Thursday July 15, 6:00-8:00 PM
Nutrition and Behavior As It Applies to Systemic and Ocular Disease
COPE #22972-PH

Significant research activity has occurred regarding the advisability of behavior modification to enhance health. This lecture is intended to bring together information from many disciplines for application to ocular health.

Friday July 16, 10:00-12:00
Getting the Most Out of Digital Imaging - Advanced Course
COPE #24633-PD

This course is intended to provide the practicing doctor the latest and greatest advances in the area of digital imaging. There will be limited discussion of the way the technology works; the focus will be an advanced discussion of “Glaucoma 2009”, retina imaging advances and case examples. The rather astounding issues that are currently evolving in the diagnosis and management of ocular disorders will be presented.

Friday July 16, 2:00-4:00
Inflammation: Systemic and Ocular Considerations
COPE#25030-PD

The body in general and the eye specifically react to inflammatory processes in many different ways. This first course in our trilogy of THE INFLAMMATORY PROCESS explores the general inflammatory pathways that occur in the body and what we can do to limit the damage caused by inflammation on different structures.

Jill C. Autry, OD, RPh

Dr Autry received her pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She practiced in critical care before returning for her optometry degree at the University of Houston. Following graduation, she performed a residency in ocular disease at the Eye Center of Texas ophthalmology center where she is a partner today. Although in private practice, Dr. Autry is as adjunct professor at the University of Houston College of Optometry and is the program director for both residents and student interns at her practice. She lectures nationally and internationally on a variety of pharmaceutical and ocular disease topics and has authored numerous articles for both optometric and pharmaceutical journals.

Saturday July 17, 2:30-4:30
I Love my IOL
COPE #27136-PO

Because cataract surgery is now phacorefractive surgery, it is imperative optometrists are knowledgeable regarding current IOL choices. Monofocal, multifocal, toric, and accommodative lens options allow our patients the opportunity to decrease their post-operative spectacle dependence. In this lecture, a referral center optometrist discusses patient candidacy, preoperative discussion, and postoperative management for conventional vs. custom IOLs.

Sunday July 18, 8:00-10:00
Double Trouble
COPE #22801-NO

The diplopic patient can prove diagnostically challenging. The appropriate questions, examination tactics, and testing protocols, however, can systematically guide you to the appropriate diagnosis. In this lecture, a referral center optometrist/pharmacist will detail essential diagnostic criteria as well as the pathophysiology, treatment, and management plans for conditions that cause both monocular and binocular double vision.

Sunday July 18, 10:00-12:00
Glaucoma Medications - What We Have and Where We're Going
COPE #25193-GL

Although encouraged by pharmacological developments of the last decade, we as physicians still struggle to prevent the blinding optic neuropathy characteristic of glaucoma. Medication side effects, cost considerations, and poor compliance are daily concerns. In this lecture, a pharmacist/optometrist will compare and contrast the current treatment modalities and offer a glimpse into the future of glaucoma treatment.

Curtis R. Baxstrom, OD, FCOVD, FAAO, FNORA

Dr. Baxstrom, a graduate of Pacific University College of Optometry, is currently in private practice in Federal Way specializing in vision therapy. His practice consists of special needs patients, learning disabled children and patients who have suffered traumatic brain injuries or strokes. He holds privileges at several local rehabilitation hospitals and consults at the Good Samaritan and Mary Bridge Children’s Therapy Unit. In 1989 he was named California’s Young OD of the Year and was awarded the Melvin Jones Fellowship by the Kent Lions Club. He has lectured both nationally and internationally on a variety of visual topics in the areas of child development, learning, visual rehabilitation and vision therapy.

Saturday July 17, 10:00-12:00
Infantile Esotropia: Diagnosis and Treatment

Approximately 28-43% of all esotropia is infantile esotropia, and there may actually be multiple different types of infantile esotropia, each with varied treatment considerations. Practitioners who treat strabismus may find this a unique population. This course will review some modifications of your traditional approach to esotropia to more thoroughly evaluate the infant. These probes may directly lead to therapeutic applications that are modified from the more traditional esotropia therapy. We will look at abduction deficit, motion asymmetries, inferior oblique overaction, dissociated vertical deviation and the use of binasal and sector occlusion. Several cases will be discussed to help provide a basis for understanding.

