Technician Program

This Conference for Allied Health Professionals will provide an update for ophthalmic personnel at the assistant, technician, technologist, skilled nurse, or photographer level and will run concurrently with the physician conference.

Topics will include:

  • Ophthalmic Surgical Procedures
  • Digital Spectacle Lenses
  • Dry Eye
  • Cataract Surgery
  • Retinal Disease
  • Glaucoma
  • Diagnostics and Imaging
  • Pediatric Refractive Error

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this conference, participants will be able to:

  • Review the mechanism and treatment of dry eye
  • Describe the progression of glaucoma and list current medical and surgical treatment options for the disease
  • Describe the presentation of several retinal diseases and the use of diagnostic instrumentation in treatment
  • Understand the progression of cataract and determine when surgical intervention may be necessary

  • List appropriate prescription of a variety of refractive correction options

  • Understand the mechanism of thyroid eye disease and list treatments for the disease
  • Describe management of a variety of chemical injuries to the eye

Program Schedule

Friday March 15, 2013 Allied Health Professional Schedule
7:30 – 8:15 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast/ Exhibits
8:15 – 8:30 a.m.
Rebecca Nally, OD Welcome
Time
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Session I
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Yousuf Khalifa , MD, FACS

Cataract Surgery

Benjamin Hammond, MD

Development of Refractive Errors in Children and When to Prescribe

Session II
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Mithra Gonzalez , MD

Thyroid Eye Disease

Gareth Lema , MD, PhD

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Break and Exhibits
Session III
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.

Christian Klein , MD     

Dry Eye

Alexandra Herzlich, MD

Chemical Injuries

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Lunch and Exhibits
Session IV
12:45 – 1:45 p.m.

Regina Smolyak, MD  

Glaucoma Overview    

David Kleinman, MD

Review of Diabetic Retinopathy

Session V
1:45 – 2:45 p.m.

Shakeel Shareef , MD        

Challenging Glaucoma Cases

Jason Nauerth-Bell, Certified Optician

Digital Lens Technology

2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Break and Exhibits
Session VI
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Brandy Deats, BS, CRA, OCT-C       

Autofluorescence in the Clinical Patient

Jill Schafer, OD

Contact Lens Update

4:05 – 4:15 p.m.

Rebecca Nally, OD

Wrap-up and announcements
4:30 to conclusion

Cocktail Mixer and Reception for Attendees