Continuing Education

Please join us for upcoming CE opportunities!

November 2024 CE Event

Please join Midwestern University Chicago College of Optometry for 2 hours of Certified (Tested) Continuing Education on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. This event COPE approved.

Where:  
Midwestern University (Academic Campus)
Dobbelaere Support Services Building, 5th Floor
555 31st Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515

When:
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Check-in and Dinner - 5:30 p.m.
CE Lecture - 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Topic:
"Seeing Clearly: Advanced Strategies for Glaucoma Detection and Care"
 

Presenters:
Jenny Geevarghese, OD
Dana Rhea, OD, FAAO


Registration:

Register for November 2024 CE Event

Lecture Fees:
Two hours of COPE-Qualified CE (Tested Available)
Non-Tested CE: $50.00
Tested CEE: $70.00

For information on CCO continuing education programs, please contact:
Karyn Houbolt
khoubo@midwestern.edu 

 

Past Events

  • 2/21/2024: A Comprehensive Look at Dry Eye Disease with a Pharmaceutical Update on New Dry Eye Disease Medications
    • Dr. Jessica Conroy, OD, FAAO, FSLS
    • Dr. Vakishan Nadarajah, OD, FAAO, FSLS
    • Dr. Margaret Wilczek, OD, FAAO
  • 1/10/2024: Pediatric Eye Exams: What can go wrong?
    • Sarah El-Khazendar, OD, FAAO
    • Jenelle Mallios, OD, FAAO, Dipl of ABO
  • 11/15/2023: Exploring Ocular Toxicity: Navigating Complex Cases and Personalized Care in Optometry Practice
    • Adrienne C. Quan, OD, FAAO
    • Steven Quan, OD, FAAO
  • 09/13/2023: Myopia Control for the Primary Care Optometrist
    • Karen Kehbein, OD, FAAO, FCOVD
    • John P. Gialousakis, OD, EdM, FAAO (Dipl CCLRT)
  • 08/16/2023: Infant and Toddler Eye Exams; Binocular Vision Disorders: Management Strategies for the Primary Care Optometrist
    • Samantha Rice, OD, FAAO
    • Clinton Prestwich, OD, FAAO
  • 06/09/2021: Optometry's Role in the Opiod Epidemic; Opiod Use Disorder: Identification & Management; Opioids: A Pharmacological Perspective
    • Jeanie Lucy, OD, MPH, MS, FAAO
    • George Weyer, MD
    • Tran H. Tran, PharmD, BCPS      
  • 02/10/2021: Dry Eye in a Primary Care Setting &  Incorporating Gas Permeable Contact Lenses in a Primary Care Setting
    • Jessica Jose, OD
    • John P. Gialousakis, OD, FAAO, FSLS, Dip ABO, Diplomate: Cornea, Contact Lenses, & Refractive Technologies
  • 11/04/2020: Low Vision Technology and Beyond & Ocular Manifestations of Rheumatologic Conditions
    Parres Wright, OD, FAAP
    • Jenny Geevarghese, OF
  • 08/26/2020 African Americans, COVID-19 and the Interdisciplinary Team: A panel discussion with Medicine, Optometry, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine and Psychology
    • Kimberly Huntington-Alfano, DO, MBA, CS
    • Jeanie C. Lucy, OD, MPH, FAAO
    • Ryan Vahdani, DDS,  MHA, MAGD
    • Alice Chapman, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
    • Mariah K. Zeigler, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
    • Radhika S. Polisetty , PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS AQ-ID, AAHIVP
    • Lorna London, PhD
  • 06/10/2020 Midwestern University Spring Quarter CE event
    • Suraj Upadhyaya, OD, Ph.D., FAAO : Coding and decoding of the injured brain 
    • Ruchi Shah, OD: Review of Cranial Nerve Palsies 
  • 02/26/2020 Midwestern University Quarter 1 CE event
    • Christina Miller, OD, FAAO, Diplomate ABO, ABCMO :Impromptu Emergency Patients: Clinical Pearls and Pitfalls 
    • Jenelle L. Mallios, OD, FAAO, Diplomate ABO: Common Pediatric Anterior Segment Disorders and Diseases
    • Clinton R. Prestwich, OD, FAAO : Binocular Vision Disorders: Management Strategies for the Primary Care Optometrist
  • 05/21/2019 Midwestern University Optometric Update - Summer 2019
    • Jeanie C. Lucy, O.D., MPH, FAAO: Glaucoma Updates: Diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention
    • Kristin Adams, O.D.: Optometric Care for the Patient Post Brain Injury
  • 11/13/2018 Midwestern University Optometric Update - Winter 2018
    • Javeria Azhar, O.D.: Myopia Control Update and Clinical Pearls
    • Pablo de Gracia, M.Sc., Ph.D., FAAO: Multifocal Contact Lenses Design and Applications
  • 05/15/2018 Midwestern University Optometric Update 2018: CE and Open House
    • Caryn LaBuda, O.D., M.B.A., FAAO: AMD-An Update and A Look Into the Future
    • Frederick T. Collison, O.D., FAAO: That's not AMD! Recognizing Late-onset Inherited Macular Dystrophies. 
  • 08/21/2017 CCO and WSOS Continuing Education and Open House
    • Kim Huntington-Alfano, D.O.: An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: How we can make a difference together!
  • 05/16/2017 Midwestern University Optometric Update 2017: CE and Open House
    • Naveen Yadav, B.S. Optom., M.S., Ph.D., FAAO: Binasal Occlusion (BNO) Technique in mTBI Patients with Increased Visual Motion Sensitivity (VMS)
    • Maria Doelman, O.D., FAAO: Vision Rehabilitation for NO Vision Patients