Posterior Segment Innovations

Sunday, April 16, 2023
8:00 AM 3:00 PM

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Overview
Evaluating the posterior segment is one of the main tasks as an eye care practitioner (ECP). With millions of patients suffering from conditions such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, and other retinal diseases, it is important for eye care practitioners to remain on the forefront of new diagnostics and management of these patients. New treatment options are becoming available, and it is the job of ECPs to understand the role these treatments play in managing and preserving vision. This is a hybrid event; attendees will have the option to attend live or virtually. The meeting will take place on April 16, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona. This is a hybrid event, attendees will have the option to attend live or virtually. Attendees will earn up to 4 hours of CE COPE approved credits.

Learning Objectives

Explain best practices for managing patients with mild to moderate and severe glaucoma.

Discuss indications and case reports for minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) devices.

Use imaging to diagnose geographic atrophy (GA).

Review common follow-up and management protocols for GA.

Discuss proper management of patients with macular degeneration.

Describe the mechanism of action of macular degeneration therapeutics.

Review common signs and symptoms of patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR).

Discuss treatment options for patients with DR.

Target Audience

Posterior Segment Innovations is for practicing optometrist, ophthalmologists, and other eye care professionals.

Live Activity ID# 125847
Virtual Activity ID# 125848

This activity is jointly provided by iVista Medical Education, Inc and Woo University.

This activity is supported from an independent medical education grant from Alcon and Regeneron.

This event is COPE approved for 4 hours of live and virtual continuing education.

Almost 1700 attended our event and we received amazing feedback!

Feedback from anonymous survey:

Great event! Love the glaucoma talks! Thank you!
Excellent knowledgeable speakers, great information!!
Dr. Funke's MIGS lecture was the best glaucoma CE I have attended.
Informative and interesting lectures. Thanks for a great event.
Great speakers with good topics. Definitely gained a lot of insights.
Absolutely top of the line speakers
The last (final) speaker was the best CE speaker I have heard in a long time. Excellent presentation!
Thank you for very informative and interesting information at all the presentations.
Very clinically relevant topics and lectures with evidence-based medicine.
I really think these lectures are wonderful. Very organized, great speakers, great content, and offered at convenient times. I already have enough CE credits for this year but still take these courses because they are so interesting and informative. Thanks so much for setting up this program.