Amniotic Membrane Transplant Session to be a Conference Highlight | ASRS 2025

One of the highlights at the 2025 meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists will be a talk on amniotic membrane transplants for difficult-to-treat macular holes, according to Gaurav K. Shah, M.D., program chair of ASRS 2025.

This invited talk, called ‘Amniotic Membrane in Vitreoretinal Surgery: When and How,’ will be hosted by Stanislao Rizzo, M.D., chair of the ophthalmology unit, Agostino Gemelli University Hospital Foundation, Rome, Italy.

“This technique involves putting tissue either on top of the retina or underneath the retina to fix difficult macular holes, especially in patients who are nearsighted,” Shah said in a recent video interview with Managed Healthcare Executive.

Gaurav K. Shah, M.D.

Nearsightedness has become increasingly common in Asia, where myopia rates have risen to 80 to 90% in countries including South Korea and Japan.

“The world is going to be pathologically myopic,” Shah said.

The 43^rd annual ASRS takes place from July 30 to August 2, 2025, at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California.