Morgan-Sarver Symposium

Todd Margolis, MD, PhD
Washington University Physicians

“Critical Thinking About Ocular Surface Disease”
COPE-Accredited Course: #96238-TD
2 TPA Hours

This lecture will focus on understanding the concepts of critical thinking and then applying them to demystifying ocular surface disease and how to manage it. Included in this talk will be how the use of language distorts how we think about ocular surface disease and its management.

Blair Lonsberry, MS, OD, MEd, FAAO
Pacific University Oregon

“Pain Management in Optometric Practice in the Era of an Opioid Epidemic”
COPE-Accredited Course: #96242-PH
2 TPA Hours

Vitreomacular traction, macular hole, and myopic degeneration disease progression and treatment options.

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Samantha Rosen, OD, FAAO
Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals Pediatric Ophthalmology

“Pediatric Contact Lens Considerations”
COPE-Accredited Course: #96241-CL
1 MISC Hour

This course will outline clinical practice considerations and tips/tricks when fitting young patients in contact lenses. We will review fitting recommendations with several specialty contact lenses and review case examples of pediatric patients in specialty contact lenses. This course will review tips to aid in making pediatric patients more comfortable and successful in contact lenses.

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Ceasar Luo, MD, FACS
Bay Area Retina Associates

“A Sticky Situation: Updates on Vitreomacular Traction”
COPE Course: #96240-TD
1 MISC Hour

Ocular pain is an important reason why patients seek care, especially on an emergent basis. The following interactive presentation will use a case based approach to explore the most effective means to manage pain in optometric practice including the importance of understanding addiction (substance use disorder) and the current opioid abuse epidemic. Topical and oral pain management will be discussed with particular emphasis on the appropriate steps in prescribing oral pain medications.

Berkeley Glaucoma Day

Tony Realini, MD, MPH
West Virginia University

“What’s New with SLT: LiGHT, COAST, and DSLT”
COPE-Accredited Course: #96624-GL
1 TPA-GLC Hour

This talk will begin by summarizing results of the recently completed LiGHT study. The rationale and design of the COAST trial will be reviewed and preliminary findings presented. DLST will be described and efficacy and safety data presented. Finally, the evolving role of SLT in the glaucoma treatment paradigm will be discussed.

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Mark Dunbar, OD, FAAO
Director of Optometric Services at University of Miami

“Glaucoma Puzzle: When the Pieces Don’t Always Fit”
COPE-Accredited Course: #96788-GL
1 TPA-GLC Hour

Glaucoma is a complex disease that results in characteristic optic nerve cupping and visual field loss. The problem is individual variability in optic nerve appearance and susceptibility to IOP can make it difficult to diagnose glaucoma. What do you do when the pieces of the glaucoma puzzle don’t fit? This course will provide an overview of how visual fields and OCT can show glaucomatous optic nerve damage as well as confirm progression of the disease even in cases when the pieces of the puzzle don’t always fit.

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Glen Ozawa, OD Carl Jacobsen, OD, FAAO, & Todd Severin, MD
University of California, Berkeley, Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

“A Glaucoma Question-And-Answer Session, moderated by Glen Ozawa, OD”
COPE-Accredited Course: #97048-GL
1 TPA-GLC Hour

Course description coming soon.

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Anne Mika Moy, OD, FAAO
University of California, Berkeley, Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

“Visual Field Defects: Looking Beyond Glaucoma”
COPE-Accredited Course: #96244-GL
1 TPA-GLC Hour

Three cases will be presented in a grand rounds format to discuss cases where the initial diagnosis was glaucoma but proved to be something different.