Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology 2021

Program and Registration

Earn CME Credits | Free Registration

Program 


17:00 - 18:30  Time zone (UTC+3)
An application has been made to the Lebanese Order of Physicians to provide CME credits. 
 
Welcome and Introduction
Session moderated by:
Mohamad Jaafar, MD, FACS, FAAP (George Washington University)
Jamal Bleik, MD, FRCSEd, FRCOphth (LAU)
Ama Sadaka, MD (LAU)

1- Acute Comitant and Incomitant Esotropia 
Presented by:
Jane Edmond, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Director, Mitchel and Shannon Wong Eye Institute
Wong Family Distinguished University Chair
Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX, USA

2- Pediatric Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension 
Presented by: 
Gena Heidary, MD, PhD
Director, Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology Service
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus
Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA

3- Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome  
Presented by:
Sean Donahue, MD, PhD
Sam and Darthea Coleman Chair in Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Pediatrics
Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, USA

4- Pediatric Optic Neuritis
Presented by:
Alaa Bou Ghannam, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and Neuro-ophthalmology
Clinical Instructor
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Visiting Consultant
Moorfields Eye Hospital, Dubai, UAE
 
5- Optic Nerve Anomalies in Children 
Presented by:
Mays Dairi, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Duke University
Neuro-Ophthalmology and Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Duke Eye Center
Durham, NC, USA
 Q & A Session

For any inquiries, please contact:

Lama Naim
Senior Program Officer
Office of Continuing Medical Education & Professional Development
Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
Lebanese American University
Email: cmeoffice@lau.edu.lb
Telephone: + (961) 1 200 800, Ext.: 5830