This course will provide an update and thorough understanding of how diabetic retinopathy and edema are diagnosed, and how to properly manage these patients. We will also discuss diabetic retinopathy evaluation with structural tests (DFE's, OCT's and fundus photos). This lecture will explore functional testing (ERG) and newer OCT testing (OCT-A) that helps in the evaluation of diabetic patients. We will review novel treatment options for macular edema, such as intravitreal injections and steroid pellets. 

Almost 1200 attended our event and we received amazing feedback!

Feedback from anonymous survey:

• BEST LECTURE ON DIABETES

• First time I’m hearing about nutrional supplements for diabetic retinopathy

• Great presentation, lots of applicable information

• Always enjoy Dr. Lighthizer's presentations. Excellent speaker!!!

• great case presentations and thanks for showing your management with these new equipment

• Enjoyed the ERG portion to help better my understanding in ERG usage

• Great speaker! Enjoyed going through the cases and learning about supplementation.

• Very articulate speaker. Supplement information that was new to me.

• Very comprehensive! A lot of information and the examples were great! I just wish we had more time to go into it deeper

• Dr. Lighthizer did a phenomenal job explaining the ERG graphs to help in the interpretation of the graphs.

• The topic concerning ERG was clearly explained as I haven't keep up entirely on this subject.

Speaker: Nathan Lighthizer, OD, FAAO

Thank you to Iveric Bio for exhibiting at this event.

Thank you to Regeneron for supporting this event with an unrestricted educational grant.

This event is COPE approved for 1 hour of CE credit.