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The Illinois Vision Symposium: Understanding the Aging Eye

Agenda

8:00 Continental Breakfast

9:00 Introduction – Hugh Parry, PBA

9:10 Overview of Symposium – Walter Jay, MD, Symposium Moderator

9:15 Public Health and Aging in Illinois – Shelly Ebbert

9:50 Age-Related Eye Disease - Panel

9:50 Diabetic Retinopathy – Sohail Hasan, MD
10:10 Cataract – Peter Panton, MD
10:30 Glaucoma – Mildred Olivier, MD
10:50 AMD – Bill Meiler, MD

11:10 Social, Emotional and Mental Health Impact of Vision Impairment – Tracy Williams, OD

12:00 Lunch

12:10 Introduction of Luncheon Guest – Jim McKechnie, ISPB

12:15 Personal Story and Musical Arrangement – Heidi Musser

1:00 Living with Low Vision – Kara Hagerman, OD

1:45 Creating the Illinois Vision Coalition - Andrea Hays & Jeff Todd, Prevent Blindness America

2:30 Closing Remarks/Adjourn – Walter Jay, MD

Registration:

The symposium is complimentary, but seating is limited. Please register early!

 

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