OD CE Approvals

As courses get COPE approved, they will be added to the dates below. Make sure to check back frequently as this information often changes. ALL COPE approved classes will also be approved for Florida Approval

Thursday, October 24th

• 8:00am – Course Number 102: “Understanding Genetic Testing and Gene Therapy for Ocular Diseases,” Danielle Piser, OD (92907-TD)
  
• 8:00am – Course Number 103: “Twelve Innovations in Eye Care That You Need to Know About,” Mile Brujic, OD (92925-GO)
  
• 8:00am – Course Number 400: “OSD Workshop: IPL and Radiofrequency Treatments WORKSHOP.” Cory Lapping, OD, MS, FAAO (92904-TD)
  
• 9:00am – Course Number 104: “The Impact of Aging and Visually Impaired Populations on Optometry Practice,” Danielle Piser, OD (92906-LV)
  
• 10:00am – Course Number 105: “New Topics in Low Vision,” Danielle Piser, OD (92909-LV)
  
• 10:00am – Course Number 106: “Topical Antibiotic Update,” Brad Sutton, OD (92926-PH)
  
• 10:00am – Course Number 107: “Rare Neuro Cases in a Primary Eye Care Setting,” Zachary Coates, ODMS, FAAO (92932-NO)
  
• 10:00am – Course Number 401: “Lumps and Bumps Workshop: SubQ injections, Suturing, and Radiofrequency Ablations,” Andrew Steele, OD (94429-SP)
  
• 11:00am – Course Number 108: “A View in Another Direction, Using Prism to Help Your Visually Impaired Patients,” Danielle Piser, OD (92910-LV)
  
• 11:00am – Course Number 109: “Taking the Mystery Out of Oral Medications,” Brad Sutton, OD (92927-PH )
  
• 11:00am – Course Number 110: “Contact Lenses and Dry Eye: The Impact of Soft Lens Wear on Ocular Surface Homeostasis,” Cory Lappin, OD, MS, FAAO (92905-CL)
  
• 1:00pm – Course Number 500: “Keynote Lecture: The State of the Profession,” Carl Spear, OD, MBA (94113-GO)
  
• 2:00pm – Course Number 111: “Ocular Disease Round Table,” Various Speakers (94431-GO)
  
• 2:00pm – Course Number 112: “How To Be Profitable with Vision Plans,” Carl Spear, OD, MBA (94114-PM)
  
• 2:00pm – Course Number 113: “Maximizing Success with Soft Multifocal Contact Lens Fitting,” Shalu Pal, OD, FAAO (93096-CL)
  
• 2:00pm – Course Number 402: “Ophthalmic Laser Workshop,” Aaron Zimmerman, OD, MS, FAAO (94119-LP)
  
• 2:00pm – Course Number 140: “Addressing Structural Puzzles in Diabetic Eye Disease,” Timothy Earley, OD (93100-SD)
  
• 3:00pm – Course Number 114: “Telehealth, Telemedicine, and Teleoptometry,” Carl Spear, OD, MBA (94115-GO)
  
• 3:00pm – Course Number 115: “Rapid Fire: Top 20 Scleral Lens Complication,” Shalu Pal, OD, FAAO (93097-CL)
  
• 3:00pm – Course Number 141: “Structural and Functional Testing for Chronic Eye Disease,” Timothy Earley, OD (91868-TD)
  
• 7:00pm – Course Number 116: “Contact Lens Panel (Includes Dinner),” Various Speakers (94121-CL)

Friday, October 25th

• 8:00am – Course Number 117: “OCT: The Optometrist’s MREye,” Brad Sutton, OD (92928-TD)
  
• 8:00am – Course Number 118: “Artificial Intelligence in the Real World Practice of Optometry,” Carl Spear, OD, MBA (94116-GO)
  
• 8:00am – Course Number 119: “Myopia Management In Clinical Practice,” Shalu Pal, OD, FAAO (93098-GO)
  
