Events
Clinical education for our referring partners is a core value at Colorado Retina Associates. We provide CE opportunities in partnership with Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry (ARBO), Colorado Optometric Association (COA), Evolve Medical Education, Denver Medical Society (DMS), and the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO). CE credit may be acquired via independent and sponsored lectures, or one-on-one opportunities shadowing our physicians in clinic or in the OR.
If you are interested in retina-focused CE see below for upcoming events, or book a private CE or JCAHPO activity for your team. Fill out the form to inquire.
Signature Event
Mile High Masters of Retina
Date: Sunday, February 23, 2025
Time: 7:00am-12:30 pm MT
Credit: 4 hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and 4 hours COPE credit
Venue: Social Capitol- 6543 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO 80003
Virtual and in-person attendance option.
Registration coming soon.
Mile High Masters of Retina provides the opportunity to strengthen ones breadth of knowledge of vitreoretinal diseases to improve clinical skill and enhance patient care. Lectures include revolutionary ophthalmic clinical developments, thought-provoking expert panels, plus common and complex retinal case presentations offering diagnostic tips, treatment approaches, and practical pearls for eye and healthcare providers.
Tentative Agenda
7:00-8:00 AM - EXHIBIT HALL, REGISTRATION, BREAKFAST
8:00 – 10:10 AM - SESSION 1
- Photobiomodulation- Salil Shukla, M.D.
- Plaque Radiation Surgery- Peter G. Hovland, M.D., PhD
- Panel: Utilization of Laser in Retinal Care- Robert Courtney, M.D., Mimi Liu, M.D., Miriah Teeter, M.D.
- Clinical Research Updates in Vitreoretinal Disease– Murtaza Adam, M.D.
- Debate: Anti-complement Treatment- Ashleigh Levison, M.D., Miriah Teeter, M.D.
- Keynote Speaker: TBD
10:10-10:40 AM - BREAK & EXHIBIT HALL
10:40 AM-12:30 PM - SESSION 2
- Panel: FAQs in Uveitis- Ashleigh Levison, M.D., Andrew Zheng, M.D., Vlad Matei, M.D.
- Innovations in Endophthalmitis Treatment– Murtaza Adam, M.D.
- Endophthalmitis Clinical and Surgical Case Presentation- Murtaza Adam, M.D.
- Debate: Pneumatic Retinopexy vs Pars Plana Vitrectomy- Vlad Matei, M.D. VS Andrew Zheng, M.D.
- Late-onset Stargardt Disease Case Presentation- Peter G. Hovland, M.D., PhD
- Genetic Testing: AMD or IRD?- Rebecca Nelson, CGC
- Panel: Drug Selection Paradigm- Mimi Liu, M.D., Frank Siringo, M.D., Robert Courtney, M.D.
- Remote Monitoring of Macular Disease- Brian Joondeph, M.D.
- Debate: To Scleral Buckle or Not to Scleral Buckle?- Frank Siringo, M.D., Curtis Hagedorn, M.D.
12:30 PM – DISMISS AUDENCE & LUNCH
Mile High Masters of Retina Sponsorship Opportunities
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Evolve CE/CME Events
Retina Consultants of America proudly partners with Evolve Medical Education, LLC (Evolve) to improve health care for patients by improving clinical competence of the health care team. Evolve offers eye and healthcare providers complimentary, high-quality, evidence-based, CME/CE activities led by reputable speakers in a variety of learning formats. These activities are designed to increase clinician’s knowledge, skills, competence and professional performance as well as to promote professional growth, maintenance of licensure, and support quality change in care of patients.
Optometry
General Ophthalmology
Retina
Evolve is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and is an approved provider of Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE) credits.
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- September 15, 2021
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