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Tributes and Awards Highlight EURETINA 2024 Opening Ceremony
by Matt Herman
Experts showcase cutting-edge imaging technologies, offering new insights into retinal disease management.
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The 24th Congress of the European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA 2024) officially kicked off late on Day 1 with the official opening ceremony. Tributes to departed EURETINA President Prof. Ramin Tadayoni poured in throughout the session, including a special EURETINA Lecture dedicated to one of his biggest passions: pathological myopia.
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URETINA President Prof. Anat Loewenstein opened the EURETINA 2024 Opening Ceremony, EURETINA Lecture and August Deutman Awards session with comments thanking the more than 8,000 delegates attending the conference—and reflecting on an unprecedented year for innovation and scholarship in retinal medicine. A series of tributes to the late former EURETINA President Prof. Ramin Tadayoni followed. Prof. Tadayoni’s passing earlier this year shocked the European and global retina community, but his legacy as both an educator and researcher were on full display throughout an emotionally charged afternoon session. Retina luminaries and colleagues of Prof. Tadayoni, from current president
Prof. Loewenstein to Prof. Martin Zinkernagel (Switzerland) and more, shared stories both professional and personal about the indelible impact Prof. Tadayoni had on retinal medicine and the tightknit community surrounding it.
EURETINA Lecture After a moment of silence in honor of Prof. Tadayoni, Prof. Loewenstein introduced this year’s EURETINA Lecture awardee—Prof. Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, who presented on Pathologic Myopia: New Horizons Through Cutting-Edge Imaging Technologies. Prof. Tadayoni’s pioneering work and influence on the study of pathologic myopia loomed large throughout the talk, as Prof. Ohno-Matsui began with a tribute to what she described as Prof. Tadayoni’s legacy of passion and innovation in pathologic myopia. Cont. on Page 3 >>