Treatment & Management of Ocular Disease: Anterior Segment

Symposia Highlights:

Anterior Segment SIG Symposium:
“Highlights and Achievements in Ocular Drug Delivery Systems”
Thursday, October 24 10:00 AM – Noon
This symposium will focus on current and future advancements in ocular drug delivery systems. This discussion will include the impact these technologies will have on the management of various anterior segment conditions. Speakers include Lyndon Jones, FCOptom, PhD, FAAO, Ken Eakland, OD, Scott Hauswirth, OD, FAAO, and Jim Thimons, OD, FAAO.

Anterior Segment SIG Dinner and Symposium:
“Management of Complex Anterior Segment Conditions”
Thursday, October 24 7:00 – 9:00 PM
This seminar will discuss optometry’s role in the management of complex anterior segment conditions. This rapid fire discussion will include both pharmaceutical and surgical treatment options available and provide tools for proper management. Speakers are David Kading, OD, FAAO, Derek Cunningham, OD, FAAO, Tracy Schwartz, OD, FAAO, and Larry Henry, OD, FAAO.

Lectures and Workshops:

Wednesday, Oct. 23

Thursday, Oct. 24

Friday, Oct. 25

Saturday, Oct. 26

8-9 AM
Mites that Eat and Live on your Lids
Milton Hom

11 AM-12 PM
Pediatric and Adult Orbital Disorders
David Sendrowski

10-11 AM
Thought Provoking Cases in Anterior Segment
Mika Moy, Christina Wilmer

12:30-1:30 PM
Herpes - From Simplex to Zoster
Michael Lyons

8-9 AM
Sutureless Amniotic Membranes: When and How to Use Them
Nicholas Colatrella, Jeffrey Varanelli

1:30-3:30 PM
Not a Dry Eye in the House!
Etty Bitton, Paul Karpecki

11 AM-12 PM
Uninvited Guests of the Cornea: Rare and Unusual Infections
Joseph Shovlin, Michael DePaolis

2:30-3:30 PM
Treating the Eye With Autologous and Allogeneic Serum Administration
Clark Newman

10 AM-12 PM
A New Paradigm for Confronting and Overcoming Failure in the Treatment of Ocular Disease
Donald Korb

2-3 PM
The Complete Management of the Corneal Collagen Crosslinking (CXL) Patient
Susan Gromacki, Andrew Morgenstern

3:30-4:30 PM
Corneal Manifestations of Systemic Disease
Joseph Shovlin

2-3 PM
How to take the “Recurrent” out of Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome
Nicholas Colatrella, Jeffrey Varanelli

3-4 PM
Bumps in the Night: Conjunctival Neoplasms
David Castells

3-4 PM
Derm-Optometry: Dermatology for the Primary Care OD
Carol Rymer