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Oculoplastics session to be featured during expanded Hawaiian Eye meeting
Retina 2013 to feature evening Banyan Tree sessions.
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Hawaiian Eye 2013 will begin a day earlier than in previous years to make room for an oculoplastics session on Saturday.
“[Hawaiian Eye/Retina 2013] will again provide the ophthalmologist with a comprehensive update in ophthalmology from ocular surface through cataract and glaucoma to macula and retina,” Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, OSN Chief Medical Editor and Hawaiian Eye 2013 planning committee member, said. “Especially exciting to me are the David Chang-led complex cataract case management discussions, the MIGS update and the symposium on collagen cross-linking.”
Sponsored by Vindico Medical Education, Hawaiian Eye 2013 will be held at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on Hawaii’s Big Island Jan. 19 to Jan. 25. Hawaiian Eye will offer a maximum of 37.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME credits, retina specialists can earn up to 32 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, nurses and allied health professionals can earn 20.5 CNE credits, and administrators will receive a certificate of participation. Retina 2013 will take place at the same location but will begin Jan. 20.
“Retina 2013 is always one of my favorite meetings since we can present the latest retina topics in a relaxed atmosphere with plenty of time for in-depth discussion that is missing at other meetings,” Peter K. Kaiser, MD, OSN Retina/Vitreous Board Member and a faculty member of Retina 2013, said.
This year, the Banyan Tree sessions return. The sessions encourage one-on-one discussion between faculty and colleagues while earning CME credits. Hawaiian Eye 2013 topics include femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery, phaco-combined glaucoma surgery, glaucoma drainage devices and applications for corneal cross-linking.
John B. Pinto, who directs the Administrator Program, is excited about the meeting.
“The Hawaiian Eye meeting has grown from a modest gathering of a hundred vacationing surgeons to one of the most important international meetings in the profession. Despite the enjoyable island venue, you can tell from the program syllabus, as well as the growing and attentive audience, that this meeting has nailed a winning formula,” Pinto, OSN Practice Management Section Editor, said. “Superior, topical content, combined with a beautiful tropical setting and held in the middle of the North American winter. I would say the meeting has now attained a sweet spot — large enough to offer world-class content and still intimate enough that by the end of the week you have really connected with colleagues and speakers alike.”
Hawaiian Eye 2013 begins Saturday with a session on oculoplastics that culminates with a live injection workshop. Sunday’s practice management courses will begin with Pinto on “Profit Enhancement through Frugal Innovation” and will continue in the afternoon with a “Lifestyle” session, where he will talk about his solo sail in May 2012 from San Diego to Honolulu on a 24-foot boat to raise funds for the Hawaiian Eye Foundation. Sessions on Monday will include cataract and IOL advancements, followed by cataract and refractive surgery complications on Tuesday, glaucoma on Wednesday, retina and ocular surface management on Thursday, and refractive surgery on Friday.
Retina 2013 kicks off on Sunday in a joint session with Pinto leading the practice management sessions. During the week, sessions focus on retinal imaging on Monday, wet age-related macular degeneration on Tuesday, and vitreoretinal surgery Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Banyan Tree evening sessions focus on imaging and treatment of wet AMD, retinal venous occlusive disease, diabetic retinopathy and posterior segment inflammatory disease.
“The lineup for Hawaii 2013 is incredibly exciting — the depth and breadth of speakers who are vitreoretinal thought leaders is unsurpassed. I want to hear it all. It’s going to be extremely informative, and fun, too,” Elias Reichel, MD, a Retina 2013 program director, said. – by Cheryl DiPietro