2019 ESCRS Winter Meeting
The 23rd Winter Meeting of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) will take place in picturesque Athens, Greece from February 15 – 17, 2019 in conjunction with the 33rd International Congress of the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant & Refractive Surgery (HSIOIRS).
Target Audience
The 2019 ESCRS and HSIOIRS Winter Meeting is geared towards ophthalmologists and health care professionals seeking to enhance cataract and refractive surgical skills. The meeting attracts diverse professionals, with some programming focussing on the practice of young surgeons and technological advances in the field.
Access Details
For more information regarding the event, please visit the ESCRS website.
2019 ESCRS Congress
The European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons’s (ESCRS) Congress will take place from September 14 – 18, 2019 at the Paris Porte de Versailles in Paris, France. This year will celebrate the 37th Annual Congress of the ESCRS.
Target Audience
The ESCRS Congress is intended for ophthalmological surgeons who specialize in cataract and refractive surgeries.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will gain the most recent knowledge, updates and comprehensive data about Medical, Health Care, Surgery, Eye Health, Eyesight, Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive Surgery subject matters, including:
- Cataract Surgery in Eyes with Diseased Corneas
- Surgeons Under Stress
- Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology
Access Details
For further information, or to register, please visit the ESCRS website.
2019 ASCRS and ASOA Annual Meeting
The ASCRS and ASOA Annual Meeting on May 3 – 7, 2019 in San Diego, California will provide high-quality education for anterior segment physicians, practice managers, ophthalmic technicians and nurses and support staff. Registrants of the ASCRS and ASOA programs may attend both programs but must register in their designated category specific to their credentials.
Target Audience
This annual meeting has been designed for anterior segment surgeons, practice managers, ophthalmic technicians and nurses and support staff.
ASCRS Subspecialty Days include:
Learning Objectives
Ophthalmologists attending the ASCRS Annual Meeting will have the opportunity to:
- Incorporate the latest developments for the management of multiple ocular conditions within the various ophthalmic specialties
- Incorporate current and advanced treatment strategies for ocular conditions, including anterior segment and refractive surgery, glaucoma and retinal conditions
- Develop appropriate treatment plans to address complicating factors pre-, peri- and post-operatively
CPD Credits
The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery designates the ASCRS and ASOA programs within this live educational activity for a maximum of 38 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Physicians can claim CME credit up to the maximum listed above for attending the Physicians Program (ASCRS), including scientific films and posters on-demand, scientific papers, courses, symposia and general sessions), the Practice Management (ASOA) Program, or a combination thereof.
Access Details
For more information, please visit the ASCRS and ASOA website.
2019 Retina World Congress
Target Audience
The intended audience for the activity is retina specialists and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients with retinal diseases.
Access Details
AAO Meetings on Demand
Enjoy AAO 2018 All Year-Round. Choose from eight Subspecialty Day meetings or the AAOE Program; or save when you buy the complete package, which includes highlights from AAO 2018. Packages are available for members and nonmembers. Visit AAO Meetings on Demand for more information on pricing and available sessions.
Access to this product is available through Dec. 2021.
Section 2: Self-Learning (0.5 credits per activity)
Scanning: After viewing this Online Presentation, ophthalmologists may claim 0.5 credits as a scanning activity under Section 2 Self-learning in the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC).
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Section 2: Planned Learning (2 credits per hour)
Personal Learning Plan: A Personal Learning Plan (PLP) is a self-initiated learning activity that is stimulated by a question, issue or dilemma in your professional practice. Watching these presentations may have stimulated a question for you about your practice. To complete a PLP, you will need to name the issue, dilemma or question within your practice scenario and identify opportunities to explore this further and reflect, whether through an activity, a conference or workshop, further reading, videos, etc. When complete you may establish what you have learned and/or the changes you anticipate implementing from this learning.
You can claim Section 2 Credits within the MOC Program for time spent developing your learning plan (2 credits per hour spent). You can also claim the time spent executing the research of that question or issue (participating in a conference, webinar or reading), as well as the time you spend reflecting.
What Scares You, Scares Me Too
Presented by Lesya Shuba, MD, PhD, FRCSC
This module will consist of interactive discussion of clinical cases, allowing participants to discuss some challenging clinical scenarios in glaucoma. Participants will have a chance to review common features of glaucoma as opposed to other optic neuropathies, discuss unusual cases of inflammatory glaucoma, the diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas of glaucoma in high myopic individuals, and the challenges of dealing with pseudo-exfoliative glaucoma, among others. The clinical cases presented in this module were selected to generate discussion, with several particularities of the cases highlighting the “beyond the evidence” general theme for this program, where no clear right or wrong answer exists.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the differential diagnosis of optic neuropathy
- Review inflammatory glaucomas and how to correctly diagnose and treat them
- Discuss pearls and pitfalls of OCT imaging in glaucoma
- Management of pseudo-exfoliative glaucoma
- Discuss clues and management for conditions masquerading as glaucoma
Program Schedule
6:30 PM: Hors d’oeuvres
7:00 PM: Presentation
To RSVP, please contact:
Peter Anderson
[email protected]
902-229-8848
RSVP Deadline: Thursday, November 8, 2018
CPD CREDITS
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 the Canadian Ophthalmological Society. Physicians may claim a maximum of 1.5 Section 1 credits.
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. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the learning activity.
INSIGHT was co-developed with Allergan and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity, and balance. The use of the partner logo is ethically permissible.
More information on the INSIGHT Glaucoma Program

