Title: Tele-ophthalmology program in Canada with Diabetes Action Canada
Date: Monday, November 9, 2020

Time: 11 a.m. ET

Panelists: Dr. David Maberley, Rebecca Merritt, and Dr. Marie-Carole Boucher

Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes and accounts for 80% of diabetic-related blindness. It is the leading cause of blindness for working age Canadians. Early detection of diabetic retinopathy by regular screening effectively avoids vision loss from diabetes as necessary treatments prevent irreversible retina damage.

Telehealth retinal screening programs are an excellent option for those living with diabetes, but not regularly seeing a specialist for their diabetes complications management. Each province implements their telehealth retinal screening differently and in this webinar we will learn the approaches taken by Diabetes Action Canada investigators in British Columbia, Quebec, and Ontario. Learn more about the teleheath program.

A Q&A period will be included. Please email your questions in advance to [email protected]

Registration:

Register for the Tele-ophthalmology program here.

View Point is free of charge for all participants.

This webinar is presented by Diabetes Action Canada.

Date: Friday October 30, 2020 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM

Topic:  Viral and Bacterial Uveitis AND Other infectious uveitis & uveitis in immunocompromised populations

Speakers – Drs. V Lam and P. Christakis 

Zoom Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88311351396?pwd=bW1yUHdBY3BOd3F0T1p0WjFpNmF0QT09

Passcode: S8LTB2

Title: Living Well with Diabetic Eye Disease
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Time: 3 p.m. ET

Managing diabetes can be challenging and complex – even more so if you are living with an eye disease. In this webinar, multi-disciplinary experts will share their perspectives on how you can live well with diabetes. Topics discussed will include practical tips for managing diabetes while living with vision loss, mental health resources and community supports, and hearing from patient partners who have lived experience of diabetes and vision loss.

Panelists: Dr. David Wong, retinal specialist; Leanne Baarda, Independent Living Skills Specialist, Vision Loss Rehabilitation Ontario; Diana Sherifali, PhD, clinical nurse specialist, Diabetes Care and Research Program, Hamilton Health Sciences; Bert Neutel, patient partner.

Registration:

REGISTER FOR THE LIVING WELL WEBINAR

A Q&A period will be included. Please email your questions in advance to [email protected]

View Point is free of charge for all participants.

This webinar is presented in partnership with Diabetes Action Canada.

Date: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Time: 8:00 – 10:00PM EST 

Join us for the 5th annual course for Canadian senior ophthalmology residents. This year’s condensed version will focus on key highlights of the curriculum.

Course Director: IKE AHMED, MD FRCSC

Presenters:

• HADY SAHEB, MD FRCSC MPH
• GUILLERMO ROCHA, MD FRCSC
• AMANDEEP RAI, MD FRCSC
• DOMINIQUE BOURRET-MASSICOTTE, MDCM FRCPC FRCSC

Agenda Topics:

• IOL Biometry, Calculations & Formulas
• Topography Primer
• Toric Primer
• Case studies in virtual “breakout rooms”

Registration:

Register here.

This program is limited to PGY4 and PGY5 residents only.

Fighting Blindness Canada’s new virtual education series, View Point, brings the latest in vision research. Over the next several weeks, join us in exploring cutting edge vision research, new treatments for blinding eye diseases, and more.

Title: Diabetes & Vision Loss 101
Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Time: 5 p.m. ET

Description:

Did you know that one in three Canadians live with diabetes or pre-diabetes? Diabetes can cause uncontrolled bleeding in the retina, putting people with diabetes at risk of losing their eye sight. In this webinar, Dr. Netan Choudhry will discuss how diabetes affects the eye, what you can do to take care of your eyes, and what treatments are available if your sight is affected by diabetes.

Registration:

REGISTER FOR DIABETES & VISION LOSS WEBINAR

View Point is free of charge for all participants.

A Q&A period will be included. Please email your questions in advance to [email protected]

Date: October 27, 2020

Time: 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Title: The Ambiguity of Pachychoroid

Speaker: Dr. Rick Spaide, Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York

Panelist: Nadia Waheed, Tufts University

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85794432915?pwd=T0Z1NGN5eFMxdXFsbFp2UG9yVmEwQT09
Passcode: connect

Date: Friday October 23, 2020

Time: 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM – AAO 9

Topic: White dot syndrome & Panuveitis AND Pediatric Uveitis

Speaker(s): Drs. Alex Kaplan and Nasrin Tehrani

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81696926916?pwd=cDFkN2poQmFkRUZQOXZJbTY5Z0l3Zz09
Passcode: GF3ap6

Challenges in Vitreoretinal surgery

The Calgary Ophthalmology Program and University of Calgary are organizing an online CME webinar as part of their retina grand rounds on October 21st from 7 pm to 8:30 pm ET (5 pm to 6:30 pm MT).

Short intraoperative videos demonstrating challenging vitreoretinal surgeries will be presented by retina surgeons and their current fellows. The speakers will share their experience pertaining to the management of such cases.

The goal of this CME accredited webinar is to share clinical experience among retina surgeons and educate fellows on managing these challenging cases. At the end of this webinar, learners will be able to implement practice changes based on “pearls” and take-away messages provided by the speakers.

Speakers:
Dr. Amin Kherani – University of Calgary
Dr. Geoff Williams – University of Calgary
Dr. Efrem Mandelcorn – University of Calgary
Dr. Cynthia Qian – University of Montreal
Dr. David Ehmann – University of Alberta

Topics:

Complex Retinal Detachment repair post IOFB removal
Dealing with unexpected inferior pathology during vitrectomy for RRD
Giant Retinal Tear management
Managing Adult Persistent Fetal Vasculature in RRD
The Recurrent Retinal Detachment

Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/UofCWebinar

Accreditation:

This webinar is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by the Canadian Ophthalmological Society. You may claim a maximum of 1.5 hours

Joint International Rounds between Precision Cornea Centre (Ottawa, Canada) and ICOF- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)

Topic: Management of Subluxated IOLs: Cases and Overview

Presenter: Meilin Chang, MD

Date: Tuesday October 20th, 2020

Time: 5:00pm – 6:00 pm (EDT, UTC -4)

Registration: https://webinar.ringcentral.com/webinar/register/WN_FIscFURvTimfk0U1P8VzrQ

Ottawa Lead: Kashif Baig, MD
Barcelona Lead: Meilin Chang, MD

The Precision Cornea Centre International Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Learning objectives:

At the end of the session participants should be able to:

1. Classify cases with malpositioned IOLs

2. Identify the keys to decide best surgical approach in cases of malpositioned IOLs

3. Understand different options to scleral suture IOLs