Saturday July 17, 2:30-3:30
Occlusion - A Potpourri of Treatment Strategies
COPE #28488-FV

Binasal occlusion is probably the most commonly known occlusion technique outside of direct patching for amblyopia. This course will look at binasal occlusion from different treatment perspectives. In addition, a variety of different occlusion techniques will be demonstrated. Each technique will be evaluated as to the purpose (eliminate diplopia, decrease confusion, modify gaze preference, etc.), how to apply it and how to modify it as the patient progresses.

Saturday July 17, 3:30-4:30
EOM Paresis & Palsy - To Treat or Not to Treat...Is the Question?

This course will look at the rehabilitation and compensatory Optometric approaches to patients with ocular motor concerns. The emphasis will be on monocular considerations, but cases will demonstrate how to apply the principles for improving binocularity as well. An emphasis in treatment will be to look at ocular motor subsystem transfer in which improving one type of ocular motor ability may transfer to other subsystems. Thus applications in treatment will emphasize a comprehensive approach on as many subsystems as possible.

Dr. Eakland is a graduate of Pacific University College of Optometry where is currently Associate Dean for Clinical Programs. He oversees the management of the College's five community clinics within the greater Portland area. Dr. Eakland is responsible for curriculum and development of over 100 external sites, which are located throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, China, and Korea. He also serves as the director of PUCO’s nine residency programs and has recently been the overall course coordinator for the 11-course Patient Care Track in which the Clinical Directors are redefining the curriculum for all four years of the student intern’s clinical education. Dr. Eakland is retired from private practice. He was Oregon’s Optometrist of the Year in 2005.

Thursday, July 15, 2:00-5:00PM
AOA Presents: Enhancing Patient Care Through the Implementation of EHRs
*NOTE: this course requires an additional fee. See registration for details.

This course has been developed to provide clinically relevant and detailed information on the use and implementation of Electronic Health Records. The course provides specific information of how EHR can enhance patient management, and increase quality of care within an optometric office. Details about the new Federal laws and regulations with which all health care providers must comply will be discussed. A step-by-step sequence how to analyze, plan, and implement electronic health records into your optometric practice will be provided.

Friday July 16, 4:00-6:00
Nanotechnology - Impact on Healthcare
COPE #26348-GO

An overview of the history, current developments, and future impacts of nanotechnology will be presented. Discussion will focus on the general applications and specific medical and eye care applications currently available and in development, plus the legal, ethical, and social impacts of this emerging science. Attendees will have a broader understanding of nanotechnology, the applications in optometric practice, and the impact nanotechnology will have on the delivery of health care in the future.

Saturday July 17, 10:00-12:00
Global Issues: Impact on Society of Obesity
COPE Approval Pending

Presentation focuses on the impact of the obesity epidemic in America. Attendees will understand the potential causes and gain knowledge of the current understanding of the obesity issue. Health care costs, medical complications, and social complications are discussed. The relationship of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes are covered. Specific topics of both adult and child obesity are presented. Treatment and specific programs available to the optometric physician allowing involvement within their local communities are presented.

Saturday July 17, 2:30-4:30
Pharmacogenomics: The Promise and Peril of Personalized Medicine, Impact on Health Care and Optometry
COPE Approval Pending

This course will provide an overview of pharmacogenomics -- the study of how genetics will affect a person’s response to a particular drug. The course also will explore the potential applications in the optometric practice.

Friday July 16, 4:00-6:00
Understanding Neuro Optometry

This course will introduce you to the general terms in vision rehabilitation, familiarize you with common visual deficits encountered in traumatic brain injury, and provide you with insight into evaluation and management strategies in office and hospital settings.

Saturday July 17, 8:00-10:00
Neuro Optometric Rehab

This course will discuss experiences in setting up two neuro optometry clinics at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (Downey,CA) and more recently Casa Colina Hospital for Rehabilitation (Pomona, CA).

