Join us at the annual Florida Society of Ophthalmology’s (FSO) “Masters in Ophthalmology 2024” meeting on June 21-23, 2024.  Attendance at the OMIC session on Sunday morning offers a OMIC policy discount to current FSO members.

Location: Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida (phone number is 1-407-206-2400). For reservations, please call 800-266-9432 and ask for the FSO/Masters 2023 group rate.

Date: Sunday, June 23, 2024

Time:  7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Topic: Lessons Learned: When Safety Protocols Fail 

Speakers: Robert S. Gold, MD, OMIC Board President and Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, OMIC Risk Manager

Register with the FSO at https://www.ophmasters.com/

Current FSO members can earn a discount on their insurance policy for attending the OMIC session at this meeting.  Be sure to scan the QR code while in the room during the presentation to ensure your discount.

For your IJCAHPO Technicians:

Hans Bruhn will present a session, Lessons Learned From Closed Claims: When Protocols Fail, to technicians and nurses on Friday, June 21, 2024, at 2:30-3:30 pm.

Join OMIC for a physician-specific risk management course at the Southern Eye Congress (formerly known as the Southeast Eye Regional Meeting) on Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Go to http://www.southerneyecongress.com/

Location: The Lodge at Gulf State Park, 21196 East Beach Blvd, Orange Beach, AL
Telephone: 888-428-0927

Date of OMIC session: Sunday, July 21, 2024 

Time: 7:30 am to 8:30 am

Topic: Lessons Learned: When Protocols Fails

Speaker: Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, OMIC Risk Manager

Physicians from Alabama (ALAO), Louisiana (LAEPS), Mississippi (MAEPS), and Tennessee (TNAO) can earn a discount for attending the OMIC session at this event. As a current, paid member of his or her respective state society, a physician can earn a discount for attending this OMIC event.

NOTE: Technicians are invited to attend this session as well. 

Be sure to scan the QR code while in the presentation room to ensure the discount. Learn more about the current discount for your state at OMIC Partners.

Join us at the annual Georgia Society of Ophthalmology Meeting (GSO) on July 26-28, 2024 at the Ritz-Carlton at Amelia Island. Please take a moment from your schedule to stop by the OMIC booth at the meeting with any questions and get a free rate quote.

Date: Friday, July 26, 2024

Time: 3:40 p.m. to 4:40 p.m.

Topic: Lessons Learned: When Safety Protocols Fail

Speaker:  Pauline T. Merrill, MD, OMIC Board Member and Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, OMIC Risk Manager

The GSO website contains regular updates at http://www.ga-eyemds.org/

The hotel website is https://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/florida/amelia-island?scid=f2ae0541-1279-4f24-b197-a979c79310b0

OMIC insureds can earn a premium discount for attending the OMIC risk management session at this summer GSO meeting.  Be sure to scan the QR code presented by the speakers during the session to ensure the OMIC policy discount.

Join OMIC in Ireland in July 2024 for the annual meeting of the members of the American Eye Study Club (AESC). For more information on event activities, go to https://www.americaneyestudyclub.org/

Location: Kilkea Castle, County Kildare, Ireland

One of Ireland’s oldest inhabited castles, Kilkea Castle, is a hidden jewel just one hour from Dublin.  With a history dating back to 1180, Kilkea Castle was once the medieval stronghold of the FitzGerald’s, Earls of Kildare.

Date: check program

Time: check program

Topic: 35th Albert D. Ruedemann Lecture

Speaker: Robert S. Gold, MD, 2024 OMIC Board Chair

OMIC insured physicians who are current AESC members can earn a discount on their policy for attending the OMIC session during this week-long event.

Join OMIC at the annual Michigan Society of Eye Physicians & Surgeons (MiSEPS) on August 8-10, 2024, at the Mission Point Resort, Mackinac Island, Michigan.

Date: Saturday, August 10, 2024

Time: 7:35 a.m. to 8:05 a.m.

Location: Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island, Michigan

Topic: Lessons Learned: When Safety Protocols Fail

Speaker: Mark A. Rolain, MD, OMIC Committee Member

To register, refer to the event website: https://www.miseps.org/

Join us for a live OMIC risk management session for HOS members of the 2024 Hawai`i Ophthalmological Society.

This event is offered to current ophthalmologists who are members of HOS.

Date: Saturday, August 10, 2024

Time: TBA; refer to meeting program–likely to be 1 p.m.

Location: TBA

Topic: OMIC Risk Management

Speakers: Dr Andrew G. Iwach, OMIC Board Member and Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, OMIC Risk Manager

The HOS website is: http://hawaiiophthalmology.org/

Current HOS members earn a discount upon renewal of their OMIC insurance premium.  For HOS membership and organization information, contact Jessica Nichols at (808) 536-5039

The 40th Midwest Ophthalmologic Symposium is planned for September 7, 2024.   The website for the event: THE RETINA INSTITUTE (tri-stl.com)

Date: Saturday September 7, 2024

Location: Ritz-Carlton, 100 Carondelet Plaza, St Louis, MO 63105

Time: TBA

Topic:  OMIC Risk Management topic

Speaker: Gaurav K. Shah, MD, OMIC Board Member

OMIC insureds who are current paid members of MoSEPS and certain other state ophthalmic societies and sub-specialty societies can earn a discount on their policy renewal for attending this specific OMIC session.

Join us for a OMIC risk management presentation in association with The Cornea Society during the weekend of September 27-28, 2024. This event is only available to current AUPO FCC Fellows. 

Date: September 28, 2024

Location: Lions Eye World Vision in Tampa, Florida

Time: 7:30 a.m.

Topic: Risk Management 101

Speaker: Jeannette Domask, MPH, CPHRM, OMIC Risk Manager

OMIC insureds receive a discount on OMIC premium (at policy renewal) for current Cornea Society members who attend this live risk management event.  Be sure to scan the QR code during the presentation.

Join OMIC for an evening of dinner and risk management presentation offered by the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians (CSEP).

Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024

Time: evening

Location: The Mark Twain, 351 Farmington Ave, Hartford, CT

Topic: Lessons Learned: When Safety Protocols Fail

Speaker: Michelle Pineda, MBA, OMIC Risk Manager

Contact CSEP director, Debbie Osborn, for additional information.

Current CSEP physician members can receive a discount on their OMIC insurance premium for attending the physician presentation.  Be sure to register properly so your attendance can be captured and your discount applied to your OMIC policy.

The annual meeting of the AAO in 2024 occurs October 18-21, 2024.  Go to: https://www.aao.org/annual-meeting/chicago

The popular annual OMIC Bruce Spivey MD Forum at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting 2024 (AAO) is tenatively planned for Sunday, October 20, 2024 at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

OMIC BRUCE SPIVEY MD FORUM 2024

This popular hour-and-a-half event will begin at 2:00 p.m.

Date:  tentatively Sunday, October 20, 2024

Time: most likely the usual time of 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm

Location:  likely to occur in The Grand Ballroom

Topic: TBA

Speakers:

• OMIC Board Member TBA
• OMIC Board Member TBA
• OMIC Vice President of Risk Management, Linda D. Harrison, PhD

Free to AAO meeting registrants.  Be sure to have the OMIC staff scan your AAO attendee badge to ensure that you receive your OMIC policy discount.