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MODERN SURGICAL TECHNIQUES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE CORNEA sponsored by the Presbyterian Hospital of Pacific Medical Center March 14-15, 1985 Clift Hotel San Francisco, California Contact: Pacific Medical Center Continuing Education P.O. Box 7999 San Francisco, California 94120 (415) 563-4321 ext. 2761
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SURGICAL COURSE IN LENS IMPLANTATION sponsored by the Ophthalmological Foundation of America, Inc. March 14-16, 1985 September 5-7, 1985 April 18-20, 1985 October 10-12, 1985 May 16-18, 1985 November 14-16, 1985 June 13-15, 1985 December 5-7, 1985 Limited to two ophthalmologists who scrub all day Contact: Ruth Green, Administrator Ophthalmological Foundation of America, Inc. 823 United Nations Plaza New York, New York 10017 (212) 986-4848
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MEMPHIS EYE CONVENTION sponsored by the University of Tennessee Department of Ophthalmology and Memphis Society of Ophthalmology March 16-17, 1985
courses and events,
Peabody Hotel Memphis, Tennessee CME credit has been requested Contact: Thomas C. Gettelfinger, M.D. Secretary, Memphis Eye Convention 176 South Bellevue, Suite 501 Memphis, Tennessee 38104-3491 (901) 726-1941
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PRACTICAL COURSE IN RADIAL KERATOTOMY - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 21-22, 1985 May 23-24, 1985 June 18-19, 1985 September 19-20, 1985 November 14-15, 1985 -San Diego, California April 25-26, 1985 -Houston, Texas June 28-29, 1985 August 14-15, 1985 - Hilton Head, South Carolina October 24-25, 1985 -Orlando, Florida October 26-27, 1985 December 5-6, 1985 - Vail, Colorado Course Director: Frederick B. Kremer, M.D. Contact: Barbara Cusumano Pepper Pavilion, Suite 607 19th and Lombard Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19146 (215) 546-0493
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March 29-30, 1985
April 25-28, 1985
Doubletree Hotel Dallas, Texas
Hotel del Coronado San Diego, California
Topics include refractive surgery, outpatient surgery, and medical economic update
Chairpersons: David J. Apple, M.D. Miles A. Galin, M.D. Akio Yamanaka, M.D.
SEVENTH ANNUAL DALLAS SPRING OPHTHALMOLOGY SYMPOSIUM sponsored by the Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and the Retina Foundation of the Southwest
Contact: Lela Breckenridge, Director Continuing Medical Education Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas 8200 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas, Texas 75231 (214) 696-8458
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OPHTHALMOLOGY CURRENT CONCEPTS SEMINAR sponsored by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, and University of WisconsinExtens~on, Continuing Medical Education March 30, 1985
Concourse Hotel Madison, Wisconsin
SYMPOSIUM ON MATERIALS IN INTRAOCULAR LENSES in conjunction with the ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR BIOMATERIALS sponsored by the Society for Biomaterials
Topics to include the key problems and developments with the use of synthetic materials in intraocular lenses, including reactions of biological systems to these materials Contact: Buddy D. Ratner, Ph.D. Program Chairman, Society for Biomaterials University of Washington Department of Chemical Engineering BF-10 Seattle, Washington 98195 (206) 545-1005
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FIFTH BIENNIAL CONTACT AND INTRAOCULAR LENS CONFERENCE May 3-5, 1985
AMA credit Contact: Sarah Z. Aslakson Continuing Medical Education 465B WARF Building, 610 Walnut Street Madison, Wisconsin 53705 (608) 263-2856
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GLAUCOMA: MECHANISMS AND MANAGEMENT sponsored by the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Minnesota Medical School
April 1-2, 1985 Holiday Inn Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota
Four Seasons Yorkville Hotel Toronto, Canada Comprehensive conference of lectures and workshops; international faculty Contact: Harold A. Stein, M.D. The Park Plaza Hotel 170 Bloor Street West, #210 Toronto, Ontario M5S IT9, Canada (416) 966-3336
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PHOTOCOAGULATION FOR NEOVASCULAR MACULOPATHIES May 17, 1985
Contact: Office of Continuing Medical Education University of Minnesota Box 293 Mayo 420 Delaware Street S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (612) 373-8012
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AMERICAN-INTERNATIONAL IOL CONGRESS presented by the American Intra-Ocular Implant Society April 10-13, 1985
