2026 Schedule – East West Eye Conference

October 14, 2026

October 15, 2026

October 16, 2026

October 17, 2026

05:00 PM-
06:00 PM

10 Things You Didn't Know About Keratoconus

07:00 PM-
09:00 PM

Advancements in Modern Keratoconus Management

08:00 AM-
11:00 AM

CPR Training

OD OSM/OPT

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

Ocular Emergencies

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

Ocular History Taking

OSM/OPT

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

Photography, OCT, ERG and Me

OSM/OPT

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

Binocular Vision for the Primary Eye Care Setting

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

Emerging Trends in Posterior Segment Care

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

Basic Optics And Refractive Principles

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

Ocular Anatomy

OSM/OPT

10:00 Am-
11:00 AM

Testing for Diplopia

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

Ocular Surface 360

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

"Ask The Expert": How to Fit and Bill for Specialty Contact Lenses

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

Keynote Lecture: Addressing Medical Misinformation on Social Media and Modern Patient Education

OD OSM/OPT

01:00 PM-
02:00 PM

Building Your Brand: Social Media Strategies for Healthcare Professionals and Clinics

OD OSM/OPT

01:00 PM-
02:00 PM

What Every Tech Should Know About Ocular Emergencies

OSM/OPT

01:00 PM-
02:00 PM

"Ask the Experts" Contact Lens Fitting Soft Lenses

OSM/OPT

01:00 PM-
02:00 PM

Clinical Pearls for Managing Uveitis

01:00 PM-
02:00 PM

Simplifying the Storm: A Clearer Path with DEWS III

01:00 PM-
02:00 PM

"Ask The Expert": Advanced Interpretation of Diagnostic Instrumentation

02:00 PM-
04:00 PM

Rapid Fire Session

OSM/OPT

02:00 PM-
03:00 PM

Dry Eye

OSM/OPT

02:00 PM-
04:00 PM

The Evolution of a Specialty Lens Fitter

02:00 PM-
03:00 PM

The Eyelid Evolution

02:00 PM-
04:00 PM

Ocular Disease Round Table

03:00 PM-
04:00 PM

Presbyopia

OSM/OPT

03:00 PM-
04:00 PM

"Ask the Expert": Contact Lens Fitting Scleral Lenses

OSM/OPT

03:00 PM-
04:00 PM

Beauty and the Beasts

04:00 PM-
05:00 PM

Poster Session

06:30 PM-
09:00 PM

Contact Lens Panel (With Dinner)

Meals OD

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

The Role of Biologics in Eye Care

08:00 AM-
10:00 AM

OOA Congress

OD OSM/OPT

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

"Ask The Expert" Frame Adjustment

OSM/OPT

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

Front Office Procedures/ Memorable First and Last Impressions

OSM/OPT

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

Preventing Burnout

OSM/OPT

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

Independent But Not Alone: Functional Vision Considerations for Chronic Medical Disease

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

Talking Down off the Ledge: More Than Just Dry Eye

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

Update on Ocular Melanoma and Metastasis

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

"Ask The Expert" Frame Adjustment

OSM/OPT

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

Six Ways To Be A Team That Rocks

OSM/OPT

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

Prescreening Techniques (Ocular Pre-Testing)

