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
03/16/2010 - 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

topics related to binocularity, fusion and accommodation will be discussed today.  The following websites are provided for additional reference.

 

http://books.google.com/books?id=ulUKSy7vkssC&pg=PA119&dq=binocular+vision+disorders&cd=6#v=onepage&q=binocular%20vision%20disorders&f=false - Chapter 7  Binocular Function

 http://www.eyetec.net/group6/M28START.htm - Modules 28-30

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAgyojExdHI&NR=1

 http://www.guldenophthalmics.com/ccp7/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=Pckt_Dovie_Peds_Card&sid=1070962zfmfd6d7rm246791hrt928k95

 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
 
03/25/2010 - 7:00am Retinal image size, spectacle magnification, contact lens optics
Date: 03/25/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Dr. Amy Nau   Conference Series: Optics

Problems dealing with size of images on the retina, how things are magnified and minified when looking through glasses as well as a basic introduction to contact lens optics will be reviewed. Please reviewe the lectures and problem sets.

 Dr. Amy Nau Optics 9th floor conference room
03/26/2010 - 7:00am Clinical Grand Rounds
Date: 03/26/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Dr Jeff Healey & Dr Venkatesh   Conference Series: Grand Rounds
Dr Jeff Healey & Dr Venkatesh Grand Rounds 9th floor conference room
03/26/2010 - 8:00am Optics Quiz/ OKAP review
Date: 03/26/2010 - 8:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Dr. Amy Nau   Conference Series: Optics

We will have a brief OKAP review  session. Please bring any of your questions.

 Dr. Amy Nau Optics 9th floor conference room
03/26/2010 - 8:20am Residents Meeting
Date: 03/26/2010 - 8:20am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: Dr Guillermo Amescua   Conference Series: Residents Meeting
Dr Guillermo Amescua Residents Meeting 9th floor conference room
03/29/2010 - 7:00am To be announced
Date: 03/29/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: To be announced   Conference Series: Ophthalmology Review
To be announced Ophthalmology Review 9th floor conference room
03/30/2010 - 7:00am To be announced
Date: 03/30/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: To be announced   Conference Series: Ophthalmology Review
To be announced Ophthalmology Review 9th floor conference room
03/31/2010 - 7:00am To be announced
Date: 03/31/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: To be announced   Conference Series: Ophthalmology Review
To be announced Ophthalmology Review 9th floor conference room
04/01/2010 - 7:00am To be announced
Date: 04/01/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: To be announced   Conference Series: Ophthalmology Review
To be announced Ophthalmology Review 9th floor conference room
04/02/2010 - 7:00am To be announced
Date: 04/02/2010 - 7:00am   Location: 9th floor conference room Go
Faculty: To be announced   Conference Series: Ophthalmology Review
To be announced Ophthalmology Review 9th floor conference room
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