Winter Managed Care Seminar

2024 Winter Managed Care Seminar
Join us for up 6 hrs. of continuing education
(3 hrs. TPA/1 hr. Oral/2 hr. Regular)

Join your New Jersey peers and industry friends as the NJSOP ends the year with our Managed Care Seminar, Awards Luncheon, and General Membership Meeting. The event will be held at the Pines Manor in Edison. Come for learning and some year end sparkle!

OD/Para Attendee Registration Open

Pricing

NJSOP Member Attendee $255
Non-Member Attendee $380
Paraoptometric Attendee $150

Exhibit Hall Registration Open

$950 per 6ft exhibit hall table (See details below)

Agenda

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM     Registration and Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:00 AM – 8:10 AM     Welcome

8:10 AM – 9:50 AM     CE 1 Speaker – Gregory Caldwell, OD, FAAO
The Pharmaceutical ABCs of Complex Corneal Conditions - Antibodies, Biologics, and Clinical Pearls
2 hrs. NJSBO TPA Credit #4650-2025 – CE Broker Credit # 20-1264585
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the cornea, which contributes 66% of the eye's refractive power, with a strong focus on pharmaceutical interventions. Key topics include neurotrophic keratitis, commonly encountered in optometry, Thyroid Eye Disease, often overlooked as an anterior segment complication, and corneal cross-linking for keratoconus. The course will emphasize the diagnosis, testing, and management of these conditions, with a particular focus on the latest pharmaceutical and biological agents available for treatment. Attendees will gain practical knowledge on incorporating these advanced therapies into everyday clinical practice, with clinical pearls to enhance patient outcomes.  

9:50 AM – 10:20 AM   Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

10:20 AM – 11:10 AM CE 2 Speaker – Jacqueline Armani, OD, FAAO, MSL-BC
Optometry and Healthcare from the Eye. The Future of Oculomics
1 hr. NJSBO TPA Credit # 5020-2025 – CE Broker Credit # 20-1264589
Oculomics is the study of the association between ophthalmic biomarkers (changes or abnormalities in the eye) and systemic health or disease states. In other words, it's the idea that the eye can act as a window into the health of the whole body. This is because many diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, can cause changes in the eye that can be detected through imaging and measurement techniques.

11:10 AM – 12:00 PM  CE 3 Speaker – Lauren White, OD, FAAO
An Eye for AI. Is Artificial Intelligence Ready to Help Us in the Clinic
1 hr. Regular NJSBO Credit #4651-2025 – CE Broker Credit # 20-1264590
A survey of concepts employed in product development using augmented intelligence in the eye care space and present applications. A review of tools and applications that may be repurposed for patient care and optometric office administrative functions. The technology behind tele-optometry; clinical results and patient satisfaction with their experiences.

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM    Plated Awards Luncheon in Exhibit Hall  
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM      General Membership Meeting and Dessert

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM      CE 4 Speaker – Steven Sorkin, OD, FSLS
The Business of Specialty Contact Lens Practice
1 hr. NJSBO Regular Credit #4681-2025 – CE Broker Credit # 20-1264591
Specialty Contact Lenses have expanded in popularity from being a niche to a major portion of many optometric practices. This course will discuss the implementation of specialty contact lens services and review instrumentation, contact lenses and care systems, staff considerations, billing and coding, and how to grow your practice to be successful.

3:20 PM – 4:15 PM      CE 5 Speaker – Steven Sorkin, OD, FSLS
Corneal Side Effects of Systemic Medications
1 hr. NJSBO Oral Credit #4680-2025 – CE Broker Credit # 20-1264594
Many drugs can damage the cornea, and drug-induced changes can range from asymptomatic deposits that are incidental findings during an examination to irreversible changes that can be life threatening. This can affect a single layer or multiple layers. This course will review some common (and not so common) systemic medications that can cause changes to the cornea.

Important CE Information: Courses presented at this event will be New Jersey State Board of Optometrists (NJSBO) and CE Broker approved only (and are non-COPE courses). Courses will be accepted for CE credit in NJ, NY, PA, and FL.  If you are licensed in any other state, it is your responsibility to check with that state's Optometry Board to inquire if these courses will be accepted. Course outlines and speaker CVs will be added to the NJSOP event handout hub should you need to apply for approval for states not listed above. A separate email will be sent to all registrants with instructions for accessing the handout hub when content is available.

Meet the Speakers

Gregory Caldwell, OD, FAAO
Dr. Caldwell earned his Doctor of Optometry degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. He completed a one-year residency in primary care and ocular disease at the Eye Institute of Philadelphia, PA. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and Board Certified by the American Board of Optometry. On top of working with Enhanced Eye Care as an ocular disease consultant, he is a well-respected lecturer. He lectures several times throughout the year to his colleagues. He has given over 300 lectures in numerous U.S. cities and in over 12 countries. Dr. Caldwell has been a participant in multiple FDA investigations.

Jacqueline Armani, OD, FAAO, MSL-BC
Dr. Armani earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from the New England College of Optometry, externed at Bascom Palmer and did her residency at the VA as a primary care and ocular disease optometrist. She has extensive clinical experience, training and mentoring residents and students and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry.  Following years of clinical practice, Dr. Armani joined industry as Executive Clinical Outcomes Specialist at Bausch and Lomb, Regional Medical Lead at Alcon Vision and presently Senior Global Director, Medical Affairs and Education at Topcon Healthcare.

Lauren White, OD, FAAO
Dr. White earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from Pennsylvania College of Optometry and is in progress earning a Masters of Health Delivery Sciences degree, Cedars Sinai. Dr. White is an associate professor at Salus at Drexel, Pennsylvania College of Optometry, and has an interest in telehealth and artificial intelligence implementation into care delivery.

Steven Sorkin, OD FSLS
Dr. Sorkin earned his Doctor of Optometry degree from the State University of New York College of Optometry. He has received multiple clinical honors and has participated in many contact lens related studies. He lectures extensively throughout the country and internationally on contact lenses, dry eyes, ocular allergies, ocular therapeutics and corneal disease. He has a special interest in difficult to fit contact lens patients, such as those with keratoconus and post-surgical cases and manages many patients with complex anterior segment conditions. Dr. Sorkin currently serves as President of the Essex County Optometric Society and is a member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians. He is also a Fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society. He was named New Jersey Optometrist of the Year by NJSOP in 2018.

 Exhibit Hall

Exhibit Hall Registration Open

NJSOP CE Event Registration Refund Policy

In the event a NJSOP continuing education event attendee wishes to rescind their event registration, refunds may be requested through email or by mail to NJSOP. Refund requests received at least 30 days or more before the event will receive a full refund. Requests made 14-29 days before the event will receive a 50% refund. Refunds will not be issued within 14 days of the event. However, registered attendees who experience an extenuating circumstance that prevents them from attending the event can request refund consideration via email or by mail. Refunds will be provided in the manner in which the registered attendee paid.