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QUALITY EDUCATION + TRENDING TOPICS + NATIONAL SPEAKERS + INDUSTRY LEADERS + VENDORS
16 Hours of Optometrist Education
MUST-HAVE COURSES OFFERED! - Opioid Course - Human Trafficking Course - Ethics Course
May vary slightly
| 2025 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8th | |
| Time | Event |
| 7:00am — 6:30pm |
Registration |
| 7:00am — 8:00am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30am — 8:30am |
“TBD” Amy Rudsor, OD 1 D/T Sponsored by MacuHealth |
| 8:30am — 9:30am |
Branding Sessions (No CE credit) |
| 9:30am — 10:00am |
Visit with Vendors |
| 10:00am — 11:45am |
“Differentiating ‘Dry Eye’ from Trigeminal Nerve Pathologies” Kaleb Abbott, OD, FAAO 2 D/T |
| 11:45am — 1:00pm |
Visit with Vendors & Box Lunch (No CE) Sponsored by Lenz and Johnson & Johnson Vision |
| 1:00pm — 2:00pm |
“Insights Into Burnout Among Optometrists in the United States: Findings from a Nationwide Survey” Kaleb Abbott, OD, FAAO 1 General |
| 2:00pm — 3pm |
“Primary Angle-Closure Disease” Marcus Gonzales, OD, FAAO 1 D/T |
| 3:00pm — 3:30pm |
Visit with Vendors |
| 3:30pm — 5:30pm |
“Multimodal Retinal Imaging Grand Rounds” Carolyn Majcher, OD, FAAO 2 D/T |
| 5:30pm — 6:30pm |
“Imaging Techniques and Emerging Therapies for Geographic Atrophy” Carolyn Majcher, OD, FAAO 1 D/T |
| 2025 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9th | |
| Time | Event |
| 7:00am — 6:30pm |
Registration |
| 7:00am — 8:00am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30am — 8:30am |
“TBD” TBD 1 TBD |
| 8:30am — 9:30am |
Branding Sessions (No CE credit) |
| 9:30am — 10:00am |
Visit with Vendors |
| 10:00am — 11:45am |
“Ocular Emergency & Trauma Grand Rounds” Carolyn Majcher, OD, FAAO 2 D/T |
| 11:45pm — 1:00pm |
Visit with Vendors & Box Lunch (No CE) Sponsored by Tarsus and TEEM |
| 1:00pm — 2:00pm |
“From Blood Pressure to Blockages” Jesal Haribhakti, OD, FAAO 1 D/T |
| 2:00pm — 3:00pm |
“Human Trafficking” Natalie Pirrone, Poiema Foundation 1 General/Human Trafficking |
| 3:00pm — 3:30pm |
Visit with Vendors |
| 3:30pm — 4:30pm |
“2025 Professional Responsibility Course” Kyle Sandberg, OD, FAAO 1 Ethics Sponsored by University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry |
| 4:30pm — 5:30pm |
“Managing the Risks and Benefits of Pain Management with Opioid Analgesics” Peter J. Cass, OD 1 D/T/Opioid |
| 5:30pm — 6:30pm |
“Referrals from the Emergency Department at an Academic Medical Center” Jesal Haribhakti, OD, FAAO 1 D/T |
Course Summary:
1 D/T
Sponsored By: MacuHealth
Course Summary:
2 D/T
Perhaps the most frustrating part of treating eye pain and discomfort is the inexplicable mismatch between patient symptoms and clinical signs. This deviation is partially responsible for varying clinical decision making, the lacking number of FDA approved medications for dry eye, and poor patient outcomes. Here we explore a different approach when treating ocular surface disease based on heightened attention to the role of corneal nerves.
Course Summary:
1 General
This course explores the concerning rise of burnout in healthcare, focusing on optometrists. We’ll review our recent publication, the largest U.S. study on optometrist burnout, examining prevalence, risk factors, and strategies for prevention and mitigation.
Course Summary:
1 D/T
Course Summary:
2 D/T
Using a fast-paced, case presentation format, this course will cover some common and some not-so-common retinal pathologies. Emphasis will be placed on the clinical utility and interpretation of various imaging modalities including color and autofluorescence photography, OCT, and ultrasonography
Course Summary:
1 D/T
Optometric physicians often serve as the primary point of detection of geographic atrophy (GA) which is the defining lesion of atrophic AMD. Multimodal imaging is essential to detect, monitor, and quantify GA lesions. This course will explore early high-risk OCT biomarkers that predict or predispose to future GA development as well as OCT and fundus autofluorescence features that predict expansion. New complement inhibitor therapies will be introduced.
Course Summary:
1 TBD
Course Summary:
2 D/T
Utilizing a grand rounds presentation format, cases of trauma and ocular disease presenting to the emergency department, some of which required emergent treatment to prevent blindness and/or serious systemic consequences, will be discussed.
Course Summary:
1 D/T
Course Summary:
1 General/Human Trafficking
This course is approved by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and completes the requirement all optometrists need to renew their license. This in-person course allows for Q&A opportunities not available when taken online.
Course Summary:
1 Ethics
This course reviews important topics for Texas optometrists regarding recent or upcoming changes in laws and/or Board rules. The course is approved by the Texas Optometry Board and meets the requirements for biannual license renewal in the continuing education category of professional responsibility or ethics.
Sponsored By: University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry
Course Summary:
1 D/T/Opioid
This course is required for any optometrists that prescribe opioids. The course will cover the history of opioid analgesic agents, issues with opioid over-use and addition, the definitions, and mechanisms of pain, and assessing patients in pain. You will learn how to create an effective pain management plan including non-pharmacologic management, non-opioid analgesic management, and management with opioid analgesics.
Course Summary:
1 D/T
