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Annual Meeting Archive from YO Info
An Insider’s Guide to San Francisco Neighborhoods and Mass Transit 10/12/2009
Like any major city, San Francisco relies on mass transit to ferry many of its citizens and visitors around. Though the most famous part of the system is the city’s iconic cable cars, the region’s transit comprises a network of interconnected agencies. This month’s final insider’s guide gives you the scoop on San Francisco’s urban geography, and explains what takes you where. Plus, you’ll also get a personal introduction to some of the neighborhoods nearest Joint Meeting Central (a.k.a., the Moscone Center).
| Joint Meeting After Hours: Your Guide to Receptions, Happy Hours and More 10/12/2009
All work and no play make an ophthalmologist a dull doctor! Luckily, the Joint Meeting provides many opportunities to mix a bit of business with pleasure and connect with other young ophthalmologists.
| Procrastinators’ Guide to the Joint Meeting 10/12/2009
There’s always a reason. Maybe you’ve been debating on attending the Joint Meeting and just found out you qualify for a department grant to attend. Or maybe you just found out that a previously scheduled appointment or meeting that kept you from coming has been cleared. If you’re worrying what to do now, never fear. YO Info’s procrastinators’ guide to the Joint Meeting has the scoop on making last minute travel preparations, the ins and outs of registering onsite, choosing sessions and courses, and even a few suggestions from the YO Info editorial board.
| Get with the YO Program 09/14/2009
If you’ve been to one of the Academy’s previous Annual Meetings, you know that one of the main events for young ophthalmologists is the YO Program. This year is no different, although the program for the Joint Meeting in San Francisco has some exciting new changes, keyed off the current economy, as well as feedback from last year’s program.
| Taking the Joint Meeting’s Pulse: Where to Find the Best Conversations 09/14/2009
Since its inception in 1896, the Academy’s Annual Meeting has always been about face-to-face interactions with colleagues in medicine. This year’s Joint Meeting in San Francisco offers several opportunities for such informal connections. Whether you attend one of the variety of Breakfasts with the Experts, grab a cuppa joe at the Academy Café or meander through the scientific posters, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to interact and network with colleagues from across the country and even the world!
| An Insider’s Guide to San Francisco Restaurants and Nightspots 09/14/2009
Attending an Annual Meeting is never just about the daytime program. You have to eat, for one thing, and evenings can be filled with an array of receptions and other events. If you have an evening free or need a good bite or buzz near the convention center, here’s where to go for food, drink and entertainment in San Francisco -- complete with a video peek at our favorites.
| An Insider’s Guide to San Francisco Coffee Shops 08/21/2009
If you’re used to getting coffee from places that add the milk and sugar for you — if they have non-powdered add-ins at all — prepare to be surprised in San Francisco. Coffee is something of a local obsession, with not one, not two, but three chains competing with Starbucks (if you count Peet’s, Tully’s and Coffee Bean) to be the local stop for java on the go. And those are just the options for convenience, predictably produced. If you are anything close to a coffee connoisseur, San Francisco has a bevy of cafes and roasteries, several of which are within walking or urban hiking distance from the Moscone Center — a.k.a., Joint Meeting Central. To get you ready for the morning fuel-up or afternoon espresso, we’ve picked our favorites.
| Job-Seeker’s Guide to the Joint Meeting 08/17/2009
By the end of the 2010 academic year, today’s residents and fellows will be looking to join a practice in what is and will, at least in the short term, continue to be an employer’s market. The good news is, if you’re coming to the Academy’s Joint Meeting in San Francisco this fall, you can take advantage of more than just the clinical education offerings. The meeting has much to offer job seekers as well.
| Joint Meeting 101: How to Make the Most of Your Schedule 08/17/2009
Whether this is your first meeting or your fifth, wading through the program can be overwhelming. So this year, for the first time, we asked the YO Committee and its International Subcommittee to recommend courses and events for three different kinds of YOs: those of you in residency, the first five years of practice or practice outside the United States. With their suggestions, we’re confident you’ll have a great meeting experience.
