Retina Consultants of Hawaii | Hawaii Macula and Retina Institute
Retina Consultants of Hawaii provide excellent clinical care and have several clinic locations in Hawaii.
Dr. James C. Lai was featured in the winter issue of the Hawaii Service Medical Association (HMSA) magazine, Island Scene. He was profiled because he co-founded a telemedicine platform that assists Hawaii’s diabetic patients get timelier access to diabetic retinopathy examinations. Click the link to read about InTeleretina
In March of 2019, Dr. Kokame was invited to the Retina World Congress, whose goal is to have an international sharing of knowledge from colleagues, speakers, and professors from around the world. The Retina World Congress’ inaugural meeting was in 2017. Specialists from all over the country and the world come to attend this one-of-a-kind […]
In December of 2018, Dr. Kokame was an invited speaker to the 12th annual Asian Pacific Vitreous and Retina Society (APVRS) and the International Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy (PCV) Forum in Seoul, Korea. The International PCV Forum consisted of experts in PCV from around the world and was organized by Professor Tomohiro Iida of Tokyo, Japan, […]
Dr. James C. Lai was honored to be invited to present his original research regarding vein occlusions at the 51st Annual Retina Society meeting in September 2018 which was held in San Francisco. The Retina Society is considered to be one of the oldest and most prestigious honorary societies for retinal specialists in the world. […]
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) is one of the largest eye and vision research organization in the world. The goal of ARVO is to advance worldwide research in the visual system and to help prevent, treat and cure its disorders. This year, for the first time, the ARVO annual meeting was […]
On October 7, 2017, The Retina Society had their 50th anniversary meeting. During this event, hundreds of the most prominent retina specialists in the U.S. joined together to discuss the latest in vitreoretinal disease management. This organization was started back in 1966 in Boston by Dr. Charles L. Schepens, who is credited with establishing retina […]
Dr. Gregg Kokame, medical director of the Hawai’i Macula and Retina Institute, was invited to present 4 different lectures at the 33rd Congress of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO). His presentations included: Macular Hole Surgery – History from Gass Theory to Modern Day Surgery, An Updated Treatment Paradigm for the Treatment of Polypoidal Choroidal […]
Dr. James Lai was the invited keynote speaker at the Taiwanese-American Medical Association meeting held at the Oahu Country Club. The Taiwanese-American Medical Association Meeting is comprised of members from all specialties of medicine. Dr. Lai gave an update on Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in patients over the age of […]
At the Aspen Retina Detachment Society meeting in March of 2017, Dr. Gregg Kokame was invited to teach the audience of prominent retinal specialists, many of whom are leaders and chairman of ophthalmology departments in the US, about the newest diagnostic tests for PCV, as well as the most recently released treatment trials specific […]
Dr. Gregg Kokame, medical director of the Hawaii Macula and Retina Institute, was the featured speaker on the importance of recognizing polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) as the most important subtype of exudative or wet macular degeneration at one of the largest retina specialist meetings in the world – the Retina Subspecialty Day of the American […]