OSM/OPT

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

"Ask the Expert": Incorporating Aesthetics into Optometric Practice

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

Pre-op/IPL Selection/ Co-Management

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

Ocular Manifestations of Pediatric Systemic Disease

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

Benefits of YouTube and Video Creation in Healthcare

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

Neuro-Ophthalmology Grand Rounds

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

Creating a Killer Optical

OSM/OPT

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

"Ask the Expert": VSP Vision

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

The Role of Inflammation in Anterior Segment Disease

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

It's Already in Their Pocket: Turning Everyday Tech into Low Vision Tools

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

Common Pediatric Anterior Segment Conditons

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

Antibody-Drug Conjugates

12:00 PM-
01:00 PM

Lunch Symposium

Meals OD

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

12:00 PM-
01:00 PM

Lunch Symposium

Meals OD

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

12:00 PM-
01:00 PM

Lunch Symposium

Meals OD OSM/OPT

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

01:30 PM-
02:30 PM

Diamonds And Pearls

01:30 PM-
02:30 PM

"Ask the Expert": VSP Billing and Coding

OSM/OPT

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

01:30 PM-
02:30 PM

Help! The Phone Is Ringing

OSM/OPT

01:30 PM-
02:30 PM

Decoding Glaucoma: From Mechanisms to Management

01:30 PM-
03:30 PM

Advanced Dry Eye Procedures Panel

01:30 PM-
02:30 PM

Combating the Diabetes Epidemic

01:30 PM-
03:30 PM

Realeyes Training Course

OD OSM/OPT

02:30 PM-
03:30 PM

Lenses As Prisms: Understanding How Lenses Work

OSM/OPT

02:30 PM-
03:30 PM

Why Are They Buying Online? Online Sales

OSM/OPT

02:30 PM-
03:30 PM

"Ask the Expert" How To Retain Good Staff

OSM/OPT

02:30 PM-
03:30 PM

When Good Retinal Surgery Makes Glaucoma Go Bad

02:30 PM-
03:30 PM

Nutrition and OSD

04:30 PM-
05:30 PM

Principles Of Visual Assessment For Opticians and Technicians

OSM/OPT

04:30 PM-
05:30 PM

Insurance Filing

OSM/OPT

04:30 PM-
05:30 PM

"Ask the Expert": Ordering Imaging and Bloodwork

04:30 PM-
05:30 PM

Ophthalmic Therapuetics Update

04:30 PM-
05:30 PM

VIEW – Women in Optometery Cocktail Reception

Meals OD OSM/OPT

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

04:30 PM-
06:30 PM

Young OD Event

Meals OD

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

11:00 PM-
12:00 PM

How Do I Protect My Doctor's Chair Time

OSM/OPT

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

Customer Service 101 When That Is Not Enough

OSM/OPT

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

Neuro Vs. Glaucoma: You Make the Call

08:00 AM-
09:00 AM

A Review of Anterior Segment Eye Pain Issues

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

The Technology Of Customer Service

OSM/OPT

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

The Multiple Modalities of Glaucoma and Beyond

09:00 AM-
10:00 AM

A Review of Posterior Segment Eye Pain Issues

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

Age Related Changes And The Eye

OSM/OPT

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

Fields: A Virtual Reality

10:00 AM-
11:00 AM

Identifying and Managing Pharmaceuticals Complications

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

Lunch Symposium

Meals OD

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

11:00 AM-
12:00 PM

Lunch Symposium

Meals OD

Melanie Weiss, OD

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO

And More

12:00 PM-
01:00 PM

The Graying Of America Dispensing To The Older Population

OSM/OPT

05:00 PM- 06:00 PM

10 Things You Didn't Know About Keratoconus

Brooke Messer, OD

07:00 PM- 09:00 PM

Advancements in Modern Keratoconus Management

Selina McGee, OD

08:00 AM- 11:00 AM

CPR Training

American Heart Association

08:00 AM- 09:00 AM

Ocular Emergencies

Carlo J. Pelino OD, FAAO

09:00 AM- 10:00 AM

Ocular History Taking

Lynn E. Lawrence, CMSgt, USAF(ret), MSOL, CPOT

09:00 AM- 10:00 AM

Photography, OCT, ERG and Me

Mark Yoder, OD

09:00 AM- 10:00 AM

Binocular Vision for the Primary Eye Care Setting

Michelle Buckland, OD, MS, FAAO

09:00 AM- 10:00 AM

Emerging Trends in Posterior Segment Care

Carlo J. Pelino OD, FAAO

10:00 AM- 11:00 AM

Basic Optics And Refractive Principles

Lynn E. Lawrence, CMSgt, USAF(ret), MSOL, CPOT

10:00 AM- 11:00 AM

Ocular Anatomy

Mark Yoder, OD

10:00 Am- 11:00 AM

Testing for Diplopia

Michelle Buckland, OD, MS, FAAO

10:00 AM- 11:00 AM

Ocular Surface 360

Selina McGee, OD

10:00 AM- 11:00 AM

"Ask The Expert": How to Fit and Bill for Specialty Contact Lenses

Ryan McKinnis, OD

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM

Keynote Lecture: Addressing Medical Misinformation on Social Media and Modern Patient Education

Joseph J. Allen, OD FAAO

01:00 PM- 02:00 PM

Building Your Brand: Social Media Strategies for Healthcare Professionals and Clinics

Joseph J. Allen, OD FAAO

01:00 PM- 02:00 PM

What Every Tech Should Know About Ocular Emergencies

Lynn E. Lawrence, CMSgt, USAF(ret), MSOL, CPOT

01:00 PM- 02:00 PM

"Ask the Experts" Contact Lens Fitting Soft Lenses

Katie Greiner, OD, MS, MBA

01:00 PM- 02:00 PM

Clinical Pearls for Managing Uveitis

Erich Hinel, OD, MS, FAAO

01:00 PM- 02:00 PM

Simplifying the Storm: A Clearer Path with DEWS III

Selina McGee, OD

01:00 PM- 02:00 PM

"Ask The Expert": Advanced Interpretation of Diagnostic Instrumentation

Mary Beth Yackey, OD

02:00 PM- 04:00 PM

Rapid Fire Session

Sharon Carter

02:00 PM- 03:00 PM

Dry Eye

Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO

02:00 PM- 04:00 PM

The Evolution of a Specialty Lens Fitter

Brooke Messer, OD

02:00 PM- 03:00 PM

The Eyelid Evolution

Selina McGee, OD

02:00 PM- 04:00 PM

Ocular Disease Round Table

Various Speakers

03:00 PM- 04:00 PM

Presbyopia

Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO

03:00 PM- 04:00 PM

"Ask the Expert": Contact Lens Fitting Scleral Lenses

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