If you missed the live CME Symposium at the AAO/PAAO 2009 Joint Meeting.
A Continuing Medical Education (CME) Activity based on a CME Symposium, sponsored by The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, held on Sunday, October, 25, 2009 during the AAO/PAAO 2009 Joint Meeting in San Francisco, California entitled:
Advances in the treatment of Dry Eye - Coping with challenging cases.

To access this activity, click HERE.

CONTENT SOURCE
This continuing medical education (CME) activity is based on a CME symposium held on Sunday, October 25, 2009 during the AAO/PAAO 2009 Joint Meeting in San Francisco, California.

TARGET AUDIENCE
This educational activity is intended for comprehensive ophthalmologists.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After successfully completing this activity, learners will have improved their ability to:

  • Describe the severity-based approach
    to treatment of dry eye
  • Understand the evidence for (or against) the
    numerous treatments available for
    treatment of dry eye
  • Identify when a patient’s symptoms warrant
    an intensification of treatment

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

DESIGNATION STATEMENT
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

TO OBTAIN CME CREDIT
You may access this activity, posttest and evaluation HERE where your certificate is issued immediately upon successful completion.

PROGRAM CHAIR AND MODERATOR
Peter J. McDonnell, MD, Chair
William Holland Wilmer
Professor of Ophthalmology
Chairman,
Department of Ophthalmology

The Wilmer Eye Institute
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

FACULTY
Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, FAAO
Founding Partner
Ophthalmic Consultants of
Long Island
Rockville Centre, New York
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
New York University
New York, New York
Trustee
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, New Hampshire

Elizabeth A. Davis, MD
Partner
Minnesota Eye Consultants
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor
University of Minnesota,
Department of Ophthalmology
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Stephen C. Pflugfelder, MD
Professor
James and Margaret Elkins
Chair in Ophthalmology

Director of the Ocular Service Center
Department of Ophthalmology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas


This continuing medical education activity is sponsored by The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Institute for Continuing Medical Education in association with the leading publication Ophthalmology Times.

Ophthalmology Times

This continuing medical education activity is supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Allergan, Inc.

Allergan