Dr. Jasper graduated from Nova Southeastern University with highest honors. She completed an internship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and a residency in Ocular Disease and Hospital based Optometry at the Brockton/West Roxbury Veterans Administration Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Jasper is in private practice in West Palm Beach, Florid and is a trustee of the Florida Optometric Association. She is also a Vision Source Administrator for Southeast Florida. Dr. Jasper has lectured on ocular disease, EMR Implementation, and Practice Management and New Technology in the Optometric Practice. She serves on the board of the West Palm Beach Rotary and the Palm Beach Lighthouse for the Blind.

Friday July 16, 4:00-6:00
Secrets to Your Success
COPE #27087-SD

This course will review various common ocular and systemic diseases. The cases presented will demonstrate the methods used to successfully diagnose and treat these conditions. The discussion will include secrets to managing the accompanying challenges that often arise. Upon completion of this course every attendee will leave with the secrets to their success.

Saturday July 17, 8:00-10:00AM
Best Practices in Ocular Emergencies
COPE #24032-PD

This course will discuss best practices in the assessment and DX of eye disease in Ocular Emergencies.

Sunday July 18, 8:00-10:00
New and Innovative Uses for Contact Lenses
COPE #25877-CL

This course is a progressive lecture that touches on the latest trends in the contact lens industry. The topics of the course include: aberration controlled contact lenses, sports contact lenses, keratoconus contact lens options, scleral shells, large diameter contact lenses, modern methods of piggybacking, hybrid contact lenses, orthokeratology and corneal reshaping, presbyopic lens options, and silicone hydrogels place in the contact lens world.

Sunday July 18, 10:00-11:00
An Itchy Arid Eye Makes Contact Lenses Dry
COPE Approval Pending

Millions of patients drop out of contact lenses every year due to ocular discomfort. Several of the reasons for contact lens drop out will be highlighted. Various aspects of contact lens irritation are addressed relating to ocular surface disease, tear film abnormalities, and ocular allergies. Several treatment methods are discussed to enable the practitioners to treat and keep contact lens wearers more comfortable.

Sunday July 18, 11:00-12:00
Custom Soft Lenses for Custom Corneas
COPE #25798-CL

Traditional soft lenses have failed for patients with irregular corneal conditions. For years patients with RGP intolerance have suffered with uncomfortable lens wear in order to gain the vision clarity that they desire. Now there are soft lenses that allow practitioners to custom fit designs to meet almost all corneal irregularities. This course discusses the shortfalls that contact lenses have had in the past, reviews the conditions that need to be met, and how soft lenses meet these needs.

Valerie M. Kattouf, OD, FAAO, FCOVD

Dr. Kattouf, a graduate of Illinois College of Optometry, completed a residency in Pediatrics and Binocular Vision at the State University of New York. She is currently an Associate Professor at ICO and the University of Chicago where she teaches pediatrics and binocular vision courses.. Her articles have appeared in several optometric journals and she has lectured at numerous scientific meetings on the topics of pediatric eye care and strabismus. She is a well-known AOA volunteer and in 2002 she was named the Illinois Optometric Association’s Young Optometrist of the Year.

Sunday July 18, 8:00-10:00
Diagnosis and Management of the Pediatric Patient
COPE #27654-FV

This course presents new and enlightening clinical cases involving all aspects of pediatric care. A grand rounds type format will illustrate the patient's clinical presentation, steps to diagnosis and treatment choices with case review and photographs. The emphasis is on improving the clinician’s skill in diagnosing and treating pediatric cases in the areas of prescribing, binocular vision, strabismus, amblyopia and pathology.

Sunday July 18, 10:00-12:00
Diagnosis of Strabismus and Amblyopia in a Primary Care Setting
COPE #20972-FV

This course reviews methods and norms used to diagnose strabismus and amblyopia. The areas of refraction, eccentric fixation, measurement of the deviation comitancy and anomalous correspondence will be presented. Case examples will also be presented.

