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1 easy online registration AZOA 2019 Spring Congress april 5-7 JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort & Spa new meeting location!!! Featuring a SPORTS themed exhibit hall on Friday, April 5 and up to 17 hours of COPE CE including 3 hours of opioid ce for az relicensure!

2 spring congress schedule Friday, April 5 12PM-5PM Registration (please note that registration does not open until 12pm) 1PM-2PM Nutrition and Diabetes/Johnson/58719-SD This course discusses the prevalence of diabetes in the United States, examines the relationship between diabetes and obesity, explores potential factor that contribute to obesity and discusses ways to increase awareness among patients and providers. 2PM-3PM Neuroimaging 101 for the Optometric Physician/ Johnson/50381-NO This course examines current neuroimaging techniques used in eye care, discusses indications for their use, and explains how to write appropriate orders for neuroimaging. 3PM-5PM Lids and Lashes on the Cutting Edge/Johnson/ SP This course features advanced procedures that optometrists have been performing for several years to treat benign and malignant neoplasms, cysts, hordeola, chalazia, trichiasis, blepharospasm, distichiasis, entropion, and dry eye via punctal occlusion. Lid anatomy is reviewed. An overview of the technology used in these procedures is discussed. Videos of procedures are used to enhance learning and demonstrate technique. 5PM-7PM AZOA Sports Mania - Exhibit Hall & Reception Batter up and join us for all-star bash in the exhibit hall where your fellow ODs and leading industry partners are all on the winning team. Sport your favorite team s jersey or colors as we kick-off the meeting while enjoying cocktails, popcorn, peanuts and maybe even Cracker Jacks... 7PM Saturday, April 6 7AM Dinner on Own for Attendees Registration and ALCON SPONSORED BREAKFAST/PRESENTATION 8AM-10AM The Pressures On Managing Challenging Cases in Glaucoma/Dunbar/51011-GL This complimentary program is a valuable investment of your time. Return to your practice with evidence-based ideas to optimize your patient care. Ask questions and get answers from renowned glaucoma specialists. Find guidance on challenging cases. Hear about new therapies on the horizon. Find insights on risk assessment. Use innovative patient management strategies. 10AM-12PM Innovations in Retina Impressions from a Blue Collar Lunch Pail Optometrist/Dunbar/51694-PS Perhaps the most significant revolutionary advances in eye care have occurred with posterior segment eye disease. SDOCT continues to find new frontiers with OCT angiography and fundus autofluoresence FAF has emerged as an important tool in the management of AMD and occult maculopathies. There are incredible new treatments for wet AMD and we are on the brink of curing dry AMD. Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions and will impact every optometric office. This lecture will take a practical blue collar approach to the latest innovations in the diagnosis and treatment of common retinal disease. 12PM-2PM Exhibit Hall/Luncheon 2PM 5PM 3 Hour Opioid CE Event - Hobbs/59627-PB, Kozlowski/ PH, Feis,& Miller/59629-PB Join us for three hours of COPE CE on opioid training. This course is FREE for AZOA members and $150 for non-members of the AZOA. For non-members, fee is included in complete package rates but not the daily rates. Members and non -members must register in advance to attend. Limited availability. 5PM 6PM 6PM 8:30PM AZOA Business/Membership Meeting Cocktails/Dinner/AZOA Awards Presentations 8:30PM Dr. Jon Wold s New President s Reception - President s Suite (Everyone welcome!) Please join us at the reception honoring Dr. Jon Wold as the President of the AZOA! Have a cocktail, and mingle with some of your fellow ODs at this event which is always a crowd favorite! Sunday, April 7 7AM Registration and BAUSCH & LOMB SPONSORED BREAKFAST/PRESENTATION 8AM-9AM Corneal Dystrophies and Degenerations: Diagnosis and Management/Gromacki/50934-AS This course reviews corneal dystrophies and degenerations, utilizing the presenters clear images to prepare the attendee for the CCLRT Diplomate examinations. 9AM-10AM The Science and Technology of Contact Lens Care/ Gromacki/58075-CL New advances in scleral and specialty lenses have necessitated new paradigms for cleaning and disinfecting these contact lenses. Improper handling and care can impede success with these high-tech lenses. With another solution recall last year, the US FDA has once again taken the initiative to ascertain the safety of contact lens care products. This lecturer will present highlights from her AAO presentation to the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel products for our newest materials and designs, including scleral and hybrid lenses with a new hydrogel coating biofilms compliance research and what is planned for the future. 10AM-12PM Pearls for Managing Keratoconus with CXL (Corneal Collagen Crosslinking)/Gromacki/59274-AS A clinical optometrist whose practice has performed over 1000 corneal collagen crosslinking CXL procedures will share her experience with the clinical management before, during, and after CXL. You will learn patient selection and education, mechanism of action, postoperative care, and optimal contact lens correction after the procedure. Contact lens designs such as conventional, hybrid and large overall diameter will be discussed for you to fit the correct lens after the conclusion of the procedure. 12PM-1PM Lunch on Own 1PM-3PM Tucson VA Residents Present: SAVAHCS Grand Rounds: Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease/ SD This course highlights various ocular manifestations of systemic disease processes. The differential diagnoses, optometric management, and clinical pearls to correct diagnosis will be discussed.

