Join us for PCC Tech Day on November 6th, 2021 at 9:00 am! A full day of education, catered to Ophthalmic Allied Personnel, COAs, COTs and COMT.

The focused topic of the 1st annual PCC Tech Day is Cornea & External Disease. This broad topic will be thoroughly presented by a prestigious faculty of experts and eye care professionals. Speakers will review the diagnosis and management of the more commonly encountered anterior segment disorders, technology & medical devices and procedures. Emerging disease entities, new approaches to multimodal imaging and an overview of new treatments will also be highlighted. PCC Tech Day is designed for eye care professionals of all practice profiles, fellows, residents, medical students, nurses and allied ophthalmic health personnel.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the PCC Tech Day, participants will be able to:
• Have a thorough understanding of anterior segment anatomy, pathology and various diagnostic equipment in treating dry eye
• Identify and understand different specialty contact lens options & choose appropriate lens technology in patients with previous corneal pathology
• Discuss use of multimodal imaging in cornea & external disease
• Implement the various approaches to treating corneal disorder, including the use of ocular and systemic medications, surgery and medical devices.
• Review the functionality of various types of intraocular lenses
• Review corneal transplant options and indications in patients in key corneal disorders such as Keratoconus and Fuchs Dystrophy.

ACCREDITATION

The 1st annual PCC Tech Day has been submitted to the Joint Commission of Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology Continuing Education (CE) Credit Review Committee. This program has been accredited for 5.25 IJCAHPO CE credits. For more information, please visit https://www.jcahpo.org/.

EVALUATION

Program evaluation is a highly suggested component of the Joint Commission of Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology and Precision Cornea Centre Organizers. Your feedback is valuable for the continuous improvement of PCC Tech Day and is essential in developing a program that is relevant to your learning needs. Please complete an evaluation for each session that you attended and claim your CE credits. If not completed, your attendance will still be recorded during the program. The online evaluation is available here.

Agenda and details for PCC Tech Day :

Date: Saturday, October 2, 2021

Time: 11 am – 1 pm EDT / 8 am -10 am PST

Topic: Management of 6th Nerve Palsy And Duane’s Syndrome

Speakers: David L. Guyton, M.D. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA & Kenneth W. Wright, M.D. Wright Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, USA together will be presenting their expertise on Duane’s syndrome and 6th nerve palsy, followed by case discussions. 

Moderators:

• Yi Ning Strube, MD MS FRCSC – Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
• Lisa Thompson, MD – Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Ill, USA

Sponsors:

• Wright Foundation, Los Angeles, California
• Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

Registration:

Please email me at [email protected] to RSVP.

A zoom link and final details will be emailed to you prior to the meeting.

The University of Toronto and Wills Eye Hospital formally invites you to the Cornea Surgical Video Night hosted by Professor Sadeer Hannush (Wills Eye Institute) and Professor Allan Slomovic (University of Toronto)

Date:  September 23rd 2021

Time: 7:30 -9:00 pm EST 

Topic: DOVS Cornea Learning Series – Pars Plana Vitrectomy for The Anterior Segment Surgeon

Guest Panelists:

– Drs Beeran Meghpara, MD and Irving Raber, MD (Wills Eye Hospital)

– Drs Joshua Teichman MD FRCSC and Hall Chew MD FRCSC (University of Toronto)

– and Guest Vitreoretinal Surgeon Dr Efrem Mandelcorn MD FRCSC (Uni of Toronto)

Surgery Case Presentations:

• “Gore-tex, The Gift that Keeps on Giving” – Dr Samantha Habhab MD
• “Cloudy with a Chance of IOLs” – Dr Sara AlShaker MD FRCSC

Register in advance for this webinar:

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

Learning Objectives:

1. Indications for Pars Plana Vitrectomy for the anterior segment surgeon (why, when, and how?)

2. Contraindications for a pars plana approach

3. Approach to corneal decompensation and aphakia

4. Yamane ISHF pearls for the young ophthalmologist

5. Approach to endothelial keratoplasty in a unicameral eye 3. Advantages of a pars plana approach

6. Disadvantages/complications of a pars plana approach

7. How to collaborate with vitreo-retinal colleagues to achieve excellent results for patients

8. While Gore-tex suture has several advantages for use in scleral-sutured IOLs, it must be adequately buried in the sclera to prevent erosion. 

9. 5-0 polypropylene fixation using the Canabrava double-flanged technique is a good option for re-fixating lenses and avoids several of the pitfalls of sutured IOLs. 

10. Re-fixation of a pre-existing lens requires familiarity and comfort with all different approaches to secondary IOLs and complex anterior segment surgery.  

The below CME credits apply to the Corneal Surgical Video Learning Series

(This event 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 Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. You may claim up to a maximum of 1.5 hours (credits are automatically calculated).   American Medical Association – AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. For more information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credits please see: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications

Essilor’s Eye Pod Canada is a podcast for ECPs where industry experts share insights on the light and dark side of eyeglass lenses.

