THE REVIEW OF OPTOMETRY 2018 CONFERENCE PLANNER New Technologies & Winter Ophthalmic SECO Innovations in Treatments in Eye Care Conference Annual Congress Clinical Practice Nashville, TN Aspen, CO Atlanta, GA Western Caribbean Cruise ANSWERS WITHIN REACH Connect with the experts face to face at over 220 CE meetings across the country and around the world. Details inside. Find out… • where to visit • what you’ll learn • who’s lecturing A supplement to …all year long! 000_cp1217_fc.indd 1 12/14/17 1:56 PM CATHY CATARACTS & ANDY ASTIGMATISM 2 EYE CONDITIONS PROCEDURE 1 TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE GET . HELP YOUR PATIENTS CORRECT CATARACTS & ASTIGMATISM WITH ONE PROCEDURE. Talk to your astigmatic patients about toric IOL options earlier, and help them see cataract surgery as an opportunity to correct two eye conditions at once. mycataracts.com: online patient resources 1-844-MYCATARACT (1-844-692-2827): cataract counselors © 2016 Novartis 10/16 US-ODE-16-E-4365 WO0317_Alcon surgical.indd 1 2/27/17 4:54 PM Welcome How CE Connects Us The experiences we share in the lecture hall move optometry forward, for the good of everyone. Here’s your chance to be a part of it! s a frequent lecturer at continuing education other faculty and I are there at your service—we Aevents, I have the chance to refl ect on what want to hear about the clinical challenges you see a unique and special experience it is. Everyone— in practice and help you work through them. faculty, attendees and industry alike—takes time Today, optometry is in a constant state of out of our busy lives to convene for the purpose evolution. Change is occurring at every level. of helping each other advance our skills and build New online refraction and dispensing models are our businesses. We give up a weekend with our disrupting the bedrock service of optometry. OCT families and time in our practices to share our and other technologies are radically retooling experiences for the greater good of all. Those our diagnostic protocols. New medications of us at the podium get to hear about the real- force us to reconsider old prescribing habits. world challenges you face. Attendees get to learn Another wave of legislative expansion is bringing from skilled clinicians who have injections and laser procedures devoted time and energy to being Your choices into the optometric practice. And educators. Industry gets valuable this year literally the broader world of medical feedback about its products and science continues to fi nd new helps doctors capitalize on new span from windows into the body through technology. Athens, Georgia the eye such that Alzheimer’s I’m thrilled to see that the spirit to Athens, Greece. might very well be a condition of face-to-face connection is you’re the fi rst to diagnose. thriving. In 2018 there will be over 220 optometric That’s a lot to absorb, to say the least. And CE events across the country and around the there are easily a dozen more I could mention. world—your choices this year literally span from With rapid changes that touch every aspect of Athens, Georgia to Athens, Greece. Since keeping our profession, it may seem intimidating to try up with it all can be overwhelming, Review of and keep up. But CE is the path that will get us Optometry is once again pleased to off er this there, giving us fresh insights that we can put into annual guide to live CE courses for the coming practice when we return to our clinics. year, ranging from local one-day seminars to the And opportunities abound. Among the over national meetings that span multiple days. 220 meetings detailed in this supplement, I’m Review of Optometry also appreciates the confi dent you can fi nd several to suit your importance of continuing education and will be professional needs—and your personal ones. hosting numerous meetings in 2018, including The education experience now extends beyond the ‘New Technologies & Treatments in Eye Care’ conventional lecture halls to also include cruise series, where experts will share their knowledge ships, fl y fi shing adventures, ski resorts, island in a relaxed, collegial setting; these will include getaways and more. Suffi ce to say there’s a workshops that provide hands-on education meeting custom-designed just for you. in dry eye, glaucoma, retinal disease and We hope this guide will be helpful as you plan blepharitis/MGD. And although all CE meetings your continuing education for the coming year. I include an element of connection between look forward to seeing you at a meeting in 2018! faculty and attendees, we truly strive to make that a hallmark of our ‘New Tech’ meetings. The —Paul Karpecki, OD, Chief Clinical Editor REVIEW OF OPTOMETRY DECEMBER 15, 2017 3 000_cp1217_main CURRENT.indd 3 12/12/17 5:05 PM Table of Contents Welcome, by Paul M. Karpecki, OD ............................. 