3 2019 spring congress speakers Mark T. Dunbar currently serves as the Director of Optometric Services and the Optometric Residency Supervisor at the University of Miami s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Dr. Dunbar has authored numerous papers, has refereed many optometric journals articles and currently writes the monthly Retina Quiz in Review of Optometry. He is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry and is one of the founding members for both the Optometric Glaucoma Society (OGS) and the Optometric Retina Society (ORS). Dr. Susan J. Gromacki is an internationally-recognized clinician, educator, and author on the topics of the cornea and contact lenses. In practice for 25 years, she graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame and The Ohio State University College of Optometry and completed a residency in hospital-based optometry with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She has presented over 600 professional lectures and publications and has served as Contributing Editor of Contact Lens Spectrum, Review of Cornea and Contact Lenses, and CL Today. She served on the National Board of Examiners in Optometry, composing and overseeing the written examinations that ensure the qualifications of new optometrists to enter practice. She is one of only 11 doctors worldwide to earn Fellowship in the Scleral Lens Education Society and the prestigious Diplomate in Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies of the American Academy of Optometry. The Director of the Contact Lens Service at Washington Eye Physicians & Surgeons, she received the 2018 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and was named one of the Most Notable Alumni in the 100-year history of The Ohio State University College of Optometry. Dr. Spencer Johnson received a B.S. in Neuroscience from Brigham Young University, and his Doctor of Optometry degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. He is currently an associate professor at the Oklahoma College of Optometry where he teaches courses in neuroscience, healthcare systems, and epidemiology. Dr. Johnson is a principal investigator in the NIH funded RAPID study to evaluate the efficacy of povidone iodine in the treatment of viral conjunctivitis. He has lectured at national, regional, and state association meetings throughout the United States and Canada. Prior to his career in academia, Dr. Johnson worked in the refractive surgery industry, and owned a private practice. Tucson VA Residents: The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS), based in Tucson, Arizona is a highly affiliated tertiarycare referral system serving veterans in Arizona, surrounding southwest States, and Mexico. The eye clinic at SAVAHCS is shared jointly between optometry and ophthalmology, which provides the residents with the opportunity to manage a spectrum of ocular disease. Additionally, SAVAHCS hosts the Southwestern Blind Rehabilitation Center, which provides world class programs for visually impaired veterans from seven western states. Low vision care is provided in both a comprehensive multidisciplinary inpatient and outpatient setting. Dr. Jennifer Chan is currently an Ocular Disease/Low Vision optometry resident at the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Tucson. She received her Doctor of Optometry degree from Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University in 2018 and her Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Chan was born and raised in Hong Kong, and moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of fourteen. She enjoys traveling and exploring food places. Dr. Johnson Co is currently an Ocular Disease/Low Vision optometry resident at the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System. He received his Doctor of Optometry degree from Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California in 2018 and his Bachelor s degree in Sociology/Media Studies from the University of California, Berkeley in Dr. Co grew up in southern California and collects boards games. Dr. Analysia Delgadillo is currently an Ocular Disease/Primary Care resident at the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Sierra Vista. She received her Doctorate of Optometry from Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry in 2018, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from University of Wyoming in She enjoys spending her free me with friends and family. Dr. Ryan Dugan is currently an Ocular Disease / Low Vision Rehabilita on optometry resident at the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Tucson. He received his Doctor of Optometry degree from Pacific University in 2018, and his Bachelor s degree in Human Physiology from the University of Oregon in Dr. Dugan is an Oregon na ve and enjoys hiking and camping. Dr. Corom Eisley is currently an Ocular Disease/Primary Care optometry resident at the Southern Arizona Veteran Affairs Health Care System in Sierra Vista. He received his Doctor of Optometry degree from Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry in 2018 and his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Boise State University in Dr. Eisley grew up in Nampa Idaho, and enjoys outdoors ac vi es including hiking, fishing, and camping, and enjoys spending me with his wife and four children. Dr. Shraeya Mehta is currently an Ocular Disease/Low Vision optometry resident at the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Tucson. She received her Doctor of Optometry degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2018 and her Bachelor s degree in Human Biology from North Carolina State University in Dr. Mehta enjoys cooking, traveling, listening to NPR podcasts, and spending me with friends and family. AZOA 2019 Spring Congress / April 5-7/ JW Marrio Tucson Starr Pass Resort & Spa 3800 W Starr Pass Blvd, Tucson, AZ NEW MEETING LOCATION!! / Group rate: $179 (subject to availability) Men on Arizona Optometric Associa on for group rateazoa Rate is $159 a night if made by 3/30/2017

