Bridget Sims
Indiana OPTOMETRY | Indiana Optometric Association
10 W. Market Street
Suite 2995
Indianapol;is, IN 46204
317-237-3560
blsims@ioa.org
Offering seven (7) COPE-Qualified hours, IOA's Winter Seminar will be held on Feb. 11, 2015, at the Ritz Charles in Carmel. All seven hours qualify for Indiana Optometry Board (IOB) credit and three hours qualify for the Legend Drug certification.
8:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:00 am – 11:00 am Scleral Lenses – New Thoughts, New Understandings
Description: Specific indications for scleral lenses for patients with atypical and/or irregular corneas and a novel, step-by-step fitting approach will be presented along with practical problem solving techniques designed to enhance long term success.
Patrick Caroline, COT
Portland, Oregon
37996-CL COPE Qualified 2 Hours IOB
11:00 am – 12:00 pm What’s New in Contact Lenses Part I
Description: Throughout this lecture we will review a wide range of modern innovations emerging in today’s contact lenses industry. Some of these technological advances include new contact lens designs for keratoconus, new bifocal and multifocal lens designs, innovations in lenses for myopia control, and advances in scleral lens designs. A series of case histories will be presented in which these new lens modalities were successfully employed.
Patrick Caroline, COT
Portland, Oregon
38524-CL COPE Qualified 2 Hours IOB
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (Provided)
1:00 pm –2:00 pm What’s New in Contact Lenses Part II
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Grand Rounds in Ocular Surface Disease
Description: This course will review the risk factors and pathophysiology behind aqueous deficient and evaporative dry eye disease. We will look at what the latest diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are based on guidelines from the DEWS report.
Richard Mangan, OD
Lexington, KY
38969-AS COPE Qualified 1 Hour IOB and Legend Drug
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Advancements in Lenticular Refractive Surgery Co-Management
Description: This course will discuss the unique formulation of triamcinolone acetate and moxifloxacin that is administered intra-vitreously during routine cataract surgery, thereby eliminating the need for post-operative drops, and hence concerns over patient non-compliance. This course will discuss the peri-ocular use of this compounded medication including pearls in patient education.
Richard Mangan, OD
Lexington, KY
39109-PO COPE Qualified 1 Hour IOB and Legend Drug
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Retina Update 2015
Description: This presentation will review advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of retina disorders, with particular emphasis on the most common disorders of age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and vein occlusions.
Thomas A. Ciulla, M.D.
Indianapolis, IN
42079-PS COPE Qualified 1 Hour IOB and Legend Drug
US 31 has been opened between 136th street and Old Meridian Road. Please note that US 31 is now a limited access highway and the access routes to the Ritz Charles have permanently changed. The Ritz Charles can now only be accessed from Illinois Street.
Approaching on US 31 from the north: Exit US 31 at Main Street in Carmel and turn left. At the first roundabout, turn right onto Illinois Street. Take Illinois Street south until you reach the Ritz Charles, which will be on your left.
Approaching on US 31 from the south: Turn left onto 116th Street. At the first roundabout, turn right onto Illinois Street. Take Illinois Street north until you reach the Ritz Charles, which will be on your right.