November 10, 2003

Kellogg at the Academy

Kellogg faculty and allied health staff are well represented at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, November 15-18. Here's a partial listing of the papers, posters, and courses they will present, as well as other activities in which they are participants.

Delivering a Paper

Rosa M. Ayala-Lugo, M.D. "Optineurim (OPTN) Screening in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma"

Paul R. Lichter, M.D. "Intraocular Pressure As a Predictor of Visual Field Loss in the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study"

Directing a Course

Wayne Cornblath, M.D. "Top Ten Neuro-ophthalmic Diagnoses You Can't Afford to Miss"

Monte Del Monte, M.D. "Strabismus and Amblyopia" (JCAHPO annual meeting)

Bruce Furr, CO, and Erick D. Bothun, M.D., former Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellow "Infantile Adnexal Capillary Hemangiomas" (American Association of Certified Orthoptists meeting)

Giving a Talk

Wayne Cornblath, M.D. "Sixth Nerve Palsy - What You Need to Look For" (Neuro-ophthalmology symposium) "Horizontal Diplopia" (Neuro-ophthalmology subspecialty day)

Monte Del Monte, M.D. "Management of Direct Extraocular Muscle Trauma" (AOC/AACO Symposium)

Maya Eibschitz, M.D. "A Molecular Approach to the Management of Graves Eye Disease" (International Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Meeting)

Jacqueline Stader, COT, CCRC "The Diabetic Patient Work-Up" (JCAHPO annual meeting)

Other Activities

Monte Del Monte, M.D. Moderator, Session II of the International Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Conference

Paul R. Lichter, M.D. Moderator, "Management Decisions in Ocular Hypertension and Open-Angle Glaucoma" Roundtable Panelist, "Point-Counterpoint in Glaucoma: The Experts Debate"

Alan Sugar, M.D. Introduction of the Castroviejo Lecturer Chair, Cornea Society/AAO combined symposium

Presenting a Poster

Christine C. Nelson, M.D. "A Clinicopathological Study of Two Carcinoid Tumors of the Orbit" (ASOPRS Conference)

Contact: Betsy Nisbet, 734.647.5586, bsnisbet@umich.edu.