Cataract Conference (Wills Residents Only)
Mark Blecher, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM.
Auditorium.
Resident Core Lecture: Cornea
Corneal dystrophies and recurrent erosions (BCSC p. 69-71, 253-280)
Beeran Meghpara, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026, 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM.
Auditorium.
Charles and Maureen Letocha Visiting Professor Lecture in Cornea - CANCELLED
Visiting Professor: Julie Schallhorn, MD, MS
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Lecture: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Grand Rounds: 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/897485618247615834. Events: Visiting Professor Lecture.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
8th Floor Auditorium.
Resident Core Lecture: Cornea
A variety of topics and case presentations
Cornea Service Faculty and Wills’ Residents: Henry Bair, MD, Bela
Parekh, MD, and Osmel Alvarez, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Auditorium.
Resident Core Lecture: Cornea
The Corneal Toolbox – Selecting the right tool for the job
Aditya Kanesa-thasan, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Thursday, September 3, 2026, 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM.
Auditorium.
Chiefs Rounds
During Chiefs Rounds, residents present two mystery cases to the Service Chiefs and attending physicians. Join us as Wills Eye's world-renowned ophthalmologists discuss the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and management of these challenging cases. There is only one rule: No resident can be asked a question.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8146288704262387797. Events: Chiefs Rounds.
Friday, September 4, 2026, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM.
Auditorium.
Glaucoma Rounds
Glaucoma Fellows.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Friday, September 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
8th Floor Classroom.
Resident Core Lecture: Cornea
Corneal trauma, abrasions, chemical burns, perforating trauma
(BCSC p. 337-368)
Betul Bayraktutar, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM.
Auditorium.
Retina Imaging
The Wills Eye Retina Imaging Conference is an interactive and engaging forum during which our first year Retina fellows present multimodal imaging of interesting cases and their management to Wills Eye attending physicians.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3719242573999008350. Events: Retina Imaging/Surgical Conference.
Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM.
Resident Core Lecture: Ocular Pathology
Pathology of Trauma
Ralph Eagle, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM.
Auditorium.
Resident Core Lecture: Cornea
Corneal surgery: corneal transplantation, pterygium excision,
conjunctival autografts, conjunctival flaps (BCSC p. 369-428)
Brandon Ayres, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Thursday, September 10, 2026, 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM.
Auditorium.
Resident Lecture: Ocular Genetics
Jose Pulido, MD, MS, MBA, MPH.
Events: Chiefs Rounds.
Friday, September 11, 2026, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM.
Auditorium.
Glaucoma Rounds
Faculty led journal club.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Friday, September 11, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
8th Floor Classroom.
Resident Skills Lab: Surgical Curriculum (First Years)
Evisceration and Enucleation
Edward H. Bedrossian, Jr. MD, FACS.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Monday, September 14, 2026, 7:15 AM – 8:20 AM.
MOST Lab.
Resident Core Lecture: Surgical Curriculum (Second Years)
White and Dense Cataracts (Second Years)
Douglas Wisner, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Monday, September 14, 2026, 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM.
Auditorium.
Resident Core Lecture: Cornea
Keratoconus, keratoglobus, pellucid marginal degeneration
(BCSC p. 281-287)
Zeba Syed, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM.
Auditorium.
Retina Imaging
The Wills Eye Retina Imaging Conference is an interactive and engaging forum during which our first year Retina fellows present multimodal imaging of interesting cases and their management to Wills Eye attending physicians.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3804607557267984480. Events: Retina Imaging/Surgical Conference.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM.
Resident Core Lecture: Ocular Pathology
Pathology of Cornea
Tatyana Milman, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM.
Auditorium.
Resident Core Lecture: Cornea (ZOOM)
Conjunctivitis, acute and chronic (non-herpetic), blepharitis, SLK
(BCSC p. 123-146, 171-179, 68-69)
Rahul Tonk, MD, MBA.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM.
Chiefs Rounds
During Chiefs Rounds, residents present two mystery cases to the Service Chiefs and attending physicians. Join us as Wills Eye's world-renowned ophthalmologists discuss the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and management of these challenging cases. There is only one rule: No resident can be asked a question.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2717359882165242458. Events: Chiefs Rounds.
Friday, September 18, 2026, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM.
Auditorium.
Glaucoma Rounds
Glaucoma Research Center Meeting.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Friday, September 18, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
8th Floor Classroom.
Annual Orbital Dissection Course (LECTURES)
Course Director: Charlotte Marous, MD
Senior Consultant: Edward Bedrossian, Jr. MD, FACS
Faculty of the Oculoplastics Department.
Events: Featured Event.
Friday, September 18, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Jefferson Commons – Alumni Hall
1020 Locust Street
Room 207.
Annual Orbital Dissection Course (Lab)
Course Director: Charlotte Marous, MD
Senior Consultant: Edward Bedrossian, Jr. MD, FACS
Invited Guests and Faculty of the Oculoplastics Service, Anatomy
Education Division, and Otolaryngology and Neurological Surgery Departments.
