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Free
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
Free 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.
Free 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:
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Current status
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Major points of interest to the Optical Community
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Impact the reform can have
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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
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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