Kelly K. Nichols, OD, MPH, Phd, FAAO

Dr. Nichols, a graduate of UC Berkeley, completed a residency in ocular disease in Colorado.
She completed a MPH and a PhD at The Ohio State University. Dr. Nichols is an Associate Professor at the Ohio State University College of Optometry. She has current NIH funding to study dry eye in postmenopausal women, plus funding through the pharmaceutical and contact lens industries to support related research projects. Dr. Nichols is an active volunteer in the AOA, OOA, and the APHA. She serves as medical advisor to the Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation and the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society and is on the editorial board of The Ocular Surface and Refractive Eyecare. Dr. Nichols lectures and writes on dry eye, contact lenses, diabetes and public health, and women’s health issues.

Friday July 16, 8:00-10:00AM
The New Dry Eye: A Global Perspective
COPE Approval Pending

This lecture discusses the progress of dry eye research and clinical care over the past decade and its present status in terms of international dry eye, who has dry eye, definitions of dry eye, core mechanisms, diagnosis, symptomatology, dye testing, meibomian gland dysfunction, and contact lens wear.

Friday July 16, 10:00-12:00
Hey Meibom: It's Lid Disease
COPE #27539-AS

Three hundred years after Heinrich Meibom named the meibomian gland, we are still gaining an understanding of its function in health and disease. Clinical pearls for diagnosis and management of lid disease and new anterior seg technology are discussed. Is meibomian gland dysfunction the new dry eye?

Friday July 16 2:00-3:00
Live by the Evidence; Research and Practice
COPE #27540-GO

As doctors we are told we should use evidence-based medicine in clinical care. However, it is difficult in this fast-paced world to get quality information to apply to decisions about patient care. This course will model a streamlined approach to defining “good science” with cases and examples of evidence-based medicine in eyecare.

Friday July 16, 3:00-4:00
From the Eye of A Woman: The Influence of Hormones in Ocular Disorders
COPE #26965-SD

This course discusses gender differences in ocular disorders and highlights the impact of hormones on ocular diseases more frequent in women. Macular degeneration, cataract, diabetes, dry eye, and Sjögren’s syndrome will be discussed in addition to the overall impact of hormones from puberty through menopause. Phytoestrogens and the eye will also be discussed, and the prevalence and management of dry eye disease will be highlighted.

Saturday July 17 8:00-9:00
Fitting Large Diameter Lenses to Irregular Corneas
COPE #24197-CL

There are many types of contact lenses available to us today to manage the irregular cornea. This course will discuss the various options available along with a detailed systematic fitting approach and problems solving technique for each.

Saturday July 17, 9:00-10:00
Solving the Genetic Puzzle of Keratoconus
COPE Approval Pending

Although there is evidence that keratoconus is a genetic disease, but the inheritance patterns and genes have not been detected. This course will outline what is known about the genetics of this disease and highlights what will be necessary to uncover the genetic puzzle, including the phenotypic definitions using anterior and posterior topography that will assist in teasing apart the genetic code.

Saturday July 17, 10:00-12:00
Corneal Infiltrates: From Tissue to Treatment
COPE Approval Pending

Contact lens associated corneal infiltrates are covered beginning at the inflammatory cascade. New clinical definitions are presented which challenge the traditional "sterile" keratitis approach. Risk factors and incidence rates will be covered, and based on the risk factors, treatment options will be provided.

Andrea P. Thau, OD, FAAO, FCOVD

Dr. Thau, is a graduate of the SUNY College of Optometry where she has been on faculty since graduation and is currently an Associate Clinical Professor. She also owns a full scope primary care private practice in Manhattan that places special emphasis on children's vision and vision therapy. Dr. Thau has published extensively and is a recognized national lecturer. She has received numerous awards and served as the first women president of the New York State Optometric Association. Dr. Thau has been an active volunteer in the AOA and was elected to the AOA Board of Trustees in 2007. She is a national spokesperson for AOA.

Friday July 16, 10:00-12:00
Is Your Child Visually Ready for School?
COPE #24075-FV

This course covers the assessment and management of the school age child. Clinical pearls and practice management strategies are also included.

Friday July 16, 2:00-4:00
Babies Examined Here!
COPE #26097-FV

This course will address recommended equipment, office setup, history and examination of the child in the first year of life. Pearls for making the examination easier for the child, parent and doctor will be included. As many as 2-5% of preschool children, or nearly 4 million children nationwide, are estimated to have impaired vision.