Invited Speaker

Title. Glaucoma Imaging: from Mechanism to Diagnosis

Abstract. TBA

Short bio. Prof. Xiulan Zhang, MD, PhD, glaucoma specialist, is currently the director of the Clinical Research Center at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC). She is the outstanding PI of State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology in China, and was listed as one of the TOP 100 influential people in ophthalmology in 2014. She was awarded the Achievement Award of APAO in 2017. She is the fellow of the AAPPO and the board member of the Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society (APGS), Asia Angle-Closure Glaucoma Club (AACGC) and the secretary of the Chinese Glaucoma Society (CGS). She also serves as the Convener of the Glaucoma Scientific Program of APAO Congress 2018-2019.

Prof. Zhang has been engaged in clinical practice, teaching and research of ophthalmology for 30 years. Prof. Xiulan Zhang’s team is committed to the cutting-edge researches on glaucoma, involving glaucoma related to artificial intelligence, brain cognition, and how gut microbiota and immunity in the pathogenesis of glaucoma. She has received 26 research grants and published 204 articles, including 112 SCI articles, including Lancet, Ophthalmology, BJO, IOVS, etc. Prof. Zhang has authored and published two books: Illustrated Surgical Techniques and Pearls of Glaucoma (2016), Illustrated Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Glaucoma (2014). Both books were the best sellers of the year and received “Excellent Publication” award of the People’s Medical Publishing House of China. She organized the translation and publication of 10 books of WGA Consensus Series. She has received numbers of prestigious scientific awards. She has given invited lectures for 409 times in domestic and international countries.