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Marriott Fairview Park

3111 Fairview Park Drive
Falls Church, VA 22042
Phone: 703-849-9400
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March 14, 2010 - Falls Church, VA

Join us in the Washington, DC area for 8 hours of COPE and Florida approved CE. Options include a full-day of lectures or lectures plus an interactive workshop on practicing medical optometry. Two hours of Florida TQ also available (additional fee applies). Speakers include Dr. Elliot Kirstein, Dr. Bud O'Leary, Dr. Eric Schmidt, and Dr. Jim Thimons.

The morning program offers 4 hours of lectures: 2 hours in Glaucoma and 2 hours in Oral Pharmacology. 

In the afternoon, there are two options. One option is 4 hours of lectures. The other option is an interactive workshop on strategies, protocols and reimbursement for practicing medical optometry plus a two hour lecture with cases illustrating the practice of full scope optometry. Space in the workshop will be limited to enable in-depth and interactive discussion. Registration in the workshop is now closed.

Please note: Daylight Savings Time starts March 14.  Be sure to set your clocks forward one hour on Saturday, March 13!

Early Bird rates available through March 4, 2010. For registrations received on or after March 5, 2010, add $40 for a full-day registration and $20 for a half-day registration. Space at the program is limited.  We cannot guarantee availability of walk-in registration.

Conference registration is closed.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

8:00am–8:30am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am–10:15am
Management of Ocular Pain
J. James Thimons, OD, FAAO
COPE # 24429-OP
10:30am–12:15pm
Early Detection of Glaucoma: Clinical Clues
Eric Schmidt, OD
COPE # 24477-GL (Florida TQ approved)
12:15pm–1:15pm
Lunch (provided)
1:15pm–3:00pm
Evaluation of the Optic Nerve
Elliot Kirstein, OD
COPE # 20105-GL
1:15pm–3:00pm
Practicing Medical Optometry Workshop: Cases, Cautions and Coding
Bud O'Leary, OD, J. James Thimons, OD, FAAO
Strategies, Protocols and Reimbursement: In-depth and interactive discussion led by two ODs in practice more than 30 years (COPE # 26946-GO)
3:15pm–5:00pm
Practicing Full Scope Optometry: Challenging Cases from Private Practice
Eric Schmidt, OD
COPE # 21022-SD