Announcements | BAOC

18th Annual San Francisco CE Symposium (8 hours live CE)

10/12/2022

This very popular event will focus on important areas of eye disease diagnoses and treatments to support the growth of optometric community. The Symposium will provide participants with 8 hours of LIVE! CE. It will include distinguished guest faculty, presenting on a variety of topics relevant to a modern optometric practice. The Symposium will also include several hands-on, case-based skill transfer workshops on retinal and optic nerve OCT interpretation.

To support the full-spectrum education of a contemporary optometrist, we have recently added a presentation "21st Century Healthcare: the Do's and Don'ts of Using Social Media to Build Your Practice.”

Please email keiko@pacificvision.org to register, mark your calendars, and join us for an extraordinary educational event Symposium.

All are welcome!

18th Annual SF CE Symposium Agenda and Details
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6th Annual Wine Country CE

5/24/2022

The Redwood Empire Optometric Society presents its 6th Annual Wine Country CE in beautiful Sonoma County, California. Join us for the “A Flight of Ocular Courses: Innovations in Eyecare 2022” with Dr. Paul Karpecki, OD, FAAO. He will offer us a tasting that includes a pharmaceutical update, insights into ocular surface disease and anterior uveitis and...appreciation of the relationship of ocular health, nutrition and wine! Six flights … er … hours of COPE-approved education will be available. Share wonderful food, local wines and wisdom in a glorious vineyard setting. View and discuss new technologies and products with industry representatives in the exhibit hall. All are welcome! See fees and register online at the REOS website, www.reosvision.com.

Free CE from Retinal Diagnostic Center

5/1/2020

Hi doctors,

Retinal Diagnostic Center is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting for 2 hours of FREE pending CE.

Topic: Examining and Treating Ocular Diseases in the COVID-19 Era: What you need to know.
Time: May 2, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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17th Annual SF Cornea, Cataract, and Refractive Surgery Symposium (8 hours free CE)

9/24/2019

March 24: Annual UCSF Optometry Course

3/3/2019

The time is coming for our annual UCSF Optometry Course! We took all your feedback from the past two years into consideration, so this year we are trying some new things to try to enhance the experience for you. Mark your calendars-- we hope you can join us!

Date:
Sunday March 24, 2019

Time:
7:30AM- 4:30PM

Location:
UCSF Parnassus Campus
525 Parnassus Avenue
(Best to enter via 513 Parnassus)
Room N225 (same room as the past two years)

Register Online:
This year you don't have to register via EventBrite or await a manual confirmation email from me! Register here:
http://www.ucsfcme.com/2019/MMH19032/info.html

Fees*:
Early Bird (on or before 2/11/19): $100
Regular (after 2/11/19): $150
*Due to the high volume of feedback at our 2018 course about the shortage of food and need for more beverages, this year there will be a nominal registration fee to help cover the cost of food, beverages, room rental, and other administrative needs. We think it will be well worth your investment!

Special Needs:
If you have special diet considerations, maternal needs, or questions/concerns, please email me at chandaphne@gmail.com.

COPE:
Again we will be submitting for COPE approval. We will have 7 hours total, including 2 hours of Glaucoma.
We follow the ARBO rules. If you are too late for a course then you will not get credit for that hour.

Guest Lecturers:
- Gerami Seitzman, MD: highly engaging and personable Cornea/Comprehensive/Uveitis ophthalmologist who can make even dry eyes sound super interesting!
- Andrew Mick, OD: our mentor and friend over at SF VA.

Sponsor:
Alcon

Thank you all! Space is limited so sign up quickly... and please tell your friends!

UCSF Optometry Course 2019 Flyer
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Map to Event
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5th Annual REOS Wine Country CE

1/1/2019

The Redwood Empire Optometric Society presents its 5th Annual Wine Country Wine CE in beautiful Sonoma County, California. Titled “The Anterior Segment Reveal, featuring Mile Brujic: Inflammation, Pain, Contact Lenses and OCT” we will do an in-depth exploration of the anterior segment and throw in some pain and inflammation for fun. Dr.Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO will be our guide on this adventure. Six hours of COPE-approved education will be available. Share gourmet food, local wines and wisdom in a glorious vineyard setting. See and discuss new technologies and products with industry representatives in the exhibit hall.

All are welcome!

See fees and and register online at the REOS website, www.reosvision.com.

16th Annual San Francisco Cornea, Cataract, and Refractive Surgery Symposium - 8 Hours of FREE CE

9/18/2018

Feb 2018 COA House of Delegates Congratulations

2/20/2018

At the COA House of Delegate Feb 2018 in San Diego our BAOC societies/member were bestowed the following honors:

ACCCOS - Society Project of the Year
ACCCOS Member Jazmine Junge, O.D. - Young O.D. of the Year
SCCOS - Society of the Year
SCCOS Member David Redman, O.D. - O.D. of the Year

ACCCOS Member Christopher Gee, O.D. was elected as a member of the Board of Trustee
SMCOS Member Richard Hom, O.D. continues his second year as part of the Board of Trustee.

Congratulations to them all. Keep up the good work!

REOS 4th Annual Wine Country CE

12/8/2017

April 15, 2018

The Redwood Empire Optometric Society presents its 4th Annual Wine Country CE in beautiful Sonoma County, California. Themed "Insane in the Membrain," we will explore, with the help of Dr. Joe Sowka, OD, FAAO, Diplomate, neuro, glaucoma, and odes to the optic nerve. Six hours of COPE approved education available. Share gourmet food, local wines and wisdom in a glorious vineyard setting. Discuss new technologies and products with industry representatives in the exhibit hall. All are welcome! See fees and download the registration form on the REOS website, reosvision.com.

Changing Practice Patterns in Optometry: 8 Hours of COPE CE

9/7/2017

In today’s evidence-based practice environment, it is imperative that eye care providers continue to be educated about more effective means of delivering exceptional patient care. Only by improving methods of the delivery of clinical care can the upcoming patient demands on the practitioner be met.

8 hours of COPE-Approved Credit
COPE Administrator: Evolve Medical Education
For any question, please contact Cheryl Cavanaugh at Cheryl@EvolveMedEd.com
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Allergan Plc and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG.