VBS Academic Calendar

The highly anticipated VBS Academic Calendar for 2025-26 has arrived!
This year’s calendar is filled with engaging medical rounds, dynamic surgical discussions, and, of course, our Annual Meeting 2026 in Las Vegas. Be sure to save the dates and start preparing your cases for submission! Selected cases will be featured at these sessions.

All sessions are hosted online via Zoom and are open to all VBS members and guests. We especially encourage fellows and residents to participate, and we invite faculty to share these educational opportunities with all trainnees. As each meeting approaches, Zoom links and submission guidelines will be shared. Please sign up for VBS membership to receive email updates and other important perks. 

We look forward to seeing you there!

Upcoming Events in 2025-2025

Sunday, October 26, 2025 
10a – 11a ET
 
 
Join us for an exciting virtual event that brings together leading surgeons from South America & Europe in a spirited “World Cup” exchange of ideas, techniques, and innovation! 
 
Our esteemed international panel will present 8 surgical videos, each followed by a robust discussion. A diverse range of surgical techniques will be shared and debated with colleagues from South America and Europe. We are especially interested in hearing about innovative approaches and different methodologies that can contribute to advancing our field. Wear your favorite team’s colors/jersey!

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Registration: TBD

Please save the date for the upcoming Medical Retina Rounds.

This will be an informal discussion of some of the most interesting medical retina cases, directed towards fellows and retina specialists in their first few years of practice.

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Registration: TBD

This online meeting is intended to be an active and informal discussion of retina surgical concepts geared specifically towards fellows and attendings in early stages of practice. For each session, we will present 5-6 surgical videos from a larger pool of submitted videos, followed by an excellent panel discussion. At the end of the session, attendees will vote on the top video. The winning fellow video for the VBS Surgical Rounds series this year will be automatically entered into our VBS Fellows Foray session at the annual meeting in April!

We look forward to seeing you at VBS Surgical Rounds!

Tuesday February 10, 2026

Registration: TBD

Please save the date for the upcoming Medical Retina Rounds.

This will be an informal discussion of some of the most interesting medical retina cases, directed towards fellows and retina specialists in their first few years of practice.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Registration: TBD

This online meeting is intended to be an active and informal discussion of retina surgical concepts geared specifically towards fellows and attendings in early stages of practice. For each session, we will present 5-6 surgical videos from a larger pool of submitted videos, followed by an excellent panel discussion. At the end of the session, attendees will vote on the top video. The winning fellow video for the VBS Surgical Rounds series this year will be automatically entered into our VBS Fellows Foray session at the annual meeting in April!

We look forward to seeing you at VBS Surgical Rounds!

Sunday, May 10, 2026

Registration: TBD

This online meeting is intended to be an active and informal discussion of retina surgical concepts geared specifically towards fellows and attendings in early stages of practice. For each session, we will present 5-6 surgical videos from a larger pool of submitted videos, followed by an excellent panel discussion. At the end of the session, attendees will vote on the top video. 

We look forward to seeing you at VBS Surgical Rounds!