2023 Optic Disc Drusen Hybrid Conference

The Stanford Center for Optic Disc Drusen at the Byers Eye Institute hosted our 4^th annual international conference to share laboratory and clinical advances on optic disc drusen, an orphan disease that is associated with vision loss and optic nerve calcification.  Our goal for this meeting was to seed collaborative opportunities, educate the public, and to strategize about how to rapidly advance the field.

In 2023, we focused on optic nerve and retinal ganglion cell biology and mitochondria, with many talks on translational vision research. In the afternoon, we hosted an in-person poster session.

This meeting was hybrid. Given the improved state of the COVID-19 pandemic, we anticipated no barriers for you to enjoy this meeting experience in person, which included a poster session, like in 2022.  The lectures and discussions will also be available virtually through Zoom. Some of the lectures will be available at a later date on our website.

In 2022 we had a successful international meeting of about 450 participants from 35 countries. Please check out the 2022 lectures.

> View 2022 Optic Disc Drusen Conference Lectures

There was swag for all presenters and a prize for the top posters. We consider your poster entry a confirmation that you, or someone in your lab, will be available at the scheduled time to present the poster. Any changes need to be communicated to us no later than 3 workdays before the meeting.

Any questions? Please send us a message by emailing OpticDiscDrusen@stanford.edu

Joyce Liao, MD, PhD & Jeffrey Goldberg, MD, PhD

ORGANIZERS