Mark Your Calendar 

Bring Your Technicians and Administrators

JCAHPO Credit

CME

Friday, June 25, 2010

      1:30   Golf Tee Times Scheduled

      8:00-9:00pm  One-hour CME program from OMIC will be offered - for the 3% discount against your malpractice insurance 

      9:00-11:00pm  Welcome Reception 

Saturday, June 26, 2010

      8:30-4:30 pm  Physician Programming

      8:30-4:30 pm  Technician Programming

      8:30-4:30 pm  Administrator Programming 

      5:30-7:30 pm  Reception and Boat Ride 

Sunday, June 27, 2010

      7:30-12:00 pm Physician Programming 

This will be a two-day meeting (Saturday/Sunday) for Physicians

and

One-day meeting (Saturday) for Technicians and Administrators 

More information including registration materials coming to website:  www.wveyemd.org

WVU Expanding Eye Care Services to Rural Areas

The Charleston Gazette

January 21, 2010

By Veronica Nett

West Virginians have fairly convenient access to eye care services, but the issue in rural areas is providing specialized care that is generally centralized in Charleston and Morgantown, said Judie Charlton, chairwoman of WVU’s Department of Ophthalmology.

West Virginians face a “pending epidemic” when it comes to their eyesight, the chairwomen of West Virginia University’s Department of Ophthalmology says.

This rate of state residents with glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy is on the rise, Dr Judie Charlton, said Wednesday in an interview with the Gazette.

Both conditions can cause blindness if not treated early, and occur in conjunction with the aging population, smoking and diabetes, Charlton said. West Virginia has one of the oldest populations in the nation and also has some of the highest rates of diabetes and smoking.

by Veronica Nett, Staff Writer

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginians face a "pending epidemic" when it comes to their eyesight, the chairwoman of West Virginia University's Department of Ophthalmology says.

The rate of state residents with glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy is on the rise, Dr. Judie Charlton, said Wednesday in an interview with the Gazette.

Both conditions can cause blindness if not treated early, and occur in conjunction with an aging population, smoking and diabetes, Charlton said. West Virginia has one of the oldest populations in the nation and also has some of the highest rates of diabetes and smoking.

Copyright 2009 Palo Alto Daily News

Palo Alto Daily News (California) 

Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News 

November 14, 2009 Saturday 

SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS 

ACC-NO: 20091114-PL-VA-hospital-1114 

LENGTH: 820 words 

HEADLINE: VA hospital: State requests probe of VA hospital \\?? 23 glaucoma patients suffered serious vision loss 

BYLINE: Jessica Bernstein, Palo Alto Daily News, Calif. 

BODY:

   Nov. 14--The state consumer affairs department has formally requested an investigation into the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, where 23 glaucoma patients experienced significant vision loss while receiving treatment.

   California Department of Consumer Affairs Director Brian Stiger made the request in response to an administrative petition the California Academy of Eye Surgeons and Physicians, the American Glaucoma Society and the California Medical Association filed in September with his agency.

   "As the events at the VA hospital do concern consumers, I am formally requesting that the Board of Optometry, together with the Medical Board of California, investigate the occurrences at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Hospital regarding the eye

   care provided to veterans, including the role of optometrists and physicians in that care," Stiger wrote in a Nov. 10 letter addressed to Dr. James Ruben, president of the California Academy of Eye Surgeons and Physicians.

   "To the extent permitted by existing state and federal law, I am also requesting that those boards make public the findings of the investigation," Stiger said.