4 AZOA 2019 SPRING CONGRESS REGISTRATION Up to 17 hours of COPE CE! Name: OE Tracker #: Please be sure to download the OE Tracker Mobile App by ARBO on your smart phone Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: (required) Additional Guest: (name badge will be produced for pre paid guest meals) PACKAGE INFORMATION: Please circle one Complete Package: (All CE, Meals, Social Events Included) Optometrist Student Daily Rate (Includes all meals offered for the day(s) selected.) Fri April 5 (Includes 4 hours CE ) Sat April 6 (Includes 4 hours CE) opioid classes are additional $$ Sun April 7 (Includes 6 hours CE ) Individual Guest/Spouse Meals (name badge will be produced for guests who have purchased meals) Saturday Breakfast $35 x = $ Saturday Luncheon $45 x = $ Saturday Awards Dinner $50 x = $ Sunday Breakfast $35 x = $ Saturday April 6, 3 Hour Opioid CE 2pm FREE for AZOA Members please mark IF attending Received Before 3/13 Received After 3/13 Non Non Member Member Member Member $425 $575 $500 $650 $20 $20 $20 $20 Saturday April 6, 3 Hour Opioid CE 2pm $150 for Non members of the AZOA please mark IF attending REGISTRATION TOTAL $200 $275 $225 $325 $250 $300 $275 $350 $225 $300 $250 $350 $ ********************************************************************************************************* Payment Information Enclosed is my check payable to the AZOA in the amount of $ Please charge my credit card: Visa Mastercard American Express Discover Card #: Exp. Date: V Code: Zip: Amt: Mail Completed Form to: OR Fax Completed Form to: (602) Arizona Optometric Association QUESTIONS? kate@azoa.org 1702 E Highland Avenue, #213 To confirm receipt of your registration, please kate@azoa.org Phoenix, AZ (602) NOTE TO RECEIVE EARLY REGISTRATION RATE: Registrations must be received on or before (or postmarked by) MAR.13, CANCELLATION POLICY: All cancellations must be in writing. In order to receive a refund of 100% of the registration fee (less a $25 cancellation fee), cancellations must be received prior to 3/28/2019. No refunds after that date. Please note that advance registration closes on April 3, Registration can be done onsite after this date. Registrations are not accepted over the phone. *THE AZOA NO LONGER USES PAPER CE CERTIFICATES AS WE ARE NOW USING ARBO S OE TRACKER APP FOR SMARTPHONES* easy online registration:

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5 ARIZONA OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION 1702 E Highland Ave, Ste 213 Phoenix, Arizona PH: / FX: VISIT US AT: easy online registration: AZOA 2019 Spring Congress / April 5-7 JW Marrio Tucson Starr Pass Resort & Spa NEW MEETING LOCATION!!!! 3800 W Starr Pass Blvd, Tucson, AZ / Group rate: $179 (subject to availability) Men on Arizona Optometric Associa on for group rate

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