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Atlantic Coast Retina Club and Macula 2011 Meeting Program and Schedule
Wills Eye Event Vision to Behold (Jewish Exponent)
22nd Annual Form in Art Exhibition Now Open at Wills Eye Institute (UWISHUNU.COM)
Slide Show Gallery of last year's First Annual "Give Kids Sight Day" activities at Wills Eye Institute
Wills Eye "Form In Art" Exhibit featured on CBS 3 news broadcast (CBSPHILLY.COM)
Dr. Jonathan Myers (Wills Eye Glaucoma Service) explains "Why 3D May Not Work For Some" on Channel 6 News broadcast. (6abc.com)
Wills Eye Institute Executive Director Joseph Bilson Interview with Healthcare Magazine (Inside Healthcare)
Wills Eye surgeon, Dr. Ned Bedrossian teaches Haitian doctors (Delaware County Times)
Wills Eye Dr. Edward Bedrossian's medical mission to Haiti featured on ABC 6 News Cast (6abc.com)
Wills Eye Institute ranked among nation's best Eye Care providers for the twenty-first consecutive year by US NEWS & WORLD REPORT (cbslocal.com)
Dr. Julia Haller, Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Wills Eye Institute, quoted in Florida story announcing approval of Implantable Telescope (Brandenton.com)
Wills Eye Emergency Room and Dr. Michael Dellavecchia featured in fireworks medical care story. (Philadelphia Daily News)
Dr. Julia Haller, Ophthalmologist-in-Chief at Wills Eye Institute featured in Fox 29 interview addressing fireworks safety (MYFOXPHILLY.COM)
Congressman Brady praises Wills Eye at launch of new mobile diagnostic unit. (Congressman Brady Press Release)
Wills Eye taking eye care to the streets. (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Thirteen Wills Eye Surgeons Selected by Philadelphia Magazine for "Top Docs" honors. (Philadelphia Magazine)
Dr. Rachel Sobel's latest biweekly column for the Philadelphia Inquirer's "Scrubbing In" series.
Video: Artificial Retina Gives Hope for Sight [6ABC.com]
Wills Eye Event Calendar
October 01 7:00am-8:00am
Andrew Batchelet, MD and Sonya Babar, MD
October 04 6:45am-7:30am
Jerry A. Shields, MD, Carol L. Shields, MD, Sarah Lally, MD, Arman Mashayekhi, MD
Retina-Vitreous Fellows Surgical Conference
Jay L. Federman, MD and David H. Fischer, MD
Retina Service Fellows Room
October 05 6:45am-7:30am
Cataract Conference (Wills' Residents Only)
Mark H. Blecher, MD, CPEC Service
Resident Lecture: Secondary Angle Closure Glaucomas BCSC pp. 134-145
L. Jay Katz, MD, Glaucoma Service
October 06 6:45am-7:30am
Retinal Imaging Conference CME 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Resident Lecture: Ocular Pathology
Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., MD, Pathology Department
Topic: Periocular Carcinomas and Principles of Eyelid Reconstruction
Visiting Professor Keith D. Carter, MD, Professor & Head, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Scien
Keith D. Carter, MD and Wills Residents: Behin Barahimi, MD, Fatima Ahmad, MD, and Sonya Babar, MD
October 07 7:30am-8:20am
Resident Lecture: Patient Selection and Expectation
October 08 7:00am-8:00am
Christopher Brady, MD and David Lally, MD
October 11 6:45am-7:45am
Resident Lecture: Conjunctival Tumors in Children and Adults BCSC pp. 53-54
Carol L. Shields, MD, Oncology Service
October 12 6:45am-7:30am
Eye Genetics Course
Alex V. Levin, MD, Pediatric Ophthalmology Service
Resident Lecture: What Every Eye Doctor Needs to Know About Low Vision
Scott A. Edmonds, OD, Contact Lens Service
October 13 6:45am-7:30am
Ethics Conference: Is Informed Consent Really Possible?
