8:30-10:00am– Grand Rounds Lecture: Dr. Juliette McGregor, PhD, “Advancing vision restoration therapies with adaptive optics retinal imaging”

1. Summarize the current status of optogenetic and photoreceptor replacement therapies for vision restoration.
2. Describe which adaptive optics imaging modalities offer insight into the performance of new therapeutics.
3. Explain why the non-human primate is an important animal model in preclinical development of new therapies in ophthalmology.

Disclosures: Juliette McGregor, PhD has no financial relationships to disclose. Planner Yvonne Ou, MD advises for Oculinea.

Target Audience: Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers.

Accreditation:  In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Designation: UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This presentation receives support from UCSF’s (non-commercial) Samuel J. Kimura Fund, Transamerica Lecture Fund and Proctor Lecture Fund.