Fighting Blindness Canada’s new virtual education series, View Point, brings the latest in vision research. Over the next several weeks, join us in exploring cutting edge vision research, new treatments for blinding eye diseases, and more.

Title: Diabetes & Vision Loss 101
Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Time: 5 p.m. ET

Description:

Did you know that one in three Canadians live with diabetes or pre-diabetes? Diabetes can cause uncontrolled bleeding in the retina, putting people with diabetes at risk of losing their eye sight. In this webinar, Dr. Netan Choudhry will discuss how diabetes affects the eye, what you can do to take care of your eyes, and what treatments are available if your sight is affected by diabetes.

Registration:

REGISTER FOR DIABETES & VISION LOSS WEBINAR

View Point is free of charge for all participants.

A Q&A period will be included. Please email your questions in advance to [email protected]

About the Podcast: Listen to expert CMPA physician advisors discuss a variety of topics affecting Canadian physicians and their practice. Covering a range of topics – from reducing risk and enhancing safe medical care, to physician wellness and how the CMPA supports its members in a changing healthcare environment – these podcasts will cover what you need to know, when you need it most.

Hosts:

Dr. Steven Bellemare, CMPA Director of Practice Improvement, and Dr. Yolanda Madarnas, CMPA Physician Advisor

https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/education-events/cmpa-podcasts

Date: October 27, 2020

Time: 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Title: The Ambiguity of Pachychoroid

Speaker: Dr. Rick Spaide, Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York

Panelist: Nadia Waheed, Tufts University

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85794432915?pwd=T0Z1NGN5eFMxdXFsbFp2UG9yVmEwQT09
Passcode: connect

COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the ways in which we learn and exchange ideas. There are many impressive innovations in didactic teaching with almost all major conferences and meetings being shifted to online platforms. However, surgical education is not as easy to transform into online formats due to the inherent complexities in delivering these ideas virtually. Identifying and sharing surgical educational resources is of great priority to ophthalmologists. Prism Eye Institute is one such resource that every surgeon and surgeon-in-training should explore. These are available online, free of charge. Delivered every 1-2 weeks and accredited, they are delivered in a fun and interactive manner. They serve as good reviews for experienced surgeons and excellent learning tools for surgeons in training. Past topics include challenging cataract cases, navigating intraoperative complications, glaucoma cases, and many more. These rounds can be accessed online by registering at:

Prism Eye Round https://www.prismeyeinstitute.com/webinars/

Recommended by Zainab Khan, MD, FRCSC
Practice Resource Centre Committee Member, Canadian Ophthalmological Society

Challenges in Vitreoretinal surgery

The Calgary Ophthalmology Program and University of Calgary are organizing an online CME webinar as part of their retina grand rounds on October 21st from 7 pm to 8:30 pm ET (5 pm to 6:30 pm MT).

Short intraoperative videos demonstrating challenging vitreoretinal surgeries will be presented by retina surgeons and their current fellows. The speakers will share their experience pertaining to the management of such cases.

The goal of this CME accredited webinar is to share clinical experience among retina surgeons and educate fellows on managing these challenging cases. At the end of this webinar, learners will be able to implement practice changes based on “pearls” and take-away messages provided by the speakers.

Speakers:
Dr. Amin Kherani – University of Calgary
Dr. Geoff Williams – University of Calgary
Dr. Efrem Mandelcorn – University of Calgary
Dr. Cynthia Qian – University of Montreal
Dr. David Ehmann – University of Alberta

Topics:

Complex Retinal Detachment repair post IOFB removal
Dealing with unexpected inferior pathology during vitrectomy for RRD
Giant Retinal Tear management
Managing Adult Persistent Fetal Vasculature in RRD
The Recurrent Retinal Detachment

Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/UofCWebinar

Accreditation:

This webinar is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by the Canadian Ophthalmological Society. You may claim a maximum of 1.5 hours

Joint International Rounds between Precision Cornea Centre (Ottawa, Canada) and ICOF- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)

Topic: Management of Subluxated IOLs: Cases and Overview

Presenter: Meilin Chang, MD

Date: Tuesday October 20th, 2020

Time: 5:00pm – 6:00 pm (EDT, UTC -4)

Registration: https://webinar.ringcentral.com/webinar/register/WN_FIscFURvTimfk0U1P8VzrQ

Ottawa Lead: Kashif Baig, MD
Barcelona Lead: Meilin Chang, MD

The Precision Cornea Centre International Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Learning objectives:

At the end of the session participants should be able to:

1. Classify cases with malpositioned IOLs

2. Identify the keys to decide best surgical approach in cases of malpositioned IOLs

3. Understand different options to scleral suture IOLs

Title: An Update on the Pharmaceutical Management of Glaucoma

Date
October 14, 2020

Time
8:00 pm ET

Registration:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uJkg4bByRrCdYw_hUJyBsA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Language: English only

Description
Through this 60-minute webinar, Dr. Harasymowycz will provide a detailed presentation of existing and new drugs for treating glaucoma and best practices for clinical assessment with case-based examples. There will be time for a Q&A period between the participants and Dr. Harasymowycz.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Evaluate data demonstrating the value of low target pressures in glaucoma treatment
• Review other risk factors for glaucomatous progression despite ‘adequate’ IOP control
• Describe new treatment modalities currently available or on the horizon for non-surgical glaucoma treatment

Planning Committee
Dr. Paul Harasymowyzc, Dr. Jeff Martow and Dr. Karin Oliver

Accreditation

This webinar is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by the Canadian Ophthalmological Society You may claim a maximum of 1 hours.

This webinar was co-developed with COS and Aequus Pharmaceuticals and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance.

International Rounds with Precision Cornea Centre (Ottawa, Canada)

Topic: Myopia management: Where every diopter matters

Presenter: Brittany Yelle, OD

Date: Tuesday October 6th, 2020

Time: 5:00pm – 6:00 pm (EDT, UTC -4)

Registration: https://webinar.ringcentral.com/webinar/register/WN_0cmaZpMFQICWjasO5GChUg

Ottawa Leads: Kashif Baig, MD and Brittany Yelle, OD

The Precision Cornea Centre International Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Understand why Myopia Prevention is important

2. Identify ways to modify your pediatric exams

3. Identify essential elements to include in your Myopia Management exams

4. Understand current treatment options

Date: Friday October 2, 2020

Time: 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM

Topic:  Headaches and Facial Pain, Functional Visual Loss AND NEURO BLOCK EXAM (UofT residents only)

Speakers:  Dr. Felix Tyndel

Zoom Link : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87315560519?pwd=NWRsVGRhZTkzSFh0L21PaXNua0VZZz09