A Literary Pediatric Retina Fellowship With Michael T. Trese, MD.

Michael T. Trese, MD (1946-2022), a vitreoretinal surgeon, made significant contributions to the field of retina. Although most known for his work in pediatric retina surgery, he was a pioneer in areas such as medical retina, translational research, and telemedicine. This article reviews his major contributions to spread his knowledge more widely to vitreoretinal trainees and specialists. We discuss six areas where Trese made a lasting impact: lens-sparing vitrectomy, familial exudative vitreoretinopathy, congenital X-linked retinoschisis, autologous plasmin enzyme, regenerative medicine, and telemedicine. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 2023;54:701-712.].

Guidance of Medical Care for Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy：Research on Rare and Intractable Diseases, Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants.

Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy is a hereditary insufficiency of retinal vascularture, which manifests a variety of vitreoretinal abnormalities, including nonvascularlized retina, abnormality of retinal vessel growing, dragged retina, retinal folds and total retinal detachment. While causative genes have been identified, cases are often sporadic. Periodic examination is necessary to find recurrence of the disease and late complications, including rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, cataract and glaucoma.