IOA's 2019 Winter Seminar 
February 6, 2019
Register on or before January 25, 2019, to avoid the $35 late fee

Register today to attend IOA's Winter Seminar to be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at the Ritz Charles in Carmel, Indiana! This optometric continuing education (CE) event offers seven (7) hours of COPE-qualified CE. CEE (continuing education with exam) will not be offered at this event.

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8:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast and Registration

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Glaucoma Referrals
Michael Cymbor, O.D., State College, PA
Description: In late fall of 2016, Mike Cymbor, OD, FAAO, a member of the Optometric Glaucoma Society, started the Glaucoma Institute of State College with a fellowship-trained glaucoma specialist. This talk will discuss the Top 10 ways to improve glaucoma referrals. The speaker will share his experience of being on both sides of glaucoma referrals to help improve overall quality and consistency of glaucoma care. This course will emphasize MIGS treatment options.
COPE Qualified: 57668-GL, 1 hour IOB and Legend Drug

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Glaucoma Update
Michael Cymbor, O.D., State College, PA
Description: This course will review current glaucoma management with an emphasis on surgical and nonsurgical treatment.
COPE Qualified: 56692-GL 2 Hours, IOB and Legend Drug

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (included in registration fee)

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Lab Work-Eye Can Test That
Meghan Elkins, O.D., Huntington, WV
Description: This course presents lab work available to an eye care provider across 5 different categories basic labs, systemic conditions ocular effects, inflammatory conditions, infectious etiology, and vascular conditions. Lab work and interpretation will be reviewed. Attendees will be able to provide improved differential diagnoses considering lab results in the context of clinical presentation.
COPE Qualified: 60000-PD, 1 hour IOB

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Keep Imaging Simple: An Expanded Introduction to Neuroimaging
Meghan Elkins, O.D., Huntington, WV
Description: This course provides the attendee with a basic approach to neuroimaging review. It will cover the basic ways carotid ultrasounds, x-rays, CT scans, and MRIs work. Attendees will be able to recognize anatomic structures of the carotid pathway and on brain axial, coronal, and sagittal scans for a normal patient. Also, a sampling of pathologic and incidental findings will be discussed so attendees will become familiar with how these findings appear on the various imaging strategies.
COPE Qualified: 60001-NO, 2 hours IOB

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Assessing Central Vision Loss Research Update
Arun Krishnan, B.S. Optom., Ph.D., Philadelphia, PA
This course will summarize the recent research findings in low vision rehabilitation. Emphasis will be on central vision loss, secondary to conditions like age-related macular degeneration, Stargardt disease. Attendees will learn about the functional visual assessment using micro-perimeters and about fixational eye movements.
COPE Qualified: 59702-LV, 1 Hour IOB 

Questions?  Contact Bridget Sims at (317) 237-3560 or at blsims@ioa.org.

Should any scheduling changes be necessary, they will be posted on this webpage.

REFUND POLICY:  All requests for refunds must be made in writing and must be postmarked or sent via email no later than January 25, 2019. Refund requests made on or before January 25, 2019, will receive a full refund. Requests made between January 26 and February 5, 2019, will receive a 75% refund.  No refunds will be made after February 5, 2019.

Indiana OPTOMETRY |  Indiana Optometric Association, Inc.
10 W. Market Street, Suite 2995
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 237-3560 | (317) 237-3564 FAX