Wilmer Retina Division Weekly Medical/Surgical Teaching Conference

Time and Location

Mondays from 7:30-8:15 a.m. in the Maumenee 501 Conference Room of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Course Description

Through case presentations involving fundus photographs, fluorescein angiograms, optical coherence tomograms, and other images of the retina, the faculty of the Retina Division of the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute provide an understanding of the differential diagnosis of retinal diseases and their management. Treatment recommendations are discussed using an evidence-based medicine approach.

Target Audience

Ophthalmologists

Objectives

  1. Understand the differential diagnosis of fluorescein leakage in retinal vascular diseases and choroidal diseases such as choroidal neovascularization.
  2. Apply results of recent clinical trials to management of common retinal conditions.
  3. Recognize the different images of various retinal diseases on optical coherent tomography and other imaging techniques of the retina.

CME Credit

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

Credit Designation Statement

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this regularly scheduled series - live activity for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Policy on Speaker and Provider Disclosure

It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the speaker and provider disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). The Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the course handout materials.

Americans with Disabilities Act

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof.  Please notify us if you have any special needs.

More Information

Contact the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education at [email protected] or the retina division of the Wilmer Eye Institute at [email protected]