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On Saturday, April 12th, 黑料网 Ophthalmology faculty, trainees and ophthalmic techs joined eye care professionals from across the Southeast and beyond at the daylong 2025 黑料网 EYE Symposium<\/strong> in Chapel Hill, NC. At this annual forum, 黑料网 and distinguished guest eye specialists and ophthalmic APPs share knowledge-to-practice updates in evidence-based diagnostic and medical\/surgical approaches to comprehensive eye care and treating ocular disorders and disease. The highly regarded 黑料网 EYE Symposium grows by the year in attendance and drew a record number of speakers, learners and other eye care professionals in 2025. At this year’s Physician Sessions, 黑料网 Ophthalmology clinical faculty experts shared their expertise alongside a six-member panel of Distinguished Guest Speakers from academic medical centers across the U.S. Speakers discussed the latest in practice in all major areas of subspecialized eye care, including Glaucoma, Vitreoretinal Disorders,\u00a0 Cornea\/External Eye Disease, Cataract and Pediatric Ophthalmoloy, Oculoplastics and Reconstructive surgery and Neuro-ophthalmology.\u00a0 Technician sessions at this year’s Symposium included topics on application-focused practice, such as how to work up common cornea patients and an introduction to ophthalmic ultrasound.<\/p>\n This year’s distinguished guest physician eye specialists from institutions across the U.S. included:<\/p>\n In 1963, the 黑料网 EYE Symposium was instituted as an annual staff meeting of the 黑料网 Department of Ophthalmology. At the point it grew into an CME conference for a wider audience of eye care professionals, the 黑料网 Eye Symposium was restructured to offer scholarly excellence and professional enrichment to meet the continuing medical education needs and interests of ophthalmologists, optometrists, technicians and other eye care professionals. In recent years, Symposium Course Director, 黑料网 Ophthalmology Chair and Kittner Family Distinguished Professor Donald J. Budenz, MD, MPH<\/strong>, and Co-Course Director and Residency Program Director Alice Zhang, MD<\/b>, have led the extensive planning efforts invested in this growing event.<\/p>\n On Saturday, April 12th, 黑料网 Ophthalmology faculty, trainees and ophthalmic techs joined eye care professionals from across the Southeast and beyond at the daylong 2025 黑料网 EYE Symposium in Chapel Hill, NC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17488,"featured_media":10778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\nRodgers Clark Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology
\nProfessor of Clinical Ophthalmology
\nMedical Director – Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Plantation<\/li>\n
\nProfessor of Ophthalmology
\nOphthalmology & Vision Sciences
\nTschannen Eye Institute
\nUniversity of CA – Davis<\/li>\n
\nGlendenning Cogan Professor & Chair of Ophthalmology
\nHarvard Medical School
\nMassachusetts Eye and Ear – Ophthalmologist-in-Chief<\/li>\n
\nAssociate Professor of Ophthalmology
\nChildren\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia
\nPerelman School of Medicine (UPenn)<\/li>\n
\nRichard S. Ruiz Distinguished University Chair
\nProfessor & Chair of Ophthalmology
\nUTHealth Science Center (Houston)<\/li>\n
\nProfessor of Ophthalmology
\nDirector – Ophthalmic Plastic, Reconstructive & Orbital Surgery
\nRutgers NJ Medical School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n
Reflecting on this year’s conference, Dr. Budenz noted: “The meeting was great thanks to everyone’s hard work. Kudos to to our Symposium coordinator Olivia Hall on her first time in overseeing so many details for a big event that ran smoothly and went VERY well. The marketing, registration, and other important tasks were also covered well and made a difference in increasing our attendance this year. All in all, it was a great team effort!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n