Cataract Surgery and the Cornea: Refractive and Surgical Considerations

Professional Practice Gaps: 

Using feedback from NEOS members and discussion by the Program Committee, refractive and surgical considerations for cataract surgery and the cornea were identified as a significant professional practice gap in our membership.

Program Objectives: 

The content and format of this educational activity has been specifically designed to fill the identified practice gaps in our membership's current and potential scope of professional activities in a way that focuses on education, while managing commercial support and maintaining independence from promotional activities and commercial proprietary interests. This program seeks to:

List the corneal conditions that must be evaluated prior to cataract surgery;
Understand the surgical skills required to address and prevent poor outcomes from corneal disease during cataract surgery/
Provide patients with the opportunity to reduce astigmatism at the time of cataract surgery.

Morning program

Morning program

Morning program

Morning program

Morning program

Morning program

Morning program

Morning program

Ocular Oncology

Using feedback from NEOS members and discussion by the Program Committee, knowledge regarding ocular oncology was identified as a significant professional practice gap in our membership.

Program Objectives:

The content and format of this educational activity has been specifically designed to fill the identified practice gaps in our membership's current and potential scope of professional activities in a way that focuses on education, while managing commercial support and maintaining independence from promotional activities and commercial proprietary interests. This program seeks to:

1) Increase the competence of the audience in the areas of intraocular tumors, malignant lid and conjunctival lesions.
2) Improve the performance of the audience in the clinical practice of recognizing and diagnosing malignant tumors in the eye and orbital areas.

Afternoon program

Afternoon program

Afternoon program

Afternoon program

Afternoon program

Afternoon program

Afternoon program

Afternoon program

Afternoon program