Message from the Meeting Chair

As incoming Chair of Continuing Professional Development (CPD), it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society.

I would like to acknowledge the outstanding work done by the CPD planning committee and by our Executive Director, Hubert Drouin, and Inika Anderson, Manager of CPD, all of whom have worked together to bring you an outstanding scientific program composed of general sessions, subspecialty sessions and scientific posters. The success of this meeting is due largely to their tremendous efforts. There will be some significant changes in this year�s meeting, which are highlighted below.

Highlights of this year�s meeting include: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr Thomas Liesegang Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology Lecturer: �Varicella Zoster Virus Vaccines: Effective but concerns linger� Dr Alan Cruess E.A. Baker Lecture: �The Cost of Vision Loss in Canada� . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Canadian Research Meeting, Saturday June 20th at 9am Surgical Workshops in Cornea and Glaucoma on Saturday June 20th Ethics/Communications Grand Rounds on Informed Consent with Dr Alex Levin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COS Award for Excellence in Ophthalmic Research A return of the "hard copy" poster sessions and the Best Poster Award

Through participation in this year�s meeting, eye care professionals will:

• Increase their knowledge base and skills based on the educational needs of Canadian Ophthalmologists
• Learn about recent advances in Comprehensive Ophthalmology and in each of the subspecialty areas
• Meet with colleagues and internationally renowned guest speakers to discuss core concepts, new advances, and clinical experiences
• Meet with industry representatives in the Exhibit Hall to learn about new or recently introduced technology

I would like to express my thanks to my predecessor, Guillermo Rocha, for all the hard work he did in taking our annual meeting to new educational heights. With all the new innovations recently introduced into ophthalmology, this is truly an exciting time to be practicing. During my term as Chair of CPD, I would like to build on the extensive scope of this meeting in conjunction with its manageable size to provide each one of us with an outstanding learning opportunity. I look forward to seeing you in Toronto.

Allan R. Slomovic MA, MD, FRCSC
Chair, Continuing Professional Development