Events: Featured Event.
Saturday, September 19, 2026, 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM.
Jefferson Commons – Alumni Hall
1020 Locust Street
5th floor Lab.
Resident Core Lecture: Retina
Retinal Anatomy, Physiology, and Psychophysics
Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Monday, September 21, 2026, 7:00 AM – 7:50 AM.
Auditorium.
Cataract Conference (Wills Eye Third Year Residents Only)
(Via Zoom)
Robert S. Bailey Jr. MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM.
Shields Ocular Oncology Rounds
Carol Shields, MD and Sara Lally, MD, Ocular Oncology Service.
Online Location: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89965332787?pwd=VaEakhwLzJElJxHbcteZbEn53YOHlX.1#. Events: Shields Oncology Rounds.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM.
Resident Core Lecture: Retina
Resident Core Lecture: Retina Service
Retina Diagnostics: Fluorescein, OCT, Ultrasound
Jordan Deaner, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 7:00 AM – 7:50 AM.
Auditorium.
Resident Core Lecture: Surgical Curriculum (First Years)
Optic Nerve Evaluation and OCT Interpretation
Natasha Kolomeyer, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM.
Auditorium.
Resident Core Lecture: Surgical Curriculum (Second Years)
Secondary IOLs
Brenton Finklea, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 7:15 AM – 8:20 AM.
MOST Lab.
Chiefs Rounds
During Chiefs Rounds, residents present two mystery cases to the Service Chiefs and attending physicians. Join us as Wills Eye's world-renowned ophthalmologists discuss the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and management of these challenging cases. There is only one rule: No resident can be asked a question.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1902220444239102560. Events: Chiefs Rounds.
Friday, September 25, 2026, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM.
Auditorium.
Glaucoma Rounds
Glaucoma Fellows.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Friday, September 25, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
8th Floor Classroom.
COMPLICATED CATARACT CASES: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Program Chairs: Brett M. Weinstock, MD, Melissa R. Sieber, MD
Faculty of Wills Eye Cataract and Primary Eye Care Service.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4051632634575472215. Events: Saturday Update.
Saturday, September 26, 2026, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
8th Floor Auditorium.
Resident Core Lecture: Retina
Retinal Detachment and Predisposing Lesions
Ajay Kuriyan, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Monday, September 28, 2026, 7:00 AM – 7:50 AM.
Auditorium.
Resident Core Lecture: Retina
Overview of Uveitis
JP Dunn, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 7:00 AM – 7:50 AM.
Auditorium.
Retina Imaging
The Wills Eye Retina Imaging Conference is an interactive and engaging forum during which our first year Retina fellows present multimodal imaging of interesting cases and their management to Wills Eye attending physicians.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7579107830120736859. Events: Retina Imaging/Surgical Conference.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM.
Resident Core Lecture: Ocular Pathology
Pathology of Retinal Vascular Diseases and Degenerations
Tatyana Milman, MD.
Events: Resident Lecture, Conference, Rounds, Lab.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM.
Auditorium.
Chiefs Rounds
During Chiefs Rounds, residents present two mystery cases to the Service Chiefs and attending physicians. Join us as Wills Eye's world-renowned ophthalmologists discuss the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and management of these challenging cases. There is only one rule: No resident can be asked a question.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7765448662726725720. Events: Chiefs Rounds.
Friday, October 2, 2026, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM.
Auditorium.
Retina Imaging
The Wills Eye Retina Imaging Conference is an interactive and engaging forum during which our first year Retina fellows present multimodal imaging of interesting cases and their management to Wills Eye attending physicians.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8046632268879012950. Events: Retina Imaging/Surgical Conference.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM.
VITALIANO B. BERNARDINO JR., MD VISITING PROFESSOR LECTURE IN PATHOLOGY
Visiting Professor: MELIKE PEKMEZCI, MD
Professor of Pathology and Ophthalmology
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Lecture: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Grand Rounds: 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2805788103811328092. Events: Visiting Professor Lecture.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
8th Floor Auditorium.
Cornea Surgical Video Learning Series
Hosted by Sadeer Hannush, MD (Wills Eye) and Allan Slomovic, MSc, MD (University of Toronto)
SPEAKER:
Management of Post-Keratoplasty Ametropia
Deepinder Dhaliwal, MD
Case Presentations:
Brian Smith MD (Wills Eye)
Noa Kapelushnik, MD (University of Toronto).
Online Location: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vYaiNkXUS-ypEeMxHlZY1Q. Events: Cornea Surgical Video Learning Series.
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Chiefs Rounds
During Chiefs Rounds, residents present two mystery cases to the Service Chiefs and attending physicians. Join us as Wills Eye's world-renowned ophthalmologists discuss the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and management of these challenging cases. There is only one rule: No resident can be asked a question.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/371464962886705247. Events: Chiefs Rounds.
