Guest Speaker Grand Rounds
Date: 03/12/2010 - 7:00am   Location: BST 120
Faculty: Dr. Nisha Acharya   Conference Series: Grand Rounds

Dr. Nisha Acharya will be presenting  "Old and New Therapeutics for Treating Uveitis" at UPMC Eye Center Grand Rounds at 7am on March 12, 2010 in BST 120.

Dr Acharya is Assistant Professor and Director of the Ocular Inflammatory Disease and Uveitis Clinic at UCSF. 

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POS Annual Meeting
Date: 03/19/2010 - 7:00am   Location: Omni William Penn Hotel
Faculty:    Conference Series: Pittsburgh Ophthalmology Society

The 46th Annual Spring Meeting of the Pittsburgh Ophthalmology Society will be held at the Omni William Penn Hotel on Friday March 19. Registration begins at 7 am. Speakers include Dr Uday Devgan, Dr Jonathan Trobe, and Thorpe Lecturer Dr David Epstein.

Please see the brochure attached below for details and registration information.

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Upcoming Events

Date Title Faculty Conference Series Location
03/10/2010 - 7:00am Refraction of light
Date: 03/10/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Nau   Conference Series: Optics

The ways that light rays pass through media other than air will be discussed. Principles of refraction and relevant formulas will be reviewed. You should be able to calculate amount of light reflected from a surface, amount transmitted, and do problems that deal with how light is reflected through media , calculate incident and emergent angles and locate the apparant positions of objects that are in substances other than air.  Please review the powerpoint presentation and complete the accompanying problem set prior to class.

 Nau Optics 9th floor conference room
03/11/2010 - 5:00pm Guest Speaker - Uveitis
Date: 03/11/2010 - 5:00pm   Location: EEI 7th floor Go
Faculty: Dr. Nisha Acharya   Conference Series: Guest Speaker
Dr. Nisha Acharya Guest Speaker EEI 7th floor
03/11/2010 - 6:00pm Nomenclature and Diagnostic Approach to Uveitis
Date: 03/11/2010 - 6:00pm   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Dr. Nisha Acharya   Conference Series: Uveitis
Dr. Nisha Acharya Uveitis 9th floor conference room
03/11/2010 - 7:00pm Noninfectious & Syndromic Uveitis and Ocular Vasculitis
Date: 03/11/2010 - 7:00pm   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Dr. Nisha Acharya   Conference Series: Uveitis
Dr. Nisha Acharya Uveitis 9th floor conference room
03/12/2010 - 7:00am Guest Speaker Grand Rounds
Date: 03/12/2010 - 7:00am   Location: BST 120 Go
Faculty: Dr. Nisha Acharya   Conference Series: Grand Rounds

Dr. Nisha Acharya will be presenting  "Old and New Therapeutics for Treating Uveitis" at UPMC Eye Center Grand Rounds at 7am on March 12, 2010 in BST 120.

Dr Acharya is Assistant Professor and Director of the Ocular Inflammatory Disease and Uveitis Clinic at UCSF. 

Dr Acharya has suggested Jabs et al, Guidelines for the Use of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Patients With Ocular Inflammatory Disorders: Recommendations of an Expert Panel as reading material for Grand Rounds attendees.

 Dr. Nisha Acharya Grand Rounds BST 120
03/12/2010 - 8:00am Uveitis Case Conference
Date: 03/12/2010 - 8:00am   Location: BST 120 Go
Faculty: Dr. Nisha Acharya   Conference Series: Uveitis
Dr. Nisha Acharya Uveitis BST 120
03/12/2010 - 8:40am Uveitis
Date: 03/12/2010 - 8:40am   Location: BST 120 Go
Faculty: Dr. Nisha Acharya   Conference Series: Guest Speaker
Dr. Nisha Acharya Guest Speaker BST 120
03/15/2010 - 7:00am Refraction at Curved Surfaces, Reflection and Mirrors
Date: 03/15/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Nau   Conference Series: Optics

The way light interacts wtih curved surfaces and reflective surfaces will be discussed. . Please review the powerpoint presentations and problem sets before lecture.