3 New York, VEE ~ 18 EVENTS BY MONTH: January ..........................6 July .............................38 February ...................... 10 August .........................40 March ........................... 16 September ..................42 April .............................22 October .......................48 May .............................28 November ...................52 June .............................32 December....................57 MEETING SPOTLIGHTS: Denver, AOA ~ 34 New Technologies & Treatments in Eye Care ............ 8 Heart of America Eye Care Congress .........................11 SECO .............................................................................12 Winter Ophthalmic Conference ..................................14 All Things OCT..............................................................17 Vision Expo East ..........................................................18 Dutch Contact Lens Conference ................................21 ARVO ............................................................................ 23 Mountain West Council of Optometrists ..................24 OCCRS ..........................................................................26 San Antonio, Academy ~ 54 Destination CE Vacation Trips ...................................30 AOA/Optometry’s Meeting ........................................34 Ron Melton & Randall Thomas 2018 Schedule .........36 Vision Expo West ........................................................44 EastWest Eye ...............................................................49 Great Western Council of Optometrists ...................50 Retina Update .............................................................. 53 Academy 2018 San Antonio .......................................54 DIGITAL EDITION: Look online at www.reviewofoptometry.com/publications/2018-conference-planner for a digital edi- tion of this publication, which contains active, “clickable” links to the email addresses and web sites mentioned throughout. Lecture topics scheduled to be EDUCATION TOPICS CS Corneal surgery NO Neuro-ophthalmics RE Retinal disorders discussed at educational events are AL Allergy denoted by the appearance of the CT Cataract surgery NT Nutrition & the eye RS Refractive surgery icons at right, based on information AM Amblyopia DB Diabetes IN Ocular infections SV Sports vision known at press time. BV Binocular vision DE Dry eye DS Optical dispensing SD Systemic disease CM Comanagement EL Eyelids/adnexa PE Pediatric eye care TE Technology Conference agendas are subject to CL Contact lenses GL Glaucoma PH Pharmacology UV Uveitis change. Please contact the meeting CD Cornea/conjunctiva LT Laboratory testing PM Practice mgmt. VT Vision therapy organizers for updated information. 4 REVIEW OF OPTOMETRY DECEMBER 15, 2017 000_cp1217_main CURRENT.indd 4 12/12/17 5:06 PM The most advanced Phoroptor® ever built. Phoroptor® VRx Digital Refraction System Thinnest & most compact. Incredibly fast. Ultra-quiet. 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Glaucoma Symposium 78910111213 Oklahoma Col. of OD Excellence AZOA 2018 Bronstein Optometry January Health Care Reform Contact Lens & Cornea Seminar Advanced Procedures Dinner Meeting Piedmont Triad Primary Eyecare IOA Winter CE Series Optometric Society Network Coding and Meeting Compliance Seminar — Glendale Gold Coast Educational Retreat Kraskin Invitational Skeffington Symposium on Vision Berkeley Practicum 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pacific University 2018 Island Eyes Conference Kraskin Invitational Skeffington OD Excellence Primary Eyecare Symposium on Vision Information Sharing Network Coding and Meeting Compliance Seminar Berkeley Practicum — Sacramento AZOA 2018 Coastal California Gold Coast Optometric Educational Retreat Conference Primary Eyecare ECA Annual Network Coding and Conference Compliance Seminar — Irvine 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ECA Annual Idaho Optometric Global Specialty Lens Symposium Conference Physicians Day at the Capitol & Winter CE OEP VT/Strabismus & Amblyopia Primary Eyecare Network Coding and Arkansas Optometric Compliance Seminar Association Annual — Pleasanton Coding Update IOA Winter CE Series 2018 28 29 30 31 AEA Cruises Southern Caribbean Optometric Cruise Global Specialty OEP Advanced Seminar on Visual Performance Lens Symposium VT/Strabismus & Amblyopia SUNY