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Technician and Allied Health Professional Program

This Conference for Allied Health Professionals will provide an update for ophthalmic personnel at the assistant, technician, technologist, skilled nurse, or photographer level and will run concurrently with the physician conference. Application has been made for Joint Comission on Allied Health Professionals in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) credit.

Topics will include:

  • Ophthalmic surgical procedures
  • Pediatric eye disease
  • Retinal disease
  • Corneal disease
  • Diagnostics and imaging
  • Common patient examination techniques

Course Objectives

  • Describe retinal diseases and their medical and surgical treatments
  • Match the correct use of diagnostic technologies with clinical presentations of ophthalmic disease
  • Describe the role of nursing and ophthalmic technicians in the medical and surgical treatment of eye disease
  • Describe techniques for performing accurate refractions
  • List common examination techniques used by technicians and ophthalmic nursing staff for working up patients
  • Describe the use of scleral lenses in treating eye disease

Program Schedule (this event is in-person only)
University of Rochester School of Medicine Ryan Case Method Room

                             Friday, May 23, 2025 

7:00 am to 8:00 am



Check-in, continental breakfasts, and exhibits
 

           
8:00 am to 8:10 am

Welcome and Announcements

8:10 am to 8:40 am
Manasi Joshi, MD 
TBA
8:40 am to 9:10 amAndrea AvilaMD 
Pediatric eye care
9:10 am to 9:40 amQuingie Wang, MD
Diagnosing retinal disease 
9:40 am to 10:00 amBreak and Exhibits
10:00 am to 10:30 am Megan Ingalls 
Therapeutic contact lens 
10:30 am to 11:30 amPaul RosenbergMD
Office-based plastic procedures 
11:30 am to 12:30 pmLunch
12:30 pm to 1:00 pmKalah Ozimba, MD 
TBA
1:00 pm to 1:30 pmEsteban Santiago, MD
Corneal infections 
1:30 pm to 2:00 pmRaja, Narayanan MBBS
In-office management retina treatments  
2:00 pm to 2:20 pmBreak & Exhibits
2:20 pm to 2:50 pmFelix Omoruyi, MD
Retina
2:50 pm to 3:50 pmRachel Wozniak, MD, PhD
Cornea in photos - what the doctor sees.  A review of common and uncommon corneal conditions using slit lamp photos and imaging.
3:50 pm - 4:00 pmWrap-up and announcements