 Nau Optics 9th floor conference room
03/15/2010 - 8:30pm Retina Journal Club- RVC
Date: 03/15/2010 - 8:30pm   Location: 117 Crofton Dr. Pittsburgh, PA Go
Faculty: Dr. Bergren   Conference Series:

My address and brief directions:

 

117 Crofton Dr.

Pittsburgh, PA 15238

 

Take 28 to the Fox Chapel exit. Off the exit take a left which is heading north on Fox Chapel road. At the first light, Field Club road, take a right. This will take you to Fox Chapel High School and I live in a development directly in front of the high school call Crofton. Take a right off of Field Club on to Crofton drive and I am about 8 houses up the street.

 

We look forward to seeing anyone who would like to come.

 

Thanks,

 

Bob Bergren

 Dr. Bergren 117 Crofton Dr. Pittsburgh, PA
03/16/2010 - 7:00am Thin spherical lenses, prisms, astigmatic lenses, Maddox rod
Date: 03/16/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Dr. Nau   Conference Series: Optics

Refraction through thin lenses and discussion of toric surfaces as well as optics of prisms will be discussed. Please reviewe the attached lecture slides and complete the problem sets.

 Dr. Nau Optics 9th floor conference room
03/16/2010 - 6:00pm GES Mission at Squirrel Hill Health Center
Date: 03/16/2010 - 6:00pm   Location: Squirrel Hill Health Center Go
Faculty:    Conference Series:

Our mission on Tuesday March 16th will be to the Squirrel Hill Health Center. SQHC serves diverse community of patients including immigrants. We often need Spanish and Russian translators at SQHC. Click here for Google directions.

 Squirrel Hill Health Center
03/17/2010 - 7:00am Fusion, accommodation and binocularlity
Date: 03/17/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Dr. Luchansky   Conference Series: Optics
Dr. Luchansky Optics 9th floor conference room
03/18/2010 - 7:00am Transposition, lens neutralization, polarization, effective power, lens materials
Date: 03/18/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Dr. Nau   Conference Series: Optics

This lecture will cover a broad scope of topics ranging from effective power at a surface, vertex distance, how to transpose an Rx, how to hand neutralize an Rx.  In addition, please review the lecture about lens materials, we will not likely have time to cover it in class. 

 Dr. Nau Optics 9th floor conference room
03/19/2010 - 7:00am POS Annual Meeting
Date: 03/19/2010 - 7:00am   Location: Omni William Penn Hotel Go
Faculty:    Conference Series: Pittsburgh Ophthalmology Society

The 46th Annual Spring Meeting of the Pittsburgh Ophthalmology Society will be held at the Omni William Penn Hotel on Friday March 19. Registration begins at 7 am. Speakers include Dr Uday Devgan, Dr Jonathan Trobe, and Thorpe Lecturer Dr David Epstein.

Please see the brochure attached below for details and registration information.

 

 Pittsburgh Ophthalmology Society Omni William Penn Hotel
03/19/2010 - 5:30pm Optics Review Course
Date: 03/19/2010 - 5:30pm   Location: TBA Go
Faculty: Dr. Smith   Conference Series: Ophthalmology Review Course
Dr. Smith Ophthalmology Review Course TBA
03/19/2010 - 5:30pm Optics Review Course
Date: 03/19/2010 - 5:30pm   Location: TBA Go
Faculty: Dr. Smith   Conference Series: Ophthalmology Review Course
Dr. Smith Ophthalmology Review Course TBA
03/22/2010 - 7:00am Thick lens systems
Date: 03/22/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Dr. Nau   Conference Series: Optics

To this point, we have discussed only how light interacts wtih thin lenses. In this lecture, thick lens systems will be introduced with direct application to model eye systems. Please review the powerpoint slides and problem set prior to lecture.

 Dr. Nau Optics 9th floor conference room
03/23/2010 - 7:00am Optics of the eye, Stiles Crawford effect, schematic eyes, Catoptric images, higher order aberrations
Date: 03/23/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Dr. Amy Nau   Conference Series: Optics

Review of concepts of in -eye optics will be discussed today. Please review the lecture slides  and problem set.

 Dr. Amy Nau Optics 9th floor conference room
03/24/2010 - 7:00am Low vision optics, instruments
Date: 03/24/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Dr. Will Smith   Conference Series: Optics
Dr. Will Smith Optics 9th floor conference room
03/24/2010 - 6:00pm Guerrilla Eye Service Boot Camp - Session 4
Date: 03/24/2010 - 6:00pm   Location: Go
Faculty:    Conference Series:

Diabetic Retinopathy and Macular Degeneration
 
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