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Theme
The theme for Academy 2005 San Diego is Today's Research, Tomorrow's Practice ®: Rx for the Future.
All CE, All the Time!
The Academy meeting in San Diego, California, December 8-11, 2005, is a fully integrated four days of lectures, workshops, papers, posters, and symposia. Attend all four days of the meeting so that you can experience the full range of benefits that Academy 2005 San Diego offers.
Many states accept as continuing education credits any course (including symposia, papers and posters) offered by the American Academy of Optometry. Expand your plans to include a paper session on a topic of interest or a symposium to deepen your understanding of the latest in research.
Please join us for the following Special Events at Academy 2005 San Diego!
PLENARY SESSION
Thursday, December 8, 12-2 PM
Learn about optometry’s “Prescriptions for the Future.” The keynote speakers of this year’s plenary session will discuss three of the hottest topics that will change how optometry will be practiced in the future. Evidence based medicine will have dramatic consequences for the entire field of health care including optometry, while the data from the recently concluded amblyopia studies will have a direct impact on optometry today. Finally, new therapeutic agents are being developed which will affect the molecular basis of ocular diseases.
Evidence Based Medicine
Sanjay Sharma, MD
Department of Ophthalmology
Queens University
Pediatrics: Ambylopia
Mitchell Scheiman, OD, FAAO
Eye Institute
Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Ophthalmic Medications for the Future
James T. Rosenbaum, MD
Casey Eye Institute
MONROE J. HIRSCH MEMORIAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Hyperopia: A Prescription for Children's Vision Research
The management of hyperopia in childhood presents some substantial clinical challenges. How much hyperopia is too much? How does the level of hyperopia requiring correction change with age? What criteria are the most important when deciding if a correction is warranted? Does optometry differ from ophthalmology in its views on management of hyperopia? Adding to the confusion is a shortage of data that might result in evidence-based decisions and consensus between pediatric caregivers.
Join this critical dialogue Sunday, December 11th, 9-11:30 AM in Ballroom 6D/E of the San Diego Convention Center.
To Emmetropize or Not to Emmetropize...the Question for Hyperopic Development
Donald O. Mutti, OD, PhD, FAAO
The Ohio State University College of Optometry
Differences in Opinion in the Management of Childhood Hyperopia: Bringing the Blur Into Focus
A Pediatric Ophthalmologist's Perspective
Sean P. Donahue, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University
A Pediatric Optometrist's Perspective
Susan A. Cotter, OD, FAAO
Southern California College of Optometry
Hyperopia Grand Rounds (Cotter and Donahue)
Developing Evidence-based Guidelines in Vision Care: Can the Promise Become the Practice?
Kay Dickersin, PhD, Brown University
2005 Ocular Photography Contest
The photography contest will open on June 1 and close at midnight (CST) on October 1, with the winners being announced by October 31. Contestants may submit up to two (2) photographs per category (listed below).
The images submitted must be in one of the following formats: jpg, tiff, giff or bmp. These images must remain in a non-modified manner, i.e. no enhancements by either proprietary software from which the image was captured, or by programs such as Adobe Photoshop, TM. No 35 mm slides or photographic prints will be accepted. Multiple images, either sequential in time (as in a Fluorescein angiogram), or using two different technologies to image the same entity (as in a color photo and OCT), or to fully appreciate the size of the clinical entity may also be submitted. The images should be submitted under one of the following categories:
- Posterior Segment:
- Color
- Fluorescein Angiogrpahy/ICG
- OCT/HRT/GDx/Talia
- Anterior Segment:
- Lids
- Cornea/Conjunctiva
- Contact Lens
- Iris
- Lens
The images will be assigned a number upon submission and will be graded by a panel of judges "blind" to the photographer’s name. One Grand Prize will be awarded for a complimentary registration to the December 2005 Annual Academy Meeting in San Diego, generously sponsored by Carl Zeiss Meditec. In addition to the Grand Prize winner we will award a 1st runner up, 2nd runner up and five honorable mentions in each of the two categories. All submissions and any questions regarding the contest should be directed to Charles Kinnaird via email to Charles.Kinnaird at the domain med.va.gov.
The Program Preview has been mailed. A PDF copy is located here.
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