OPT Visionary - Spring/Summer 2013

THE V ISIONARY • S PRING /S UMMER 2013 — 23 Please note that only NSUCO faculty members are listed above in relation to lectures, journal articles, and presentations. In addition, only presentations given at meetings or conferences located outside of the NSU campus are listed due to space constraints. Schinas Z, Tyler J . Rings Around the Conus: Wessely Ring in a Patient with Concurrent Keratoconus. SECO International, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2013. CONTINUING EDUCATION LECTURES Coulter R (Stacey) . Is Your Practice Ready for the Patient with Autism Spectrum Disorder? and Horses or Zebras? You Make the Call in Diagnosing Pediatric Cases. Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 2013. Shechtman D . PVD and Vitretoretinal Anomalies: Management for Primary Care Optometrists and Agent: Glaucoma and/or Retinal Disease? New Orleans, April 2013. Sowka J, Kabat A . Anterior Segment Grand Rounds, Diagnosing and Managing Neuro- Ophthalmic Disease, The Clinician’s Guide to Glaucoma: Managing Cases and Complexities, and The Clinician’s Guide to Glaucoma: Therapeutic Strategies for Success. Denver Metro Optometric Society, January 2013. Sowka J . Diagnosing and Managing Patients with Neuro-Ophthalmic Disease. BCOA Gold Coast. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 2013 ; Glaucoma Update: Management Strategies, Glaucoma Pearls and Cases, and Prevention of Medical Errors. Vision Expo East. New York, New York, March 2013 ; Rethinking the Role of IOP in Glaucoma. University of Alabama School of Optometry. Birmingham, Alabama, March 2013 ; Anterior Segment Grand Rounds, Diagnosing and Managing Neuro-Ophthalmic Disease, and The Clinician’s Guide to Glaucoma: Managing Cases and Complexities. New Mexico Optometric Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 2013 ; Diagnosing and Managing Neuro-Ophthalmic Disease. Dallas County Optometric Association, Dallas, Texas, April 2013. Reed K . Practical Approaches to Clinical Nutrition: A Case-Based Series, Update in Ocular Inflammatory Disease, and Ocular Infectious Disease Grand Rounds. New Orleans, April 2013. Crandall M . Revisiting Mono-Vision Contact Lens Fitting. New Orleans, April 2013. Reynolds S . ABC’s of Diabetes: Providing a Comprehensive Review for the Primary Care Practitioner, Cardiovascular Disease and Your EYES, and Obesity and Eye Care. New Orleans, April 2013. ADDITIONAL NEWS OF NOTE Heidi Wagner, O.D., M.P.H., FAAO , was installed as a distinguished practitioner/member of the National Academies of Practice on April 6 at the annual membership banquet held in Arlington, Virginia. Rachel (Stacey) Coulter O.D. , and David Loshin, O.D., Ph.D. , are current members. Joseph Sowka, O.D., FAAO , served as a Merck Pharmaceuticals Glaucoma Advisory Board participant in Atlanta, Georgia, in January and as an Alcon Labs Glaucoma Advisory Board Participant this April in Dallas, Texas. Rachel (Stacey) Coulter, O.D. , received her Master of Science in Education degree with a specialization in Exceptional Student Education last December from NSU’s Fischler School of Education.