39th Annual Meeting and Educational Program

November 7-11, 2008

Atlanta Marriott Downtown
160 Spring Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
USA

OPS and JCAHPO CECs

“Atlanta 2008 ”

It is with equal amounts of pleasure and pride that I welcome you to the Ophthalmic Photographers’ Society’s (OPS) 39th Annual Educational Program in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta is known as the “Gateway City to the South” and to some as the “Heart of the Old Confederacy”. I hope you will join us in Atlanta and find some “heart” for Ophthalmic Imaging.

Each year we strive to offer something for everyone and I trust you will find many things of interest this year. This annual program offers over one hundred lecture and workshop hours with many of your favorite topics and speakers. We’ve also added several new lecturers that I hope you will welcome into the OPS family.

Ophthalmic imaging manifests itself in many ways and we should not forget the importance of technologies like ultrasound, specular photomicrography, and slit lamp imaging. Keep a lookout for new programs on OCT imaging, adaptive optics, and different ways to utilize auto-fluorescence in your practice. There will be discussions on new developments in vision research, clinical trials on retinal degeneration and bionic eyes.

The OPS has many friends, not the least of which are the numerous vendors that provide us with the equipment needed to offer scores of exciting “hands-on” workshops. Fundus Cameras, Photo Slit Lamps, many varieties of OCT’s, SLOs, and for the first time a RetCam will all be available to you, thanks to the continued, generous support of the vendors.

In addition to the educational venues, this program will include many other items of great importance. The OPS is a great organization that is administered by volunteers, and you can volunteer too. Working as a room monitor is a great way to get to know your fellow OPS members. As you become seasoned as a photographer, you can volunteer to help instruct in workshops. With both of these opportunities you can earn CE credits. It is always a good idea to keep yourself in the loop and the way to the “OPS loop” is to attend the Annual Business Meeting on Sunday at 12 noon, which is open to all OPS members.

As always, some of the highlights of the meeting are the “Scientific Session” and the “4th Annual J Donald M. Gass M.D. Memorial Lecture”. Both will be offered on Friday afternoon. Each year, we strive to invite like-minded pioneers in their field to speak in honor of Dr. Gass. This year, please join us in welcoming Dr. Cynthia Toth as lecturer.

It’s not all hard work; we also have some great events planned for play! I highly recommend the “Welcome Reception” with the very entertaining raffle benefiting the Johnny Justice Jr. Scholarship Fund on Friday evening. And if you miss the chance to visit the AAO exhibit floor to see the winners of this year’s OPS Scientific Exhibit, you can catch the slide show at the OPS Banquet on Sunday night.

Come to join, learn and laugh. See you in Atlanta!

Kirsten Locke, CRA, RN
Education Chair
OPS 39th Annual Educational Program

A multitude of walking tours are available from historic neighborhoods to prominent buildings. The Atlanta Preservation Center offers guided walking tours of neighborhoods Grant Park with restored Victoria homes or the Fox Theatre, one of the few remaining exotic movie palaces of the 1920's. Visit the website of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau to begin planning your social calendar.

2008 Program Sponsors

Platinum

Canon Medical Systems
Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc.
Escalon Digital Solutions
EyeSupply USA, Inc.
Haag-Streit USA, Inc.
Kowa Optimed Inc.
OIS
Optovue, Inc.
Topcon America Corporation

Gold

Clarity Medical Systems

SILVER

Adobe Systems Inc.
Heidelberg Engineering, Inc.

Bronze

HUB Pharmaceuticals
Nidek Incorporated
TTI Medical