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Medical & Scientific Theater

International Vision Expo is pleased to offer a special series of supplier endorsed complimentary educational sessions at the Medical & Scientific Theater. The Theater is located in the Medical & Scientific Pavilion in the exhibit hall.

There is no charge for any of the education presented in the Medical & Scientific Theater. You may select all of the courses, but please note that registration is required. Seating is limited and sessions are subject to availability.

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Keynote Addresses

Neil GailmardFree Keynote: Visionomics

Friday, March 19th at 5:00 - 6:00pm
Become the CEO of Your Practice: Manage The People, Process and Expenses
Neil Gailmard, OD

  • Understand how to analyze the eye care practice as a business.
  • Design a plan for improved staff management including increased delegation.
  • Be able to compare practice expense categories with national norms.

Bill ApplegateFree Keynote: Obama Health Care Reform

Saturday, March 20th, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Obama's Health Care Plan: Making Sense of New Reforms
Learn the latest on health care reform when it’s dissected by Bill Applegate, Senior Policy Advisor at Bryan Cave, LLP. Eyecare professionals who attend will learn:

  • Current status

  • Major points of interest to the Optical Community

  • Impact the reform can have

  • Preparations you can make

New Courses

Vision Expo is dedicated to providing new courses, speakers and relevant content. Visit our conference highlights soon for full course listings.

Obama’s Health Care Plan: Making Sense of New Reforms
Course 30MS
William Applegate

Visionomics Keynote: Become the CEO of Your Practice: Manage People, Process and Expenses
Course 24MS
Neil Gailmard, OD

25 Top Tips for Success from the Front Office
Course 1102
Charlene Taylor, CPO; Julie Clemens, CPO

Controversies in Contact Lenses
Course 1103
Moderator: Michael Ward, MMSc, FAAO
Panelists: Pat Caroline; Milton Hom, OD

The Latest and Greatest Drugs for Treating Diabetes: What You Know May Save/Extend Your Patients’ Lives
Course 1112
A. Paul Chous, MA, OD, FAAO

New Photochromic Technologies
Course 1202
Jenean Carlton, ABO C, NCLC

Delivering a Nordstrom’s Experience in an Optical Setting
Course 1203
Joy Gibb, ABOC

Using Electronic Eyewear Selection & Information Systems for Practice Enhancement
Course 1204
Richard McCoy

Macular Protective Pigment Density and AMD
Course 1207
David C. Eldridge, OD

Advanced Contrast Sensitivity and Visual Perception
Course 1302
Pete Hanlin

I Just Did Something Stupid...Now How Do I Fix It?
Course 1303
Karlen McLean, ABO C, NCLC, LDO

Be a Light Manager
Course 1314
Richard McCoy

Understanding the New Antibiotics II: Anti-Inflammatory
Course 1316
Milton Hom, OD

Pre-Appointing Strategies & Benefits
Course 2102
Sharon Carter

Frame Inventory: Managing Your Profit Center
Course 2103
Mary Schmidt

The Economics of Primary Low Vision Care
Course 2104
Rebecca Kammer, OD; Lou Lipshultz, OD

Medical Coding and Billing
Course 2107
Charles Stuckey, OD; Joanne Cope, OD

Techniques for Troubleshooting Contemporary Lenses
Course 2108
Pete Hanlin

Grand Rounds of Cases Detected with SD OCT But Missed with TM OCT
Course 2110
Jerome Sherman, OD, FAAO

Antioxidants and Human Vision
Course 2113
Jeffry Gerson, OD

Social Networking 101 — What the Tweet Is Facebook?
Course 2202
Angela Pendergrass

Demystifying Low Vision: A Guide for Examination and Prescribing
Course 2204
Rebecca Kammer, OD; Lou Lipshultz, OD

e-technology Live Debate: The Great Debate: Is It Time to Sell Eyewear on the Internet?
Course 2208
Panel of Experts

Controversies in Retinal Care (He Said: She Said)
Course 2213
Diana Shechtman, OD; Jeffry Gerson, OD

