The Orbit SymposiumUCLA Orbital Masters

The Program

First the hands, then the argument

Two days with a single trajectory. Friday puts an instrument in your hand at a dissection station. Saturday puts the discipline itself on the table.

Plate I Friday, March 5, 2027

The dissection laboratory

Anatomic and surgical pearls of core orbital surgery, worked through in the laboratory rather than argued from a lectern.

The work

Step by step, station by station

The laboratory covers decompression techniques, approaches to the optic nerve, the orbital apex and cavernous sinus, orbital trauma and advanced endonasal surgery. Each procedure is taken in step-by-step fashion with a detailed dissection manual, bullet-point surgical videos and prosections by faculty experts.

The scale

Enrollment is deliberately small

Limited enrollment keeps the ratio close to the table. Faculty circulate the stations and instruction happens over your shoulder, one participant at a time, on the anatomy in front of you.

The satellite session. A parallel option for those who prefer prosection to direct dissection. Live instructor-led dissection is broadcast into an audio-visual suite over a two-way video feed, mediated in the suite by course faculty, and participants interact with the laboratory in real time.

Plate II Saturday, March 6, 2027

Didactic and interactive, in hybrid

The second day steps back from the table to the modern understanding of orbital disease and the advanced techniques for its management.

The sessions

High-yield topics, expert faculty

Didactic sessions from experts in orbital disease and its treatment, covering orbital trauma, vascular lesions, tumors, inflammatory disease and thyroid-related orbitopathy. Attend in the room or join through the hybrid broadcast.

The panel

Your cases, their argument

Complex cases presented by participants are put to an expert panel and discussed in an interactive manner. Bring the case that keeps you up at night and watch it argued from five directions.

Times and details. Session times for the 2027 edition are published on the agenda. Tiers and inclusions sit under registration & fees.