| YOs, What Do You Know? (What We Learned at the Joint Meeting) 11/24/2008
I’m 30,000 feet over Oklahoma, flying back from the Academy’s Joint Meeting, and a gregarious septuagenarian with a three-beer buzz has just informed me that, in five years, I will never believe how dumb I am now. Fortunately, after attending the YO Program at the Joint Meeting, I will not have to wait five years to realize how little I know about preparing for my professional life after residency. And after speaking with residents in the YO Lounge at the meeting, I realized that I was far from the only person lacking such knowledge.
| 5 Ways to Jumpstart Your Career 10/20/2008
Are you entering practice or looking for a new position? Then the Professional Choices Job Fair — Sunday, Nov. 9, from 2:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. — is for you! Begun in 2003, the job fair returns this year as a convenient forum connecting hundreds of physicians seeking employment opportunities with representatives from more than 100 hiring practices. Best of all, it’s FREE for job seekers. Here’s how to get the most from your experience.
| The YO Program: Everything They Didn’t Teach You in Medical School 10/15/2008
Whether you are in transition from training to practice or are in your first few years of practice, you have no doubt encountered numerous obstacles that could have been avoided. That’s where the Young Ophthalmologist Program can help. The YO Program will help you identify those nasty pitfalls in every area from practice management and coding to advocacy and international opportunities.
| Atlanta After Dark 10/15/2008
What are Atlanta’s hippest hotspots for a cocktail or tasty bite to eat? Here are some suggestions from a fellow young ophthalmologist and YO Committee member, Kris F. Gillian, MD, who lives, practices and plays in Atlanta.
| Hang Out at the First-Ever YO Lounge 09/15/2008
The 2008 Joint Meeting marks the introduction of the YO Lounge! Join your fellow young ophthalmologists at the new YO Lounge. It is an ideal place to mingle with other YOs, gather practical advice from practice management experts on issues relating to their practice, meet the Academy’s YO Committee and learn tips on how to navigate the Joint Meeting. But that’s just the beginning!
| AAOE Program Offers Comprehensive Course Selection for YOs 09/15/2008
At the Joint Meeting in Atlanta, the American Academy of Ophthalmic Executives (AAOE) will be presenting a number of CME-bearing courses to help young ophthalmologists (YOs) navigate the complexities of practice management. Whether you are still in training or have already entered practice, the comprehensive program will give you the information you need to be successful in your career.
| Are You an Undiscovered Rock Star? 08/18/2008
The band Journey lost their lead singer last year. In search for a new lead singer, Neil Schon, one of the band’s founders, turned to YouTube and searched for singers online. After a couple days of searching, Schon found a young singer halfway around the world in the Philippines. His name is Arnel Pineda, and after auditioning in Marin County, his incredible voice landed him the job as lead singer. Journey’s national tour is sold out everywhere, and the craze about Pineda is spreading like wildfire. This Cinderella story illustrates the power of the Internet and how it can be used to connect individuals around the world. But before you can be found on the Internet, you must know how to publish on the Web.
| Why You Should Eat Breakfast with the Experts 08/18/2008
Whether this is your first time to the Annual Meeting or your fifth, deciding which events to attend can be overwhelming. Fortunately, you can still benefit from great, YO-focused information without missing any of the regularly scheduled events by taking part in the Breakfasts with the Experts.
| YO Program Draws Crowd 01/25/2008
The 2007 Annual Meeting in New Orleans was the site of the ninth annual Young Ophthalmologist Program. Once again, the YO Program drew a large crowd of newly minted ophthalmologists eager to learn the latest news on various topics that will affect their careers. Nearly 150 young and young-at-heart physicians from New York to California and as far away as Kenya gathered to listen and take notes on everything from advocacy to negotiating one's first contract.
| Navigating the Annual Meeting 10/12/2007
The American Academy of Ophthalmology holds one of the largest annual medical meetings in the world. There are subspecialty day activities, more than 2,000 hours of scientific programs, hundreds of exhibitors, and advocacy and business courses offered by the AAOE. For a young ophthalmologist, this can sometimes be overwhelming. It is easy to go to the Annual Meeting, then realize after the fact that you missed something important. So, in an attempt to guide you through this meeting, the following recommendations are provided with the young ophthalmologist in mind. |
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