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Science of Eye Disease Seminar Series

Description

  • Seminars will be given quarterly.
  • A social will precede the seminar from 5:00 to 5:30 p.m., hors d'oeuvres and soft drinks will be served.
  • The seminar will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The last 15 minutes of the hour will be reserved for discussion (6:15-6:45 p.m.).
  • Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits will be given for all ophthalmologists.


Purpose

  • To communicate/discuss the scientific basis for a specific eye disease or condition.
  • To catalyze physician/research scientist interactions.
  • To stimulate discussions that will better shape future research.
  • To promote interactions with researchers on main campus and at medical school.
  • To provide cutting-edge information to scientific and medical community members.


Seminar Format

  • Seminars will be presented by at least two persons: a clinician and a basic scientist. The inclusion of residents, fellows, and graduate students as participants in presentations is encouraged.
  • Presenters are encouraged to summarize current therapies and bodies of scientific knowledge that pertain to the specific eye disease or condition.
  • Presenters will describe the limitations of current therapies and gaps of scientific knowledge about the disease or condition.
  • Presenters will describe their research/clinical approach and results.
  • Future directions of therapy and research will serve as a foundation for discussions.

 

Past Seminar


Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science

Science of Eye Disease Seminar Series
"Residents' Day 2008"
and
Jorge Rodríguez, MD, MPH Memorial Lecture

with Guest Lecturer

Rohit Varma, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology and Preventive Medicine
Director of the Glaucoma Service, Ocular Epidemiology Center and the Clinical Trials
Doheny Eye Institute, USC Keck School of Medicine

"Undetected Eye Disease Among Latinos: Is It An Epidemic?"


Friday, June 20, 2008
4:00 p.m. to 6:20 p.m.

Four Points by Sheraton Conference Center
1900 E. Speedway Blvd. (corner of Campell Avenue)

 

Objectives:   This seminar is designed to:

  1. Describe the prevalence of undetected eye disease among Latino adults in the United States from a large population-based study of Latinos.
  2. Describe the risk indicators for undetected eye disease among Latino adults.
  3. Highlight the differences and similarities regarding eye disease among different ethnic groups using data from various population-based studies of eye disease in the United States and worldwide.
  4. Describe the access and use of eye care services among Latino adults.
  5. Discuss the future implication of the burden of eye disease among Latino adults.

The poster presentations are designed to: (1) provide cutting-edge information to scientific and medical community members, and (2) stimulate discussions that will better shape future research.

 

4:00-5:00 p.m.     Poster Presentations

    Candice Clifford-Donaldson, MPH
    Velma Dobson, PhD
    Brian S. McKay, PhD

Joseph M. Miller, MD, MPH
Jim Schwiegerling, PhD
W. Daniel Stamer, PhD

J. Daniel Twelker, OD, PhD
Roxana Ursea, MD

5:00-6:00 p.m.     Guest Lecturer

    Rohit Varma, MD

"Undetected Eye Disease Among Latinos: Is It An Epidemic?"

 

We look forward to the presentations and hope that scientific
and medical community members will join us.
       

If you have any questions about the Science of Eye Disease Seminar Series,
contact Dr. W. Daniel Stamer at 626-7767.

Sponsored by
The University of Arizona College of Medicine
at the Arizona Health Sciences Center

The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA/PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.