Envision Eye Centres Interactive Optometry Night 20.2.24

Envision Eye Centres Interactive Optometry Night 20.2.24

Date: 20/02/2024 (AEDT)

Venue: Swissotel 68 Market Street, Sydney NSW 2000, NSW, 2000

Provider: Envision Eye Centre

Contact: Ursula Kunicki, [E] surgical@corneaclinic.com.au, [P] (02) 9233 7333

Activity Outline

Envision Eye Centre is a boutique ophthalmology practice located in Sydney’s CBD. Our optometry night will be held at the Swissotel .

The interactive night will focus on engaging optometrists in new and a wide variety of ophthalmic key learning areas. It will also have an interactive ZEISS HUB with new technology for optometrists to try and have hands-on experience.

Our principal ophthalmologist Dr. John Males has a keen interest in corneal and refractive surgery being one of the first ophthalmologists in Australia to perform both SMILE and now SMILE PRO. He will give an update on treatments and an active discussion with the optometrists attending.

The other doctors presenting will be Dr. Deepa Viswanathan, Dr. Alex Hamilton, Dr. Alison Chiu, and Dr. Sophia Zagora. All presentations will last for 20 minutes with lectures being presented via PowerPoint and interactive 10 minutes after to discuss and have questions from the optometry audience, including active case studies to generate discussion.

The night will have a key focus on being interactive with the optometry audience and a great evening to learn and get to know the doctors who work at Envision Eye Centre and their passion for providing personalised treatment to all patients.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the differences between the commonly performed corneal laser refractive procedures - PRK, Lasik, and SMILE.
• Be able to know which patients are likely to be suitable for a corneal laser vision correction procedure and when to consider referring for assessment.
• Understand the refractive range that can be treated with SMILE.
• Describe the differences between SMILE and SMILE Pro using the latest generation of Visumax laser, the Visumax 800
• Be able to identify patients who have undergone SMILE on the slit lamp
• Be able to confidently assess patients post-operatively and to know when to refer them for review.
• Keratoconus diagnosis and detection of progression what tools can be used to help early diagnosis
• Visual rehabilitation measures - first-line treatment options
• Lifestyle factor modifications- detection and treatment of allergies/ ruling out obstructive sleep apnoea/ discussions and prevention of eye rubbing
• Managing Keratoconus progression including corneal collagen cross-linking
• Surgical options for treatment
• Patient selection for ICL- how do we determine suitability? What refraction range can be treated?
• What is involved in the patient's journey for their ICL surgery
• Post-operative management - what role do optometrists play in the shared care scenario
• Overview of the different imaging devices we use in the clinic
• How do the different imaging devices help with intraocular lens selection in cataract surgery?
• Anterior segment OCT for corneal dystrophies and transplants
• Corvis is used for assessing corneal biomechanics what does this new technology provide compared to typical typography scans
• Intraoperative OCT where and why would this be indicated
• Multimodal imaging in uveitis what diagnostic tools aid
• An update on new treatments in uveitis
• Cataract surgery in patients with uveitis
• Glaucoma surgery in uveitis
• What are the differentials in uveitis?

Max CPD hours awarded: 2.5

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