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03/20/19 – Michigan’s 22nd Annual Optometric Educational

Specialty Eye Institute invites you to join us for a continuing education event.

Event Details

Date:
Location:
Time:
Fee:
CE Credits:
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Cleary University, 3750 Cleary Dr, Howell, MI 48843
7:30am Registration / 8:00am – 5:30pm Presentations
$130.00 Pre-Registration / $140 Registration at the door
8.5 hours COPE Credit Pending Approval

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Event Materials / Handouts

1 – Paul Ernest – Customized Cataract Surgery rev 3-19-19

2 – Bruce Onofrey – PAIN AND INF NEWest 2019 HO

3 – Bruce Onofrey – Pharmacists

4 – Daniel VanElk – Ocular Manifestations Following Systemic Medication Use

5 – Sujata Purohit – Lid Biopsy Methods

7- Carmelina Gordon – Subthreshold laser CE 2019

8- Surendar Purohit – Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

9 – Clint Simpson – OCT Mumbo Jumbo

10 – Kevin Lavery – Glaucoma 2019 Final

11 – Lillian Kalaczinski – 3.19 HT Presentation Final

Event Description
Specialty Eye Institute invites you to join us for a full day of continuing education with our doctors and guest speakers Bruce Onofrey, O.D. and Lillian Kalaczinski, O.D. A light breakfast and lunch will be served. RSVP required.

Agenda

8:00 – 9:00
Customized Cataract Surgery
Paul H. Ernest, M.D.
9:00 – 10:00
Management of Pain and Inflammation
Bruce Onofrey, O.D.
10:00 – 10:15
Break / Exhibits
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10:15 – 12:00
What’s My Beef with Pharmacists
Bruce Onofrey, O.D.
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch
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1:00 – 2:00
Rapid Fire:
Ocular Manifestations Following Systemic Medication Use
Lid Biopsy Methods
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Daniel VanElk, O.D.
Sujata Purohit, M.D.
2:00 – 2:30
Dropless Cataract Surgery
Anthony Sensoli, M.D.
2:30 – 3:25
Retina Rapid Fire:
Subthreshold Macular Laser Treatment
Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
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Carmelina Gordon, M.D.
Surendar Purohit, M.D.
3:25 – 3:35
Break / Exhibits
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3:35 – 4:30
Glaucoma Rapid Fire:
OCT Mumbo Jumbo: Pearls and Pitfalls of OCT in Glaucoma
Glaucoma Therapy: What is Hot and What is Not
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Clint Simpson, M.D.
Kevin Lavery, M.D.
4:30 – 5:30
Human Trafficking:What MI Optometrists Need to Know
Lillian Kalaczinski, O.D.

Guest Speakers

Bruce Onofrey, O.D.

Bruce E. Onofrey, OD, RPh is a 1982 graduate of the Illinois College of Optometry and residency at the Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center. He also has degrees in chemistry and Pharmacy. He recently retired from the Lovelace Medical Center Eye Dept after 25 years where he served as the Chief of Optometry and Vice-chairman of eye services. His most current position is as a clinical professor at the University of Houston and the Executive Director of continuing education programs. His special interests include lectures in general and ocular pharmacology and clinical drug research.

Dr. Onofrey is a frequent contributor to ophthalmic literature. He is the current editor of “Clinical Optometric Pharmacology and Therapeutics”, and the author of “The Ocular Therapeutics Handbook, A Clinical Manual”, both published by Lippincott. He also serves as a contributing editor to “Primary Care Optometry News”. He is an internationally recognized lecturer on the management of ocular disease and the use of pharmaceutical agents.

Lillian Kalaczinski, O.D.

Dr. Lillian Kalaczinski is an Assistant Professor at the Michigan College of Optometry and Chief of Primary Care at the University Eye Center. She completed her undergraduate education at Ferris State University and is a 1998 Graduate of the Michigan College of Optometry. She completed a Primary Care Residency at the Illinois Eye Institute, Illinois College of Optometry. Dr. Kalaczinski has broad clinical experience and most recently spent ten years practicing in a Community Health Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan where she was also Director of Vision Services.
Dr. Kalaczinski has been active in organized optometry since she was a student. She is a Past-President of the Michigan Optometric Association and is active on several MOA Committees. She is a long standing member of the American Optometric Association Health Center Committee and currently serves as Chair where she advocates for full inclusion of Optometry in the Community Health movement.

Dr. Kalaczinski lives in Cascade, Michigan with her husband and two sons.

Sponsors

Alcon
Diopsys
Glaukos
Lombart
Marco
Novartis
NuSight Medical
Optos
Precision Instruments
Zeiss

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January 7, 2019 Filed Under: Past Events

03-21-18 – Michigan’s 21st Annual Optometric Educational

Specialty Eye Institute invites you to join us for a continuing education event.

Event Details

Date:
Location:
Time:
Fee:
CE Credits:
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Cleary University, 3750 Cleary Dr, Howell, MI 48843
7:30 am – 5:00pm
$100.00 Pre-Registration / $110 Registration at the door
7.5 hours COPE Credit Pending Approval

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Event Description

Specialty Eye Institute invites you to join us for a full day of continuing education with our doctors and guest speaker Mark Dunbar, O.D.  A light breakfast and lunch will be served. RSVP required.

