Be sure to join us as Dr. Jason Noble moderates this webinar featuring presentations by Dr. Tom Sheidow and Dr. Nupura Bakshi followed by live Q&A with the presenters.

Date: April 28, 2022
Time: 7:30 – 8:30 PM ET
Registration: Click here to register

Moderator:
Jason Noble, MD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
University of Toronto

The Impact of Retinal Fluid and Its Optimal Management in Clinical Practice

Presenter:
Tom Sheidow, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Western University

Learning Objectives
After participating in this activity, participants will be able to:

• Refine and optimize nAMD management practices
• Recognize therapy compliance issues and formulate mitigation plans
• Interpret the significance of recalcitrant fluid and apply management strategies accordingly

Presenter:
Nupura Bakshi, MD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
University of Toronto

Learning Objectives
After participating in this activity, participants will be able to:

• Refine and optimize nAMD management practices
• Identify common and less frequent complications and establish appropriate management strategies

CPD Credits

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 hour (credits are automatically calculated).

This webinar was co-developed by the COS and Novartis and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance.

Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Ophthalmology: Insights from Dr. Keith Carter, Past-President of AAO and AUPO. We will discuss obvious inequities in society and healthcare that everyone can understand. We will share data showing the current state of healthcare disparities and we’ll discuss the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion programs and the minority mentorship program. A lecture by Dr. Keith Carter will be followed by a panel discussion.

This webinar will take place on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 from 8:00 – 9:30 pm EST.

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

• Describe the impact of equity, diversity and inclusion efforts
• Identify how equity, diversity and inclusion programs improve their practice or institution
• Reference the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s effort to improve the minority medical student pipeline

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.

This webinar is supported by a sponsorship from Bayer.

Speaker – Dr. Keith Carter

Keith Carter, M.D., is the Lillian C. O’Brien and Dr. C.S. O’Brien Chair in Ophthalmology and Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Dr. Carter earned a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from Purdue University and a medical degree from Indiana University. He completed an ophthalmology residency at the University of Michigan, and a fellowship in oculoplastics and orbital surgery at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He has been a faculty member at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics since 1988. He served as Residency Program Director for 14 years and was appointed Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in January 2006. He is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a fellow of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and American College of Surgeons. He has trained over 20 oculoplastic fellows and countless residents.

He is past President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and past President of the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology. He currently serves as the chair of the Executive Committee for the Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring Program

Virtual conference taking place May 5-6, 2022.

We In this two-day ethics education event, rising voices and important truths will illuminate the shortcomings of a healthcare system that has attended most to those with privilege – whether due to intent, convenience, oversight or disinterest. This learning will challenge our systems of research, health care access, innovation processes, prioritization of funding and even our health care ethics lens. With the humility required to examine the social failures of healthcare, this conference will look for opportunities to build cultural safety and realign the work of the health care system to answer society’s call to justice.

Target Audience: Physicians, registered nurses, social workers and allied health, ethicists, people interested in ethical practices in public health, those interested in health policy, residents & students, specialty medicine, other.

CPD Credits: Up to 7.0 Mainpro+/ MOC Section 1 credits

Keynote Speaker: Nadine Caron, MA Public Health, MD, BSc Kinesiology. Professor, Northern Medical Program, University of Northern BC.

Kiawah Eye offers time to gain practice pearls and exchange ideas with colleagues in an interactive and beautiful setting. June 2 – 4, Kiawah Island, South Carolina.

Registration is now open for the virtual, on-demand CE program – Spring AOP Symposium. Cost is $95 Certified. Registration closes on March 30, 2022. View the event brochure.

This webinar will take place on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 7:30 pm EST.

Dr. Brian Ballios will provide a presentation entitled What you need to know about inherited retinal disease in the age of molecular medicine, followed by Q&A with the audience, moderated by Dr. Jim Whelan.

Dr. Ballios is a fellowship-trained clinician-scientist, with a focus on medical retinal disease and a subspecialty in inherited retinal disease.  He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences at the University of Toronto.  He holds appointment as clinician-scientist at the University Health Network in the Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute, and is a staff physician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and the Kensington Vision and Research Centre.  He is a Scientist at the Krembil Research Institute where he has a laboratory investigating the mechanisms of acquired and inherited retinal disease, and the development of new stem cell-based therapies.

Dr. Ballios obtained his MD and PhD degrees at the University of Toronto in the combined MD/PhD program.  With a background in material science and Engineering Chemistry (Queen’s University), his doctoral work focused on new approaches to the transplantation of stem cells and their progeny for the treatment of retinal degeneration.  After completing his FRCSC in Ophthalmology at the University of Toronto, he undertook a subspecialty clinical fellowship in Inherited Retinal Disease at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard University.

Learning Objectives

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

• Explain the importance of genetic testing and counseling for Inherited Retinal Dystrophies (IRD) patients and their families
• Effectively communicate the potential benefits of current and emerging gene therapies
• Identify genetic testing and counseling resources in their respective regions and confidently refer patients accordingly

CPD Credits

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 hour.  

This webinar is co-developed by the COS and Novartis to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity, and balance.

Virtual information session on CADTH’s priority initiatives and an introduction to the new 2022 – 2025 Strategic Plan.

Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Time: 11:00 a.m. EST to 3:30 p.m. EST

Highlights:

• Remarks from David Agnew, Chair, CADTH Board of Directors
• Remarks from Dr. Stephen Lucas, Deputy Minister, Health Canada
• Presentations from CADTH’s leadership team
• Question and answer opportunities

Questions? Contact [email protected]

From March 11 – 13 in Trabzon, Turkey, the Turkish Ophthalmological Association is holding its 18th March Symposium that includes scientific panel discussions and presentations focused on the topic of optic nerve diseases.

The European Sociey of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is holding its Winter Meeting from March 10 – 13, 2022 in Zermatt, Switzerland for both full and international members.