2025 Schedule – East West Eye Conference

November 5, 2025

November 6, 2025

November 7, 2025

November 8, 2025

05:30 PM-
06:30 PM

100: Diabetes Update for 2025

07:00 PM-
09:00 PM

101: Glaucoma Expert Panel

Danica J. Marrelli, OD, FAAO, AAO Diplomate

Brian Kuhlman

And More

08:00 AM-
10:00 AM

400: InfantSEE Workshop

OD Workshop

Cara Lai, OD, MS, FOVDR, FAAO

Abby Witmer, OD

And More

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

102: Low Vision Basics for the Primary Care Optometrist

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

103: The Aging Face: The Good, The Bad, and the Treatable

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

104: Vision and Driving

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

105: What a Pain! A Guide to Headaches for the Optometrist

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

500: Optimizing Revenue: Medical vs. Vision & Coordination of Benefits

OD OSM/OPT

10:00 AM-
12:00 PM

401: IPL and Radiofrequency Treatment Workshop for Ocular Surface Disease

OD Workshop

Poonam Panda, OD

Jenn Mattson, OD

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

300: I have a THING and I Need to See the Doctor NOW or do you?

OSM/OPT

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

301: AI vs Optician

OSM/OPT

10:00 AM-
12:00 PM

106: Maximizing the OCT in the Diagnosis and Management of Glaucoma

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

107: Infectious Diseases and the Eyes

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

303: Identifying Ophthalmic Lenses

OSM/OPT

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

302: Much Ado About Contacts

OSM/OPT

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

108: mTBEye: Vestibular and Vision Biomarkers in Concussion

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

109: Retinal Tug of War: PVDs, retinal holes, retinal tears, and retinal detachments

12:00 PM-
01:00 PM

600: Call The Conference Kickoff Lunch

Short North Ballroom A

Meals OD OSM/OPT

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

01:00 PM-
03:00 PM

308: Contact Lens Fitting Workshop

OSM/OPT Workshop

01:00 PM-
03:00 PM

402: Ophthamic Laser Workshop

OD Workshop

Brian E Mathie, OD, FAAO

Kinsley Gossard, OD

01:00 PM-
02:00 PM

307: What Is Good Vision

OSM/OPT

01:00 PM-
02:00 PM

304: Every Dolla Makes Me Holla

OSM/OPT

01:00 PM-
03:00 PM

110: Ocular Disease Round Table

01:00 PM-
03:00 PM

111: Mastering the Fit: Optimizing Scleral Lens Optics, Corneal Periphery, and Limbal Area

01:00 PM-
02:00 PM

112: Can You Hear Me Now? How to Increase Patient Compliance

01:00 PM-
02:00 PM

113: NASEM report on myopia

02:00 PM-
03:00 PM

327: Professor ABBE

OSM/OPT

02:00 PM-
03:00 PM

309: What Your Insurance Biller Wished You Knew

OSM/OPT

02:00 PM-
03:00 PM

114: Masterclass in Corneal Refractive Surgery Co-Management

02:00 PM-
03:00 PM

115: Would you prescribe?

03:00 PM-
04:00 PM

501: Keynote Lecture

OD OSM/OPT

06:30 PM-
09:00 PM

116: Contact Lens Panel (Dinner Included)

Meals OD

Nicky Lai, OD, MS

Chantelle Mundy, OD, FAAO

07:15 AM-
08:00 AM

601: Breakfast Symposium

Meals OD OSM/OPT

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

08:00 AM-
10:00 AM

312: Frame Board Management Workshop

OSM/OPT

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

311: Hug Your Patients

OSM/OPT

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

310: Tools of the Trade

OSM/OPT

08:00 AM-
10:00 AM

502: OOA Congress

OD OSM/OPT

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

117: Systemic Prescribing for the Primary Care Optometrist

08:00AM-
09:00 AM

118: Keratoconus: Clear Vision Ahead. From Diagnosis to Management

08:00 AM-
10:00 AM

119: Infant and Pediatric Neurology

08:00 AM-
10:00 AM

403: Ophthamic Laser Workshop

OD Workshop

Kimberly Patton, OD, MS, FAAO

Maddie Roth, OD, MS

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

314: What Are All The Abbrev.

OSM/OPT

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

313: Are Their Glasses Dirty Do They Have Cataracts?

OSM/OPT

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

120: AMD: Hope on the Horizon

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

121: Scleral Lenses and Dry Eye: Is the Evidence Clear Enough?

