June 8, 2019
Topic: "Ocuplastics Update"
Speaker: Suzanne K. Freitag, M.D., Director, Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Service
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Venue: The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino
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March 7, 2019
Topic: "Current State of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and Future Trends"
Speaker: Bonnie An Henderson, M.D., Partner, Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston Clinical Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine President of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 2017-18
Venue: Maggiano's at the Grove, Los Angeles
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December 13, 2018
Topic: "Recent Advances in Vitreoretinal Surgery"
Guest Speaker: Steve Charles, MD, Charles Retina Institute, TN
Location: The Peninsula Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ September 27, 2018
Topic: "Innovation in Glaucoma 2018"
Guest Speaker: Richard A. Lewis, MD, Sacramento Eye Consultants, Sacramento, California
Location: Intercontinental Hotel, Los Angeles, California
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June 2, 2018
Topic: "Advances in Ocular Surface Diagnostics: Cataract Surgery and the Atypical Cornea"
Guest Speaker: Terry Kim, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
Location: Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California
March 22, 2018
| Topic: | "Cataract Surgery in the Presence of the Abnormal Cornea" | Guest Speaker: |
Samuel Masket, MD - Founding Partner, Advanced Vision Care
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine
UCLA Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California | | Location: | The London, West Hollywood, California |
____________________________________________________________________________________ December 7, 2017
| Topic: | "Controversies in the Diagnosis and Management of Ocular Surface Tumors" | Guest Speaker: |
Kathryn Colby, MD, PhD - Louis Block Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
University of Chicago School of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois
| | Location: | Il Cielo, Beverly Hills, California |
____________________________________________________________________________________ September 28, 2017
| Topic: | "Targeting Inflammation in Diabetic Macular Edema" | Guest Speaker: |
Baruch Kupperman, MD, PhD - Director and Roger F. Steinert Professor of Ophthalmology
The Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
| | Location: | The Peninsula Hotel, Beverly Hills, California |
____________________________________________________________________________________ June 3, 2017
| Topic: | "Endophthalmitis: Do's, Don'ts, the Future" | Guest Speaker: |
Peter J McDonnell, MD - Director and William Holland Wilmer Professor of Ophthalmology
Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
| | Location: | The California Club, Los Angeles, California |
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March 23, 2017
| Topic: | "Swept Source OCT for Retinal Imaging: The Future is Now" | Guest Speaker: |
Philip J. Rosenfeld, MD, PhD - Professor of Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
| | Location: | The Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California
| Sponsors: | Abbott Medial Optics Alcon Allergan, Inc. Glaukos Corporation NovaBay Omeros Corporation New World Medical, Inc Sun Pharma Tissue Banks International |
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December 1, 2016
| Topic: | "The Coming Paradigm Shift in Glaucoma Management" | Guest Speaker: |
Paul Palmberg, MD, PhD - Professor of Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
| | Location: | The Peninsula Hotel, Beverly Hills, California
| Sponsors: | Abbott Medial Optics Alcon Allergan, Inc. Glaukos Corporation NovaBay Omeros Corporation New World Medical, Inc Sun Pharma Tissue Banks International |
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September 22, 2016
| Topic: | "Color and Depth: How Aberration Correction Led to the Next Generation of Presbyopia-Correcting IOLs" | Guest Speaker: |
Daniel Chang, MD
Empire Eye and Laser Center, Bakersfield, California
| | Location: | The Luxe Boulevard Hotel, Los Angeles, California
| Sponsors: | Abbott Medical Optics Alcon Allergan, Inc. Glaukos Corporation New World Medical, Inc. Omeros Corporation Tissue Banks International |
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June 4, 2016
| Topic: | "Clinical Decision-Making in Infectious Keratitis" | Guest Speaker: |
Stephen McLeod, MD - Professor and Chair
Department of Ophthalmology
University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California
| | Location: | The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California
| Sponsors: | Platinum Exhibitor: Alcon
Platinum Exhibitor: Alimera Sciences
Platinum Exhibitor: Allergan, Inc.
