Contact Information for the National Glaucoma Society
National Glaucoma Society (NGS)
P.O. Box 4092
Andover, MA 01810
Telephone: 978-470-3500
Toll-free: 877-825-2020
Fax: 978-470-4520
e-mail: info@nationalglaucomasociety.org
Janet Swartz, EdD
Executive Director
J. James Thimons, OD, FAAO
Chairman
Bud O’Leary, OD
Director
Upcoming Programs
July 27-29, 2019 - Brewster, MA - Ocean Edge Resort
Join the Tradition! The 16th Annual National Glaucoma Symposium will be held at the beautiful Ocean Edge Resort on Cape Cod in Brewster, Massachusetts. SPACE IS LIMITED FOR WALK-IN REGISTRATION.October 20, 2019 - Costa Mesa, CA - Crowne Plaza Costa Mesa Orange County
Join us in Costa Mesa, CA for 8 hours of COPE approved Glaucoma CE at the National Glaucoma Symposium West. Registration is now open!November 3, 2019 - Malvern, PA - Desmond Hotel and Conference Center
Join us in the suburbs of Philadelphia for 8 hours of COPE and Florida approved CE.Your Registrations
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LIMITED SPACE FOR WALK-IN REGISTRATION
The National Glaucoma Symposium is nearly full to capacity on Sunday, July 28. There will be very limited room for walk-in registrations on Sunday for the general session and the Glaucoma Management Workshop Lunch & Learn. Please register on-line or contact the NGS if you plan on attending and have not yet registered.CHANGE TO WEBINAR APPROVAL IN VERMONT
We received notification that, as of July 1, any application for course approval by the Vermont Board of Optometry will cost providers $100 per course. Given the number of webinars that the NGS offers in a year and the limited number of optometrists in Vermont, this cost would pose an undue burden on the NGS. As a result, the NGS will no longer submit the NGS live webinars to Vermont for approval. The cost for individual doctors to request approval is only $25 per course, so if doctors in Vermont would like one of the NGS webinars approved, they could submit their own request to the Board.ROOM BLOCK CUT-OFF DATE 6-27-19
The cut-off date for reservations at the conference rate at Ocean Edge for the National Glaucoma Symposium was June 27. Sleeping rooms are now on a space-available basis at the regular retail rates.JUNE WEBINARS APPROVED IN MICHIGAN
The NGS webinars in June have been approved by the Michigan Board of Optometry. We recommend that you consider these webinars to be on-line CE for a Michigan license. Michigan Optometry Rule 338.323(h) allows up to 20 hours of continuing education (half of the 40 hours required in each 2-year cycle) to be obtained from "multimedia education, including online continuing education, approved by the Board."NGS 2019 CONFERENCES
The NGS will have 3 conferences in 2019: July 27-29 in Brewster, MA (Cape Cod); October 20 in Costa Mesa, CA; and November 3 in Malvern, PA. Please note: The NGS will not be offering a program in NH in 2019. NH optometrists needing glaucoma hours are encouraged to attend the National Glaucoma Symposium on Cape Cod, July 27-29.JUNE WEBINAR APPROVALS
The NGS live webinars in June have been approved by the Minnesota, New York and Texas Boards of Optometry as live CE.NGS TO OFFER 20 WEBINARS IN 2019
The NGS will offer 20 live webinars in 2019: 2 per month in January-June and September-December. NGS webinars are free for Full NGS Members. CE credit varies by state; see individual webinar listing for more information.UPDATE ON FLORIDA APPROVAL OF WEBINARS
At their June 22 meeting, the Florida Board of Optometry agreed that any prior NGS live webinars approved by the Board would be acceptable as CE for renewal of a Florida license this biennial, which ends February 28, 2019. However, they decided to restrict the number of online CE in the future to 2 hours of controlled substances education and 2 hours of practice management. Since the NGS does not offer webinars in controlled substances or practice management, no current or future NGS webinars will be submitted for approval in Florida.
CONNECTICUT BOARD APPROVES NGS WEBINARS
At their June 13 meeting, the Connecticut Board of Examiners in Optometry approved the National Glaucoma Society as a CE provider and specified that the NGS live webinars are "acceptable towards the fulfillment of the six hours of distance learning continuing education " allowed for the renewal of a Connecticut license.NGS LIVE WEBINARS = CATEGORY 1 ABO
We have received confirmation that the NGS live webinars now count as Category 1 Education towards American Board of Optometry (ABO) certification.Join Our Email List
