35th Annual
Continuing Education Symposium
February 9-11, 2024
Event Information
SYMPOSIUM PRICE
All-Inclusive
$595
20 Hours of COPE Approved CE’s
Includes 6 Hours CEE/TQ
All Meals Provided Friday through Sunday
*Saturday Evening Excluded
All lecture materials will be provided to you on a memory stick upon Registration Check in.
Join us Friday evening for a nostalgic “Look Back to the 80’s” Throwback Party featuring DJ Doctor Eagle (Christiaan Heersink) spinning your favorite 80’s tunes. Travel back in time to play classic arcade games, mix and mingle with your colleague to remember the good ole days! Spouses/Guests Welcomed.
JOIN US FOR
20 hours of COPE-approved CE / Includes 6 hours CEE/TQ
Friday
8:00 AM – 4:40 PM – Lecture Series
5:00 PM – Until – 80s Throwback Party
Saturday
8:00 AM – 4:40 PM – Lecture Series
6:30 PM – Until – KOK Dothan Mardi Gras Parade
Sunday
8:00 AM – 11:40 AM – Lecture Series
11:45 AM – 12: 00 PM -Closing Remarks
Alfa Building, National Peanut Festival Association
5622 US Highway 231, Dothan, AL. 36301
Agenda
Friday, February 9, 2024
7:00-8:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
Exhibit Gallery Open
8:00-8:50 AM
John McGreal, OD
Innovations in Medicine
1 Hour COPE# 87240-PH
8:50-9:40 AM
John McGreal, OD
Understanding Geographic Atrophy
1 Hour COPE# 87505-TD
9:40-10:00 AM
Break/Exhibit Gallery Open
10:00-11:40 AM
John McGreal, OD
Coding, Compliance, MIPS Updates
2 Hours COPE# Pending
11:40-1:00 PM
Lunch/Exhibit Gallery Open
1:00-2:40 PM
Caroline Pate, OD
Ocular Trauma of the Anterior Segment
1 Hour COPE# Pending
1:50-2:40 PM
Caroline Pate, OD
Important Lab Testing in Optometry
1 Hour COPE# 86616-GO
2:40-3:00 PM
Break/Exhibit Gallery Open
3:00-4:40 PM
Caroline Pate, OD
Florida Medical Errors
2 Hours COPE# Pending
5:00-9:00 PM
Dinner and 80s Throwback Party
Saturday, February 10, 2024
7:00-8:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
Exhibit Gallery Open
8:00-9:40 AM
Julie DeKinder, OD
Myopia Management
2 Hours COPE# 87934-GO
9:40-10:00 AM
Break/Exhibit Gallery Open
10:00-11:40 AM
Julie DeKinder, OD
Calvin Denney Memorial Lecture
Scleral Lenses 101 and 102: the Basics and Beyond
2 Hours COPE# 84935-CL
11:40-1:00 PM
Lunch/Exhibit Gallery Open
1:00-1:50 PM
Julie DeKinder, OD
Specialty Lens Fitting Grand Rounds
1 Hour COPE# 87595-CL
1:50-2:00 PM
Break/Exhibit Gallery Open
2:00-2:50 PM
Julie DeKinder, OD
Contact Lens Update
1 Hour COPE# 84936-CL
2:50-3:00 PM
Break/Exhibit Gallery Open
3:00-4:40 PM
CEE/TQ
Joseph Sowka, OD
Neuro-Op: Nightmares and Nonsense
2 Hours COPE# 84181-NO
5:00-11:00 PM
KOK Mardi Gras Parade
Downtown Dothan
Sunday, February 11, 2024
7:00-8:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
Exhibit Gallery Open
8:00-9:40 AM
CEE/TQ
Joseph Sowka, OD
Phone a Friend: The Greatest Cases That I Never Saw
2 Hours COPE# Pending
9:40-10:00 AM
CEE/TQ
Break
10:00-11:40 AM
CEE/TQ
Joseph Sowka, OD
The Spectrum of Angle Closure Glaucoma
2 Hours COPE# Pending
11:45 AM
Final Remarks
*Please note the agenda is subject to change.
Hotel Information
A block of rooms is being held at Doubletree by Hilton for Symposium
guests, Thursday, Feb. 8-Sunday, Feb. 11. Please contact the hotel directly
to arrange reservations. Please ask for the Eye Education Foundation
group rate. You must book your reservation by 1/10/24 to guarantee a
room at the Symposium special rate of $149 per night.
DOUBLETREE BY HILTON
2740 Ross Clark Circle
Dothan, AL. 36301
(334) 699-1400
As a reminder, hotel accommodations are not included in the registration fee.
Transportation to the Friday, Feb. 9 80’s Dance Party will be provided from this hotel only
Cancellation Policy
Should you choose to cancel your registration/sponsorship for any reason, you will receive a full refund if your cancellation notice is received before January 10, 2024 (30 days prior to the scheduled event). If your cancellation notice is received January 11 – 26, 2024 (2 weeks prior to the scheduled event) 50% of your fees will be refunded. No refund will be offered if cancellation is received after January 26, 2024 (two weeks prior to the event). Travel fees will not be reimbursed in any circumstance.