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Holiday Inn & Suites, Alexandria Historic District

625 First Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-299-5140
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March 18, 2012 - Alexandria, VA

Join us in Historic Old Town Alexandria for 8 hours of COPE and Florida approved CE.  Speakers include Brett Levinson, MD; William Marcolini, OD, FAAO; Bud O'Leary, OD; and J. James Thimons, OD, FAAO.

The program offers 4 hours of glaucoma and 4 hours of anterior segment/orals lectures, as well as an optional workshop on "Practicing Medical Optometry."  In the morning, one option is 4 hours of glaucoma lectures. The other option is an interactive workshop on strategies, protocols and reimbursement for practicing medical optometry plus 2 hours of glaucoma lectures. Space in the morning workshop will be limited to enable in-depth and interactive discussion. The afternoon program offers 4 hours of lectures, including 1 hour of Orals.  The full schedule is shown below. 

Early Bird registration for 8 hours of lectures is $190 through Friday, March 9; half-day registration is $95. The Early Bird rates for the lectures plus workshop are $310 for the full day and $215 for the morning only. On or after March 10, full-day registration for the lectures is $230 (lectures plus workshop is $350) and half-day for the lectures is $115 (lectures plus workshop is $235).

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations made by March 12 can receive a refund, less a $25 processing fee, or apply the full registration to a future program. Cancellations received on or after March 13 can receive a credit of the full registration fee toward a future conference. Please cancel in writing by fax (978-470-4520) or e-mail (info@nationalglaucomasociety.org).

Registration

Register     
Full Day of Lectures (8 hours of CE plus lunch) Early Bird Rate: $190  
Full Day Lectures + Morning Workshop (8 hours of CE plus lunch) Early Bird Rate: $310  
Morning Only: Lectures (4 hrs of CE, does not include lunch) Early Bird Rate: $95  
Morning Only: Lectures + Workshop (4 hrs of CE, does not include lunch) Early Bird Rate: $215  
Afternoon Only (4 hours of CE, does not include lunch) Early Bird Rate: $95  

Sunday, March 18, 2012

8:00am–8:30am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30am–10:15am

The Road to the Future: 10 Clinical Pearls in Glaucoma Management

J. James Thimons, OD, FAAO

COPE # 25763-GL

10:30am–12:15pm

Glaucoma Update

William Marcolini, OD

COPE # 26744-GL

10:30am–12:15pm

Practicing Medical Optometry: Cases, Cautions and Coding

Bud O'Leary, OD, J. James Thimons, OD, FAAO

COPE # 26946-GO. In-depth and interactive discussion of clinical approach, insurance carrier policies and office strategies to streamline your practice and increase your revenues, led by two ODs in practice more than 30 years. SPACE IN THE WORKSHOP IS LIMITED. Small group allows for individual questions and answers.

12:15pm–1:15pm

Lunch (provided)

1:15pm–3:00pm

Mysteries of the Unexplained: Anterior and Posterior Segment Grand Rounds

William Marcolini, OD

COPE # 30204-AS

3:00pm–4:00pm

A Week in the Life of a Cornea Surgeon

Brett Levinson, MD

New! Submitted for COPE approval.

4:00pm–5:00pm

Oral Therapy Update

Brett Levinson, MD, J. James Thimons, OD, FAAO

New! Submitted for COPE approval.