FROM THE CHAIR 2016 Educational Program Highlights Education

REGULARLY RECURRING EVENTS 2016 CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

Mondays 7 am Weekly Difficult Case Review Conference Dear Colleagues, 7 am Weekly Vitreoretinal Case Discussion Tuesdays 8 am Weekly Electroretinogram and Electrophysiology Case Review I am proud to introduce our 10 am Glaucoma Research Conference (Monthly: 1st Tuesday) department’s calendar of 8 am Comparative Ocular Pathology Rounds educational conferences and Wednesdays  (2x Monthly: 2nd, 4th Wednesday) events. The rapidly changing landscape of vision care and science involves 7 am Weekly Grand Rounds discovering and adopting new technologies, diagnostics, procedures and Fridays 8 am Weekly Retina Workout therapeutics to address disease. SPECIAL CONFERENCES AND EVENTS With the ultimate goal of improving vision-related quality of life, our highly January 22, 2016 Visiting Professor Brian Link, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin accomplished clinical and research faculty create and share relevant Visiting Professor Julian Perry, MD, Cleveland Clinic; and information with diverse audiences. Topics range from basic medical February 26, 2016 Conference: Oculoplastics 2016: Updates and Pearls knowledge to vision research on the edge of imaginable. This overview Spring Vision Science Research Symposium with Keynote Speaker represents a sampling of our programs for medical students, residents, April 1, 2016 Dale Gregerson, PhD, University of Minnesota fellows, scientists-in-training, allied health professionals, practitioners, April 21, 2016 Saving Sight Session: Telemedicine, Yao Liu, MD basic scientists, patients and friends. McPherson Endowed Lecture, Keynote Speaker Pawan Sinha, PhD, April 28, 2016 Welcome! Please join us for a conference or event in the near future. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Visiting Professor Kathryn Colby, MD, PhD, Chair, Department May 27, 2016 of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Chicago Visiting Professor Joseph Carroll, PhD, FARVO, Advanced Ocular June 3, 2016 Terri L. Young, MD, MBA Imaging Program, Medical College of Wisconsin Peter A. Duehr Professor of Ophthalmology, Pediatrics and Medical Genetics June 17, 2016 Research Day–Medical College of Wisconsin Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

August 18–19, 2016 Multiphasic Phaco Course

Richard L. Dortzbach Visiting Professor James A. Katowitz, MD, Sept 30, 2016 Director, Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; and Case Conference Education Matthew D. Davis Lecturer Emily Chew, MD, Deputy Clinical Director, October 21, 2016 October 27, 2016 Age-related Symposium Cover photo: Under the instruction of Dr. Andrew Thliveris, vice-chair of resident Join us for October 27, 2016 Saving Sight Session: Epidemiology, Karen Cruickshanks, PhD event soon education, Dr. Ashley Lundin (class of 2015) practices surgery skills using

