tortuosity Reveals a COL4A1-Related Disorder
1:30 PM
Dr. Bilal Malik
The Cutter That Got Cut: An Unusual Complication of Vitreoretinal Surgery
1:42 PM
Dr. Jessica Ruzicki
Double Trouble
1:54 PM
Dr. Mary Holdsworth
Seeing Red? An Atypical Fundus in a Visually Asymptomatic Child with Leukaemia
2:06 PM
Dr. Aurora Pecaku
2:18 PM
Dr. Luqmaan Moolla
When Things Aren't Crystal Clear - An Unusual Retinal Case
2:30 PM
Dr. Amin Kherani
When Shockwaves Shatter Vision!
2:42 PM
BREAK
2:54 PM
Dr. Kevin Colleaux
Fungal Endophthalmitis - the gift that keeps on giving.
3:06 PM
Dr. Faazil Kassam
Back to Fundamentals
3:18 PM
Craig Jones, PhD
AI in Retinal Imaging: Where are We and What is Next
3:30 PM
Dr. Michelle Carle
Historically Mysterious Cases
3:42 PM
Dr. Daniel Milad
More Than Meets the Eye: Reading Between the (OCT) Lines
3:54 PM
Dr. Dara Onasanya
4:06 PM
BREAK
4:18 PM
Dr. Mitchell Thatcher
Not so toxo: Delayed presentation of a uveitis masquerade
4:30 PM
Dr. Jeremy Moreau
White Noise
4:42 PM
Dr. Micah Luong
Kids: The Gift That Keeps on Giving… Even Vision Loss!
4:54 PM
Dr. Eugene Michael
Targeting VEGF: Clinical Case Insights
5:06 PM
Dr. R. Geoff Williams
PDR plus PVR Cutting it close
WCRR Dinner
MAJOR TOM
#3900, 700 - 2nd Street SW Calgary, Alberta
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Guest Arrival