2025 Annual Conference

Friday Schedule

7:00 – 7:55 Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast

7:55 – 8:00 Welcome, Abe White, MD

8:00 – 8:45 “Clinical Trial for Endothelial Keratoplasty: What We Know and Don’t Know” Win Chamberlain, MD

9:00 – 9:45 “CXL” Miles Greenwald, MD

9:45 – 10:15 Break and Exhibition Viewing: Foyer

10:15 – 11:00 “Uveitis” Akhila Alapati, MD

11:15 – 12:00 “Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty—Don’t Give up on me!” Win Chamberlain, MD

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

1:15 – 2:00  “Dilemmas and Challenges in Anterior Segment Surgery” Moderator – Sam Garg, MD 

Panel Members – Win Chamberlain, MD; Megan Hagnegahdar, MD; Chris Ketcherside, MD; Miles Greenwald, MD

2:15 – 3:00 “LiGHT Trial Update” Stephen Ambrose, MD

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

3:30 – 4:15 “Neuro-Ophthalmology Potpourri, An Update on the Evaluation and Management of Important Neuro-Ophthalmic Conditions” Sean Gratton, MD

4:30 – 5:15 “Endothelial Dysfunction: DMEK, DSO, and the future …” Sam Garg, MD

5:30 – 6:30 Reception for conference participants and exhibitor representatives: Rooftop

Friday Schedule

7:00 – 7:55 Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast: Salon 2
7:55 – 8:00 Welcome, Jason Brown, DO & Omar Karadaghy, MD
8:00 – 8:45 “Bringing US Guided Procedure into Your Practice” Erin Buzcek, MD
9:00 – 9:45 “Otology NOS” Alex Arambula, MD
9:45 – 10:15 Break and Exhibition Viewing: Foyer
10:15 – 11:00 “Rhinology NOS” Vidur Bhalla, MD
11:15 – 12:00 Multidisciplinary Sleep Panel. Moderator: Jason Brown, DO. Panelists: Chris Larsen, MD; Damien Stevens, MD; David Ingram, MD
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch, Awards, and Annual Business Meeting: Salons 1A and 1B

Saturday Schedule

7:00 – 7:55 Welcome, Abe White, MD

7:55 – 8:00 Welcome, Scott Hickman, MD, KCSO&O President-Elect

8:00 – 8:45 “Ocular Surface Toxicity Associated with Systemic Drugs—What You Don’t Know Can Hurt Your Patients” Win Chamberlain, MD

9:00 – 9:45 “Cataract Surgery in Complex Eyes” Sam Garg, MD

9:45 – 10:15 Break and Exhibition Viewing: Lobby

10:15 – 11:00 “Detecting Subclinical Corneal Edema in Fuchs’ Endothelial Dystrophy Using Pentacam” and “Boston K Pro Type 1: A History” Megan Hagnegahdar, MD

11:15 – 12:00 Challenging Cases  KU and UMKC Residents

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 “Biologics in Chronic Rhinosinusitis” Selina Gierer, DO

9:00 – 9:45 “Leadership Talk” St. Peter, MD

9:45 – 10:15 Break and Exhibition Viewing: Lobby

10:15 – 11:00 “p16/TORS” Alexandra Kejner, MD

11:15 – 12:00 “Superior Semicircular Canal dehiscence” Beth McNulty, MD