Meetings & Events
The Grand Canyon Regional
Ophthalmology Meeting 2018
June 8 – June 10, 2018
HIGH COUNTRY CONFERENCE CENTER
201 W. Butler Avenue
Flagstaff, AZ, 86001
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The HEAT is coming so, think of the COOL, GREEN days up in the High Country of Arizona.
The HEAT is coming so, think of the COOL, GREEN days up in the High Country of Arizona.
Guest FacultyDaniel J. Briceland, MD
AAO Sr. Secretary for Advocacy Comprehensive Ophthalmologist Carefree, AZ David H. Cherwek, MD Deputy Director, Orbis International New York, NY Nichole R. Fram, MD Private Practice, Managing Partner Advanced Vision Care Los Angeles, CA Linda D. Harrison, PhD Director of Risk Management OMIC, San Francisco, CA Judy E. Kim, MD Professor of Ophthalmology Cornea/Refractive/Cataract Specialist Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery Medical College of Wisconsin Baruch D. Kuppermann, MD, PhD Gavin Herbert Eye Institute University of CA, Irvine Stephen McLeod, MD Chair of Ophthalmology, UCSF San Francisco, CA Kanwal Nischal, MD Pediatric Ophthalmologist UPMC Children’s Hospital Eye Center Pittsburgh, PA CME Accreditation and Credit DesignationThis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of William Beaumont Hospital and the Arizona Ophthalmological Society. William Beaumont Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
William Beaumont Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. OMIC insureds who are also current members of AOS can earn a maximum 10% risk management discount by participating in the OMIC program. OMIC insureds who are not current AOS members can earn a 5% risk management discount. Risk management discounts are applied upon renewal with OMIC. |
Program ScheduleFriday, June 8
6:30 pm Opening Night Reception Saturday, June 9 7:30 am Registration/Breakfast/Visit Exhibitors 8:25 am Welcome - Drs. Davidson & Dugel 8:30 am Integrated Intraoperative OCT in Pediatric Ocular Surgery – Ken Nischal, MD 9:00 am Cataract Surgery in the Setting of Corneal Disease – Nicole Fram, MD 9:30 am Presbyopia & Productivity in India – Little Things Can Go a Long Way David Hunter Cherwek, MD 10:00 am Break/Visit Exhibitors 10:30 am Retinal Neuroprotection & Other Strategies to Treat Atrophic Age Related Macular Degeneration - Barry Kuppermann, MD 11:00 am Management of Diabetic Retinopathy: What, When, Why? – Judy Kim, MD 11:30 am Pediatric Corneal Transplants: PKD, DALK, DSEK - Ken Nischal, MD 12:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm Corneal Crosslinking: Keratoconus & Beyond Stephen McLeod, MD 1:30 pm The Role of Inflammation in the Management of Diabetic Macular Edema Barry Kuppermann, MD 2:00 pm Update in Infectious Keratitis Stephen McLeod, MD 2:30 pm Break/Visit Exhibitors 3:00 pm Pediatric Cataract Surgery, Novel Techniques for Unique Surgeries - Ken Nischal, MD 3:30 pm Malfunctioning & Mispositioned IOLs - Nicole Fram, MD 4:00 pm Practical Applications from AREDS2 Studies - Judy Kim, MD 4:30 pm Global Ophthalmology – What To Know Before You Go David Cherwek, MD 5:00 pm AOS Business Meeting 6:00 pm Society Reception Sunday, June 10 7:00 am Breakfast/Visit Exhibitors 7:30 am Complex Cataract Surgery - Nicole Fram, MD 8:00 am All Steroids Are Equal but Some Are More Equal Than Others - Barry Kuppermann, MD 8:30 am Break 9:00 am Advances in Retinal Imaging: Adaptive Optics and OCTA – Judy Kim, MD 9:30 am Global Ophthalmology – Ten Things Every Ophthalmologist Should Know David Cherwek, MD 10:00 am Do We Really Need a Femtosecond Laser? Stephen McLeod, MD 10:30 am OMIC Seminar – Linda Harrison, PHD Daniel Briceland, MD OMIC Closed Claims |