Platinum Exhibitor: Glaukos Corporation
Platinum Exhibitor: Omeros Corporation Platinum Exhibitor: New World Medical, Inc Platinum Exhibitor: Tissue Banks International Gold Exhibitor: Bausch & Lomb Gold Exhibitor: Genentech Gold Exhibitor: Regeneron |
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March 10, 2016
| Topic: | "Microtechnology and Nanotechnology for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Tumors" | Guest Speaker: |
Hans Grossniklaus, MD, MBA - Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Section of Ocular Oncology and Pathology
Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, Georgia
| | Location: | Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
| Sponsors: | Platinum Exhibitor: Alcon
Platinum Exhibitor: Alimera Sciences
Platinum Exhibitor: Allergan, Inc.
Platinum Exhibitor: Glaukos Corporation
Platinum Exhibitor: Omeros Corporation Platinum Exhibitor: New World Medical, Inc
Platinum Exhibitor: Tissue Banks International
Gold Exhibitor: Bausch & Lomb Gold Exhibitor: Genentech Gold Exhibitor: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Gold Exhibitor: Regeneron Gold Exhibitor: TearLab Corporation |
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December 3, 2015
| Topic: | "New Findings from the Comparison of AMD Treatments Trial (CATT)" | Guest Speaker: |
Daniel Martin, MD - Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio | | Location: | Andaz West Hollywood Hotel - 8401 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, California
| Sponsors: | Platinum Exhibitor: Alcon
Platinum Exhibitor: Alimera Sciences
Platinum Exhibitor: Allergan, Inc.
Platinum Exhibitor: Glaukos Corporation
Platinum Exhibitor: Omeros Corporation
Platinum Exhibitor: Tissue Banks International
Gold Exhibitor: Bausch & Lomb Gold Exhibitor: Genentech Gold Exhibitor: Regeneron |
____________________________________________________________________________________ September 10, 2015
| Topic: | "Low Tension Glaucoma: Is Glaucoma the Right Diagnosis?" | | Guest Speaker: | Malik Kahook, MD - Professor and Slater Family Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology, Chief of the Glaucoma Service
University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado | | Location: | Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel - 11461 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California
| | Sponsors: | Platinum Exhibitor: Alcon
Platinum Exhibitor: Alimera Sciences
Platinum Exhibitor: Allergan, Inc.
Platinum Exhibitor: Omeros Corporation
Platinum Exhibitor: Tissue Banks International
Gold Exhibitor: NeoMedix Corporation
Gold Exhibitor: NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
____________________________________________________________________________________ May 30, 2015
| Topic: | "Extending MIGS to Complex Cataract/IOL Surgery" | | Guest Speaker: | Ike Ahmed, MD - Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Fellowship Director: Glaucoma and Advanced Anterior Surgery
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada | | Location: | Shutters on the Beach - 1 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, California | | |
____________________________________________________________________________________ Mar 12, 2015
| Topic: | "Non-Surgical Cosmetic Enhancements: Topicals, Injectables, and Lasers to Rejuvenate the Periorbital Area" | | Guest Speaker: | Wendy Lee, MD - Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Dermatology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL | | Location: | SLS Hotel - 465 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, California | | |
____________________________________________________________________________________ Dec 11, 2014
| Topic: | "Perioperative Meds: the Past, the Present, and the Future" | | Guest Speaker: | Francis Mah, MD - Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA | | Location: | The Fairmont Miramar Hotel - 101 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, California | |
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____________________________________________________________________________________ Sep 18, 2014
| Topic: | "The Droopy Eyelid: What Am I Missing?" | | Guest Speaker: | Julie Falardeau, MD - Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology
Casey Eye Institute, Portland, OR | | Location: | The Peninsula - 9882 S. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, California | |
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Jun 7, 2014
| Topic: | Ergonomics and the Ophthalmologist | | Guest Speaker: | Robert Watkins, III, MD - Orthopedic Spine Surgeon and Co-Director, Marina Spine Center Marina Del Rey, CA | | Location: | Shutters on the Beach - 1 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, California | | | |
____________________________________________________________________________________ Mar 20, 2014
| Topic: | New Advances in Cataract Surgery | | Guest Speaker: | Richard Lindstrom, MD - Founder and Attending Surgeon, Minnesota Eye Consultants Minneapolis, MN | | Location: | The Peninsula - 9882 S. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, California | | | |