a conference or artificial . PGY2 residents begin training in our practice laboratory Conferences and event details are subject to using pig eyes, donor globes, artificial eyes and the Eyesi simulator. PGY3 and PGY4 change. The most up-to-date information can be residents have unlimited access to the practice lab to hone their skills. found at ophth.wisc.edu/education/conferences or AND EVENTS 2016 CONFERENCES contact Education Administration at [email protected] or (608) 262-0496. Ophthalmology Education for Clinical Professionals Research Conferences Instruction Courses Outreach GRAND ROUNDS CLINIC SERVICE JOURNAL CLUBS MATTHEW D. DAVIS LECTURE SPRING VISION SCIENCE RESEARCH MULTIPHASIC PHACO COURSE OCULOPLASTICS SKILLS FOR RESIDENTS RESEARCH DAY FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AS EDUCATORS Residents and faculty present and Informal evening meetings are held ON CLINICAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM This is a two-day event for residents The Oculoplastics Service offers a This end-of-year celebratory conference The department is sponsoring an discuss “classic” and difficult case for practicing physicians and learners This named lecture honors our first The 2015 revival of our annual Spring hosted annually by the department in conference or surgery skills wet lab is hosted in alternate years by the educate-the-educator conference studies with the goal of improving from the department and community department chair, Dr. Matthew D. Davis, Vision Research Symposium featured association with the Medical College of for residents once a year. In February, department and the Medical College of on teaching and mentoring skills for clinical care practice. Held weekly to review current publications of trends and celebrates his contribution to the National Eye Institute Director Dr. Paul Wisconsin, University of Iowa, Kansas Visiting Professor Julian Perry, MD, of Wisconsin. The event features research teaching faculty. May 20, 2016 throughout the year, Grand Rounds and issues pertaining to the specific field of ophthalmology through clinical Sieving. This year’s Symposium will University and UW School of Veterinary the Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute presentations and posters by medical offers Continuing Medical Education subspecialty. Dates vary research. This fall, the Matthew D. Davis feature George Kambara Lecturer Medicine. During the Friday didactic will present Grand Rounds followed by a students, residents, clinical fellows, AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION SYMPOSIUM (CME) credit for ophthalmologists and Lecture will be given by Emily Chew, MD, Dale S. Gregerson, PhD, Professor, sessions, first-year residents learn day of oculoplastics updates and pearls. graduate students and post-doctoral Targeted to patients and families, this Continuing Education (CE) credit for LEARNER CONFERENCES Deputy Clinical Director, the National Eye Department of Ophthalmology and Visual the basics of , Feb. 26, 2016 fellows. June 17, 2016 symposium features internationally optometrists. Fridays, 7 am Resident and fellow-focused weekly Institute, National Institutes of Health. Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, while second- and third-year residents recognized faculty discussing current conferences include: Oct. 21, 2016 and will also include University of participate in advanced sessions that CURRENT CONCEPTS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY Science of Disease Rounds are developments in clinical science and Difficult Case Review Conference Wisconsin and regional guest faculty. emphasize complications, style and This annual event for optometrists presented twice per semester and GLAUCOMA RESEARCH CONFERENCE therapeutics for managing this retinal Mondays, 7 am April 1, 2016 nuances of cataract surgery. Residents offers Continuing Education (CE) highlight translational research. Clinical and basic scientists from credit. Department ophthalmologists disease. Oct. 27, 2016 Vitreoretinal Case Conference learn basic and advanced cataract skills Fridays, 7 am several disciplines meet monthly MCPHERSON EYE RESEARCH and optometrists present the latest Tuesdays, 7 am in the Saturday morning wet lab. DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL to discuss glaucoma research INSTITUTE (MERI) Visiting Professor Series Aug. 18–19, 2016 vision-related research, technology and OPHTHALMOLOGY (DIO) and explore opportunities for Our department benefits from a close occurs five times per year. Electroretinogram and therapies to improve patient outcomes. International faculty and learner Electrophysiology Case Review translational collaboration. relationship with one of the world’s Fridays, 7 am Sept. 10, 2016 collaborations and exchanges reflect Tuesdays, 8 am Monthly, first Tuesday, 10 am foremost multidisciplinary vision the department’s commitment to RETINA WORKOUT research institutes. As MERI members, SAVING SIGHT SESSIONS improving vision on a global scale. Held weekly immediately after Grand department research faculty serve as This new community education “mini- Many of our faculty participate in and Rounds, Retina faculty provide a frequent presenters at the MERI Seminar medical school” informs friends of the sponsor medical missions abroad. Senior classic retinal pathology and treatment Series. Monthly, second Tuesday department of our translational research residents participate in a two-week curriculum using a case presentation Conferences and event details are subject to change. The most up-to-date discoveries that impact patient care. For current news, please visit the MERI rotation at Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, format. Fridays, 8 am website at information can be found at ophth.wisc.edu/education/conferences or contact April 21; Oct. 27, 2016 vision.wisc.edu Education Administration at [email protected] or (608) 262-0496. Delhi, India. Feb. 5–20, 2016