TOPICS AND SCHEDULE

8:00 Breakfast-Registration
8:30 Introduction
8:45 Clinical Trials in Glaucoma: What you Need to Know -Caprioli
9:00 Evaluating Peer Review Literature -Minckler
9:15 Is IOP Fluctuation an Independent Risk Factor for Glaucoma Progression? - Caprioli
9:30 Pathology of the Optic nerve - What is Going on in Glaucoma - Minckler
9:45 Best Ways to Make an Early Diagnosis of Glaucomatous Damage - Caprioli

10:00 BREAK

10:15 Angle Closure, Variations, Diagnosis and Management - Minckler
10:30 Frequency Doubling Perimetry: Why Don’t we Use it More? - Caprioli
10:45 Trabeculectomy, When, Why, Anti-fibrotics and Expectations - Minckler
11:00 Trabeculectomy: Tips and Traps - Caprioli
11:15 Aqueous Shunts: Uses and Abuses - Minckler
11:30 Panel Discussion

12:00 LUNCH

1:15 Emerging Concepts in the Pathogenesis of Glaucoma - Caprioli
1:30 Revisiting Angle Surgery for COAG - Minckler
1:45 Comparison of Structural Measure for Glaucomatous Optic Nerve Damage - Caprioli
2:00 Evidence-Based Consensus Management of COAG - Minckler
2:15 Identification of Visual Field Progression - Caprioli

2:30 BREAK

2:45 Medico-Legal Perspectives in Glaucoma - Minckler
3:00 Approach to Combined Cataract & Glaucoma - Caprioli
3:15 Maintenance of Certification: How it Works - Minckler
3:30 Eye Disease in Art - Caprioli
3:45 Glaucoma CPC’s - Minckler
4:00 Panel Discussion

Joseph Caprioli, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Chief Glaucoma Division
Jules Stein Eye Institute

Donald Minckler, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Chief Glaucoma Division
University of California, Irvine

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

The University at Buffalo (UB) School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA/PRA DESIGNATION STATEMENT

The UB School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences designates this education activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

LOCATION

Buffalo Marriott Hotel
1340 Millersport Highway
Amherst, NY
(716) 689-6900

REGISTRATION

$95 - Includes registration, continental breakfast and lunch

Make checks payable to: GLAUCOMA SYMPOSIUM TRUST

Registration deadline is October 12, 2007. With one week prior written notification, a seventy-five percent refund will be given for cancellations.

Return registration form to:

Mrs. Elaine Taylor
Department of Ophthalmology
3580 Sheridan Drive, Suite 140A
Amherst, NY 14226
(716)834-1445

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