5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  Paul Hahn describes challenges in starting an independent retina practice, including business decisions, financing office space and renovations, and recruiting staff.

• 2

  Samuel Minaker emphasizes industry relationships, strong physician-patient relationships, and dedicated, well-trained research staff in building a private-practice clinical trials program.

• 3

  Elizabeth Cifers discusses operational planning to integrate research into practice because research patients can alter clinic workflow.

• 4

  Namrata Saroj, Mark Barakat, and Ram Yalamanchili examine potential AI applications in clinical research, including target identification, protocol design, trial execution, and data interpretation.

• 5

  Deanna Miano and Miguel Busquets describe growing difficulties retina surgeons face in securing weekday and weekend operating room time, which impede timely retinal care.