Preparing the Ocular Surface for the Ideal Surgical Outcome
Course 2215
William Tullo, OD, FAAO; Jim Owen, OD

10 Tools and Tips to Growing Your Low Vision Practice
Course 2304
Rebecca Kammer, OD; Lou Lipshultz, OD

Creating Memorable First & Last Impressions
Course 2309
Sharon Carter

Modern Management of Blunt Trauma
Course 2316
Marc Myers, OD, FAAO; Andrew Gurwood, OD

Case Management: Overcoming Patient Objections
Course 2404
Rebecca Kammer, OD; Lou Lipshultz, OD

Women Ask for Direction — Leadership Management for Women
Course 2414
Pam Boyd

Ocular Surface Society of Optometry Debut
Course 2416

How to Present and Sell Today’s Digital and Free-Form Lenses
Course 3102
Edward DeGennaro, MEd, ABOM

Are Your Patients More Up to Date Than You?
Course 3104
Phernell Walker, ABOM, NCLEC

Frame Selection Workshop
Course 3106
Joy Gibb, ABOC

Structural and Functional Diagnostic Tests Used in the Management of AMD
Course 3109
Diana Shechtman, OD

The Role of High Tech Procedures in the Diagnosis and Management of Retinal Disorders
Course 3116
Jerome Sherman, OD, FAAO; Mark Dunbar, OD, FAAO

What’s New in Clinical Trials and Ophthalmic Technology
Course 3202
Vincent Young, MD; Michael Ward, MMSc, FAAO

Comprehensive Keratoconus Management
Course 3203
Pat Caroline

The One-Minute Optician: Rapid Fire Tips for Opticial Dispensing
Course 3204
Anthony Record

The Diagnosis of Retinal Disease Invisible to Ophthalmoscopy
Course 3216
Mark Dunbar, OD, FAAO; Jerome Sherman, OD, FAAO

Grand Rounds in Ophthalmic Technology
Course 3302
Pat Caroline; Michael Ward, MMSc, FAAO

Emerging Spectacle Lens Technologies and Materials
Course 3303
Edward DeGennaro, MEd, ABO M

E-Tools for Managing Frame Inventory
Course 3304
Phernell Walker, ABOM, NCLEC

Retinal Grand Rounds
Course 3316
Diana Shechtman, OD; Joseph Sowka, OD, FAAO

Why Do They Buy?
Course 3403
Steph DeLong

Ophthalmic Body Armor
Course 3404
Richard McCoy

The Prescribing and Selling System for Anti-Reflective Technology
Course 3408
Michael Della Pesca

What’s New in the Management of Common Retinal Disorders
Course 3416
Diana Shechtman, OD; Joseph Sowka, OD, FAAO

Growing Your Practice Using Social Media Sites like Facebook
Course 4214
Bob Main, ABO M, FNAO

Therapeutic and Specialty Applications of Soft Contact Lenses
Course 4115
Susan Resnick, OD

Periocular Malignancies
Course 4116
Marc Myers, OD, FAAO; Andrew Gurwood, OD

Podcasting Primer
Course 4208
Richard Clompus, OD

Macular Pigment Carotenoids and Visual Function
Course 4216
Sherry Bass, OD

Cases from Joslin Diabetes Clinic: An Optometrist’s Point of View
Course 4308
W. Lee Ball, OD

8 Most Common Reasons Patients Become Upset and What to Do
Course 4112
Anthony Record

212° Eyewear Dispensing
Course 4312
Anthony Record

New Speakers

We are pleased to welcome the following new speakers to International Vision Expo East. For more information, please review their speaker bios.

  • W. Lee Ball, OD
  • Pam Boyd
  • Pat Caroline
  • Julie Clemens, CPO
  • Michael Della Pesca
  • Andrew Gurwood, OD;
  • Pete Hanlin
  • Rebecca Kammer, OD;
  • Lou Lipshultz, OD
  • Richard McCoy
  • Marc Myers, OD, FAAO
  • Angela Pendergrass
  • Anthony Record
  • Susan Resnick, OD
  • Mary Schmidt
  • John Scibal, OD
  • Charlene Taylor, CP
  • Derek Van Veen, OD, MS

Audience Response Systems

International Vision Expo has selected the following courses to use the audio response system (ARS) polling question/answer keypad technology in New York this week.