You may now stream the presentations from the 52nd Sally Letson Symposium “Focusing In: Ophthalmology and Wellness Practice Pearls” by logging in on the following page: https://collaboratevideo.net/sallyletson.

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Password: SLS2021  We have created this website as an archive of Sally Letson Symposium recordings. 2019 and 2021 are currently years available (Password for 2019 is SLS2019). Delegates will have access to the years for which they were registered.

The 52nd Sally Letson Symposium is scheduled to be held virtually on September 11th, 2021.

Symposium Organizers:

Chair: Deepinder K. Dhaliwal, MD, L.Ac

Co-Chair: Saama Sabeti, MD, MPH, FRCSC

Program Description:
The 52nd Sally Letson Symposium will consist of a full-day virtual program focused on clinical and surgical pearls in ophthalmology, with applications to both general and subspecialty practice. Part One of the program will review key concepts pertaining to cataract surgery, including preoperative planning and IOL selection, management of comorbidities presenting with cataract, intraoperative techniques applicable to standard and challenging cases, and postoperative management; as well as an overview of current technologies in the field of refractive surgery. Part Two of the program will cover high-yield subspecialty topics in Oculoplastics, Cornea and External Disease, Glaucoma, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Retina/Uveitis, and Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, highlighting key points relevant to the comprehensive ophthalmology practice. Guest speakers will include an esteemed cohort of experts in the vanguard of their respective fields who will guide attendees through current best practices in the diagnosis and management of important “conditions not to miss”. Special sessions will also be dedicated to physician well-being and prevention of burnout, aiming to empower healthcare workers with effective tools to better care for themselves and their patients. Multiple high-yield educational formats, including didactic lectures, panel discussions, and case-based presentations, will be employed in a virtual environment that will encourage audience interaction and foster critical thinking.

Target Audience:

This symposium is designed for attendance by ophthalmologists, ophthalmology fellows and residents, optometrists, medical students, technicians, nurses, and other allied health professionals.

Program Learning Objectives:

At the end of the symposium, participants will be able to:

• Describe and learn to put into practice tools for self-healing and prevention of burnout
• Describe key considerations to be addressed during cataract surgery planning, and employ strategies for preventing and managing complications of cataract surgery
• Describe refractive surgery indications, decision-making strategies, and techniques
• Develop an approach to diagnosis and management of important “conditions not to miss” which are often first encountered in a comprehensive ophthalmology practice and require referral to subspecialty services

CanMEDS Roles: Health Advocate, Scholar

CPD Credits:
The Symposium 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 7.25 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

Sally Letson Registration fees

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE NOW!

June 2021

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Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre – including this research content – immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company’s public news and information website.

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Dr. Safran is an American Board Certified, Fellowship-trained Cornea Specialist. His special interest is in cataract surgery with premium lenses. He is extremely knowledgeable regarding a wide variety of eye diseases and is particularly adept at treating patients with delicate or complicated conditions.

Dr. Safran has a Youtube channel, where he shares his knowledge of very complex eye surgery cases! His channel has over 180 videos on complex anterior segment surgery that are viewed by thousands of surgeons and used by many teaching programs for instructional purposes.

Retinal vein occlusions (RVOs) are the second most common retinal vascular disorder after diabetic retinopathy. The early and accurate diagnosis of RVO is paramount so that therapy can be initiated in a timely manner to prevent vision decline. Newer imaging technologies integrated into current diagnostic algorithms are aiding in the diagnosis of RVO and guiding therapy. Further, significant visual and anatomic improvements have been demonstrated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapies in patients with central or branch RVO-related macular edema, and refinement of treatment protocols have the potential to further enhance outcomes as well as reduce treatment burden. In this curbside consult, Drs. Carl Regillo and David Eichenbaum examine innovations in imaging that can improve the monitoring of treatment response in patients with RVO.

In this curbside consult, Drs. Carl Regillo and David Eichenbaum examine innovations in imaging that can improve the monitoring of treatment response in patients with retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

Available Episodes:

For more information visit: MedED Talks Website

Date: August 12,2021

Time: 7:30pm EDT

Topic: Orbis: The World’s Only Flying Eye Hospital

Overview:

In the second event of our Orbis Speaker Series, we’ll give you a sneak peek behind the scenes of the incredible Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, the world’s only fully accredited, state-of-the-art teaching hospital on board an airplane. You’ll learn how our expert medical team and our world-leading Volunteer Faculty leverage the latest technology on the plane to teach, train and inspire local eye care teams all around the world. Finally, we’ll explore the impact of COVID-19 on the Flying Eye Hospital, discuss the new learning model developed to serve the communities where projects have been postponed, and examine how a new hybrid approach could be the future of our Flying Eye Hospital training programs.

Panelists:
– Dr. Maria Jose Montero Romero – Head Ophthalmologist, Flying Eye Hospital
– Meryem Altun Parent – Program Manager, Flying Eye Hospital
– Dr. Lesya Shuba – Associate Professor, Dalhousie University & Orbis Volunteer Faculty Member

* To participate in an Orbis Speaker Series event, you must be a registered member of the Orbis Future Vision Leaders, for which you can sign up quickly and for free!