2020 Agenda

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25% (minimum) of each presentation will involve interactive learning. All presentations will be followed by a Q & A period.

Saturday February 22, 2020

0730 Breakfast & Registration
Harbour Foyer
0800 Opening Remarks
Ike Ahmed
Harbour Ballroom
Session 1 – Staying Sharp 
0805 Cataract Surgery: State of the Union
Sherif El-Defrawy
Harbour Ballroom
0815 EPSO Update
Raj Rathee
Harbour Ballroom
0825 Public & Private Cataract Surgery in Australia: What Can We Learn?
Tanya Trinh
Harbour Ballroom
0835 Social Media and Ophthalmology
Valentina Lozano
Harbour Ballroom
0845 Keynote: Learning New Techniques after Residency
Tom Oetting
Harbour Ballroom
0910 Cataract Surgery Appropriateness, Prioritization, and Outcomes: What Should We Do?
Matt Schlenker
Harbour Ballroom
0918 Panel Discussion / Audience Q&A
Harbour Ballroom
0930 Break and Exhibits
Harbour Foyer
Session 2 – Out of the Lens Thinking 
1000 A Novel Way to Manage SOB
David Lane
Harbour Ballroom
1010 Heads up 3D Surgery: Why This is The Future
Kathy Cao
Harbour Ballroom
1020 Biometry Update in 2020: The Latest
Amandeep Rai
Harbour Ballroom
1030 EMBD: Should I do a Superficial Keratectomy before Cataract/IOL Surgery?
Tanya Trinh
Harbour Ballroom
1040 Cataract Surgery after Intravitreal Injections
Tom Oetting
Harbour Ballroom
1055 Panel Discussion / Audience Q&A
Harbour Ballroom
Session 3 – DEBATE: Delegating/Co-Managing Postop IOL Care with Optometry 
1110 Introduction and Audience Poll
Amandeep Rai
Harbour Ballroom
1115 Let’s Hear from Optometry
Anu Ondhia
Harbour Ballroom
1125 PRO: It’s a Good Idea
Devesh Varma
Harbour Ballroom
1135 CON: It’s A Bad Idea
Steve Arshinoff
Harbour Ballroom
1145 Rebuttal PRO
Devesh Varma
Harbour Ballroom
1148 Rebuttal CON
Steve Arshinoff
Harbour Ballroom
1151 Panel Discussion / Audience Q&A
Harbour Ballroom
1215 Lunch and Exhibits
Harbour Foyer
Session 4 – The Oetting Files: Video Pearls after Two Decades of Resident Teaching 
1315 Video Session and Discussion
Tom Oetting
Harbour Ballroom
Session 5 – Truly Extending Range of Vision with Minimal Compromise? New Options Soon Available! 
1415 Overview of Optics and Surgical Approaches
Ike Ahmed
Harbour Ballroom
1425 New IOL Technology: Monofocal ‘Plus’
Amandeep Rai
Harbour Ballroom
1435 Alcon Vivity IOL
Devesh Varma
Harbour Ballroom
1445 Hey! What about Good Old Fashion (Mini) Monovision!?
Steve Arshinoff
Harbour Ballroom
1455 Panel Discussion / Audience Q&A
Harbour Ballroom
1505 Break and Exhibits
Harbour Foyer
Session 6 – Fascinating Cases in Cataract Surgery! 
1520 When Cataract Surgery Doesn’t Fix the Problem
Jonathan Micieli
Harbour Ballroom
1530 Acute Loss of Vision Same Day after Surgery… You Won’t Believe It!
Edward Margolin / Amrit Rai
Harbour Ballroom
1535 How To Do an IOL Exchange Back into the Bag after Laser Capsulotomy
Ike Ahmed
Harbour Ballroom
1542 A Malignant Situation
Jeb Ong
Harbour Ballroom
1549 Iris Mishap
David Yan
Harbour Ballroom
1556 Phaco in Post-RK Eyes
Clara Chan
Harbour Ballroom
1603 Descemet’s Bubbling Following Cataract Surgery
Gisella Santaella
Harbour Ballroom
1610 Panel Discussion / Audience Q&A
Harbour Ballroom
1640 Conference Adjourns