Course Title/Description

Nutrition and Eye Care – The Connection Between Function, Structure, and Molecular/Nutrition Change

Integrative and Functional Medicine in Eye Care

Early detection and prevention of ocular disease is becoming more expected by patients.  Ocular nutrition advice is often asked by the patient.  This course will discuss ocular nutrition as an integrative or complementary approach when diseases like diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, or macular degeneration are present.  Dark adaptation and OCT imagines will be used as case studies.  Still, patients are looking for prevention, this course will cover ways to discuss prevention with nutrition and supplements.

Bio

Greg Caldwell, O.D., is a 1995 graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry.  He completed a one-year residency in primary care and ocular disease at The Eye Institute in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.  He is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO), a Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry (ABO), member of the Optometric Glaucoma Society (OGS), and member of the Optometric Wellness and Nutritional Society (OWNS).  He currently works in Duncansville, Pennsylvania as an ocular disease consultant.  Dr. Caldwell’s primary focus is the diagnosis and management of anterior and posterior segment ocular disease, and he has been a participant in multiple FDA investigations and trials.  Dr. Caldwell has integrated nutrition, prevention, and wellness into his patient care. He practices integrative optometry.  Dr. Caldwell is a co-founder of Optometric Education Consultants and co-administrator of OCT Connect on Facebook.  Dr. Caldwell has lectured extensively throughout the county and over thirteen countries internationally.  In 2010 he served as President of the Pennsylvania Optometric Association (POA) and served on the AOA Board of Trustees 2013-2016.  He is President of the Blair/Clearfield Association for the Blind.

Course Title/Description

Do What You Love, Love What You Do – Technology That Gets You Noticed

Let’s focus on exceeding patient expectations through the use of technology that WILL get you noticed.  Let’s examine what is currently out there that is affordable,  proven technology that sets you apart from the eye care across the street…and makes your day more fun and profitable.

Practice Compliance Solutions  (PCS) is looking forward to the 2022 Las Vegas SNAPP meeting to once again bring SNAPP doctors and owners updates on HIPAA/OSHA/Fraud & Abuse/HR Employee Rules straight from Washington DC regulation central. With the government scrambling for money, small businesses are perfect targets, especially healthcare offices that are ‘gambling’ with no to little or incomplete compliance materials. The odds are definitely NOT in your favor anymore. PCS is your compliance partner – We are here to help.

Bio

Joe brings a diverse background that includes a prior highly successful private practice, managing one of the nation’s largest referral centers, and most recently as a full time educator and Clinical Director of the University of Houston Eye Institute Dallas.

He is a noted national authority and lecturer on many aspects of practice including medical billing and coding, documentation of medical records, HIPAA compliance, and management of ocular disease. He has served in numerous capacities with his state association where he was recognized as on of the few recipients of the Distinguished Service Award. Joe also continues to serve as an advisor to Medicare.

Course Title & Description

Blunt Ocular Trauma

Current treatment of blunt ocular trauma and its sequelae are presented. Discussed are lid injuries, fractures, muscle entrapment, subconjunctival hemorrhage, penetrating injury, corneal abrasion and foreign body, glaucoma, uveitis, and pertinent posterior segment injuries.

Bio

Is a Professor at The Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He is attending staff at the Department of Ophthalmology at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia.

Course Title & Description

Diagnoses and Management of Herpes Viruses: Zoster vs. Simplex

Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) and Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) are enveloped, double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) viruses that belong to the Herpesviridae family. Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO) is a recurrent infection of the varicella-zoster virus which occurs when it involves the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve.  It represents 10%-25% of all cases of Herpes Zoster.  HZO can lead to devastating ocular and systemic complications and is often first diagnosed by ophthalmic physicians. HSV-1 is commonly associated with orofacial disease while HSV-2 is associated with genital disease.  HSV-1 remains a leading cause of unilateral corneal blindness from infectious disease worldwide.  This lecture highlights the proper diagnosis, management and follow-up of HZO and HSV induced ocular diseases.

Bio

Is a Senior Staff Optometrist at the Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.  He has served as a guest lecturer and adjunct clinical faculty at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University.

Course Title & Description

Myopia Management: The Time is Now

Your competitors are prescribing myopia management options to their patients. The science backs this and is becoming the standard of care. Myopia management patients are more loyal, more profitable, and deserve this as an option. Don’t be left behind at providing your patients and customers the very best care that you can offer.

Bio

Tara O’Grady resides on Long Island, New York. After graduating from The State University of NY at Stony Brook with a B.S. in Heath Science and minor in Heath Care Management, she spent twenty years inside of an optometric practice. She is currently  Managing Director of  The Association of Leaseholding LensCrafters Doctors (ALLDocs). Tara specializes in practice management, sales, patient consultation and myopia management within a corporate practice.

Course Title & Description

How S.O.A.P Makes Life Easier

One of the most critical aspects of a medical interaction is the symptoms being experienced by the patient.  These symptoms are captured- or should be captured- in the subjective portion of the exam.  Gathering ALL the symptoms a patient is experiencing allows the optometrist and optician to understand objective findings better, assess the patient’s needs, and prescribe a plan that will resolve them.

Bio

Dr. Parker graduated from the Oklahoma College of Optometry at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah Oklahoma in 2004. While in school he was honored to be elected as President of The American Optometric Student Association and much enjoyed his time serving the national student association. He opened Ardmore Premier Eyecare in 2007. In 2018 he joined Essilor full time as the Director of Professional Development. Dr. Parker has been featured in many articles and television interviews talking about various programs and technologies that EssilorLuxottica utilizes to achieve its mission of helping people see more, be more and live life to its fullest.  He has lectured extensively on practice management, spectacle lens technology, and myopia management to numerous eye care professionals.