Program Description: 

This talk will emphasize the value of gonioscopy in 2015, despite advances in anterior segment imaging. It will also cover techniques that will help with difficult examinations, including indentation gonioscopy and the use of the corneal wedge. Many video examples will be used to demonstrate these techniques.

 
Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
AMA Credit Designation:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Hours of Participation for Allied Health Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.25 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals
Target audience: 
  • Community eye care professionals
  • Full time faculty
  • Residents
  • Fellow ophthalmologists
  • Optometrists
  • Ophthalmic photographers
Learning objectives: 

At the conclusion of this activity, I will be able to:

  1. To review the value of gonioscopy in clinical practice
  2. To teach the technique of indentation (dynamic) gonioscopy
  3. To teach the use of the corneal wedge
Faculty & credentials: 
Activity Directors:
Wanda M. Martinez, MD
Joe Carroll, PhD
 
Speaker:
Wallace L.M. Alward, M.D.
Frederick C. Blodi Chair in Ophthalmology
Vice-Chair, Ophthalmology
Director, Glaucoma Service
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Iowa Carver COllege of Medicine
 
All persons in control of content has no relevant financial relationships to disclose with the exception of the following persons;
 

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Wallace L.M. Alward, MD

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Contact

Name: 
Kelli Torosian
Phone number: 
+1 (414) 955-7875
Session date: 
08/05/2015 - 7:00am to 8:15am CDT
Location: 
Eye Institute
925 N. 87th St.
Lower Level Conference Room
Milwaukee, WI 53226
United States
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.25 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.

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