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Registration WILL OPEN IN WINTER 2021!

FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2021

• Retinal Imaging Conference – 8:30am – 4pm // Union South, Marquee Theater
  • Offering 6 CME*
  • Cost for Program = $120/registrant and includes breakfast, lunch, and celebration dinner

• DOVS 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION – 6-10PM // Union South, Varsity Hall
  • Connect with your fellow faculty, alumni, administrative and clinical staff during this wonderful evening of celebrating 50 years of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at UW-Madison
  • Program will include awards, music, mingling and more

SATURDAY, JULY 10 //  UW OPHTHALMOLOGY SYMPOSIUM

• 8:00am  // Breakfast and Registration // Union South, Varsity Hall
• 8:25     “Welcome: Introduction of Keynote Speaker” Burt Kushner, MD
• 8:30    Keynote Address // “Well-Being is a Skill” presented by Professor Richard Davidson, Chair of the Center for Healthy Minds
• 9:15     “The DOVS Residency Program: Then and Now” Andy Thliveris, MD, PhD, Vice Chair of Resident Education, Residency Director
• 9:25     “MIGS, Drugs and Scans: How New Ideas Have Impacted Glaucoma Care” Gregg Heatley, MD, MMM
• 9:40     “New Therapies in Uveitis”  Laura Kopplin, MD, PhD
• 9:55     “Update on Thyroid Eye Disease” Suzanne van Landingham, MD
• 10:10    PANEL: Q&A with prior speakers
• 10:30   BREAK
• 10:45    “Keratoprosthesis Surgery: Indications and Results”  Sarah Nehls, MD
• 11:00    “Building a Research Powerhouse” Curtis Brandt, PhD, FARVO
• 11:15      “Three Generations of DOVS Chairs” Speakers TBA
• 11:30     “A Neural Network Model for GCA Risk Scoring”  Yanjun Judy Chen, MD, PhD
• 11:45     PANEL: Q&A with prior speakers
• 12:00pm   LUNCH // Afternoon session will move into the Marquee Theater (2nd Floor)
• 1:00      “Novel Ocular Imaging and Genomics of Childhood Glaucoma”  Terri Young, MD, MBA, FARVO, and Yasmin Bradfield, MD
• 1:15:     “Low Vision Services: Improving Quality of Life One Patient at a Time” Sanbrita Mondal, OD
• 1:30      “Celebrating the Growth of International Ophthalmology at DOVS”  Cat Burkat, MD, and Yasmin Bradfield, MD
• 1:45      “Retina 20/20 and Beyond: Innovations in Retina Therapy” Jonathan Chang, MD, and Kathleen Regan, MD
• 2:00      “Combining Human Stem Cell Biology and Microfabricated Scaffolds to Create an Outer Retinal Macular Patch” David Gamm, MD, PhD
• 2:15      “Updates from the Field of Inherited Retinal Disease”  Kimberly Stepien, MD, and Melanie Schmitt, MD
• 2:30      “Three Distinguished Alumni” TBA
• 2:45     “Innovations in Corneal Neurotization” Cat Burkat, MD, and Sarah Nehls, MD
• 2:55     “The Wisconsin Reading Center and its Clinical Relevance” Barbara Blodi, MD
• 3:05     PANEL: Q&A with prior speakers
• 3:25     Meeting Concludes
• 3:30      Subspecialty Groups Convene

Coming from out of town?

We have set up special rates for the 2020 Experience Weekend at the following hotels for your convenience. Please call properties directly or follow the links below to book by June 9, 2021:

• Marriott SpringHill Suites at Hilldale – rates starting at $221/night
• Union South Hotel – rates starting at $165/night using code: DOVS50
• AC Marriott Hotel – rates starting at $209/night by referencing UW Ophthalmology
• HotelRED – rates starting at $169/night by referencing UW Ophthalmology
• Hotel Indigo – rates starting at $169/night

 * Pending official program approval for CME hours.

PLEASE JOIN THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCES AS WE HOST OUR ALUMNI + Friends RECEPTION AT THE 2019 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING!

 REGISTER HERE! 

• WHO: All are welcome, just register! Alumni, current and former DOVS faculty and staff, technicians, orthoptists, graduate and postdoctoral students, international students and current learners as well!
• WHAT: Cocktail reception to honor each other, as well as this year’s Distinguished Alumni awardee, Andy Harris, MD.
• WHERE: Waterbar 
• WHEN: Saturday, October 12, 2019
• WHY: Connect with fellow Ophthalmology Badgers and celebrate this year’s award recipient

 REGISTER HERE! 

PLEASE JOIN THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCES AS WE HOST OUR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ACADEMY RECEPTION AT THE 2018 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING in chicago!

• WHO: Alumni (residents, fellows, basic scientists and orthoptists) and faculty, including graduate students, postdoctoral students and current learners as well
• WHAT: Reception to gather UW-Madison Ophthalmology Alumni from all over the world during the AAO Annual Meeting and to honor our Distinguished Alumni awardees
• WHERE: Untitled Supper Club (Backstage Private Room) – 111 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60654
• WHEN: Saturday, October 27, 2018 from 5:30-7:30pm
• WHY: Connect with fellow Ophthalmology Badgers and celebrate this year’s award recipients
• Note: If you are an Ophthalmology Alumni Association Board Member, you will receive separate communications and confirmations for your attendance at the board meeting.

Stop by booth #2876 at aao TO TALK WITH THE UW-MADISON FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPH READING CENTER AND CLINICAL EYE RESEARCH UNIT!

VIEW the full UW-Madison lineup here

CLICK TO REGISTER BY NOV. 3   AAO Faculty Activities

Please join the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences as we host our Alumni Association Academy Reception at the 2017 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting!

• WHO: Alumni and faculty, including graduate students, postdoctoral students and current learners as well
• WHAT: Cocktail reception to honor each other, as well as this year’s Distinguished Alumni awardees
• WHERE: Loews Hotel New Orleans – La Fourche and Pointee Coupee Rooms, 9th Floor
• WHEN: Saturday, November 11, 2017 from 7-9pm
• WHY: Connect with fellow Ophthalmology Badgers and celebrate this year’s award recipients
• Note: If you are an Ophthalmology Alumni Association Board Member, you will be prompted on the registration page to indicate your attendance at the pre-reception Board Meeting.

Kindly register by November 3, 2017.

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Questions? Contact Jessica Arendas, marketing director for the department, at 608.692.2646 or arendas@wisc.edu.