Thank you to all those that attended our 2025 Virtual Seminar! Stay tuned for details on 2026.
Date/Time: Saturday, February 15, 2025, 8:00 AM - 4:45 PM
Continuing Education: 7 hours of COPE Accredited/NC Certified credit
All courses will count as SYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL, COPE-accredited CE credit, per NC Board's 2025 CE Policy, for the purpose of your NC transcripts. Hours will also count as SYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL (formerly called "online interactive") in the OE Tracker database per ARBO’s new course formats instituted in 2023, descriptions of which can be found here. These courses will be presented live and will be interactive, so they must be viewed in real-time (no recordings will be offered for credit).
Cost:
NCOS Members: $150
State Affiliate/AOA Members: $150
Non NCOS or State Affiliate/AOA Members: $250
NCOS Student/Resident Members: Free!
Agenda:
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Interpreting Gonioscopy, COPE 95398-GL, Marcus Gonzales, OD, FAAO (1 hour)
This 1-hour course focuses on how to interpret the angle during gonioscopy. It will review techniques to correctly differentiate angle structures and provide examples of angle findings associated with different diseases.
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM: Primary Angle-Closure Disease, COPE 95399-GL, Marcus Gonzales, OD, FAAO (1 hour)
This 1-hour course reviews the various presentations of the primary angle-closure disease spectrum. It will review techniques and technologies available to diagnose the condition. It will conclude with the most recent evidence-based medical approach to managing the disease complications.
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Healing Power: Amniotic Membranes-Past, Present and the Future, COPE 95895-TD, Marina Su OD, FAAO (1 hour)
Amniotic membranes still remain very underutilized as a treatment option. Clinical cases and pearls will be discussed to provide doctors with the confidence to offer this service to patients when appropriate.
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM: Top 10 Medications and Their Ocular Side Effects, COPE 93273-PH, Blair Lonsberry, OD, FAAO (1 hour)
Patients present taking a variety of medications, both topical and systemic. This interactive presentation will review the top 10 medications patients take and review the ocular side effects that can occur.
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Oral Pharmaceuticals in Primary Care Optometry, COPE 89863-PH, Blair Lonsberry, OD, FAAO (2 hours)
This interactive course examines the use of oral pharmaceuticals in the treatment/management of a variety of conditions that the clinician will encounter in primary care optometry. Topical areas will range from managing conditions affecting the ocular and periocular tissues.
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM: Having a Field Day with Visual Fields, COPE 95894-GL, Marina Su OD, FAAO (1 hour)
This case-studies course will review the different clinical diagnoses that are associated with real visual field defects and tie it back to the literature in understanding how visual field defects can manifest in different ways.
Speakers:
Marcus Gonzales, OD, FAAO
Houston, TX
Dr. Gonzales is a clinical associate professor at the University of Houston College of Optometry, where he completed his OD degree in 2006. He completed an ocular disease residency at the Cedar Springs Eye Clinic (formerly Bridge Builders) in Dallas, TX, where he currently serves as the clinic director. The inner-city community clinic is a rotation site for UHCO 4th year students and serves a largely sick, indigent population. He was named the 2009 Educator of the Year by the Texas Optometric Association as well as received a President’s Award in 2011. He is a fellow in the American Academy of Optometry and serves as the Vice-President of The Nick Gonzales Foundation for Brain Tumor Research. His interests are in ocular disease, specifically glaucoma and retinal disease.
Blair Lonsberry, OD, FAAO
Portland, OR
Dr. Lonsberry grew up in Rossburn, Manitoba (Canada). He obtained his Optometry degree from the University of Waterloo in 1996 after completing a Master of Science in Physiology from the University of Manitoba. He completed his residency in Primary Care Optometry from the Illinois College of Optometry in 1997, then joined the faculty at Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN. During his time at SCO, he completed a Masters in Education degree with an emphasis in adult learning.
Currently, Dr. Lonsberry is a Full Professor with Pacific University College of Optometry in Oregon where his primary teaching responsibilities are supervising interns and overseeing a specialty "lumps and bumps" clinic. In his spare time, he goes to Anchorage, Alaska where he sees patients in a private practice.
Dr. Lonsberry is a Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry, a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, the Optometric Retinal Society, and the Optometric Glaucoma Society.
Marina Su, OD, FAAO
New York, NY
Dr. Marina Su earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern California College of Optometry. She completed her clinical training in the Minnesota Eye Consultants in Minnesota, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton in California, Whiteriver Hospital on the Apache Reservation in Arizona and the Vision Therapy, Pediatrics, Contact Lenses and Low Vision Clinics at the Eye Care Center in California. She then completed her residency in Ocular Disease with emphasis in co-managing anterior and posterior segment pathology, glaucoma, oculoplastics, strabismus, pediatrics, low vision and specialty contact lens fittings at Fromer Eye Centers in New York. She provides comprehensive and medical eye care for all ages, including InfantSEE® exams, pediatrics, low vision, and specialty contact lenses fittings for ocular surface disease, keratoconus, irregular corneas and aphakia. She also fits custom-tinted/prosthetic contact lenses for patients with ocular injuries or other ocular disorders.
She has been the recipient of the Dr. Al Dennis Memorial Endowed Award (the highest service award), California Optometric Council Endowed Scholarship for leadership and Dr. Cecil B. Kohake Endowed Scholarship for clinical science. She was the recipient of the American Optometric Association’s President’s Award in 2022 and the New York State Optometric Association's Young OD of the Year in 2017. She has been ranked as one of the top 175 doctors on Newsweek’s America’s Best Eye Doctors in 2021, 2022, and 2023, landing as the top doctor in the Bronx, NY and in the top 10 rankings in New York City and State both years. She has presented posters at academic meetings and delivered COPE-approved lectures. She is a Past-President of the New York State Optometric Association and actively serves on committees with both the New York State Optometric Association and the American Optometric Association. She is also a member of the American Academy of Optometry, American Optometric Association, New York State Optometric Association, and College of Optometrists in Vision Development. She has gone on multiple humanitarian trips including those in the United States, Mexico and Haiti.
Dr. Su is the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Optometry at Fromer Eye Centers. She is also the Ocular Disease Residency Supervisor and an Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of the State University of New York, State College of Optometry, for the optometric externship and residency programs at Fromer Eye Centers.
Dr. Su speaks fluent English, Taiwanese, Mandarin, and Spanish.
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations received by 2/3/25 will be entitled to a 50% refund. Cancellations received after 2/3/25 will not be entitled to a refund.
Course Login Instructions: Your registration fee covers your attendance at all courses offered. One week prior to the event, you will receive download instructions for the Zoom platform, as well as the separate links for each course offered. You must log in at the beginning of each course and log out at the conclusion of each course in order to track your attendance and issue credit for whichever courses you attend.
*The NCOS will file CE for NC-licensed optometrists to the NC State Board of Examiners in Optometry, as well as for South Carolina-licensed optometrists to CE Broker. Anyone not licensed in North Carolina or South Carolina will be responsible for reporting their credit to their applicable state board.
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