2024 Annual Conference

7:00 – 7:55

Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast

7:55 – 8:00

Welcome, Scott Hickman, MD, KCSO&O President-Elect

8:00 – 8:45

Ocular Toxicity Related to Cancer Treatment, Asim Farooq, MD

9:00 – 9:45

MIGS Update, Russel Swan, MD

9:45 – 10:15

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Lobby

10:15 – 11:00

Herpetic Keratitis, Asim Farooq, MD

11:15 – 12:00

Challenging Anterior Segment Cases, Russel Swan, MD

12:00 – 1:00
Lunch, Awards, and Annual Business Meeting: Salons 1A and 1B

1:15 – 2:00 

Oculoplastics, Meleha Ahmad, MD

2:15 – 3:00

Dry Macular Degeneration, Greg Fox, MD

3:00 – 3:30
Break and Exhibition Viewing: Lobby

3:30 – 4:15

Interesting Cases in Ocular Oncology: The Young and the “Young at Heart”, Komal Desai, MD

4:30 – 5:15

Challenging Cases, KU and UMKC Residents

5:30 – 6:30

Reception for conference participants and exhibitor representatives: Rooftop

7:00 – 7:55

Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast: Salon 2

7:55 – 8:00

Welcome, Joe Ursick, MD, KCSO&O President-Elect

8:00 – 8:45

Transitioning from Training to Practice: Imposter Syndrome and Beyond, Jesse Keifer

9:00 – 9:30

Updates in Billing and Coding, Terry DeSimone, CPC, CEMA; Barbara L Hayes, CPC, CPCO, CDEO, CPB, CPMA, CRC, CPC-I, CASCC, CEMC, CFPC

9:45 – 10:15

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Foyer

10:15 – 11:00

Building a Big Tent: Strategies for Teams to Adapt and Thrive through Change, Jonathan Ting, MD

11:15 – 12:00

QI Panel, Clint Humphrey, MD: Moderator

Hannah Kavookjian, MD: Panelist

Kiran Kakarala, MD: Panelist

Anna Lawrence, MD: Panelist

Laura Neff, MD: Panelist

Tim Williamson, MD: Panelist

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch, Awards, and Annual Business Meeting: Salons 1A and 1B

1:15  – 2:00

Revision Sinus Surgery: Pearls and Pitfalls, Jonathan Ting, MD

2:15 – 3:00

Profession Identity: Its Formation and Why It Matters, Jesse Keifer, MD

3:00 – 3:30

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Foyer

3:30 – 4:15

Otologic Migraine: How Migraine Affects the Ear, Hamid Djalilian, MD

4:30 – 5:15

Modern Management of Cholesteatoma, Hamid Djalilian, MD

5:30 – 6:30

Reception for conference participants and exhibitor representatives: Rooftop

7:00 – 7:55

Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast

7:55 – 8:00

Welcome, Scott Hickman, MD, KCSO&O President-Elect

8:00 – 8:45

Office-Based Surgery, Scott Hickman, MD; Gary Weiner, MD; Lance Kugler, MD

9:00 – 9:45

Corneal Cross-Linking, Kenneth Goins, MD

9:45 – 10:15

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Lobby

10:15 – 11:00

International Ophthalmology, Miles Greenwald, MD

11:15 – 12:00

International Ophthalmology Roundtable,
Moderator: Miles Greenwald, MD

Panelists: Russel Swan, MD

Abe White, MD

William White, MD

7:00 – 7:55

Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast

7:55 – 8:00

Welcome, Joe Ursick, MD, KCSO&O President-Elect

8:00 – 8:45

In-Office Thyroid Procedures, Erin Buczek, MD

9:00 – 9:45

Updates on In-Office Laryngology Procedures, Amy Jacks, MD

9:45 – 10:15

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Lobby

10:15 – 11:00

Pediatric Sinusitus, Elie Khalifee, MD

11:15 – 12:00

Panel Discussion: Maximizing APP/Physician Collaboration, Gretchen Curtis; Denice Penn; Janell Ridenour; Holly Smith