Turner Building, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Baltimore, Maryland Topics to include diagnosis and treatment of conditions characterized by choroidal neovascularization, argon and krypton laser photocoagulation, epidemiologic considerations, low-vision aides AMA credit Contact: Anne Kearney, Program Coordinator Turner Room 22, 720.Rutland Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21205 (301) 955-6046
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Marriott Hotel Copley Place Boston, Massachusetts Scientific papers, courses, symposia, film festival
SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ANTERIOR SEGMENT AND VITREORETINAL SURGERY
CMEIAMA credit
June 5-8, 1985
Contact: David Karcher, Executive Director American Intra-Ocular Implant Society P.O. Box 3140 Santa Monica, California 90403
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Contact: Anne Thomas, Symposium Organizer HUW Thomas & Associates 17 Brunswick Gardens, Kensington London W8 4AS, England 01-727-9953
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FIRST INTERNATIONAL CORNEA AND EYE BANKING SYMPOSIUM presented by the Eye Bank Association of America
June 6-8, 1985 Hotel Intercontinental San Diego, California Contact: Lila Lerner, Symposium Coordinator The Office of Continuing Education Baylor College of Medicine Texas Medical Center Houston, Texas 77030 (713) 799-6020
Contact: Dr. Marvin L. Kwitko 5591 Cote des Neiges Road Montreal, Quebec H3T 1Y8, Canada (514) 735-1133
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FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF CANADIAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
June 23-26, 1985 Toronto Hilton Harbour Castle Hotel Toronto, Ontario, Canada Contact: Canadian Ophthalmological Society P.O. Box 8844 Ottawa, Ontario K1G 3J2, Canada (613) 731-6493
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SECOND INTERNATIONAL CATARACT AND INTRAOCULAR LENS SYMPOSIUM OF THE SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE IMPLANTES INTRAOCULARES
July 4-6, 1985
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EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION AND IOL IMPLANTATION sponsored by the Northwest Microsurgical Institute
June 8-9, 1985 Battelle Seattle Research Center Seattle, Washington Course Director: David J. McIntyre, M.D. Lectures and lab work with animal tissue Contact: Lindsey McDonald Northwest Microsurgical Institute 1920 116th Avenue N.E. Bellevue, Washington 98004 (206) 454-3937
Rio Palace Hotel Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Latest developments in cataract and intraocular lens surgeries and related subjects will be covered in courses, panel discussions, free communications, films, video tapes, and technical and scientific exhibitions Contact: Sociedade Brasileira de Implantes Intraoculares Rua Visconde de Silva, 52 - Grupo 50112 Botafogo - 22281 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (021) 226-1582 or (021) 246-3594
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FOURTH EUROPEAN INTRAOCULAR IMPLANTLENS COUNCIL CONGRESS
October 28-31, 1985 Cannes, France
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STANDARDIZED OPHTHALMIC ECHOGRAPHY sponsored by the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
June 10-15, 1985 Vienna, Austria Lectures, demonstrations, and patient examinations; topics to include diagnosis of intraocular, orbital, and preorbital lesions, trauma (foreign bodies), and biometry Contact: Karl C. Ossoinig, M. D. Department of Ophthalmology University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City, Iowa 52242 (319) 356-2869
Contact: Congress Secretary APCO-Palais Armenonville 06400 Cannes, France (93) 39-17-74
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THE MONTREAL INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANT COURSE presented by the Canadian Implant Association Last Friday and Saturday of each month St. Mary's Hospital Montreal, Canada Course Director: Marvin L. Kwitko, M.D.
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ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CANADIAN IMPLANT ASSOCIATION
Intracapsular surgery with anterior chamber implants and extracapsular surgery with posterior chamber implants covered in alternate months. Lens power calculation, treatment of complications and evaluation oflate postoperative cases included in course. Enrollment limited to four ophthalmologists for each course.
June 14-15, 1985
CMEIAMA credit
Hotel du Parc Montreal, Quebec, Canada Topics to include ambulatory surgery, laser techniques, lens implantation in routine and complicated cases, and pathology of intraocular lenses
Contact: Director of Professional Services St. Mary's Hospital 3830 Lacombe Avenue Montreal, Quebec Canada
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