George L. Spaeth, MD and Alex V. Levin, MD
Neuro-Ophthalmology Lunch Conference
Jennifer K. Hall, MD, Mark L. Moster, MD, and Robert C. Sergott, MD
October 15 12:30pm-1:30pm
Glaucoma Rounds Guest Speaker: Tarek Eid, MD
October 18 6:45am-7:30am
October 19 6:45am-7:30am
Robert S. Bailey, Jr., MD, CPEC Service
Resident Lecture: Contact Lens Management of Keratoconus and Related Corneal Disorders
October 20 6:45am-7:30am
Resident Lecture: Patients with Pupillary Abnormalities BCSC pp. 261-274
Jennifer K. Hall, MD, Neuro-Ophthalmology Service
Oculoplastics Teaching Session
Jurij R. Bilyk, MD, Oculoplastic Service
October 21 7:30am-8:20am
Resident Lecture: Retinal Hemorrhages: Does It Mean This Baby Was Shaken? BCSC pp. 403-411
October 22 7:00am-8:00am
Anne Nguyen, MD and Laura Heinmiller, MD
October 25 6:45am-7:30am
Resident Lecture: Keratitis: Acute and Chronic Bacterial, Fungal, Acanthamoeba BCSC p. 158-169
Kristin Hammersmith, MD, Cornea Service
October 26 7:30am-8:20am
Resident Lecture: Oculoplastic Service Speaker and Topic To Be Announced
October 27 6:45am-7:30am
October 28 7:30am-8:20am
Resident Lecture: Glaucoma Surgery BCSC pp. 187-220
Marlene Moster, MD, Glaucoma Service
October 29 7:00am-8:00am
Michael Rabinowitz, MD and Adiel Smith, MD
Glaucoma Rounds Guest Speaker: Kevin Warrian, MD
November 01 6:45am-7:30am
Jerry A. Shields, MD, Carol L. Shields, MD, Sarah Lally, MD, and Arman Mashayekhi, MD
November 02 6:45am-7:30am
Resident Lecture: Endophthalmitis, Bacterial, Fungal, Viral Infections of Posterior Segment
Joseph I. Maguire, MD, Retina Service
November 03 6:45am-7:30am
November 04 7:30am-8:20am
Resident Lecture: Pediatric Optic Nerve Abnormalities: When to Image? BCSC pp. 305-314
Jonathan Salvin, MD, Pediatric Ophthalmology Service
November 05 7:00am-8:00am
Behin Barahimi, MD and Mila Heersink, MD
November 08 6:45am-7:30am
Resident Lecture: Eyelid Trauma/Malpositions I BCSC pp. 191-239
Edward H. Bedrossian, Jr., MD, Oculoplastic Service
November 09 6:45am-7:30am
Resident Lecture: Apparently Blind Infant BCSC pp. 279-304, 413-416
Sharon Lehman, MD, Pediatric Ophthalmology Service
November 10 6:45am-7:30am
Ethics Conference: Systems of Ethics: Introduction to Virtue-Based, Deontological and Teleological Systems of Ethics
November 11 2:00pm-5:00pm
Visiting Professor David G. Hunter, MD, PhD, Associate Professor & Vice Chair of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Topic: Pediatric Vision Screening -- New Technology for Rapid, High-Acccuracy Detection of Amblyopia in Preschool Children
David G. Hunter, MD, PhD and Wills Residents: Christopher Fecarotta, MD, Christopher Brady, MD, and
November 12 8:30am-5:00pm
The 28th Annual Pediatric Ophthalmology Forum Alex V. Levin, MD, MHSc., Program Chair, Faculty of Wills Pediatric Ophthalmology Service and Invited Guests Registration by invitation. No registration fee. CME 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
November 13 8:00am-1:00pm
Coding Course: Medicare Coding and Requirements CME 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
November 15 6:45am-7:30am
Resident Lecture: Pharmacology of Immunosuppression Faramarz Samie, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Thomas Jefferson University
November 16 6:45am-7:30am
Resident Lecture: Cosmetic Surgery BCSC pp. 241-254
Jacqueline R. Carrasco, MD, Oculoplastic Service
November 17 6:45am-7:30am
Robert Lehman, MD, CPEC Service
November 18 7:30am-8:20am
Resident Lecture: Pre- and Post-Op Evaluation
November 19 7:00am-8:00am
Guest Lecture: Introduction to Drug Discovery and Drug Safety R. Oktay Kacmaz, MD, MPH, Medical Scientific Manager-EyeCare Mid-Atlantic Region, Allergan, Inc.
November 22 6:45am-7:45am
Resident Lecture: Management of Uveal Melanoma
Jerry A. Shields, MD, Oncology Service
November 23 7:30am-8:20am
Resident Lecture: Corneal Surface Disease: Dry Eye Syndrome, Blepharitis, SJS, OCP BCSC p. 48-72, 195-204
Melvin Roat, MD, Cornea Service
November 24 6:45am-7:30am
Resident Lecture: Selected Systemic Conditions with Neuro-Ophthalmic Signs BCSC pp. 315-391
Robert C. Sergott, MD, Neuro-Ophthalmology Service
November 29 6:45am-7:30am
Resident Lecture: Pediatric Oculoplastics/Ptosis, Nasolacrimal Duct Management/Cellulitis BCSC pp. 173-180, 203-206
Bruce M. Schnall, MD, Pediatric Ophthalmology Service
November 30 6:45am-7:30am
Resident Lecture: Glaucoma Epidemiology and Genetics BCSC pp. 3-16
Michael J. Pro, MD, Glaucoma Service