VIT-BUCKLE SOCIETY INC

Convenes annual meetings for vitreoretinal surgeons and trainees, featuring surgical and medical sessions, lightning rounds, debates, and specialized programs for fellows and FOCUS participants. Recent meetings include the 10th Annual Meeting in March 2022, the 12th in April 2024 in Miami Beach, FL, and the 13th in March 2025 in Austin, TX, with the 14th scheduled for April 2026 in Las Vegas, NV.

Convenes annual meetings for vitreoretinal surgeons, featuring surgical and medical sessions, lightning rounds, debates, and specialized programs for fellows and FOCUS participants. Recent meetings include the 10th Annual Meeting in March 2022, the 12th in April 2024 in Miami Beach, FL, and the 13th in March 2025 in Austin, TX, with the 14th scheduled for April 2026 in Las Vegas, NV.

Convenes annual meetings for vitreoretinal surgeons, featuring surgical/medical sessions, lightning rounds, debates, and specialized programs for fellows and medical students, with recent meetings held in Miami Beach, FL, and Austin, TX.

Hosts online sessions and webinars for members, guests, fellows, and residents, including Surgical Rounds on complex retinal detachments and IOLs, Medical Rounds for informal discussions of medical retina cases, and Vit-Buckle Academy Fellows Online Sessions on topics like proliferative vitreoretinopathy and trauma surgery.

Hosts online sessions via Zoom for members, guests, fellows, and residents, including Surgical Rounds webinars on complex retinal detachments and IOLs for surgical retina, and Medical Rounds for informal discussions of medical retina cases. These sessions also cover topics such as proliferative vitreoretinopathy, trauma surgery, and secondary IOLs.

Hosts online sessions, including Medical Rounds and Surgical Rounds webinars, via Zoom for VBS members, guests, fellows, and residents, covering topics such as complex retinal detachments and proliferative vitreoretinopathy.

Operates the Vit-Buckle Academy (VBA), an online educational portal offering curriculum, curated videos, figures, a surgical video library covering various procedures, and educational content on complications and basic principles of diabetic vitrectomy and tractional retinal detachment. It also publishes a Clinical Trial Guide, "Case of the Month," and "Image of the Month" features.

Operates Vit-Buckle Academy (VBA), an online educational portal offering curriculum, curated videos, case studies, diagnostic puzzles, and a surgical video library covering various procedures for vitreoretinal surgeons and trainees.

Operates the Vit-Buckle Academy (VBA), an online educational portal offering curriculum, curated videos, figures, and a Surgical Video Library covering various procedures (IOL, Trauma, Macular, Uveitis, Pediatric Surgery). It also publishes a Clinical Trial Guide and educational content on complications like Pars Plana Vitrectomy and Diabetic Vitrectomy & TRD Basics.

Publishes regular "Case of the Month" and "Image of the Month" features, presenting specific case studies and diagnostic puzzles to educate vitreoretinal surgeons and trainees.

Conducts and publishes research, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses, on topics such as endophthalmitis rates in intravitreal injections, reactivation of retinopathy of prematurity, vision recovery in open globe injuries, and clinical outcomes of various treatments for retinal diseases.

Conducts and publishes research, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses comparing endophthalmitis rates for intravitreal injections, studies on retinopathy of prematurity, open globe injury, ocular von Hippel-Lindau disease, and clinical outcomes of various treatments for neovascular age-related macular degeneration and uveitic macular edema. Research also includes studies on retinal displacement and macular hole repair techniques.

Conducts and publishes systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and clinical studies on topics such as endophthalmitis rates in intravitreal injections, retinopathy of prematurity, vision recovery in open globe injury, ocular von Hippel-Lindau disease, Faricimab outcomes in nAMD, and retinal displacement after surgical procedures. Research findings include a lower risk of endophthalmitis with prefilled syringes and similar macular hole repair outcomes with conventional vs. no-gas ILM flap approaches.

Awards VBS Academic Grants to top abstracts and provides travel grants to vitreoretinal fellows, residents, medical students, and female vitreoretinal surgeons to cover meeting registration, travel expenses, and lodging.

Operates the Fostering Careers for Upcoming Stars (FOCUS) program to increase the pipeline of underserved medical students and ophthalmology residents interested in surgical retina, provides educational offerings for fellows, and mentors developing vitreoretinal surgeons.

Operates the Fostering Careers for Upcoming Stars (FOCUS) program to increase diversity in surgical retina, provides educational offerings including webinars and an annual fellows foray, and mentors developing vitreoretinal surgeons. The organization also awards VBS Academic Grants and travel grants to fellows, residents, medical students, and female vitreoretinal surgeons to support their participation in meetings and research.

Operates the Fostering Careers for Upcoming Stars (FOCUS) program to increase the pipeline of underserved medical students and ophthalmology residents interested in surgical retina. It also provides educational offerings, including webinars for vitreoretinal fellows, an annual fellows foray, and awards academic and travel grants to fellows, residents, medical students, and female vitreoretinal surgeons to attend meetings.