The events below are of particular interest to international attendees to the Joint Meeting.
Featured event:
Lo Mejor de la Academia en Espanol
(The Best of the Academy in Spanish 2009)
06:30 to 17:00 (6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.), West 3001. Registration required at www.paao.org
Browse all events by day:
Sunday, 25 October
Monday, 26 October
Tuesday, 27 October
Wednesday, 28 October
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Sunday, 25 October
Breakfast With the Experts Roundtables
07:30 to 08:30, West, Level 2 Lobby and Overlooks
- B107: Faco sin faco y sus complicaciones
Moderator: Francisco Contreras, MD - B128: Manejo de ptosis congenital
Moderator: Daniel Weil, MD - B132: Manejo de la diplopia en adultos
Moderator: Luis A. Serrano, MD - B116: International Opportunities for Ophthalmologists
Moderator: Brad H. Feldman, MD - B144: Discussion of Clinical Cases: Bring Your Own Cases (in Spanish and Portuguese)
Moderator: Rubens Belfort Jr., MD PhD
Monday, 26 October
Breakfast With the Experts Roundtables
Moscone West, Level 2 Lobby and Overlooks
07:30 to 08:30
- B308: Complicaciones del faco-chop
Moderator: Javier Esteban Odoriz, MD - B317: Needed: Seniors to teach Basic Clinical Ophthalmology in Developing Countries
Moderator: James Standefer, MD
Event SPE32: International Forum: Debates and Updates: Pediatric Cataract, Volunteering, and Vision 2020 – The Next Decade 08:30 to 11:00, West 3001
Free of charge and open to all attendees
Course 469: International Ophthalmology Service: Motivations, Methods, and Defining Success
Sr. Instructor: Devin M. Gattey, MD
14:00 to 15:00 (2 to 3 p.m.), West 3014
Meeting registration and ticket purchase required
Symposium SYM20: International Perspectives: Inflammatory Eye Disease from Surface to Orbit Combined meeting with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO)
14:00 to 15:00 (2 to 3 p.m.), Gateway Ballroom 104
Free of charge and open to all attendees
Symposium SYM25: Around the World in 80 Minutes
16:15 to 17:35 (4:15 to 5:35 p.m.), Esplanade Ballroom
Free of charge and open to all attendees
Event SPE53: Young Ophthalmologists in International Ophthalmology
16:30 to 17:30 (4:30 to 5:30 p.m.), West 2022
Free of charge and open to all attendees
Tuesday, 27 October
Breakfast With the Experts Roundtables
Moscone West, Level 2 Lobby and Overlooks
07:30 to 08:30
- B553: Consensos en tratamiento medico actual de glaucoma
Moderator: Hector Antonio Borel, MD - B556: How do you balance volunteering in developing countries in Mid-career?
Moderator: Linda M. Lawrence, MD - B563: Doctor, veo mal por un ojo; neuropatia optica monocular
Moderator: Emely Z. Karam, MD - 580: Vitrectomy or Conventional Surgery in Retinal Detachment
Moderator: Mauricio Maia, MD
Course 377: Strengthening Eye Care Infrastructure in Developing Countries
Sr. Instructor: Maura Santangelo, MD
09:00 to 10:00, West 3014
Meeting registration and ticket purchase required
Course 611: The Best from Baltimore and Sao Paulo: Challenges in Diagnosis and Management
Sr. Instructor: Quan Dong Nguyen, MD
09:00 to 10:00, North 113
Meeting registration and ticket purchase required
Course 741: Eyes of Africa
Sr. Instructor: Larry Schwab, MD
15:15 to 16:15 (3:15 to 4:15 p.m.), West 3012
Meeting registration and ticket purchase required
Wednesday, 28 October
Event SPE49: Lo Mejor de la Academia en Espanol (The Best of the Academy in Spanish 2009)
06:30 to 17:00 (6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.), West 3001
Registration required at www.paao.org
