Cornea Research Foundation of America

We Offer Medical Education

Focus on Education Seminar

Course Description

Purpose
Optometrists need to participate in continuing education efforts in order to maintain their licenses to practice.  These seminars, first offered in 1992, are an annual event moderated by Kathy Kelley, OD and sponsored by the Cornea Research Foundation of America and Price Vision Group. 

The entire day is focused on optometrist education with ample opportunities to hear contemporary experts on topics of concern to them, to examine and discuss the latest in vision care products with representatives of organizations that help underwrite the event, and to network informally with one another over lunch and during the breaks. 

This is the 2011 Focus on Education schedule for reference. We will have the 2012 schedule soon!

      7:30-8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00-9:00 Age-Related Macular Degeneration
        David Poer, M.D.
Cope 28962-PS (1hr OLDPAC)

      9:00-10:00 Herbal Products & Dietary Supplements:
  Impact to Eye Health
      Tracy Costello, PharmD, BCPS
Cope 32618-PH (1hr OLDPAC)

        Break

      10:00-12:00 Glaucoma: What’s New? 
Randy Craven, M.D.
Cope 32022-GL (2hr OLDPAC)

    Lunch Provided

    1:00-2:00 Innovations in the Treatment of Allergic Conjunctivitis
      Mitchell A Jackson, M.D.
      Cope 32620-AS (1hr OLDPAC)

      Break
                       
      2:00-3:00 Update of Cornea and Anterior Segment Surgery
            Francis W. Price, Jr., M.D.
            Cope 32621-AS (1hr OLDPAC)

      3:00-4:00       Cornea – Back to Basics
      Larry Tenkman, M.D.
Cope 32619-AS (1hr OLDPAC)

Registration: For Seminar Participants
Registration includes breakfast, lunch, two breaks, and a three-ring binder of course materials, as well as a certificate of completion and continuing education, or COPE, credits.

Next Seminar:  November 17, 2012
Venue:  Ritz Charles Conference Center in Carmel, IN.
Registration Fee: 

Early Bird Rate:  $125 (until October 31st, 2012) Regular Rate:    $150 (Register after November 1, 2012) For information about the seminar, or to register, please contact Jessica Dingledy at 317-814-2993.  For questions regarding course credits, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 317-814-2859 (direct). Registration:  For Sponsors The seminar is open to outside exhibitors and is available by sponsorship level: Platinum:  $3,500 allows Title Sponsorship on all program materials, Lunch sponsorship and first choice of booth location. Gold: $2,000 allows Secondary Sponsorship on all program materials, Speaker or Breakfast Sponsorship and booth space. Silver: $1,000 allows for recognition on program materials, Snack Break sponsorship and booth space. Bronze:  $600 allows for booth space. Exhibitors may contact Jessica Dingledy at 317-814-2993 to register or for questions regarding sponsorship availability and guidelines, as well as program details. You can view the draft (not finalized) brochure for 2012, here:  Focus_on_Education_2012_Brochure.pdf