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  • Wednesday, Feb 25th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    300 - Laser Physics, Hazards and Safety
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Neal Whittle, OD – Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 300-309 and 322
     CE Hours 1
  • Wednesday, Feb 25th
    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    301 - Laser Tissue Interactions
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 300-309 and 322
     CE Hours 1
  • Wednesday, Feb 25th
    12:15 PM - 2:15 PM EDT
    302 - Intro to Therapeutic Lasers Workshop
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    Co-Lecturer: Neal Whittle, OD – Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry
    Co-Lecturer: Jeff M. Miller, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry
    Co-Lecturer: Komal Patel, OD – Oklahoma College of Optometry
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 300-309 and 322
     CE Hours 2
  • Wednesday, Feb 25th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    303 - Gonioscopy: Interpretation & Advanced Techniques
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Neal Whittle, OD – Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 300-309 and 322
     CE Hours 1
  • Wednesday, Feb 25th
    3:30 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    304 - Laser Therapy for the Open Angle Glaucomas: SLT and DSLT
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 300-309 and 322
     CE Hours 2
  • Wednesday, Feb 25th
    5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    305 - Laser Therapy in Narrow Angles and Angle Closure LPI & ALPI
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Jeff M. Miller, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 300-309 and 322
     CE Hours 1
  • Thursday, Feb 26th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    306 - YAG Laser Capsulotomy Standard Techniques
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    Co-Lecturer: Komal Patel, OD – Oklahoma College of Optometry
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 300-309 and 322
     CE Hours 2
  • Thursday, Feb 26th
    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    322 - YAG Laser Capsulotomy Advanced Techniques (Ant Caps, Multifocal IOL’s, Capsular Bag Distension Syndrome, Silicone Oil
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    Co-Lecturer: Komal Patel, OD – Oklahoma College of Optometry
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 300-309 and 322
     CE Hours 1
  • Thursday, Feb 26th
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM EDT
    307 - YAG Laser Vitreolysis/Laser Floater Removal
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    Co-Lecturer: Komal Patel, OD – Oklahoma College of Optometry
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 300-309 and 322
     CE Hours 1
  • Thursday, Feb 26th
    1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    308 - Laser Procedures Advanced Workshop
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    Co-Lecturer: Neal Whittle, OD – Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry
    Co-Lecturer: Jeff M. Miller, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry
    Co-Lecturer: Komal Patel, OD – Oklahoma College of Optometry
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 300-309 and 322
     CE Hours 4
  • Thursday, Feb 26th
    5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    309 - Review and Final Exam
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 300-309 and 322
     CE Hours 1
  • Friday, Feb 27th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    310 - Intro to Optometric Surgery, Consents, Surgical Instruments, and Asepsis
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 310-321
     CE Hours 1
  • Friday, Feb 27th
    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    311 - Review of Surgical Anatomy of the Ocular Adnexa and Eyelids
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Jeff M. Miller, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 310-321
     CE Hours 1
  • Friday, Feb 27th
    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
    312 - Eyelid Lesions: A Thorough Overview
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 310-321
     CE Hours 2
  • Friday, Feb 27th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    313 - Office-based Local Anesthesia
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Jeff M. Miller, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 310-321
     CE Hours 1
  • Friday, Feb 27th
    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    314 - Radio Frequency Surgery, Chemical Cautery, Cryotherapy, Xanthelasma Treatment and Lesion Removals in Optometric Practice
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 310-321
     CE Hours 1
  • Friday, Feb 27th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    315 - Chalazion Management
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 310-321
     CE Hours 1
  • Friday, Feb 27th
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
    316 - Botulinum Toxin Use in the Optometric Practice
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    Co-Lecturer: Leonid Skorin, DO, OD
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 310-321
     CE Hours 1
  • Saturday, Feb 28th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    317 - Intravitreal Injection Techniques and Applications
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 310-321
     CE Hours 1
  • Saturday, Feb 28th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    318 - Video Grand Rounds & Surgical Concepts of Lesion Removal, Eyelid Biopsy, RF Trichiasis Treatment, Cyst Drainage, CCH treatment, Xanthelasma treatment, Plasma Pen for CCH and More
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 310-321
     CE Hours 2
  • Saturday, Feb 28th
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
    319 - Intro to Suturing & Lid everting Sutures for Entropion
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Komal Patel, OD – Oklahoma College of Optometry
    Co-Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 310-321
     CE Hours 1
  • Saturday, Feb 28th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    320 - Suture Techniques Lab
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    Co-Lecturer: Komal Patel, OD – Oklahoma College of Optometry
    Co-Lecturer: Jeff M. Miller, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry
    Co-Lecturer: Neal Whittle, OD – Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 310-321
     CE Hours 1
  • Saturday, Feb 28th
    3:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
    321 - Lab Rotations
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 315/316
    Lecturer: Nathan Lighthizer, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO)
    Co-Lecturer: Komal Patel, OD – Oklahoma College of Optometry
    Lecturer: Jeff M. Miller, OD – NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry
    Co-Lecturer: Neal Whittle, OD – Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry
    Co-Lecturer: Leonid Skorin, DO, OD
    COPEMUST REGISTER FOR FULL PROGRAM COURSES 310-321
     CE Hours 3