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On Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 8:00 pm EST, COS presented a webinar entitled LGBTQ2S+ Issues in Ophthalmology: Working Towards Equity.

Dr Michael A. Puente presented this 1.5-hour webinar examining the status of health equity for LGBTQ2S+ patients and professional equity for LGBTQ2S+ ophthalmologists, with a view to creating safe spaces for and allyship with the LGBTQ2S+ community. The lecture was followed by a case-based panel discussion.

Speaker – Dr. Michael A. Puente, Jr. Michael Puente, MD, is an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of Colorado and a pediatric ophthalmologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado. He is a co-founder of the LGBTQ+ Interest Group of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and volunteers as a mentor in AAO’s Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring Program. He serves as Vice-Chair of the Advocacy Committee of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) and is a member of the AAPOS Taskforce on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. He has led an advocacy campaign to overturn the United States Food and Drug Administration’s ban on corneal donation by men who have sex with men, working with members of the United States Congress as well as leadership of the American Medical Association, Eye Bank Association of America, and AAO. He has presented on LGBTQ+ issues in

The full webinar video is available for download here.

If you would like to view specific topics from the video, please see the titles and links for download below:

1. Sex
2. Sexual Orientation
3. Safe Space Part 1
4. Safe Space Part 2
5. Microaggressions
6. LGBTQ2S+
7. Intersectionality
8. Implicit Bias
9. Gender
10. Two Spirit
11. Allyship

This is a talk organized by the Council of Canadian Ophthalmology Residents about comprehensive ophthalmology opportunities for residents. Presented on Saturday Jan 14 2023.

Speakers: Dr. Wei Sim (Current PGY-5 at uOttawa, Incoming Glaucoma Fellow at Queen’s) Dr. Etienne Benard-Seguin (Current PGY-5 at U of Calgary, Incoming Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellow at Emory University) Dr. Miso Gostimir (Residency at Western, Current Oculoplastic/Orbital Surgery and Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellow at Wills Eye Hospital)

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This is a talk organized by the Council of Canadian Ophthalmology Residents about comprehensive ophthalmology opportunities for residents. Presented on Sunday Dec 18 2022.

Speakers: Dr. Jason Kwok (Residency at University of Toronto Class of 2022, Comprehensive practice in Toronto) Dr. Grace Qiao (Residency at University of British Columbia Class of 2022, Comprehensive practice in Vancouver)

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This talk is organized by the Council of Canadian Ophthalmology Residents about fellowship opportunities for ophthalmology residents and was presented on Sunday Dec 4 2022.

Speakers: Dr. Michael Mak (Residency at University of Calgary, Surgical Retina fellowship at McGill University) Dr. Stephanie Cote (Residency at Western University, Pediatrics fellowship at University of Southern California) Dr. Georges Nassrallah (Residency at McGill University, Oculoplastics fellowship at University of Toronto)

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The 4th issue of the 2022 Video Journal of Cataract, Refractive, & Glaucoma Surgery is out! Given the tremendous interest in Flange techniques developed by Brazilian surgeon Dr. Sergio Canabrava, the entire program is devoted to this new surgical procedure. By eliminating suturing for intraocular devices and dislocated intraocular lenses, the ophthalmic surgeon has a powerful new weapon in our surgical armamentarium.

The VJCRGS is completing its 38th year of providing the highest quality of education to anterior segment surgeons around the world. With a new issue every quarter, the Journal is a free benefit for being a member of COS, allowing access to all 38 years of content.

Table of Contents Volume 38, Issue 4, 2022

Double Flanged Polypropylene Technique

Double Flanged Polypropylene……………………………… Drs. Sergio Canabrava, Gustavo Rodrigues,

Mayarn Cardoso, & Thiago Galvao, Brazil Sleeve Assisted……………………………………………………. Dr. Behzad Barazandeh, Iran

Toric and Multifocal…………………………………………………………………………….. Dr. Yuri McKee, USA

Piercing Flanged Technique…………….. Drs. Durval Carvelho, Lara Picanco, & Caroline Lima, Brazil

Haptic Externalized………………….. Drs. Calin Petru Tataru, Paul Filip Curca, Catalina Ioana Tataru,

Maria Dudau, Alexandra Mosu, & Laura Denisa Preoteasa, Romania Using an Injector…………………………………….. Dr. Ahmed Samir, Saudi Arabia

New IOL Design…………………………………………………………….. Drs. Sheetal Brar & Sri Ganesh, India

Ahmed Segment……………………………… Drs. Victoria de Rojas, Marcelino Alvarez, Patricia Simon,

Lorea Zurntuza, & Isabel Escofet, Spain Assia Anchor…………. Drs. Liat Mendel, Haggay Avizemer, & Guy Kleinmann, Israel

Dislocated IOLs………………………………………………………………………. Dr. Cathleen M. McCabe, USA

Prosthetic Iris……………………………………………………………………………… Dr. Altan A. Ozcan, Turkey

5 Year Overview………………………………………………………………………… Dr. Sergio Canabrava, Brazil

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Dear Colleagues The call for submissions for the 4th Edition of the WHO Health for All Film Festival (HAFF) is now open until 31 January 2023! The HAFF aims to celebrate the art of short films as a means of raising awareness and promoting global health issues.  WHO invites all video artists and video creators from all over the world to submit their short documentaries, fiction or animation films of three to eight minutes for the categories of better health and well-being and Universal Health Coverage in the context of vision and eye care and/or ear and hearing care. This is a great opportunity for film and video innovators in both communities to champion and promote these important areas of health. We are looking forward to receiving your short films! Best regards, Vision and Eye Care & Ear and Hearing Care Programmes   More info   More info

The first issue of the 2022 Video Journal of Cataract, Refractive, & Glaucoma Surgery is now available for viewing.  It is entitled Great Lectures!  We were fortunate enough to obtain copies of these prestigious lectures featuring Dr. Ehud Assia from Israel who gave the ESCRS Binkhorst Lecture; Mr. Richard Packard from England who gave the Choyce Lecture to the UKISCRS; and Dr. Michael Snyder who recently delivered the Kelman Lecture at the 2021 AAO meeting.     

The VJCRGS is in its 38^th year of providing the highest quality of education to anterior segment surgeons around the world.  It is a free member benefit of COS in addition to educating residents, fellows, and private practitioners every quarter.  We hope that you will publish the availability of this new educational program.

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Volume 38, Issue 1, 2022

ESCRS Binkhorst Lecture………………………………………………………………………. Dr. Ehud Assia, Israel

UKISCRS Choyce Medal Lecture………………………………………………… Mr. Richard Packard, England

AAO Kelman Lecture………………………………………………………………………. Dr. Michael Snyder, USA

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The 2022 COS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Current Concepts I, II & III presentations are now available for download in our Members Only section. Click on the links below to view the individual talks:

*presentations are in English only

Current Concepts I, Friday June 10th, 2022

Racism Inside and Outside Our Walls

Histopathology of Advanced Micro Surgical Corneal Techniques

Conjunctival Tumors: From Surgery to Topicals to Biologics

Sleep Apnea and the Eye

The Use of Metagenomic Deep Sequencing for Uveitis

Current Concepts II, Saturday June 11th, 2022

Glaucoma

Ocular Regenerative Medicine

Paediatrics

Low Vision Rehabilitation

Current Concepts III, Sunday June 12th, 2022

Retina

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Cataract

Varun Chaudhary hosts three International Experts, Dr. Sunir Garg, Dr. Michael Ip, and Dr. Wai-Ching Lam with whom we will explore new surgical and non-surgical treatments for nAMD and DME, and will review the top five signs not to miss in imaging.