Allergan, an AbbVie company present Glaucoma Under Curfew Series

Dates: Wednesday, March 17

Time: 8:00 PM EST

Zoom link:

https://allergan.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocuqppjstH9dqVdLwXPcVWOUiwgO4HkiJ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Here is the schedule for the last session:

March 17: Glaucoma case discussion Dr. Marjorie Carbonneau & Dr. Jing Wang

RSVP: Please contact Véronique Genest if you have any questions at [email protected]

WSPOS is planning a first-of-its-kind Virtual Strabismus Wet Lab aimed specifically at ophthalmology trainees.

Date: Saturday 27th March.

Time: This 90-minute webinar will be live-streamed at 14:00 GMT.

Instructors:

• Drs. John Ferris (UK),
• Rita Gama (Portugal),
• David Granet (USA),
• Ramesh Kekunnaya (India) and;  
• Yi Ning Strube (Canada)

This wet lab is intended to be a basic strabismus surgery wet lab for the absolute beginner and is not aimed at the advanced learner. 

Please respond on or before 17:00 GMT on Friday, 12th of March, 2021. Participants will be selected based on their responses to the questionnaire and will be assigned to instructors at random, on a first-come-first-served basis. Although this webinar will be aired on Saturday, March 27th, 2021 at 14:00 GMT, parts of it will be recorded earlier.

Should you be interested in participating at the wet lab, please fill out the below questionnaire and email [email protected] with subject line ‘Expression of interest – WSPOS Strabismus Virtual Wet lab’ stating your name once you have completed it.
Questionnaire

Date: Friday March 12, 2021

Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

Topic: Open Angle Glaucoma and Clinical Evaluation AND Optic Nerve Imaging

Speaker: Drs. Neeru Gupta, Eli Kisilevsky and Natalie Brossard 

Registration : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88604881438?pwd=clRlNGIrcWRORVJIbkZVSGY2MCtJUT09

Passcode: E5shvQ

Date: Friday March 12, 2021

Time: 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM EST

Topic: Academic Partnerships in Global Ophthalmology

Speaker: Dr. Helen Dimaras

Registration:

Zoom Link – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81479257723?pwd=ZTM0Yk90dHJQWjM2N2I2bTZLRjNvdz09

Passcode: n1sYRu

Learning Objectives:

1. To learn about academic partnerships between the UofT Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences (DOVS) and international partners

2. To discuss practical examples from the field which highlight efforts, opportunities, and challenges to achieve health equity in global ophthalmology

Date: Thursday March 11, 2021

Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT

Topic: Acute Management of Ocular Burns

Speaker: Dr. Hall Chew

Registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6SGf042fSJiuq4AFot3S3A
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Learning Objectives:

1. To understand the basic principles of acute management in patients with chemical burns to the eye.
2. To identify and treat patients with acute facial burns who are at risk for Orbital Compartment Syndrome.
3. To identify and manage patients with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and acute ocular involvement

Joint International Rounds between Precision Cornea Centre (Ottawa, Canada) and Queen Victoria Hospital (NHS Foundation Trust) (London, UK)

Topic: COMET: Clinical Applications for Ocular Surface Reconstruction

Date: Tuesday March 9

Time: 5:00pm – 6:00 pm (EDT, UTC -5)

Presenter: Aida Hajjar-Sesé, MD

Registration: https://webinar.ringcentral.com/webinar/register/WN_PfbeXvmAQAuENe9XNm5MAA

Ottawa Lead: Kashif Baig, MD
London Lead: Aida Hajjar-Sesé, MD

Learning objectives:

At the end of this presentation the attendees will be able to: 1. Understand the assessment and diagnosis of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency (LSCD) 2. Identify indications and advantages of Cultured Oral Mucosal Epithelial Transplantation (COMET) compared to other techniques of ocular surface reconstruction 3. Measure the success of the treatment

Accreditation: 

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.

Topic: Addressing Critical Gaps in Global Health and Development

Date:

• Virtual Conference March 12-14, 2021
• Satellite Sessions: March 1-11, 2021

L’inscription pour la Conférence canadienne sur le leadership des médecins de 2021 (du 26 au 29 avril) est maintenant ouverte

Cette année, la Société canadienne des leaders médicaux (SCLM) s’est associée à Joule, société de l’Association médicale canadienne (AMC), pour offrir une conférence virtuelle offrant un plus grand nombre de séances formatives : 4 cours de maître, 6 allocutions et 21 ateliers. Toutes les séances seront présentées par des experts de l’instauration du changement, de la résolution de problèmes basée sur la créativité et de la transformation des organisations du secteur de la santé.

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Date: Friday March 5, 2021

Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

Topic:  Closed Angle and Secondary Glaucoma    

Speaker: Dr. Christoph Kranemann   

Zoom Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87383096609?pwd=d2dzT2JaSDNwa1R2bEthc3dRZVg3Zz09

Passcode: cMNf66