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The 40th annual Morgan-Sarver Symposium offers 10 hours of CE during a three-day, COPE-accredited continuing education event in April 2025. This program includes Berkeley Glaucoma Day, where participants can earn up to 4 Glaucoma CE hours.

Event Details

April 25–27, 2025
Online Zoom Webinar
10 CE hours (COPE-Accredited Activity #130436)
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Registration

You may register for the full program, or you may register for the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday programs separately. Register before April 18th to receive discounted pricing.

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

2025 Speakers and Topics

Below is the schedule of speakers and topics from the 2025 Morgan-Sarver Symposium. (Lectures, speakers, and scheduling were subject to change).

Friday, April 25, 2025 (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PT)

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.

Saturday, April 26, 2024 (8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT)

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.

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.

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.

Sunday, April 27, 2025 (8:00 - 12:00 PM PT)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Registration Details

The Morgan-Sarver Symposium 2025 took place via Zoom Webinar. Registered attendees received an email with session details and a link to handouts. For assistance, please contact optoce@berkeley.edu.

Early Registration Pricing (Prior to April 18)

Registered on or before April 18, 2025

  • Full Program: $260
  • A La Carte - Friday: $56
  • A La Carte Saturday: $112
  • A La Carte Sunday: $112

Registered after April 18, 2025

  • Full Program: $300
  • A La Carte - Friday: $64
  • A La Carte Saturday : $128
  • A La Carte Sunday: $128

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Continuing Education Credits

Ten COPE-accredited (Activity #130436) 10 CE hours were available for the full, 3-day program.

Daily CE Breakdown

Friday, April 25, 2025: 2 CE Hours
COPE Accredited Course #96238-TD: Critical Thinking About Ocular Surface Disease

Saturday, April 26, 2025: 4 CE Hours
COPE Course #96240-TD: A Sticky Situation: Updates on Vitreomacular Traction
COPE Accredited Course #96241-CL: Pediatric Contact Lens Considerations
COPE Accredited Course #96242-PH: Pain Management in Optometric Practice in the Era of an Opioid Epidemic

Sunday, April 27, 2025: 4 CE GLC Hours
COPE Accredited Course #96624-GL: What’s New with SLT: LiGHT, COAST, and DSLT
COPE Accredited Course #96788-GL: Glaucoma Puzzle: When the Pieces Don’t Always Fit
COPE Accredited Course #97048-GL: A Glaucoma Question-And-Answer Session
COPE Accredited Course #96244-GL: Visual Field Defects: Looking Beyond Glaucoma

COPE CE Course Format

This program will place via Zoom webinar, allowing real-time interaction. The program followed COPE’s “Synchronous Virtual” course guidelines, meaning post-course tests are not required. Attendees are advised to verify with their state board(s) if this format counted toward required CE credits.

California Board of Optometry CE Guidelines

This program meets California State Board of Optometry’s live, interactive CE coursework requirements, allowing the hours to count toward live CE credits in California (not “self-study”).

Questions?

View our Frequently Asked Questions page for information on registration, CE credit guidelines, certification letters, cancellations, and refunds.