2026 Annual Conference

Friday Schedule

7:00 – 7:55 Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast
7:55 – 8:00 Welcome, Abe White, MD; KCSO&O President
8:00 – 8:45 “Update on IOLs and IOL Formulas” Michelle Boyce, MD
9:00 – 9:45 “Pediatric Myopia” Erin Stahl, MD
9:45 – 10:15 Break and Exhibition Viewing: Foyer
10:15 – 11:00 “Update on TED and Tepezza” Nicole West, MD
11:15 – 12:00 “Neuro-ophthalmology Review” Sara Krachmalnick, MD
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch, Awards, and Annual Business Meeting: Salons 1A and 1B

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 Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast
7:55 – 8:00 Welcome, Abe White, MD; KCSO&O President
8:00 – 8:45 “Mitochondrial optic neuropathies -LHON” Alina Dumitrescu, MD
9:00 – 9:15 Break and Exhibition Viewing: Lobby

Saturday Schedule

7:00 – 7:55 Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast
7:55 – 8:00 Welcome, Jason Brown, DO & Omar Karadaghy, MD
8:00 – 8:45 “How to Build Your Own Practice” Sinehan Bayrak, MD
9:00 – 9:15 Break and Exhibition Viewing: Lobby

Saturday Schedule

9:15 – 10:00

“Medical Oncology Perspective of Melanoma” Nina Mathew, MD

10:00 – 10:45

“Ocular and Rhinologic Manifestations of Allergies and Work-Up Pathways” Keith Sale, MD

10:45 – 11:30

“Systemic Allergy Treatments” Selina Gierer, MD