The INSIGHT Glaucoma Program: Beyond the Evidence
The INSIGHT Glaucoma Program, Beyond the Evidence, is co-chaired by Dr. Andrew Crichton and Dr. Devesh Varma. It consists of four modules developed by respected Canadian glaucoma specialists, in partnership with the Canadian Ophthalmological Society and with an unrestricted grant from Allergan. INSIGHT Glaucoma – Beyond the Evidence is a Royal College accredited program, created after extensive consultations and a needs-assessment sent to ophthalmologists across Canada asking for topics they would like discussed in glaucoma.
Four topics were identified for development:
- What Scares You, Scares Me Too – Challenging Case Studies
- After the LPI
- Imaging & Glaucoma
- Glaucoma 101 – Things You Cannot Miss
Although evidence-based medicine is clearly the gold standard in how glaucoma patients are managed, there are certain clinical situations for which there is either no or limited evidence available. The overall objective of the program was to reinforce what evidence is available and to offer guidance through interactive discussion in some of the challenging areas where evidence is lacking.
Each module will last 90 minutes and will be centred around interactive case presentations rather than didactic lecture. At the end of the sessions, participating ophthalmologists will feel more confident in managing the areas of glaucoma discussed.
Visit the PRC Calendar to find an INSIGHT event near you!
Target Audience
The INSIGHT Glaucoma Program: Beyond the Evidence is designed for Canadian ophthalmologists.
CPD Credits
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 the Canadian Ophthalmological Society. Physicians may claim a maximum of 1.5 Section 1 credits.
Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) and the American Medical Association (AMA), physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found on the AMA web site under Agreement with the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the learning activity.
INSIGHT was co-developed with Allergan and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity, and balance. The use of the partner logo is ethically permissible.

The INSIGHT Cornea Program
The INSIGHT Cornea Program, chaired by Dr. Bruce Jackson, consists of five modules developed by respected Canadian corneal specialists, Drs. K. Baig, C. Chan, J. Choremis, R. Ritenour, and G. Rocha, in partnership with the Canadian Ophthalmological Society and with an unrestricted grant from Allergan. INSIGHT is an accredited program developed after extensive consultations and a needs-assessment sent to ophthalmologists across Canada asking for topics they would like discussed in cornea and external disease.
Three topics were identified for development: Ocular Surface Disease, Corneal Ulcers, and Anterior Segment Lumps and Bumps. Because of the frequency and scope of corneal ulcers, three separate modules were developed around this topic– Bacterial, Viral (including Herpes and Adenovirus), and Immunologic – with and without systemic disease.
CPD Credits
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 the Canadian Ophthalmological Society. Physicians may claim a maximum of 1.5 Section 1 credits.
Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) and the American Medical Association (AMA), physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found on the AMA web site under Agreement with the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the learning activity.
INSIGHT was co-developed with Allergan and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity, and balance. The use of the partner logo is ethically permissible.

2017 COS Annual Meeting and Exhibition
June 15 – 18 Palais des congrès Montréal, Québec.
This year marked the 80th Anniversary of the COS Annual Meeting, celebrated with the theme “80 Years of Evidence, Education and Innovation in Eye Health”.
Access Details: To access the program at a glance and further program details, please refer to the 2017 COS Annual Meeting and Exhibition website.