Jordi Monés, Marta Pazos and Anna Sala take part in the 47th Congress of the Catalan Society of Ophthalmology

The Institut de la Màcula had a strong representation at the 47th Congress of the Catalan Society of Ophthalmology (SCO), held on 1-3 December. The Institut’s Director, Dr. Jordi Monés (photo by Sergi Briet), explained the prospects for research on dry AMD at the event’s first round table, which was devoted to the medical retina. Dr. Anna Sala also performed a presentation, about Vitrectomy in 27g.

Dr. Anna Sala | Photo: Sergi Briet

Meanwhile, Dr. Marta Pazos, the Institut’s glaucoma specialist, demonstrated the posterior and anterior segment applications of the Swept Source OCT in assessing glaucoma.

Dr. Marta Pazos | Photo: Twitter @martapazosmd

The annual meeting of the SCO gathers the majority of Catalonia’s ophthalmologists and also draws others from the rest of Spain. This year, the core of the convention was focused on retinal disease. In the round table on medical retina, new diagnostic methods were explained, including OCT angiography and its application in retinal disease, new treatments of the most prevalent pathologies, such as AMD, and the treatments that will be available to doctors and patients in the near future.