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17 EW SHOW DAILY ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress, San Diego 2015 by Ellen Stodola EyeWorld Staff Writer chose to repeat the topic of "OCT of the Anterior Segment" again this year. "We are keeping the content fresh by having a new speaker, Brandon Ayres, [MD, Philadelphia,] share his experience on this topic," she said. Kenneth Cohen, MD, Chapel Hill, N.C., will co-lecture with Ms. Moyer on the importance of posteri- or segment imaging for the cataract surgeon. James P. Gilman, CRA, FOPS, is well known in the imaging commu- nity for his talents with slit lamp imaging, she said. "We are excited he will share his technique during his lecture titled 'Imaging with Supplemental Contact Lenses at the Slit Lamp.'" There will also be lectures intro- ducing the audience to the OPS and sharing its long-standing relation- ship with ASCRS. "The OPS is happy to continue our collaboration with ASCRS through the symposium," she said. Importance Imaging plays a vital role in helping physicians follow pathology and decide on a treatment plan for eye disease, Ms. Moyer said. "The [discussions] in the OPS symposium will provide direct take- home suggestions and techniques that can be easily implemented to improve patient care in your prac- tice," she said. Advances in imaging technolo- gy and the treatment of eye disease have created new demands for imag- ing over time. "While the ways that imaging have evolved in ophthalmology could be discussed in a symposium on its own, one example is how AS- OCT guides treatment decisions on patients suspected of complications from DESK surgery," Ms. Moyer said. Visit the OPS website, www.opsweb.org, for details about its online and onsite educational programs and its 2 certification programs: Certified Retinal Angiographer (CRA) and Optical Coherence Tomographer- Certified (OCT-c). See page 36 for the complete list of 2015 OPS winners. EW Ophthalmic Photographers' Society symposium will look at a number of imaging topics T he Ophthalmic Photogra- phers' Society (OPS) sympo- sium will take place at the ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress today from 3:00–5:00 p.m. It will focus on an- terior segment imaging techniques. Topics to be discussed at this year's symposium will include preoperative considerations of the retina for the anterior segment surgeon, imag- ing for keratoprosthesis, slit lamp imaging with supplemental contact lenses, the OPS Scientific Exhibit at ASCRS, AS-OCT, and imaging for cutting edge procedures. Sarah Moyer, CRA, OCT-C, chair of the OPS Board of Education, comment- ed on what can be expected at this year's symposium. Main goals There are 2 primary goals for the OPS symposium. "The first is to educate ASCRS attendees on imaging techniques and the value of imaging the anterior segment to deliver high- er quality patient care," Ms. Moyer said. "The second is to educate physicians about our organization and the opportunities we provide their staff." The OPS was founded in 1969 and has been providing education and certification opportunities for ophthalmic photographers, imagers, and technicians for decades, she said. Topics "The great relationships that OPS members have with the physicians they work with led us to all of our physician speakers," Ms. Moyer said. "We request that the physicians discuss how imaging affects a topic they are passionate about." This year, Alan Crandall, MD, Salt Lake City, will be presenting the symposium's keynote lecture on "Imaging for Cutting Edge Proce- dures," which is an important topic because of the way imaging can impact treatment decisions. Based on positive responses from attendees at the last 2 OPS symposiums, Ms. Moyer said they OPS symposium to highlight anterior segment imaging techniques Choroidal Melanoma with Sentinel Vessels, Chris J. Barry, FOPS Central Serous Chorioretinopathy, Robert Mays, FA Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy, Jill Marie Remaley, OCT-C

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