Wills Eye Hospital Ophthalmology Review Course 2024

Registration for the In-Person course is $950 per attendee.

Included with registration is access to the OnDemand course starting March 1st for a period of one year Breakfast, Lunch and coffee breaks will be provided on each day of the conference.

Registration will close at 12 PM on Friday February 23. If you miss the registration window, please contact our CME department at [email protected]. Thank you!

Course Director

Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., MD

Dates
February 24-28, 2024

Location 
Wills Eye Hospital Auditorium,
840 Walnut Street, 8th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107

This live in-person course is a comprehensive and intensive review of ophthalmology for practicing ophthalmologists and ophthalmology residents and fellows. Topics taught by our world-renowned faculty range from anatomy, corneal diseases, eyelid, glaucoma, imaging, immunology, neuro-ophthalmology, oncology, orbit, ocular pathology, pediatrics, pharmacology, physiology, optics and refraction, and retina.

Guest Faculty
David L. Guyton, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology,
The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD

Kristina Irsch, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology,
The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD

Peter J. Savino, MD, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology & Neurosciences, Shiley Eye Institute, UC San Diego Health, San Diego, CA

Hermann D. Schubert, MD, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
and Pathology, Columbia University, New York, New York

Kristin M. Hammersmith, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute
Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA


Wills Eye Hospital Faculty 
Jurij R. Bilyk, MD, Attending Surgeon, Oculoplastic Service

Jacqueline Carrasco, MD, Attending Surgeon, Oculoplastic & Orbital Surgery

Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., MD, Service Chief, Department of Pathology

Mitchell S. Fineman, MD, Attending Surgeon, Retina Service

Sunir J. Garg, MD, Attending Surgeon, Retina Service

Daniel Lee, MD, Attending Surgeon, Glaucoma Service

Jonathan S. Myers, MD, Service Chief, Glaucoma Service

Lauren Hock, MD, Attending Surgeon, Glaucoma Service

Aditya Kanesa-thasan, MD, Attending Surgeon, Cornea and Cataract Surgery

Bruce M. Schnall, MD, Attending Surgeon, Adult and Pediatric Strabismus

Carol L. Shields, MD, Service Chief, Oncology Service

James F. Vander, MD, Attending Surgeon, Retina Service

Barry N. Wasserman, MD, Attending Surgeon, Pediatric Ophthalmology Service

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

1. Provide a comprehensive review of topics in ophthalmology including: Optics and Refraction; Antomy and Embryology; Retina and Vitreous; Ocular Pathology; Orbit, Eyelid and Lacrimal System; Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Ocular Tumors; Neuro-Ophthalmology; Corneal and External Diseases; Uveitis and AIDS; Glaucoma; Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus; CT and MRI Imaging of Eye and Orbit.
2. Better understand the pathophysiology of most ophthalmic disease.
3. Perform appropriate diagnostic tests and differential diagnosis for most ophthalmic diseases.

AMA PRA Statement
Wills Eye Hospital designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 45.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hotel room blocks are available at the Philadelphia Marriott Old City at 1 Dock Street, Philadelphia PA, 19106.

Click Here to book your room at the group rate. 

The last day to book your room at this rate will be February 2, 2024.
Deadline extended! Rate now available through Thursday, February 22nd. 

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

In compliance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education set by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), it is the policy of Wills Eye Hospital that the information presented at CME activities will be commercially unbiased and based upon clinical and scientific evidence. To help participants make judgments about the presence of commercial bias, Wills Eye Hospital provides information that all individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity (including faculty, planners, reviewers or others) have disclosed about all financial relationships they have with ineligible companies. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Ineligible companies are companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. The CME activity staff at Wills Eye Hospital report no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Jurij R. Bilyk, MD
Wills Eye Hospital

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Jackie R. Carrasco, MD
Wills

Faculty

Speakers Bureau-Horizon Therapeutics

Mitchell S. Fineman, MD
MidAtlantic Retina, The Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Sunir J. Garg, MD
MidAtlantic Retina, The Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Bausch + Lomb|Consulting Fee-Johnson & Johnson|Consulting Fee-Allergan|Consulting Fee-Boehringer Ingelheim|Consulting Fee-Apellis Pharmaceuticals|Consulting Fee-Merck|Grant or research support-Allergan|Grant or research support-Boehringer Ingelheim|Grant or research support-Genentech|Grant or research support-Regeneron|Grant or research support-Apellis Pharmaceuticals|Grant or research support-NGM Bio

David L. Guyton, MD
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Kristin M. Hammersmith, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Lauren Hock, MD
Wills Eye Hospital

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Kristina Irsch, PhD
Vision Insitute - CNRS & Wilmer Eye Insitute - Johns Hopkins University

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Aditya Kanesa-thasan, MD
Wills Eye Hospital

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Daniel Lee, MD
Wills Eye Hospital

Faculty

Grant or research support-Allergan (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Equinox (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Glaukos Corporation (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Mati (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-New World Medical (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Nicox (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Olleyes (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Quidel (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Santen Pharmaceuticals (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Ocular Therapeutix (Relationship has ended)

Jonathan S. Myers, MD
Wills Eye Hospital

Faculty

Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Avisi|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Olleyes|Grant or research support-Allergan (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Glaukos Corporation|Grant or research support-Nicox (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Santen Pharmaceuticals (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Guardian|Grant or research support-Laboratories Thea Inc|Grant or research support-Ocular Therapeutix (Relationship has ended)

Peter J Savino, MD
Shiley Eye Institute UCSD

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Bruce M. Schnall, MD
Wills Eye Hospital

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Hermann D. Schubert, MD
Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Carol L. Shields, MD
Shields and Shields MD PC

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

James F. Vander, MD
MidAtlantic Retina, The Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Barry N. Wasserman, MD
BARRY N WASSERMAN MD LLC

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Ralph C. Eagle Jr., MD
Director
Wills Eye Hospital

Faculty, Planner

Nothing to disclose

Brian Cheng, MD
Wills Eye Hospital

Peer Reviewer

Nothing to disclose

Leo Hall, MD
Wills Eye Hospital

Peer Reviewer

Nothing to disclose

Erik Massenzio, MD
Wills Eye Hospital

Peer Reviewer

Nothing to disclose

Mark S Pyfer, MD
Wills Eye Hospital

Peer Reviewer

Nothing to disclose