2026 Birmingham Symposium

7:15 Check-In and Breakfast Buffet

8:00 am Setting the Stage: Preop Preparation for Eyelid Surgery with Kristin Madonia, MD COPE# Pending

9:00 am Mitigating Malpractice with Paul Ajamian, OD COPE# 100619-EJ

9:50 Morning Break

10:15 am Anterior Segment Case Challenges with Trenton Cleghern, OD COPE # Pending

11:15am CST Refractive Cataract Surgery: Partnering to Confidentially Provide Glasses-Free Vision After Lens-Based Surgery with Bret Fisher, MD COPE#104870-PO

12:15 -1:00 Lunch

1:00pm CST Ocular Therapeutics in Optometry with Patrick Devereux, PharmD COPE# 104900-PH

2:00pm CST Keratoconus and Crosslinking: Big Beautiful Update with Tracy Swartz, OD COPE# 104901-TD

2:55 Afternoon Break

3:15pm CST Recruitment & Retention That Works: Attracting, Engaging, and Keeping Today’s Talent with Alexandra McGroarty COPE #104699-PM

4:15 CST From HEDS to ZEDS with Paul Batson, OD COPE# 104654-TD