Current Concepts I

Saturday, June 26, 0830-1000
Room 2000 CD

Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • describe a practical approach to the use of corticosteroids in patients with uveitis
  • identify optic neuritis and discuss its implications
  • describe a new surgical technique for correcting iris abnormalities

Guests
Emmett Cunningham, MD
Mark Morrow, MD
Michael Snyder, MD
Pierre Labelle, MD

Moderator
Allan Slomovic

0830Welcome
0840CJO Lecture: A practical approach to the use of corticosteroids in patients with uveitis
Emmett Cunningham
0855Discussion
0900Optic neuritis and its implications
Mark Morrow
0915Discussion
0920An update on old and new iris prosthesis
Michael Snyder
0935Discussion
0940Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Pierre Labelle


Mark Morrow
Clinical professor, chairman and residency program director, Department of Neurology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California


Emmett T. Cunningham Jr, MD, PhD, MPH
Program Chair/Director, The Uveitis Service, California Pacific Medical Center