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The 2019 Monterey Symposium courses can help COA members receive a 10% discount on their Professional Liability Insurance!
Mercer, the administrator of the COA-sponsored Professional Liability program, has negotiated a premium credit with Liberty International Underwriters, the program insurer. By taking any of the courses below, COA members can receive a 10% premium credit when they renew their professional liability policy with Liberty. If insured elsewhere, members can receive the credit if they are approved for coverage in the COA program during 2019.
8:00 AM – 8:50 AM
200 - Oculoplastics and Optometric Coordination of Care (TPA) |
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COPE Approved Room: Steinbeck III
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Glaucoma can affect several aspects of patients quality of life. This course will discuss how quality of life can be impacted and describe methods for evaluating patients capabilities and level of functioning.
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COPE Approved 52387-GL
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9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
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This course provides an overview of current options for minimally invasive glaucoma surgery and discusses co-management issues relevant to the primary care optometrist. Attendees will have the opportunity to insert stents in artificial ocular structures.
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COPE Approved
Room: Steinbeck I-II |
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203 - Not Your Typical Dry Eye: Contemporary Management Strategies for Challenging Cases (TPA) |
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COPE Approved Room: Steinbeck III |
10:00 AM – 11:40 AM
204 - Co-Management of Patients in the Age of Technology (TPA) |
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COPE Approved Ryan |
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205 - Advanced Management of Ocular Surface Disease (TPA) |
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COPE Approved
Room: Steinbeck I-II
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3:00 PM – 4:40 PM
206 - Recognizing, Treating and Avoiding Microbial Keratitis in Contact Lens Practice (TPA) |
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As the number of contact lens modalities and wearers increase, so does the likelihood optometrists will encounter microbial keratitis. This course looks at the relationship between contact lenses and microbial keratitis, including epidemiology, risk factors, differential diagnosis pathogen recognition, contemporary treatment, and prevention. An emphasis is placed on emerging organisms and a typical infection in a case presentation format.
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COPE Approved
DePaolis, OD, FAAO |
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207 - Mind-Bending Neuro-Oph Grand Rounds: From the Chiasm & Beyond (OTHER) |
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COPE Approved |
5:00 PM – 5:50 PM
208 - Modern Hybrid Fitting: The Next Generation (OTHER) |
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COPE Approved |
209 - Angiography With and Without the Dry TPA) |
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Retinal angiography has been utilized as a valuable diagnostic tool for decades. Use of angiographic dyes such as fluorescein and indocyanine green allows us to study retinal and choroidal vasculature and evaluate a wide variety of pathologic conditions. Recently the OCT-Angiography has become available and as a noninvasive procedure is gaining popularity among eye-care provides. However, there are fundamental differences between these techniques which are compared in this lecture.
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COPE Approved 62897-PD
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