Friday, October 16, 2026, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM.
Auditorium.
6TH EDWARD A. JAEGER, MD ENDOWED LECTURESHIP
“Enjoy the Journey, What I Would Tell My 30-Year-Old Self”
STEPHANIE JONES MARIONEAUX, MD, PC
Chief Executive Officer
President Elect, American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2102642722926971735. Events: Featured Event.
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
8th Floor Auditorium.
Shields Ocular Oncology Rounds
Carol Shields, MD and Sara Lally, MD, Ocular Oncology Service.
Online Location: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89965332787?pwd=VaEakhwLzJElJxHbcteZbEn53YOHlX.1#. Events: Shields Oncology Rounds.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM.
Retina Imaging
The Wills Eye Retina Imaging Conference is an interactive and engaging forum during which our first year Retina fellows present multimodal imaging of interesting cases and their management to Wills Eye attending physicians.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8138626207751827550. Events: Retina Imaging/Surgical Conference.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM.
Chiefs Rounds
During Chiefs Rounds, residents present two mystery cases to the Service Chiefs and attending physicians. Join us as Wills Eye's world-renowned ophthalmologists discuss the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and management of these challenging cases. There is only one rule: No resident can be asked a question.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4807251111102514775. Events: Chiefs Rounds.
Friday, October 30, 2026, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM.
Auditorium.
Retina Imaging
The Wills Eye Retina Imaging Conference is an interactive and engaging forum during which our first year Retina fellows present multimodal imaging of interesting cases and their management to Wills Eye attending physicians.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/186220343373578327. Events: Retina Imaging/Surgical Conference.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM.
JOEL PORTER, MD, WILLS EYE RESIDENT, CLASS OF 1970, VISITING PROFESSOR LECTURE IN PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND STRABISMUS
Visiting Professor: ALEX V. LEVIN, MD, MHSc, FAAP,FAAO, FRCSC
Adeline Lutz - Steven S.T. Ching, MD
Distinguished Professorship in Ophthalmology
Chief, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Ocular Genetics
Flaum Eye Institute
Chief, Clinical Genetics
Golisano Children’s Hospital and University of Rochester Medical Center
Professor of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Lecture: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Grand Rounds: 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8740156923639346005. Events: Visiting Professor Lecture.
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
8th Floor Auditorium.
43RD ANNUAL JOSEPH H. CALHOUN, MD PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY FORUM
Program Chair: KAMMI B. GUNTON, MD.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1494718344643035995. Events: Featured Event.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
8th Floor Auditorium.
Retina Imaging
The Wills Eye Retina Imaging Conference is an interactive and engaging forum during which our first year Retina fellows present multimodal imaging of interesting cases and their management to Wills Eye attending physicians.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1179529043511075420. Events: Retina Imaging/Surgical Conference.
Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM.
Cornea Surgical Video Learning Series
Hosted by Sadeer Hannush, MD (Wills Eye) and Allan Slomovic, MSc, MD (University of Toronto)
SPEAKER:
Reshape the Shape: A Surgical Algorithm for the Management of Keratoconus
Guillermo Rocha, MD
Case Presentations:
Imani Williams MD.
Online Location: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8TiDnMa-TU-gKL3O5gBT3w. Events: Cornea Surgical Video Learning Series.
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Chiefs Rounds
During Chiefs Rounds, residents present two mystery cases to the Service Chiefs and attending physicians. Join us as Wills Eye's world-renowned ophthalmologists discuss the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and management of these challenging cases. There is only one rule: No resident can be asked a question.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5447984915119232348. Events: Chiefs Rounds.
Friday, November 13, 2026, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM.
Auditorium.
WILLS EYE HOSPITAL INAUGURAL BIENNIAL ANTERIOR SEGMENT CONFERENCE
Program Chair: Brandon D. Ayres, MD.
Events: Featured Event.
Saturday, November 14, 2026, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
8th Floor Auditorium.
Retina Imaging
The Wills Eye Retina Imaging Conference is an interactive and engaging forum during which our first year Retina fellows present multimodal imaging of interesting cases and their management to Wills Eye attending physicians.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1257344779943679328. Events: Retina Imaging/Surgical Conference.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM.
Chiefs Rounds
During Chiefs Rounds, residents present two mystery cases to the Service Chiefs and attending physicians. Join us as Wills Eye's world-renowned ophthalmologists discuss the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and management of these challenging cases. There is only one rule: No resident can be asked a question.
Online Location: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6387972798867736928. Events: Chiefs Rounds.
Friday, November 20, 2026, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM.
Auditorium.
Shields Ocular Oncology Rounds
Carol Shields, MD and Sara Lally, MD, Ocular Oncology Service.
Online Location: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89965332787?pwd=VaEakhwLzJElJxHbcteZbEn53YOHlX.1#. Events: Shields Oncology Rounds.
Tuesday, November 24, 2026, 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM.