The Knights Templar speaker shares her experience using optical coherence tomography
The Emory Eye Center was honored to have Michelle Cabrera, MD headline the May 20 Grand Rounds seminar with her talk, Handheld OCT as a Tool to Diagnose ROP.
Sponsored by the Knights Templar Foundation, Cabrera's presentation focused on the use of handheld optical coherence tomography (OCT) to assess retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a condition in which abnormal blood vessel growth can contribute to vision loss in some premature infants.
The chief of the Pediatric Ophthalmology Division at the University of Washington Medical School, Cabrera practices at Seattle's Children Hospital Ophthalmology Clinic. Her specialties include amblyopia and refractive error in children, strabismus, pediatric cataracts, and nasolacrimal disorders.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive imaging technology that delivers immediate results. It is often used to diagnose macular degeneration in adults. In her pediatric ophthalmic practice, Cabrera has used a hand-held version of OCT to successfully obtain vitreoretinal findings. In addition to discussing her experience with the hand-held OCT, Cabrera explored standard and cutting-edge ROP diagnostic criteria in her presentation.
We were thrilled to have Dr. Cabrera share her professional experience with our residents, fellows, and staff physicians,
said Amy Hutchinson, MD, the director of Emory Eye Center's Pediatric Ophthalmology Division.
Her innovative work in this area has the potential to reduce the need for traumatic scleral depressed retinal examinations and truly transform the way we deliver care to these fragile babies.
-Kathleen E. Moore