In conjunction with the American Uveitis Society.

Date and Time
Saturday, Nov. 8, 8 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Location
Georgia World Congress Center,
Room A411

Registration Fees
Subspecialty Day Registration Fees

Program Directors
C. Stephen Foster, MD, and Quan Dong Nguyen, MD.

Planning Group
Janet Louise Davis, MD; C. Stephen Foster, MD; Debra A. Goldstein, MD; Quan Dong Nguyen, MD; and Robert B. Nussenblatt, MD

Target Audience
The intended audience for this program is general and comprehensive ophthalmologists, uveitis, cornea and retina specialists and other allied health personnel who are involved in the management of patients with ocular inflammatory diseases.

Education Level
Intermediate, Advanced

Program Objectives
This meeting will enable attendees to:

• Recognize the various forms of ocular inflammatory diseases, including ocular allergy, cicatricial pemphigoid, scleritis, peripheral ulcerative keratitis, retinal vasculitis and anterior, intermediate and posterior uveitis;
• Develop a differential diagnosis for chronic nonpurulent conjunctivitis, peripheral ulcerative keratitis, scleritis, retinal vasculitis and the various forms of uveitis;
• Apply the principles of diagnosis of ocular inflammatory disorders in order to initiate appropriate, disease-directed evaluations and to acquire proper knowledge about interpreting the results of diagnostic and ancillary evaluations such as fluorescein angiography and OCT to manage ocular inflammatory diseases;
• Describe the principles and roles of steroidal and nonsteroidal therapies and immunomodulatory therapy, including the usage of biologics, in the management of uveitis and ocular inflammatory diseases;
• Describe the role of surgical management of uveitis and ocular inflammatory disorders.

View the 2008 Uveitis Subspecialty Day Schedule (PDF 63K) or search the 2008 Subspecialty Day Online Program.

CME Accreditation
The American Academy of Ophthalmology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Academy designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Attendees registered as exhibitors, spouses and guests are not eligible for CME credits.