COS EDI Webinar: November 23, 8PM ET

LGBTQ2S+ Issues in Ophthalmology: Working Towards Equity

Join us on Wednesday, November 23 as COS presents a webinar entitled LGBTQ2S+ Issues in Ophthalmology: Working Towards Equity, presented by Dr. Michael A. Puente.

In this 1.5-hour webinar, we will examine the status of health equity for LGBTQ2S+ patients and professional equity for LGBTQ2S+ ophthalmologists, with a view to creating safe spaces for and allyship with the LGBTQ2S+ community. A lecture by Dr. Michael Puente will be followed by a case-based panel discussion.

Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Time: 8:00-9:30 pm ET

Learning Objectives

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

Establish a baseline working knowledge of key concepts related to gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation
Examine the status of health equity for LGBTQ2S+ patients and professional equity for LGBTQ2S+ ophthalmologists
Create safe spaces for the LGBTQ2S+ community in both clinical and professional settings
Foster allyship with the LGBTQ2S+ community in ophthalmology

Dr. Michael A. Puente, Jr.

Michael Puente, MD, is an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of Colorado and a pediatric ophthalmologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado. He is a co-founder of the LGBTQ+ Interest Group of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and volunteers as a mentor in AAO’s Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring Program. He serves as Vice-Chair of the Advocacy Committee of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) and is a member of the AAPOS Taskforce on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

He has led an advocacy campaign to overturn the United States Food and Drug Administration’s ban on corneal donation by men who have sex with men, working with members of the United States Congress as well as leadership of the American Medical Association, Eye Bank Association of America, and AAO. He has presented on LGBTQ+ issues in ophthalmology at national and international conferences and has multiple publications in this field.

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 has been supported by an educational grant from Bayer.

Date: Monday November 28, 2022

Time: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Topic: Lesions and Images in Ophthalmic Oncology 

Speakers: Drs. Krema, Altomare and Weisbrod  

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Date: Friday November 4, 2022

Time: 8:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Location: Kensington Gardens – 45 Brunswick Ave., Toronto, M5S 3M3

*Please arrive early to perform at Rapid Antigen Test at the door, or you may perform one at home prior to arriving and take a date/time-stamped picture of your result*

Room: Multi-purpose Room

Topic: Other infectious uveitis, & uveitis in immunocompromised populations AND White dot syndrome & Panuveitis

Speakers: Drs. Panos Christakis and Alex Kaplan

Date: Friday November 4, 2022

Time: 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Topic: Confronting Your Gremlins 

Speaker: Dr. Edward Margolin  

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OBJECTIVES

1. Review the concept of uncertainty in medicine.

2. Review the concept of second victim syndrome.

3. Review the value of self-compassion. 

Date: Thursday November 3, 2022

Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Topic: Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty from D to K: Step-By-Step Approach

Speakers: Drs. Teichman, Rootman, Chan, AlShaker 

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OBJECTIVES:

1. To feel more confident engaging in DMEK surgeries

2. To have video-based guidelines to simplify DMEK surgery 3. Learn tips and tricks for a successful DMEK

Date: Friday October 28, 2022

Time: 8:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Location: Kensington Gardens – 45 Brunswick Ave., Toronto, M5S 3M3

*Please arrive early to perform at Rapid Antigen Test at the door, or you may perform one at home prior to arriving and take a date/time-stamped picture of your result*

Room: Multi-purpose Room

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

Speakers: Drs. Mili Roy and Larissa Derzko

Date: Friday October 28, 2022

Time: 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Topic: Posterior Uveitis Cases 

Speaker: Dr. Alex Kaplan  

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OBJECTIVES:

1. To establish a thorough differential diagnosis for undifferentiated retinal lesions  

Date: Thursday October 27, 2022

Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Topic: Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty from D to K: Step-By-Step Approach

Speakers: Drs. Rootman, Singal, Gendler, Din, Gouvea 

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OBJECTIVES:

1. To feel more confident to engage in DMEK surgeries

2. To have a video-based guidelines to simplify DMEK surgery

3. Learn tips and tricks for a successful DMEK

Date: Wednesday, October 26th, 2022

Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm, EST

Location: Online

There is an urgent need to stabilize the health care system – as well as growing calls for its transformation. Solutions are not in short supply. But getting from now to next depends on bold choices.

The CMA is hosting a series of events to tackle those choices, bringing together physicians with other health stakeholders for candid debate.

With federal, provincial and territorial Health Ministers set to meet in November, our first event will focus on how to pay for better health care in the short and long term, and how to ensure accountability for the results.

CMA President Dr. Alika Lafontaine will host a panel featuring:

Christy Clark, former premier of British Columbia

Christy led Canada’s third largest province from 2011 to 2017. Throughout her term, she demonstrated strong economic growth, fiscal management and job creation. Christy retired in 2017 as the longest serving female premier in Canada and the only female Canadian premier to be re-elected.

Today, Christy is a senior advisor at Bennett Jones LLP in Vancouver. She also chairs, advises, and directs several non-profit and corporate boards. In 2018, she was recognized by the Women’s Executive Network as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women and was inducted into their Hall of Fame.

Chantal Hébert, political raconteur/columnist

Chantal is a veteran journalist whose work appears in The Toronto Star and the magazine L’Actualité. She is part of CBC The National’s weekly political panel “At Issue.” And she is the author of two books: The Morning After: The 1995 Quebec Referendum and the Day that Almost Was, with Quebec broadcaster Jean Lapierre, and French Kiss: Stephen Harper’s Blind Date.

Chantal is currently a Senior Fellow with Massey College at the University of Toronto and holds honourary degrees from a dozen Canadian universities. In 2012, she was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2019, her Parliamentary Press Gallery peers awarded her the Charles Lynch Award for long-standing coverage of national issues.

Stephen McNeil, former premier of Nova Scotia

Stephen served two terms as premier of Nova Scotia, from 2013 to 2021, before retiring from provincial politics. His government passed five consecutive balanced budgets and led the province through the COVID-19 pandemic. He also served as the dean of Canadian premiers during this time.

A former small business owner, Stephen spent 18 years as an elected official, representing the riding of Annapolis. He was leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party from 2007 to 2021. Stephen is currently a strategic business advisor in Halifax with law firm Cox & Palmer.

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Join us on October 26, 2022.

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