Alumni Reunion CE Program
The 2024 Alumni Reunion CE weekend took place in-person on the UC Berkeley campus. The program offered 7 hours of CE on Saturday and 6 hours of CE on Sunday at the Sheldon M. Golden Conference for up to 13 COPE-accredited CE hours.
Dates
September 28–29, 2024UC Berkeley campus
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Registration
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2024 Alumni Reunion CE Program
Please see below for our schedule of speakers and topics for the 2024 Alumni Reunion CE Program & Sheldon M. Golden Conference.
Saturday, September 28 Schedule
| Date/Time | Saturday, Sept 28 |
| 7:30 AM | Check-In |
| 8:15 AM | Dean John Flanagan: Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 8:30 AM | Dr. Sarah Lopez: Infection or Inflammation? You Decide! |
| 9:25 AM | Dr. Lisa Hornick: Dry Eye Pearls for the Private Practitioner |
| 10:10 AM | Mert Flom Teaching Award |
| 10:35 AM | Peters Lecture: Dr. Michael Silver PhD: The Resurgence of Psychedelics Research: Relevance for Optometry and Vision Science (1hr) |
| 11:30 AM | Alumnus of the Year Award |
| 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM | Lunch & Vendor Fair |
| 1:05 PM | Alumni Grand Rounds – Moderated by Dr. Harry Green |
| 2:50 | Break |
| 3:00 PM | Dr. Penny Absell: ZEDS: Herpetic Eye Disease Clinical Trial |
| 4:00 PM | Dr. Kerri Yoshiyama: Red Eye and Ocular Trauma Review and Cases |
| 4:55 PM | Closing Remarks and Raffle |
| 5:30 PM | Alumni Celebration at Cornerstone |
Sunday, September 29 Schedule
| Date/Time | Sunday, Sept 29 |
| 8:30 AM | Check-in and Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | Dean John Flanagan: Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 9:10 AM | Sjorgen Team (Drs. Nancy Mcnamara, Ava Wu, Nancy Carteron): The Eyes Have It – Multidisciploinary Management of Sjorgen's Disease. |
| 10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:25 AM | Dr. Anna Tichenor: An Update on Dry Eye Disease and Contact Lenses |
| 10:40 AM | Dr. Lisa Hornicl: Updates in Dry Eye Treatments and Therapies |
| 11:15 AM | Panel Discussion / Q&A |
| 12:00 – 1:00 PM | Lunch & Vendor Fair |
| 1:05 | Dr. Anna Tichenor: Harnessing the Power of Intense Pulse Light Therapy for Ocular Surface Disease |
| 1:55 PM | Dr. Penny Absell: What We Learned ABout MGD From the Dream Clinical Trial |
| 2:35 PM | Break |
| 2:45 PM | Dr. Meng Lin: Leveraging AI to Better Understand Meibomian Gland Dysfunction |
| 3:20 PM | Panel Discussion / Q&A |
| 3:55 PM | Dean John Flanagan: Closing Remarks PLEASE REMEMBER TO SIGN OUT FOR CE CREDIT |
Questions?
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