Catch the wave to knowledge with the Academy’s Sections!

Binocular Vision, Perception, & Pediatric Optometry Section

Convergence Insufficiency: Results of Randomized Clinical Trials and Evidence-based Treatment Strategies

Thursday, October 23, 3:30 - 5:30 PM
Mitchell Scheiman, Moderator

Michael Rouse & Eric Borsting: History, Development of the CI Symptom Survey
Marjean Kulp: Pilot Study Results
Mitchell Scheiman & Gladys Lynn Mitchell: Results of the CITT
Richard Hertle: Ophthalmic Practice Patterns and CITT Participation
Susan Cotter: Application to Clinical Practice

Case Management of Refractive Error in Preschool Children: Can We Agree?

Thursday, October 23, 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Wendy Marsh-Tootle, Moderator

Susan Cotter: Case management from the optometric and the scientific perspective on management of strabismus and amblyopia from PEDIG
Bruce Moore: Case management from the optometric perspective and adherence to clinical practice guidelines for hyperopia
Sean Donahue: Case management from the ophthalmologic perspective and the scientific perspective on preschool screening
Kristina Tarczy-Hornoch: Case management from the ophthalmologic perspective and the scientific perspective on natural history of refractive development
Rowan Candy: Vision scientist's perspective on accommodation and convergence and its relationship to cases.

Section on Cornea & Contact Lenses

Beyond Oxygen - the Future of Contact Lenses

Generously sponsored by Bausch and Lomb
Thursday, October 23, 3:30-5:30 PM
Des Fonn, Moderator

Eric Papas: Discomfort – Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
Trefford Simpson: Subjective or Objective Assessment?
Lyndon Jones: It’s All in the Surface
Kathy Dumbleton: Silicone Hydrogels – Where Are We Today?
Debbie Sweeney: Inflammatory Responses
Mark Wilcox: Antibacterial Surfaces – Preventing Contact Lens Infections
Dwight Cavanagh:"Disinfecting" Solutions – Fact or Folly?
Brien Holden:Double-Digit Growth for Contact Lenses

Awards & Lectures

Friday, October 24, 2:00-4:00 PM
Founders Awards Presentation
Recipients: Mort Greenspoon
Max Schapero Lecture Award Presentation & Lecture
Recipient: Noel Brennan

What's New in Refractive Surgery

Chris Freeman: Surface Ablation and Thin Flap LASIK
David Roncone: Current IOL Technologies
Michael Twa: Keratoectasia Detection and Prevention

Disease Section

Contemporary Disease Management – Point/Counter Point

Generously sponsored by Alcon
Wednesday, October 22, 7:00-10:00 PM

GDx vs OCT
Prostaglandins vs. Beta-blockers
Normotensive Glaucoma Real vs. Imagined Disease
Humphrey Field Analyzer (SITA/Full Threshold) vs Frequency Doubling Technology
Traditional Gonioscopy vs SL-OCT (Visante)

Presented by Joseph Sowka, OD, FAAO, Diplomate, Disease; George W. Comer, OD, MBA, FAAO; Mark Sawamura, OD, FAAO; Charles Kinnaird, OD, FAAO

The Clinical Applicability of Selected NEI Trials

Saturday, October 25, 1:30-3:30 PM

Blair Lonsberry: Clinical Applicability and Review of in Progress Major NEI/Clinical Retinal Studies
Michael Sullivan-Mee: Clinical Applicability of Major NEI Glaucoma Studies
Ernie Bowling: The Application of NEI Studies in Optometric Practice

Low Vision Section

Low Vision Care of Special Needs Populations

Friday, October 24, 2:00-4:00 PM

Michael Fischer: Considerations When Examining Infants and Toddlers with Low Vision
Roy Cole: Programs for Patients Who Are Visually Impaired with Other Handicapping Conditions
Paul Freeman: Low Vision Evaluation and Management in an Adult Population with Developmental/Mental Disabilities
Kia Eldred, Kevin Houston: The Use of Prism Adaptation to Treat Hemi-spatial Neglect
Kenneth J. Ciuffreda, Diana Ludlam, Neera Kapoor: Oculomotor Testing and Training in Traumatic Brain Injury

Perspectives on a Low Vision Research Agenda

Friday, October 24, 4:00-6:00 PM

Al Rosenbloom: Low Vision Research Needs: Historic and New Perspectives
Gregory Goodrich: Brain Injury and Vision: Military and Civilian Research Needs
William Brown: Research Needs in Low Vision Optics
Robert Massof: Research Agenda for Low Vision Service Delivery
Aries Arditi: Global Low Vision and Access to Information: Research Needs for the Coming Decades

Optometric Education Section

Developing a Career Path for Optometric Faculty

Saturday, October 25, 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Lewis Reich, Moderator

Linnea Hauge: Create and Develop your Faculty Identity
Karla Zadnik: Recruitment and Retention of Faculty
Michael Bacigalupi, Ernie Bowling: Transitioning from Private Practice to Academia: What Worked for Me?

Primary Care Section

Primary Eye Care: Today and Tomorrow Parts 1 & 2

Thursday, October 23, 1:30 - 5:30 PM
Shilpa Register, Moderator

Part I:

Erin Nosel: Vision Therapy
Rebecca Kammer, Lou Lipschultz: Low Vision
W. Lee Ball: Systemic Health Cases

Part II:

Charles Wormington: The Genomics Revolution and Primary Eye Care
Pinakin Gunvant: The Imaging Device and Its Use in Primary Care Clinics

Public Health and Environmental Optometry Section and Optometric Education Section

Electronic Health Records (EHR) in Eye Care – The Great Leap Forward

Friday, October 24, 4:00-6:00 PM
Kevin Jackson, Moderator

Jorge Cuadros: Roadmap to a Digital Health Environment
Ian Lane: EHR Maturation: Status of Current Software
Rex Ballinger: VistA: the VA Experience
Rochelle Mozlin: Lessons in Implementation
Kevin Jackson: Public Health Impact of EHRs and Realization of Potential

Public Health and Environmental Optometry Section

Eye Injury Prevention – Strategies for Success

Friday, October 24, 2:00-4:00 PM
Gregory Good, Moderator

Larry Jackson: Eye Safety at Work
David Hilber, Neil Glenesk: Ocular Trauma Threat in the Military
Paul Berman: Eye Safety: Recreation and Sports
Jeffrey Weaver: AOA Efforts: Healthy Eyes Healthy People™

Vision Science Section

ARVO/AAO Joint Symposium: Assessing the Structure and Function of the Visual System Using Novel Imaging Technologies

Wednesday, October 22, 2:00-6:00 PM
Susana Chung, Suresh Viswanathan, Moderators

Trefford Simpson: Imaging the Anterior Segment using Optical Coherence Tomography
Adrian Glasser: Dynamic Videographic and Ultrasonic Imaging of the Ocular Accommodative Structures
Ann Elsner: Imaging Normal and Diseased Retina With Polarimetric Methods
Austin Roorda: Imaging Retinal Structure and Function using Adaptive Optics
Wolfgang Drexler: Non-invasive Assessment of Retinal Cellular Morphology and Depth Resolved Function using Optical Coherence Tomography
William Merigan: Using Adaptive Optics to Image Macaque Retinal Cells
Bosco Tjan: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Human Peripheral Vision
Brian Wandell:Human Visual Cortex: Visual Field Maps and White Matter Paths