Date: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Time: 8:00 – 10:00PM EST 

Join us for the 5th annual course for Canadian senior ophthalmology residents. This year’s condensed version will focus on key highlights of the curriculum.

Course Director: IKE AHMED, MD FRCSC

Presenters:

• HADY SAHEB, MD FRCSC MPH
• GUILLERMO ROCHA, MD FRCSC
• AMANDEEP RAI, MD FRCSC
• DOMINIQUE BOURRET-MASSICOTTE, MDCM FRCPC FRCSC

Agenda Topics:

• IOL Biometry, Calculations & Formulas
• Topography Primer
• Toric Primer
• Case studies in virtual “breakout rooms”

Registration:

Register here.

This program is limited to PGY4 and PGY5 residents only.

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]

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

Date: Friday October 23, 2020

Time: 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM – AAO 9

Topic: White dot syndrome & Panuveitis AND Pediatric Uveitis

Speaker(s): Drs. Alex Kaplan and Nasrin Tehrani

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81696926916?pwd=cDFkN2poQmFkRUZQOXZJbTY5Z0l3Zz09
Passcode: GF3ap6

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

Date: Friday October 16, 2020

Time: 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM – AAO 9

Topic: Anterior Uveitis, Episcleritis,& Scleritis AND Intermediate uveitis

Speaker(s): Drs. Ted Rabinovitch and Radha Kohly

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81696926916?pwd=cDFkN2poQmFkRUZQOXZJbTY5Z0l3Zz09
Passcode: y63Xaf

Date: Friday October 16, 2020

Time: 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Topic: Investigating corneal endothelial cell migration in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy: potential implications for Descemetorhexis without endothelial keratoplasty (DWEK)

Speaker(s): Dr. Stephan Ong Tone

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84438541626?pwd=aWRhSU5aVmRLR1JHdlc2SDg2bk5lQT09
Passcode: FCPc10

Learning Objectives:

1. To understand the current indications and surgical technique for DWEK for Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy
2. To gain a better understanding of the basic science mechanisms that underlie corneal endothelial cell migration

Date: Thursday October 15, 2020

Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Topic: One DALK, two bubbles ANDA case of Phakic DMEK with previous LASIK

Speaker(s): Drs. Clara Chan and Michael Mimouni

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88136447876?pwd=OXk1QmZESm02ejZTT2huK1h0TW5wQT09
Passcode: Zb0KMT

Learning Objectives:

1. Learning the steps of DALK
2. Differentiating type 1 and type 2 bubbles
3. Criteria for phakic DMEK
4. Pointers for DMEK in phakic patients
5. Flap related issues in endothelial keratoplasty patients