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  • SO Sessions and Special Events

    Take Advantage of Exclusive SO Programming

    Get in-depth career advice and practice management pearls in these SO educational sessions and events:

    SO Session and Special EventsSO Symposia

    Patient Engagement
    [SYM25| Monday, Oct. 17, 8:30 to 10 a.m.]
    Program Chair: Susan H. Day, MD
    As patient satisfaction/outcomes grow in importance, understand how this concept becomes incorporated into policies and services such as Shared Decision-Making
    Resource Centers and how geriatric patient populations will be participating in the patient engagement movement.

    Global Ophthalmology: Opportunity for SOs 

    Program Chairs: Hilary A. Beaver, MD and Gwen
    K. Sterns, MD
    Explore meaningful opportunities to contribute and serve overseas by providing clinical care in underserved areas, teaching surgical techniques, vision rehabilitation, and resident education.

    This is a joint symposium between the Academy's Committee on Aging and the SO Committee

    SO Special Events

    Technology Courses

    Learn from two Academy technology gurus on how to effectively market your practice with web tools and social media and the affect that our current digital age is having on brain health.

    Free: Brain Health and Longevity for SOs in the Digital Age

    [SPE05 | Saturday, Oct. 15, 9 – 11 a.m.]
    Presenter: Andrew P. Doan, MD, PhD
    Learn how technology, social media and video games positively and negatively affect brain health in the digital age.

    Free: Use Blogging and Social Networking to Supercharge Your Website and Internet Marketing

    [SPE09 | Saturday, Oct. 15, 1 – 4 p.m.]
    Presenters: Andrew P. Doan, MD, PhD and Randall V. Wong, MD
    Get hands-on, step-by-step instruction on how to construct your blog, publish articles and use the power of search engines to attract people to your practice, website or business. 

    SO Breakfast With the Experts

    Start the day with a small-group discussion led by experts on topics relevant to SOs.

    Transitions in Practice: Slowing Down and Its Implications

    [B142 | Monday, Oct. 17 | 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.]
    [B167 | Tuesday, Oct. 18 | 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.]
    Moderated by Paul N. Orloff, MD
    Transitioning to a more limited ophthalmology practice requires many decisions and actions that will be new to most practitioners. We will discuss how to have a smooth adaption to this new practice style.

    Stopping Surgery – When, Why and What It Means to Your Practice

    [B108 | Sunday, Oct. 16| 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.]
    [B141 | Monday, Oct. 17 | 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.]
    Moderated by Harry A. Zink, MD
    Giving up surgery is not the end of your professional life. We’ll discuss the many pluses to this change, such as a more relaxed lifestyle and not taking calls.