Join eight expert colleagues from across ophthalmology’s subspecialties for a focused, one-hour webinar on practical strategies to prevent, recognize, and manage surgical complications. In this webinar, your board-certified peers, including Drs. Ann Acers-Warn, Tamara Fountain, Jinali Diora, Tom Oetting, Ike Ahmed, Judy Kim, Robert Wiggins, and George Bartley, will share practical ideas about how they have implemented quality improvement measures in their own practices with the goal of helping you do the same for yours.
In addition to learning how your peers are making real improvements in their practice, you'll earn credit for one ABO Continuing Certification Improvement in Medical Practice Activity, CME credit, and an OMIC discount.
Program Details
What: Avoiding and Managing Surgical Complications, a free, one-hour, peer-learning webinar co-produced by the American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO), the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), and Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company (OMIC)
When: Live on Tuesday, September 2, 8:00 PM ET; recording on-demand
Registration Link: https://virtualvelocity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LtjCDImQTd-NEgf_lf5H4w
Who Should Attend:
- Ophthalmologists interested in applying quality improvement measures in their own practice
- ABO diplomates seeking Improvement in Medical Practice activity credit for Continuing Certification
- Ophthalmologists seeking CME
What you'll get:
- Earn credit for one (1) Improvement in Medical Practice activity for ABO Continuing Certification
- Claim up to 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- OMIC insureds receive a 5% discount on their OMIC policy
The American Academy of Ophthalmology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Featured Panelists
Tamara Fountain, MD, has served as past Chair of OMIC, past president of ASOPRS and AAO and is now a 3rd-year director for ABO. She is a professor of Ophthalmology at Rush University Medical Center and maintains a private practice in Oculofacial Surgery on Chicago's North Shore.
Jinali Diora, MD, is a pediatric ophthalmologist in private practice at Northern Virginia Ophthalmology Associates. She is on staff at Inova LJ Murphy Children's Hospital, where she is actively involved in the ROP service. She serves on the Foundation Advisory Board of the Children's Eye Foundation of AAPOS (CEF), chairs the events committee for CEF, and is a member of OMIC's advisory committees.
Tom Oetting, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Iowa and Chief of Ophthalmology at the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He studied engineering at Duke University, served in the U.S. Air Force developing avionics, then changed course to attend medical school at Duke, inspired by his pediatrician wife. He joined the University of Iowa faculty nearly 30 years ago and served as residency program director from 2004 to 2022. Dr. Oetting loves teaching cataract surgery and has staffed over 20,000 resident cases, developing a structured program that reflects his engineering and Air Force background. He has won numerous teaching awards and remains active in ASCRS, AAO, AUPO, and Orbis International.
Ike Ahmed, MD, is an internationally renowned surgeon scientist specializing in glaucoma, complex cataract, and lens implant surgery, with patients referred to him globally. He pioneered innovative glaucoma techniques, coining terms like "Interventional Glaucoma (IG)," "Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)," and "Microinvasive Bleb Surgery (MIBS)." He serves as Professor and Director of the Alan S. Crandall Center for Glaucoma and Innovation at the University of Utah and leads the GAASS fellowship at the University of Toronto. Dr. Ahmed has received prestigious honors, including the Binkhorst Medal, recognition as the #1 Most Influential Ophthalmologist in the World, and the King Charles III Coronation Medal for his extraordinary contributions.
Judy E. Kim, MD, FARVO, FASRS is a vitreoretinal specialist who is Jean and Tom Walter Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology, in Honor of James P. McCulley, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology with Tenure, Vice-Chair of Education, and Medical Director of Clinical Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is a past president of American Society of Retina Specialists, former Board of Trustee of AAO, and an associate examiner of ABO since 2001. She is currently president-elect of Macula Society, an Editorial Board member of JAMA Ophthalmology, and a board member of Women in Retina.