Twin Cities OSD

2023 Symposium Highlights

Materials from the event are available below to review and download.

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.”