National
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Webinar 2: Essential guidelines for referrals

  • 04 Sep 2024
  • 1.5T CPD Hours*
  • Online access, NATIONAL

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Registrations are now open for the second instalment of our popular national webinar series!

Join ophthalmologists Dr Rushmia Karim, Dr Jack Kane and A/Prof Tim Roberts as they delve into the complexities of ophthalmic referrals.

In this webinar, our panel of doctors will discuss when to refer and what to include for your general, pre/post cataract, paediatric, glaucoma and neuro-ophthalmology cases.

Moderator Stephanie Stavrinakis will use her perspective as a clinical optometrist to facilitate the Q&A discussion.

This webinar’s topic has been chosen based on your feedback, and our doctors are looking forward to bringing you plenty of practical tips you can use in your clinic.

We are pleased to continue to offer complimentary registration to our national webinar series and thank our sponsors, CSL Seqirus and Vision Hospital Group, for their support.

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Vision Eye Institute is a proud Enterprise Supporter of Sight For All, a charity fighting blindness worldwide. The webinar will include a presentation from Sight For All’s CEO about their sight-saving work.

*Quality assured by Optometry Australia for 1.5T CPD hours, awarded to optometrists only following attendance. Australian Orthoptic Board CPD approval applied for. Program subject to change.

Presentations

  • Referring paediatric and neuro-ophthalmology cases
    Dr Rushmia Karim
  • Problems after cataract surgery: when to refer and what to include
    Dr Jack Kane
  • Cataract, glaucoma and general referrals
    A/Prof Tim Roberts

Moderator

  • Stephanie Stavrinakis

Wednesday 04 Sep 2024

Time
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (AEST)
Where
Zoom
Online access
Getting there
Following registration, a link to join the webinar will be emailed to you.
Event coordinator
Sasha Kairouz
Clinical Relationships Manager
[email protected]
0432759015
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Presenters

Dr Rushmia Karim

Dr Rushmia Karim is a skilled surgeon who performs cataract surgery and refractive lens exchange. She has a special interest in neuro-ophthalmology and performs complex cataract surgery, squint surgery and lid procedures (blepharoplasty).

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Dr Jack Kane

Dr Jack Kane is an internationally renowned expert in cataract surgery and a comprehensive general ophthalmologist. He created an algorithm for selection of the lens power in cataract surgery that is the international gold standard. Dr Kane consults at Vision Eye Institute Camberwell and Vision Eye Institute Melbourne.

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A/Prof Tim Roberts

A/Prof Tim Roberts is a highly regarded cataract and glaucoma surgeon. He is Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Sydney and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Royal North Shore Hospital.

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Moderator

Stephanie StavrinakisStephanie Stavrinakis

Stephanie is a Clinical Optometrist at Vision Eye Institute’s Kurralta Park and Windsor Gardens clinics in South Australia. She is also the Clinical Relationships Manager for Vision Eye Institute SA.

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