PREMIUM WEBINAR
Learn from 11 renowned experts in posterior segment disease
12 COPE-approved hours*
Informative interactive live panel discussion 'Ask the Experts' feature
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2022 | 11:00 AM - 5:45 PM EST |
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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Age-Related Macular Degeneration: An Overview of Best Diagnostic and Management Strategies
Dr. Jessica Haynes, OD, FAAO, FORS, ABO; Dr. Barbara Mihalik, OD, FAAO; Dr. Carlo Pelino, OD, FAAO and Dr. Mohammad Rafieetary, OD, FAAO, FORS, ABO
This lecture covers the best practices in detecting this disease from the earliest stages and how to best manage patients with this disease, at each of its stages, for the best clinical outcome and quality of life.
COPE ID Pending | 2 Hours
Technology for the Posterior Segment: Part 1
Dr. Carlo Pelino, OD, FAAO and Dr. Joseph Pizzimenti, OD, FAAO
Part 1 of this presentation will cover utilization of diagnostic technologies in clinical practice for diagnosis and management of conditions of the posterior segment of the eye. These include functional testing, such as dark adaptometry, perimetry and microperimetry electrophysiology, as well as structural technologies including multimodal imaging devices, optical coherence tomography and its associated modules, angiographic techniques, ultrasound and biometry.
COPE ID Pending | 1 Hour
Technology for the Posterior Segment: Part 2
Dr. Jessica Haynes, OD, FAAO, FORS, ABO and Dr. Kimberley Poirier-Schmidt, OD, FAAO, ABO
Part 2 of this presentation will cover utilization of diagnostic technologies in clinical practice for diagnosis and management of conditions of the posterior segment of the eye. These include functional testing, such as dark adaptometry, perimetry and microperimetry electrophysiology, as well as structural technologies including multimodal imaging devices, optical coherence tomography and its associated modules, angiographic techniques, ultrasound and biometry.
COPE ID Pending | 1 Hour
A Roundtable of Retinal Cases
Dr. Roya Attar, OD, MBA, FAAO; Dr. Jessica Haynes, OD, FAAO, FORS, ABO; Dr. Carolyn Majcher, OD, FAAO, FORS; Dr. Joseph Pizzimenti, OD, FAAO and Dr. Kimberley Poirier-Schmidt, OD, FAAO, ABO
This grand round lecture will present a group of reports of common and uncommon posterior segment conditions that can present to primary care optometric care settings with the possible need for referral to a retinal specialty practice.
COPE ID Pending | 1 Hour
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SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2022 | 11:00 AM - 5:45 PM EST |
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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
So You Have a Patient with an Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD), Now What?
Dr. Barbara Mihalik, OD, FAAO
We all have patients with IRDs and thanks to recent medical innovations, a gene therapy is now available for treatment and will hopefully lead to more in the near future. We will discuss how best to manage these patients through work-up, imaging, genetic testing, genetic counselling and low vision referrals.
COPE ID Pending | 1 Hour
Nutrition and the Retina
Dr. Steven Ferrucci, OD, FAAO, FORS
This course will enhance the practitioner's knowledge concerning nutritional management of age-related macular degeneration, as well as insight into which nutritional supplements are best for their patients. Research regarding nutrition and diabetes, and other retinal diseases, will also be discussed.
COPE ID 74133-PS | 1 Hour
Diabetic Retinopathy: An Overview of Best Diagnostic and Management Strategies
Dr. Roya Attar, OD, MBA, FAAO; Dr. Steven Ferrucci, OD, FAAO, FORS; Dr. Carolyn Majcher, OD, FAAO, FORS and Dr. Kimberley Poirier-Schmidt, OD, FAAO, ABO
This lecture will review the basic demographic and pathophysiology of diabetic retinopathy, as well as provide practical recommendations for an optometrist to better manage their diabetic patients. Case examples of diabetic retinal disaster cases will be presented to bring better appreciation for the gravity of this devastating disease.
COPE ID Pending | 2 Hours
Retina Masterclass: How to Diagnose and Manage Vitreoretinal Disease
Dr. Brendan Girschek, MD, FRCSC, FACS; Dr. John Randolph, MD and Dr. Mohammad Rafieetary, OD, FAAO, FORS, ABO
Optometrists often encounter patients presenting with symptoms and signs associated with a variety of vitreoretinal disease. Many conditions have different stages and severity with different management requirements. This can result in clinical conundrum; which to monitor, which to refer to a retinal specialist and with what urgency. In this lecture, several vitreoretinal cases are presented with a discussion on when to refer and how to manage each case.
COPE ID Pending | 2 Hours
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Optometrists: $149 + $19.37 HST = $168.37 CA$ |
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Dr. Roya Attar is an Assistant Professor and Director of Optometric Services at the University of Mississippi Medical Center located in Jackson, Missouri. Dr. Attar was the first Optometrist to be hired by the Department of Ophthalmology in the state’s only medical school. Dr. Attar graduated from the Rosenberg School of Optometry in 2013 and later obtained her MBA in 2017. Currently she is working towards a doctorate in healthcare administration.