• 8:00am – Course Number 403: “Ophthalmic Laser Workshop,” Andrew Steele, OD (94123-LP)
  
• 9:00am – Course Number 120: “How to Build Value in Your Practice,” Carl Spear, OD (94117-PM)
  
• 10:00am – Course Number 121: “Poster Session,” Various Speakers (OHIO-ONLY Approval)
  
• 11:00am – Course Number 122: “Prescribing Home-based VT for Concussion/TBI,” Jacqueline Theis, OD, (92934-FV)
  
• 11:00am – Course Number 123: “Glaucoma Mimickers: The Differential Diagnosis of Non-glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy,” Derrick MacDonald, OD (93101-GL)
  
• 11:00am – Course Number 124: “Scleral Multifocal Optics,” Shalu Pal, OD, FAAO (93099-CL)
  
• 11:00am – Course Number 404: “Amniotic Membrane Workshop,” Nicki Lai, OD, MS, FAAO (94122-TD)
  
• 1:00pm – Course Number 125: “Ocular Effects of Cancer Treatment,” Andrew Steele, OD (94124-SD)
  
• 1:00pm – Course Number 126: “Handle the Pressure: Integrating Glaucoma Care in Optometric Practice,” Derrick MacDonald, OD, FAAO (93102-GL)
  
• 1:00pm – Course Number 127: “Dry Eye Panel,” Various Speakers (94120-TD)
  
• 1:00pm – Course Number 501: “Realeyes Education Training,” Jeff Walline, OD, PhD, FAAO (OHIO-ONLY Approval)
  
• 2:00pm – Course Number 128: “Differential Diagnosis of Dizziness in TBI,” Jacqueline Theis, OD, FAAO (92935-NO)
  
• 3:00pm – Course Number 129: “Top 10 Poster Session” Various Speakers (OHIO-ONLY Approval)
  
• 4:00pm – Course Number 130: “Management of Post-operative Cataract Surgery Complications,” Tom Chester, OD, FAAO (92938-PO)
  
• 4:00pm – Course Number 131: “The ABCs of OCT 1: Biomarkers in AMD, DME, and Retinal Vascular Disease,”
  Derrick MacDonald, OD, FAAO (93103-SD)
  
• 5:00pm – Course Number 142: “Co-Manage with Confidence: How to Handle Post Surgical Complications and Communication.” Dawn Hartman, OD (OHIO-ONLY Approval)

Saturday, October 26th

• 8:00am – Course Number 132: “AMD from A to Z: Innovations in Management and Treatment,” Timothy Earley, OD (89609-TD)
  
• 9:00am – Course Number 133: “Neurologic Visual Field Loss,” Jacqueline Theis, OD, FAAO (92936-NO)
  
• 10:00am – Course Number 134: “Introducing Ocular Nutrition in the Modern Optometry Practice,” Timothy Earley, OD (89337-PH)
  
• 12:00pm – Course Number 135: “The Management and Treatment of Vitreous Pathology – What’s New?,” Timothy Earley, OD (89339-TD)
  
• 12:00pm – Course Number 136: “Optic Neuritis: A Continuously Evolving Mystery,” June Zhang, MD (94434-NO)
  
• 1:00pm – Course Number 137: “Nothing Normal About It: Low-Tension Glaucoma,” Phillp Yuhas, OD, FAAO (94433-GL)
  
• 1:00pm – Course Number 138: “Multiple Sclerosis and its Mimickers,” June Zhang, MD (94435-SD)

The Ohio Board of Optometry accepts for credit all courses that are COPE approved; a maximum of two hours of practice management (PM) or ethics jurisprudence (EJ) or one hour in each is also accepted. Courses approved for Pharmacology credit have COPE approval numbers with the following suffixes: AS, GL, IS, LP, NO, OP, PD, PH, PO, PS, RS, SD, SP.