December 13, 2013 Meeting Conference

Cataract I - Nightmares in Cataract Surgery

OBJECTIVES:  At the conclusion of this session, the attendee will be familiar with the management of complex scenarios in cataract surgery including patients with uveitis, dense nuclei, pseudoexfoliation syndrome, and absent capsular support. Attendees will also understand the advantages and limitations of astigmatism correction with the use of femtosecond lasers.

Posterior Chamber IOL Implantaion in the Absence of Capsular Support
C. Douglas Evans

Morning program

Strategies for Managing Cataracta Complicata
C. Stephen Foster

Morning program

There is Still a Role for Anterior Chamber IOL's !
David A. Hill

Morning program

Pseudo-exfoliation and Cataract Surgery: Pearls and Pitfalls
Samuel Solish

Morning program

What to do when Phaco won't do
Douglas Scott

Morning program

Refractive Cataract Surgery Nightmares
Sonia H. Yoo

Morning program

Femtosecond keratotomy for the treatment of astigmatism
Sonia H. Yoo

Morning program

Infectious Disease

 

OBJECTIVE: At the conclusion of the session, the participants will be able to formulate a quick differential diagnosis for patients presenting with ocular inflammatory disease. Management of sight-threatening infectious retinitis will be discussed. Participants will have an up to date understanding of the initial work up and become familiar with novel laboratory testing.

An Update on Herpetic Retinitis
Thomas Flynn

Afternoon program

Endophthalmitis: the roles of vaccines and oral antibiotics
Marlene Durand

Afternoon program

Prophylaxis for Surgery and Injections: Do Antibiotics Help?
Sarkis Soukiasian

Afternoon program

PCR Diagnosis of Ocular Inflammatory Diseases
Russell Van Gelder

Afternoon program

An Update on Ocular Toxoplasmosis
Russell Van Gelder

Afternoon program

Masquerade Syndromes
George N. Papaliodis

Afternoon program