Friday, March 19
Course 2104 "The Economics of Primary Low Vision Care"
Rebecca Kammer, OD / Lou Lipschultz, OD
8:30am-9:30am
Room 4

Course 2116 "Preparing the Ocular and Lens Surfaces for Successful Contact Lens Wear"
Milton Hom, OD
8:30am-9:30am
Room 16

Course 2216 "Ocular Drugs for the New Economy"
Milton Hom, OD
9:45am-11:45am
Room 16

Course 2208 "The Great Debate: Is It Time to Sell Eyewear on the Internet?"
Moderator: Ed DeGennaro, MEd, ABOM
9:45am-11:45am
Room 8

Course 2304 "10 Tools and Tips to Growing Your Low Vision Practice"
Rebecca Kammer, OD / Lou Lipschultz, OD
2:45pm-3:45pm
Room 4

Course 2404 "Low Vision Case Management: Overcoming Patient Objections"
Rebecca Kammer, OD / Lou Lipschultz, OD
4:00pm-6:00pm
Room 4

Exclusive Courses - only at Vision Expo

International Vision Expo is the largest, most all-inclusive ophthalmic conference in the world. This event offers unique programs you can't find anywhere else including practice management and business education topics.

Free Keynote Addresses

Friday, March 19, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Visionomics Address

Health Care Reforms

Saturday, March 20, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Obama’s Health Care Plan: Making Sense of New Reforms
Course 30MS
This past year’s biggest debate on Capitol Hill is over health care reform and action being taken to make CHANGE in America. Listen to William Applegate, Senior Policy Advisor, Public Policy & Government Affairs, explain how America will be entering a new era of health care.

Social Media

Social Networking 101 – What the Tweet is Facebook?
Course 2403
Learn the basics of social media to discover how to get your business more involved.

Optical Boot Camp Training Sessions

The exclusive and popular Optical Boot Camp new dispenser immersion programs make their return.

Immersion Training For New Dispensers
Course 1110
Optical Boot Camp Level 1

Top Gun
Course 4110
Optical Boot Camp Level 2

Allied Health Personnel Education

Courses: 3202, 4112
Do you need to renew your JCAHPO certification or learn how to become a high-performance ophthalmic technician? Vision Expo offers continuing education courses that have been submitted to JCAHPO for accreditation.

Ocular Surface Society of Optometry Debut

Course 2416
OSSO debuts this exclusive course. Join top educators for a comprehensive dry eye diagnosis and management seminar that will cover all aspects of diagnosis and treatment strategies.

Optometric Retina Society

Courses 3116, 3216, 3316, 3416
The Optometric Retina Society debuts these exclusive courses. Join top educators for seminars that will cover the diagnosis and management of retinal disorders.

Lunch with the Experts Roundtable

Course 3008
Have lunch with members of International Vision Expo’s Conference Advisory Board to discuss critical topics in an intimate roundtable environment

Frame Buyer’s Certificate Program

Courses: 1104, 1214, 2103, 2303, 3106, 3108, 3304, 3403, 4114
Maximize your dispensary’s profit potential. Upon completion of 8 Frame Buyer continuing education hours, you will be awarded a Frame Buyer’s Certificate. Hours may be combined over multiple years.

Diabetes Education

Courses: 1112, 1212, 2313, 4308
Attend these exclusive courses and learn the latest on diabetes.

Student Sessions

What Choices Are There After Graduation and How Do I Get There?
Course 3013
NYSOA and POA present a two-hour presentation for optometry students who are thinking about what they will do after they graduate.

E-Technology

Courses: 1204, 2403, 3104, 3304
Attend these exclusive courses to keep pace with the future of e-technology software and the internet so you can be on the cutting edge.

Boot Camp Workshops

Courses: 3206, 3306, 3406, 4106, 4206, 4306
Basic, hands-on instruction on frame adjusting and repair, taking accurate spectacle measurements, and basic lensometry.

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