OnDemand Cornea Update (10/24/20)

Sunday, October 25, 2020, 8:00 AM - Monday, January 1, 2024, 3:00 PM


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (4.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (4.00 hours), ABO MOC Part II (4.00 hours)

This conference will educate participants on specific corneal and anterior segment findings in various forms of systemic disease, including metabolic, autoimmune, malignant, and hematologic illnesses. The goal for this activity will be to inform comprehensive ophthalmologists and anterior segment specialists about key examination features of systemic disease, and the appropriate referrals indicated in these cases. Finally, participants should be able to provide initial counseling about possible systemic implications to patients based on these findings.

Program Chair:
Zeba A. Syed, MD

Wills Eye Faculty
Zeba A. Syed, MD
Christopher J. Rapuano, MD
Brenton D. Finklea, MD
Sadeer B. Hannush, MD
Aditya Kanesa-Thasan, MD
Irving M. Raber, MD
Beeran B. Meghpara, MD
Kristin M. Hammersmith, MD
James P. Dunn, MD
Parveen K. Nagra, MD
Nadia Haqqie, MD

1. Discuss important new advances in the etiologies, diagnosis, and treatment/prevention of eye diseases.
2. Identify basic and clinical vision research that can be transformed into improved clinical care.
3. Assess the role of new technologies in the evaluation and treatment of eye diseases.
4. Describe factors that impact the effective delivery of the highest quality eye care for the public.
5. Identify clinical, scientific, and ethical issues confronting the profession.
6. Obtain information and tools through multiple facets to help ophthalmologists deliver high and efficient quality of care.

Wills Eye Hospital designates this Enduring Material educational activity for a maximum of 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to satisfy the Lifelong Learning, Self-Assessment, Improvement in Medical Practice and/or Patient Safety requirements for the American Board of Ophthalmology’s Continuing Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting credit.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Wills Eye Hospital CME adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

In compliance with the standards 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 on scientific evidence. To help participants make judgments about the presence of commercial bias, Wills Eye Hospital provides information that planners and speakers have disclosed about all financial relationships they have with commercial entities whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

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