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Texas Ophthalmological Association Annual Meeting
May 2-3, 2008 -- San Antonio
Grand Hyatt
San Antonio
Schedule of Presentations & Events
Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- Debate the conflicting ethical issues involved in specific ophthalmic case studies
- Discuss current research in ophthalmology residency programs
- Apply subspecialty pearls in the comprehensive ophthalmological practice
- Recognize conditions requiring subspecialty care
- Describe the management of ocular tumors and other oculoplastic conditions
- Employ practical approaches to manage legal risk and improve patient satisfaction in unanticipated situations
TOA 2008 Schedule at a Glance
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Friday, May 2
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7:30 AM
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Breakfast/Exhibits
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8:30-9:30 am
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Ethics
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10:00-11:30 am
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Resident Paper Contest
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11:30 am - 12:15 pm
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Box Lunches in TOA Exhibit Hall
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12:15 - 4:15 pm
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Subspecialty Review for the General Ophthalmologist
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4:15 pm
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Break for Day/Exhibits (TMA General Session begins at 4:30)
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6 - 8 pm
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President’s Reception
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Saturday, May 3
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7:30 - 10:30 am
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Breakfast/Exhibits
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8:00 am - 12:30 pm
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Oculoplastic Symposium
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12:30-2:00 pm
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Annual Business Luncheon
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2 - 5 pm
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Risk Management
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TOA 2008 Detailed Agenda with Abstracts
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| 5/2/2008 | | | 8:00 AM (60 minutes)
Break:
BREAKFAST / EXHIBITS |
| | | 8:30 AM (60 minutes)
Socioeconomic Guest Speaker:
Practical Ethics: Ophthalmic Case Studies -- Expert Witness Testimony | | Tamara Fountain, MD, Member, AAO Committee on Ethics, Chicago | | No Abstract Available | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 9:30 AM (30 minutes)
Break:
BREAK / EXHIBITS |
| | | 10:00 AM (90 minutes)
Resident Contest:
Resident Talks | | Resident Presenters, | | No Abstract Available | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 11:30 AM (60 minutes)
Lunch:
BOX LUNCH / EXHIBITS |
| | | 12:15 AM (30 minutes)
Scientific Guest Speaker:
Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome | | Henry F. Edelhauser, PhD, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA | | No Abstract Available | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 12:45 AM (30 minutes)
Member Talk:
What's new in the Diagnosis and Treatment of the tearing patient? | | Jorge Corona, MD, Dallas | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 1:15 PM (30 minutes)
Member Talk:
Botulinum Toxin Administration to the Lacrimal Gland to Diminish Epiphora: A Case Series | | Dawn C. Buckingham, MD, Austin | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 1:45 PM (30 minutes)
Break:
BREAK / EXHIBITS |
| | | 2:15 PM (30 minutes)
Member Talk:
New Technology for UBM Examinations | | Nicholas Bell, MD, Houston | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 2:45 PM (30 minutes)
Scientific Guest Speaker:
Pathology of LASIK Corneas | | Henry F. Edelhauser, PhD, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA | | No Abstract Available | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 3:15 PM (30 minutes)
Member Talk:
Retinal Detachment and Refractive Surgery | | R. Gary Lane, MD, Lackland Air Force Base | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 3:45 PM (30 minutes)
Member Talk:
Transient Visual loss- when and what w/u ? | | Rosa Ana Tang, MD, MPH, Houston | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 4:15 PM ( minutes)
Break:
Exhibits/TMA TMA General Session |
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| | | 5/3/2008 | | | 8:00 AM (30 minutes)
Member Talk:
Clinical Evaluation of Graves' Disease | | Tanuj Nakra, MD, Austin | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 8:30 AM (30 minutes)
Member Talk:
Update on Management of Orbital Tumors | | Bita Esmaeli, MD, FACS, Houston | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 9:00 AM (30 minutes)
Member Talk:
Eyelid and Conjunctival Tumors:Pearls and Pitfalls | | Bita Esmaeli, MD, FACS, Houston | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 9:30 AM (30 minutes)
Member Talk:
Eyelid tumor removal, benign and malignant | | James H. Merritt, MD, Dallas | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 10:00 AM (30 minutes)
Break:
BREAK / EXHIBITS |
| | | 10:30 AM (30 minutes)
Member Talk:
The Midface Lift to Correct Lower Lid Malpositions | | Michael T. Yen, MD, Houston | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 11:00 AM (30 minutes)
Member Talk:
Rejuvenation of the Brows and Forehead | | Sean M. Blaydon, MD, FACS, Austin | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 11:30 AM (30 minutes)
Member Talk:
Rehabilitation of Facial Nerve Palsy Patients | | David E. E. Holck, MD, San Antonio | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 12:00 AM (30 minutes)
Member Talk:
Microbiology of pediatric orbital cellulitis | | Kimberly Yen, MD, Houston | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 12:30 AM (90 minutes)
Lunch:
TOA Business Luncheon |
| | | 2:00 PM (45 minutes)
Risk Management:
Risk Management: Uveitis: How to Stay Out of the Quicksand. | | Patrick Williams, MD, Dallas | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 2:45 PM (45 minutes)
Risk Management:
Risk Management: Doctors are from Mars, Lawyers are from Venus | | Kassim A. Khan, MD, JD, Fort Worth | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
| | | 3:30 PM (15 minutes)
Break:
BREAK |
| | | 3:45 PM (75 minutes)
Risk Management:
Now What Do I Do? | | Hans Bruhn, JD, San Francisco & Joe R. MacFarlane, MD, JD, San Antonio | | Click for Abstract | | Slides/Handouts not currently available for download |
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Texas Ophthalmological Association
toa [at] TxEyeNet [dot] org
401 West Fifteenth Street
Suite 825
Austin, Texas 78701-1665
(512) 370-1504
Fax (512) 370-1637
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