Agenda

7:30am – 8:00am
8:00am – 8:10am
8:10am – 9:05am
9:05am – 10:00am
10:00am – 10:10am
10:10am – 12:00pm
12:00pm – 1:00pm
1:00pm – 1:30pm
1:30pm – 2:00pm
2:00pm – 3:00pm
3:00pm – 3:10pm
3:10pm – 3:40pm
3:40pm – 4:10pm
4:10pm – 4:40pm

Registration / Breakfast
Welcome

Higher Order Aberrations
My Vision is Blurry, Could it be from my Medications
Break / Exhibits
Understanding and Interpreting OCT
Lunch / Exhibits
Thyroid Eye Disease: A Case Review
Vitreomacular Interface Disorders
Treatment and Pain Management in Ocular Emergencies
Break / Exhibits
Prophylazis Against Infection, Inflammation, and Macular Edema in Cataract Surgery
A Video Review of Interesting Surgical Cases
MIGs: The New Frontier of Glaucoma Therapy
Marcus Rhem, M.D.
Paul H. Ernest, M.D.
Mark Dunbar, O.D.

Mark Dunbar, O.D.

Josh Halm, O.D.
Surendar Purohit, M.D.
Erica Person, M.D.

Marcus Rhem, M.D.
Luis Gago, M.D.
Kevin Lavery, M.D.

Guest Speaker

John McGreal, ODMark Dunbar, O.D.
ark T. Dunbar currently serves as the Director of Optometric Services and the Optometric Residency Supervisor at the University of Miami’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Dr. Dunbar has authored numerous papers, has refereed many optometric journals articles and currently writes the monthly Retina Quiz in Review of Optometry. He is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry and is one of the founding members for both the Optometric Glaucoma Society (OGS) and the Optometric Retina Society (ORS).

Sponsors

  • Alcon
  • Diopsys
  • Lombart
  • Optovue

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January 23, 2018 Filed Under: Past Events

November Gonioscopy Workshop and Presentation

Specialty Eye Institute invites you to join us for a continuing education event.

Event Details

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Fee:
CE Credits:
Thursday, November 1, 2018 or Thursday, November 8, 2018
Specialty Eye Institute Toledo, 3000 Regency Ct., Ste. 100, Toledo, OH 43623
5:30pm – 8:00pm
$35 Pre-registration, $40 at the door
2 Hours COPE CE credits pending approval

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Event Description

Specialty Eye Institute invites you to join us for an evening of continuing education with Doctors David Bejot, David Trujillo, and Nick Carr. RSVP required, limited seating.

Agenda

5:30pm – 6:00pm
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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October 10, 2018 Filed Under: Past Events

10/23/18 – Ann Arbor Fall Educational

Specialty Eye Institute invites you to join us for a continuing education event.

Event Details

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CE Credits:
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Polo Fields Country Club, 5200 Polo Fields Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48103
5:30pm – 8:00pm
$35 Pre-registration, $40 at the door
2 Hours COPE CE credits pending approval

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Event Description

Specialty Eye Institute invites you to join us for an evening of continuing education with Doctors Surendar Purohit, Anthony Sensoli, and Luis Gago. A light dinner will be served. RSVP required, limited seating.

Agenda

5:30pm – 6:00pm
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Registration
Presentations

Topics

Dropless Cataract Surgery
Retina Case Presentations
Intraocular Lens and Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) Updates
Anthony Sensoli, M.D.
Surendar Purohit, M.D.
Luis Gago, M.D.

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Ann Arbor Fall Optometric Educational
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September 11, 2018 Filed Under: Past Events

05-15-18 – Ohio’s 32nd Annual Optometric Educational

Specialty Eye Institute invites you to join us for a continuing education event.

Event Details

Date:
Location:
Time:
Fee:
CE Credits:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 & Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Radisson Hotel at the University of Toledo, 3100 Glendale Ave., Toledo, OH 43614
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm & 7:30 am – 5:00pm
$100.00 Pre-Registration / $110 Registration at the door
TBD

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Event Description

Specialty Eye Institute invites you to join us for 2 days of continuing education with our doctors and guest speaker John McGreal, O.D. A light breakfast and lunch will be served. RSVP required.

Agenda – Tuesday, May 15, 2018

5:30pm – 6:00pm
6:00pm – 6:10pm
6:10pm – 8:00pm

Registration
Welcome
Presentations

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Agenda – Wednesday, May 16, 2018

7:30am – 8:00am
8:00am – 5:00pm

Registration / Breakfast
Presentations – Full Agenda Coming Soon

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Guest Speaker

John McGreal, ODJohn McGreal, O.D.
John A. McGreal, Jr., OD is director of the Missouri Eye Associates, a medical-surgical consultation center. He has lectured nationally and internationally for over 20 years on topics ranging from clinical care to compliance/coding. Dr. McGreal was a Peters Memorial Lecturer at the University of California, Nussenblatt Memorial Lecturer at the University of Houston, Missouri Optometrist of the Year and University of Missouri Educator of the Year.

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January 24, 2018 Filed Under: Past Events

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