____________________________________________________________________________________ Dec 12, 2013
| Topic: | Struggles in Vein: The Evolution of Management for Retinal Venous Occlusive Disease | | Guest Speaker: | Julia A. Haller, MD - Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Jefferson Medical College Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Wills Eye Institute | | Location: | McCormick & Schmick's - 206 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, California | | | | |
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Sep 12, 2013
| Topic: | Oculoplastics and Facial Aesthetics | | Guest Speaker: | Steven Yoelin, MD Newport Beach, CA | | Location: | Cicada Restaurant - 617 S. Olive St., Los Angeles, California | | | | |
____________________________________________________________________________________ Jun 1, 2013
| Topic: | Medical Malpractice Update | | Guest Speaker: | Howard Slavin, Esq Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, LLP
| | Location: | The Peninsula Beverly Hills - 9882 S Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, California | | | | |
____________________________________________________________________________________ Mar 7, 2013
| Topic: | Oculofacial Plastic Surgery | | Guest Speaker: | Tanuj Nakra, MD Texas Oculoplastic Consultants - Austin, TX | | Location: | Fig & Olive - Melrose Place - 8490 Melrose Place, West Hollywood, California | | | | |
____________________________________________________________________________________ Dec 6, 2012 | Topic: | Cornea & Refractive Surgery | | Guest Speaker: | Lisa Arbisser, MD - Cataract and Anterior Segment Surgery Eye Surgeons Associates - Bettendorf, IA | | Location: | Trader Vic's - LA Live - 800 W. Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, California | | | | |
____________________________________________________________________________________ Sept 6, 2012
| Topic: | Fluorescein Angiography | | Guest Speaker: | Alexander “Sandy” Brucker, MD - Vitreoretinal Surgery and Disease
Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA | | Location: | Mezze Restaurant - 401 N. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, California | | Sponsor: | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | | |
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June 2, 2012
| Topic: |
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances in Glaucoma
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| Guest Speaker: |
James C. Tsai, MD, MBA, FACS - Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at
Yale Eye Center - New Haven, CT |
| Location: |
The Viceroy Hotel - 1819 Ocean Ave. - Santa Monica, California |
| Sponsor: |
Allergan, Inc. |
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Alcon, Inc.
Bausch & Lomb |
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March 8, 2012
| Topic: |
Ethical Lessons from Waking Up Blind
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| Guest Speaker: |
Thomas S. Harbin, Jr., MD, MBA - Author of "Waking Up Blind"
Eye Consultants of Atlanta - Atlanta, GA |
| Location: |
Trader Vic's LA Live - 800 W. Olympic Blvd. - Los Angeles, California |
| Sponsor: |
Genentech
Allergan, Inc. |
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December 8, 2011
| Topic: |
Neuroophthalmology Update
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| Guest Speaker: |
Alfredo Sadun, MD, PhD - Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery
Doheny Eye Institute - Los Angeles, CA |
| Location: |
Il Cielo - 9018 Burton Way - Beverly Hills, California |
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September 8, 2011
| Topic: |
Treatment Principles in Uveitis
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| Guest Speaker: |
Emmett T. Cunningham, Jr., MD, PhD, MPH - Director of the Uveitis Service at
California Pacific Medical Center - San Francisco, CA |
| Location: |
Fogo de Chao - 133 N. La Cienega Blvd. - Beverly Hills, California |
| Sponsor: |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Allergan, Inc. |
_____________________________________________________________________________________ June 4, 2011
| Topic: |
Endothelial Keratoplasty: Techniques, results, and complications |
| Guest Speaker: |
Mark A. Terry, MD - Director of Cornea Services at Devers Eye Institute - Portland, OR |
| Location: |
The London Hotel - 1020 N. San Vicente Blvd. - West Hollywood, California |
| Sponsor: |
Alcon, Inc. |
_____________________________________________________________________________________ March 10, 2011
| Topic: |
Management of Diplopia in Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Guest Speaker: |
Steven E. Feldon, MD, MBA
Chair of the University of Rochester Department of Ophthalmology - Rochester, NY |
| Location: |
JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles At L.A. Live - 710 W. Olympic Blvd. - Los Angeles, California |
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December 2, 2010
| Topic: |
Emerging Therapeutic Advancements for Orbital Diseases |
| Guest Speaker: |
David T. Tse, MD, FACS Professor of Ophthalmology and Nasser Ibrahim Al-Rashid Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmic Plastic, Orbital Surgery and Oncology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL |
| Location: |
Maggiano's Little Italy - 189 The Grove Dr. Suite Z80 - Los Angeles, California |
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