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

122: Resident Poster Session

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

315: Lumps Bumps and Ooze

OSM/OPT

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

316: Positive Approach to Patient Objections

OSM/OPT

11:00 AM-
01:00 PM

404: Dry Eye Treatment Workshop

OD Workshop

Zachary Coates OD, MS, FAAO

Carissa Janczak, OD

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

123: Top 5: Common Retinal Conditions

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

124: Complications Associated with Scleral Lenses and Scleral Lens Wear

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

125: Peds Pharm

12:00 PM-
01:00 PM

603: Lunch Symposium

Meals OD OSM/OPT

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

12:00 PM-
01:00 PM

602: Lunch Symposium

Meals OD OSM/OPT

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

01:30 PM-
02:30 PM

317: Your Staff Is Not Ready

OSM/OPT

01:30 PM-
03:30 PM

318: Optical Round Table

OSM/OPT

01:30 PM-
03:30 PM

503: Realeyes Training

OD OSM/OPT

01:30 PM-
02:30 PM

126: TBD

01:30 PM-
03:30 PM

127: Evidence Based Approach to Unilateral Optic Nerve Edema

01:30 PM-
03:30 PM

128: TBI Panel: A Multidisciplanary Approach to TBI

Sara Huffman OD

Jodi Jones

And More

01:30 PM-
03:30 PM

405: Ophthalmic Injections Workshop

OD Workshop

Jocelyn Daniel, OD, FAAO

Kinsley Gossard, OD

02:30 PM-
03:30 PM

319: Accountability 101

OSM/OPT

03:30 PM-
04:30 PM

129: Top 10 Resident Poster Presentation

04:30 PM-
05:30 PM

320: Take Your Staff To The Movies

OSM/OPT

04:30 PM-
05:30 PM

130: Firefighter OD: Quenching the Angry Consumer

04:30 PM-
05:30 PM

131: An Update on Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS) and its Risk to Astronauts

04:30 PM-
05:30 PM

141: How to manage myopia with contact lenses, pharmaceuticals, and glasses

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

321: History Is An Art

OSM/OPT

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

133: Refer This, Not That: Retinal Decision Making

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

132: Topical Ophthalmics: The Tried and True and the New

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

322: Buzzwords For Technicians

OSM/OPT

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

135: Retinal Vascular Occlusive Disease

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

134: When You Have the Diagnosis, Look for a Better One

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

323: Five “Things” You Need To Know

OSM/OPT

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

137: OCT Angiography in Clinical Practice

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

136: Amniotic Membranes: Current Uses, Future Considerations

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

605: Lunch Symposium

Meals OD OSM/OPT

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

606: Lunch Symposium

Meals OD OSM/OPT

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

05:30 PM- 06:30 PM

100: Diabetes Update for 2025

Robert Gotfried DO, FAAFP, DACD

07:00 PM- 09:00 PM

101: Glaucoma Expert Panel

Greg Nixon, OD

Danica J. Marrelli, OD, FAAO, AAO Diplomate

Brian Kuhlman

08:00 AM- 10:00 AM

400: InfantSEE Workshop

Michelle Buckland, OD, MS, FAAO

Cara Lai, OD, MS, FOVDR, FAAO

Abby Witmer, OD

08:00 AM- 09:00 AM

102: Low Vision Basics for the Primary Care Optometrist

Rebecca Deffler, OD

08:00 AM- 09:00 AM

103: The Aging Face: The Good, The Bad, and the Treatable

Anthony DeWilde, OD, FAAO

09:00 AM- 10:00 AM

104: Vision and Driving

Rebecca Deffler, OD

09:00 AM- 10:00 AM

105: What a Pain! A Guide to Headaches for the Optometrist

Anthony DeWilde, OD, FAAO

10:00 AM- 11:00 AM

500: Optimizing Revenue: Medical vs. Vision & Coordination of Benefits

Christopher Smiley, OD

10:00 AM- 12:00 PM

401: IPL and Radiofrequency Treatment Workshop for Ocular Surface Disease

Cory Lappin OD, MS, FAAO

Poonam Panda, OD

Jenn Mattson, OD

10:00 AM- 11:00 AM

300: I have a THING and I Need to See the Doctor NOW or do you?

Tami Arnett

10:00 AM- 11:00 AM

301: AI vs Optician

Jackie O’Keefe

10:00 AM- 12:00 PM

106: Maximizing the OCT in the Diagnosis and Management of Glaucoma

Danica J. Marrelli, OD, FAAO, AAO Diplomate

10:00 AM- 11:00 AM

107: Infectious Diseases and the Eyes

Mawada Osman, OD, MS, FAAO

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM

303: Identifying Ophthalmic Lenses

Jackie O’Keefe

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM

302: Much Ado About Contacts

Tami Arnett

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM

108: mTBEye: Vestibular and Vision Biomarkers in Concussion

Katherine Weise OD, MBA, FAAO

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM

109: Retinal Tug of War: PVDs, retinal holes, retinal tears, and retinal detachments

Jay Lytle, OD, FAAO

12:00 PM- 01:00 PM

600: Call The Conference Kickoff Lunch

Short North Ballroom A

Carlo J. Pelino OD, FAAO

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

01:00 PM- 03:00 PM

308: Contact Lens Fitting Workshop

Various Speakers

01:00 PM- 03:00 PM

402: Ophthamic Laser Workshop

Taylor Babcock, OD

Brian E Mathie, OD, FAAO

Kinsley Gossard, OD

01:00 PM- 02:00 PM

307: What Is Good Vision

Jackie O’Keefe

01:00 PM- 02:00 PM

304: Every Dolla Makes Me Holla

Tami Arnett

01:00 PM- 03:00 PM

110: Ocular Disease Round Table

Various Speakers

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