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Sixth Annual Meeting

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Optometric Glaucoma Society 6th Annual Meeting
Took place Oct 22 - 23, 2007
Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel
&
Tampa Convention Center
Tampa, FL

Oct 22nd Executive & Business Meetings:
Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel
5:00 – 6:00pm Executive Committee Meeting
6:15 – 7:15pm General Business Meeting
7:30 – 9:00pm Reception
Oct 23rd OGS Annual Meeting:
Tampa Convention Center
7.30 – 8.00am Registration & Breakfast
   
Session 1: Blood Flow & Normal Tension Glaucoma
8:00 – 8:05am Murray Fingeret/John Flanagan
Welcome & Introductions
8:05 – 8:20am Travel Award Recipient – Subha Venkataraman (Ezell Fellow)
Retinal Arteriolar Vascular Reactivity in Response to Isoxic Hypercapnia in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
8:20 – 8:25am Discussion
8:25 – 8:55am Member Presentation – Douglas Anderson
Mechanisms of Capillary Blood Flow Regulation in the Lamina Cribrosa
8:55 – 9:05am Discussion
9:05 – 9:35am David Greenfield
Controversies in the Management of
Normal-Tension Glaucoma
9:35 – 9:45am Discussion
Session 2: The Future of Structural & Functional Assessment
9:45 – 10:00am Member Presentation – William Swanson
The Future of Functional Assessment
10:00 – 10:15am Mike Sinai
The Future of Structural Assessment
10:15 – 10:30am Discussion
10:30 – 11:00am Break
   
Session 3: OGS Honoree
11:00 – 12:00pm Paul Kaufman
The Aging Eye: Ultrastructure & Physiology of the Anterior Segment
12:00 – 12:30pm Member Presentation – Thom Freddo
Resistances in Series are Additive. Have We Been Looking in the Wrong Place?
12:30 – 1:30pm Lunch
   
Session 4: The President’s Lecture
1:30 – 2:15pm David Greenfield
Glaucoma Diagnosis & Monitoring:
A Paradigm Shift
2:15 – 2:30pm Discussion
   
Session 5: The Future of Glaucoma Treatment – Part 1
2:30 – 3:00pm Richard Parrish
Medical Therapy:
How did we get to where we are?
3:00 – 3:30pm Paul Kaufman
Medical Therapy: Where are we going?
3:30 – 4:00pm Break
   
Session 6: The Future of Glaucoma Treatment – Part 2
4:00 – 4:45pm Steve Gedde
Surgery: Where are we & where are we going?
   
4:45 – 5:30pm Panel Discussion:
The Future of Glaucoma

Moderator - Thom Zimmerman with Paul Kaufman, Steve Gedde,
David Greenfield, Richard Parish
6:00 – 7:30pm Cocktail Reception
Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel
7:30 – 9:30pm Dinner, Paul Kaufman, OGS Honoree
Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel