Comprehensive Ophthalmology Program

Agenda

TUESDAY
breakfast SEMINAR
6:30 am – 7:30 am New Approaches to Femtosecond and Excimer Laser Technology
Brought to you by Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
Moderator: Ronald R. Krueger, MD, MSE
Faculty: Francis W. Price, Jr, MD; Karl G. Stonecipher, MD; Sonia H. Yoo, MD

Not approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Panel Discussion: Cataract Surgery Complications
Moderator: David F. Chang, MD
7:31 am – 7:34 am Opening Remarks
David F. Chang, MD
7:35 am – 9:04 am Using videos, faculty interaction, audience response, and didactic presentations, experts will present and debate the prevention and management of challenging complications in cataract surgery cases.
9:05 am – 9:35 am Break in the Exhibit Hall
Mini Symposium on Femtosecond-Assisted Phacoemulsification
Moderators: David F. Chang, MD; Roger F. Steinert, MD
9:36 am – 9:38 am Opening Remarks
David F. Chang, MD; Roger F. Steinert, MD
9:39 am – 9:45 am Femto Photo-medicine: What Surgeons Should Know
Roger F. Steinert, MD
9:46 am – 9:51 am Ocular Docking/Interface Issues
Barry S. Seibel, MD
9:52 am – 9:57 am Imaging/Guidance System Issues
Mark Packer, MD, FACS
9:58 am – 10:03 am Femtosecond Astigmatic Keratotomy Outcomes
Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD
10:04 am – 10:09 am How to Get Started
Henry D. Perry, MD
10:10 am – 10:15 am My First 6 Months Experience with a Femtosecond Laser in Advanced Cataract Surgery
Vance M.Thompson, MD, FACS
10:16 am – 10:21 am Guidelines: When Can Patients be Billed?
Alan E. Reider, JD, MPH
10:22 am – 10:28 am The “Femto-Dilemma”: Does it Make Sense to Buy a Femto-Phaco Laser?
John A. Vukich, MD
10:29 am – 10:40 am Discussion
Panelists: Richard L. Lindstrom, MD; Mark Packer, MD; John A. Vukich, MD
10:41 am – 11:10 am Break in the Exhibit Hall
Panel Discussion: Refractive Surgery Complications
Moderators: Daniel S. Durrie, MD; Sonia H. Yoo, MD
11:11 am – 12:11 pm Using videos, faculty interaction, audience response, and didactic presentations, experts will present and debate the prevention and management of challenging complications in refractive surgery cases.
Panelists: Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD; Richard L. Lindstrom, MD; Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, FACS
Hot Topics in the Tropics
Moderators: David F. Chang, MD; Roger F. Steinert, MD
12:12 pm – 12:45 pm This half hour will be devoted to late-breaking hot topics in cataract surgery. The moderators have selected the latest in ophthalmic technique and technology for rapid-fire presentation. Don’t miss this mini-symposium designed to highlight exciting prospects for 2012.
LUNCH SEMINAR
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm The Role of Nutritionals in the Aging Eye: Turning Knowledge Into Action
Sponsored by Bausch & Lomb, Incorporated.
Not approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
WORKSHOPS
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm View Workshops Now
Not approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Banyan Tree Session
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Banyan Tree Session
Use of Generics in Cataract Surgery
Moderator: John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS
Supported, in part, by Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

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