Twin Cities OSD

2023 Symposium Highlights

Unable to attend this year’s event but still want to see what you missed out on? Please feel free to review and download any of our materials below.

Saturday October 21st 2023

Breakfast and Meeting Exhibitors

7:00 – 8:00

Lecture – Pipeline Treatments in OSD

Speaker: Walter Whitley, OD
COPE#: 85541-TD

8:00 – 9:00

Lecture – Corneal Nerve Function in OSD – From Underactive to Overactive

Speaker: Hardeep Kataria, OD
COPE#: 86861-TD

9:00 – 10:00

Break and Meeting with Exhibitors

10:00 – 10:15

Panel – Innovation Panel: The Future of OSD Treatment

Moderator: Ahmad Fahmy, OD

10:15 – 10:45

Lecture – MIGs and Meds: My Approach to Preserving the Surface and Optic Nerve Simultaneously

Speaker: Jacob Lang, OD
COPE#: 85574-GL

10:45 – 11:15

Lecture – Treating Ocular Surface Disease – Mindful Steps into New Territory

Speaker: Joseph Allen, OD
COPE#: 85391-TD

11:15 – 11:45

Lecture – The Limbal Stem Cell – The Wonder Cell of The Ocular Surface

Speaker: Ahmad Fahmy, OD
COPE#: 85392-TD

11:45 – 12:15

Lunch / Exhibit Area – Lunch and Meeting with Exhibitors

12:15 – 1:15

Lecture – The Key Factors in Multifactorial

Speaker: Laura Periman, MD
COPE#: 85396-TD

1:15 – 2:15

Lecture – The Regenerative Approach to Ocular Surface Healing

Speaker: Jacob Lang, OD
COPE#: 85597-TD

2:15 – 2:45

Lecture – How to Talk to Your Dry Eye Patient

Instructors: Joe Allen, OD
COPE#: 85390-TD

2:45 – 3:15

Lecture – Today’s In-Office Treatments and How We Utilize Them

Moderator: Jake Lang, OD
Discussants: Laura Periman, MD | Walter Whitley, OD | Joe Allen, OD
COPE#: 85581-TD

3:15-4:15

Break and Meet with Exhibitors

4:15 – 4:30

Lecture – Refractory Disease: Top 5 Reasons Why Your Patient is Still Symptomatic

Instructors: Laura Periman, MD | Ahmad Fahmy, OD
COPE#: 86862-TD

4:30 – 5:00

Lecture – Nutrition and OSD: From the Gut

Speakers: Jacob Lang, OD, Joseph Allen, OD
COPE#: 85545-TD

5:00 – 5:30

Panel – How Would You Treat This Patient?

Moderator: Ahmad Fahmy, OD
Discussants: Laura Periman, MD, Walter Whitley, OD, Jacob Lang, OD, Joe Allen, OD
COPE#: 85393-TD

5:30 – 6:00

Adjourn

6:00

Hands-On Workshops – Sunday, October 22nd, 2023

12 Continuing Education Credits COPE Approved

Breakfast Symposium sponsored by Sun Ophthalmics and Meeting Exhibitors

7:00 – 8:00

Workshop A – In-Office OSD Procedures

Instructors: Ahmad Fahmy, OD, Jacob Lang, OD, Joe Allen, OD, Laura Periman, MD
COPE#: 85462-TD
Description: Eyelid Debridement | Identification and Isolation of Demodex Mites | Eyelid Warming Procedures | Eyelid Expression | Intense Pulsed Light

8:00 – 10:00

Break and Meeting with Exhibitors

10:00 – 10:15

Workshop B – OSD Diagnostics and In-Office OSD Procedures

Instructors: Ahmad Fahmy, OD, Joe Allen, OD, Jacob Lang, OD
COPE#: 85544-TD
Description: Cryo-preserved Amniotic Membrane Insertion and Removal | Dehydrated Amniotic Membrane Insertion and Removal | Osmolarity, MMP-9 Testing | Corneal Sensitivity Testing | Meibomian Gland Imaging

10:15 – 12:15

Adjourn

12:15

Our Common Goal

“Improving the quality of life of our patients by achieving the best treatment outcomes.”