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Dr. Steven Ferrucci is currently Chief of Optometry at the Sepulveda VA Ambulatory Care Center and Nursing Home. Dr. Ferrucci is also the Residency Director at his sight and a Professor at the Southern California College of Optometry/Marshall B. Ketchum University. He has lectured and published extensively with a special interest in diabetes, diabetic eye disease, AMD, OCT and fluorescein angiography. He is a fellow in both the American Academy of Optometry and the Optometric Retinal Society, as well as Past President of the ORS.
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Dr. Brendan Girschek completed his ophthalmology residency program at Louisiana State University. He went on to complete his retina surgery fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Science Centre. At the present time, he is a retina surgeon at Bluegrass Retina Consultants in Lexington, Kentucky and an Oral Examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dr. Girshek is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology, a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
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Dr. Jessica Haynes is a graduate of Southern College of Optometry. After earning her doctorate of optometry, she completed a primary care residency at the Memphis VA Medical Center followed by a two-year optometric retina fellowship at Charles Retina Institute in Germantown, TN. She currently practices as consulting faculty in the Southern College of Optometry Advanced Care Ocular Disease clinic and a full-time associate optometrist at Charles Retina Institute. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry and the Optometric Retina Society and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry.
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Dr. Carolyn Majcher is a Doctor of Optometry and a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. She received her Doctorate of Optometry from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University and completed an ocular disease residency at the Eye Institute of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Following completion of her residency, she spent 8 years at the University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry where she served as Chief of the Retinal Disease Clinic. She is now an Associate Clinical Professor at the Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry.
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Dr. Barbara Mihalik grew up in Lynchburg, Ohio before attending The Ohio State University. Dr. Mihalik was a member of the Beta Sigma Kappa honors fraternity and graduated cum laude from The Ohio State University College of Optometry before completing a residency under retinal ophthalmologist, Matthew Ohr, MD. She is a current member of the American Optometric Association, the Ohio Optometric Association and a fellow in the American Academy of Optometry. She serves as adjunct faculty with the College of Optometry and has 4th year optometry students who rotate with her as part of their externship program.
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Dr. Carlo Pelino is a 1994 graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. He completed a PCO ocular disease residency at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia, where he concentrated in retina and neuro-ophthalmic disease. He is currently a full time Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry where he serves as the director of the optometric retina service at The Eye Institute and chief of the Chestnut Hill satellite clinic. In 2005 he completed a one year retinal fellowship emphasizing medical and surgical treatments under the direction of vitreo-retinal surgeons at Crozier-Chester and Riddle Memorial Hospitals in suburban Philadelphia.
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Dr. Joseph Pizzimenti is a full-time faculty member and Professor at the Rosenberg School of Optometry at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. He earned his Doctor of Optometry from the Illinois College of Optometry. Dr. Pizzimenti completed a residency Ocular Disease and Rehabilitative Optometry at the University of Houston. He is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Optometry and the Optometric Retina Society, serving as ORS President from 2012-2014. His teaching and research interests include oculo-systemic disease, age-related macular degeneration, vitreomacular adhesion, and clinical applications of multimodal ophthalmic imaging.
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Dr. Kimberley Poirier-Schmidt is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the SUNY College of Optometry where she supervises students and residents in retina, electrodiagnostics, glaucoma and primary care clinics. She also serves as the Instructor of Record for the Ocular Disease II (Retina) course for third year students at SUNY. Dr. Poirier-Schmidt earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from SUNY Optometry and also completed her residency in Ocular Disease at SUNY and Woodhull Medical Center in NYC. Her areas of interest include diagnosis, treatment, and management of posterior segment disease.
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Dr. Mohammad Rafieetary is a Consultative Optometric Physician who has been in practice at the Charles Retina Institute since 1996. He is a graduate of Boston University and received his Doctor of Optometry from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He completed a residency in Primary Care Optometry and Ocular Disease at the Southern College of Optometry and the Memphis Health Center. Upon completion of his residency in 1989, He joined SCO’s faculty and served as an Associate Professor and the Chief of Advanced Ocular Disease Service and at the Southern College of Optometry until he joined CRI.
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Dr. John Randolph completed his Ophthalmology Residency at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science. He went on to complete a Research Fellowship at the University of South Florida, Departments of Neurosurgery and Cardiology and a Vitreoretinal Surgical Fellowship at the Charles Retina Institute, UT Memphis Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science. Dr. Randolph is certified from the American Board of Ophthalmology, has conducted research in the field of retinal degeneration and has more than 20 publications in the field of ophthalmology and retina.
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