The 50th Meeting of ASOPRS (American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery) is planned for May 30 to June 2, 2019 at the Atlantis in the Bahamas. This meeting is open to current members of ASOPRS or ASOPRS Candidate Members.

Date of OMIC presentation:   Sunday, June 2, 2019

Time of June 2nd presentation: 8:30 a.m. (with 15-minute Q & A)

Location: The Atlantis, Paradise Island, The Bahamas

Topic: Navigating Risk in Oculoplastic Plastic Surgery

Speaker:  Robert G. Fante, MD, OMIC Committee Member

The ASOPRS website updates information regularly:

https://asoprsconf.memberclicks.net/future-spring-meetings

OMIC insureds/ASOPRS members who attend this course will earn a 10%  premium discount!  Be sure to sign in while in the presentation room to ensure your OMIC discount.

The annual Arizona Ophthalmological Society’s “Grand Canyon” meeting is scheduled for June 7-9, 2019, in Flagstaff, Arizona. Join OMIC for a presentation on Sunday morning.

Date of the OMIC physician session: Sunday, June 9, 2019

Time: 10:30 am to 11:30 am

Location: High Country Conference Center in Flagstaff, AZ  See  http://www.highcountryconferencecenter.com/

Topic: Great Expectations: Liability Risks of Unrealistic Surgical Goals

Speaker: Andrew G. Iwach, MD, OMIC Risk Management Committee Member and also Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, OMIC Risk Manager

Be sure to sign in while in the room. Current AOS members earn a 10% discount on their OMIC insurance upon renewal.

Visit the AOS Page for more information on OMIC’s partnership with the Arizona Ophthalmological Society.

Join us at Stonewall Resort, at the 2019 meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (WVAEPS).

Date of OMIC presentation: Sunday, June 9, 2019

Location: Stonewall Resort, Roanoke, West Virginia

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Topic: Co-Management Liability & Risk Management Recommendations 

Speaker: Michelle Pineda, MBA, OMIC Risk Manager

Contact WVAEPS at  https://www.wvaeps.org/

Please be sure to sign-in while in the presentation room to ensure your OMIC policy discount. Current WVAEPS physician members earn a 10% discount on their insurance policy premium upon renewal.

For your administrators:

Michelle Pineda will speak on Saturday, June 8, from 1-1:30 pm on the topic: Medico-Legal Issues of the Electronic Medical Record.

Join us on Friday and Saturday, June 14-15, 2019 in Vienna, Virginia, at the 36th annual Virginia Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (VSEPS) meeting.

Date of OMIC session: Friday, June 14, 2019

Time: afternoon session

Location: Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, Vienna, Virginia

Topic: Great Expectations: Liability Risks of Unrealistic Surgical Goals

Speakers: Denise R. Chamblee, MD, OMIC Board Member and Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, OMIC Risk Manager

Be sure to sign in while in the presentation room to ensure your OMIC policy discount.  We offer a 10% to current VSEPS members! Stop by the OMIC booth in the exhibit hall with any coverage questions and receive a free rate quote in minutes.

Register with VSEPS at https://vaeyemd.org/

For your technicians:

Hans Bruhn will present a course on “Co-Management Liability and Risk Management” on Friday 6/14/2019 at 12:25-1:15 pm.

Join us at the OMIC session to be presented at the 2019 Ocular Imaging Conference (OIC-WAVE) planned for June 23-26, 2019, in Maui, Hawai`i.

Date of OMIC presentation: TBA

Location: Fairmont Kea Lani Resort, Maui, Hawai`i

Time: likey midday

Topic: OMIC Risk Management Topic

Speaker: Gaurav K. Shah, MD, OMIC Committee Member and Linda D. Harrison, PhD, Director of OMIC Risk Management

Current OMIC insured physicians can earn a discount OMIC insurance premium by attending this OMIC risk management session.

Join us at the annual Florida Society of Ophthalmology’s (FSO) “Masters in Ophthalmology” meeting on June 29-30, 2019.  Attendance at the OMIC session on Sunday morning offers a higher policy discount to current FSO physician members.

Location: The Diplomat Beach Resort, Hollywood, Florida

Date: Sunday, June 30, 2019 (MD Program)

Time:  7:30 am to 8:30 am

Topic: Informed Consent: What Plaintiff Attorneys Don’t Want You to Know

Speakers: Steven I. Rosenfeld, MD, OMIC Board Member & Michelle Pineda, MBA, OMIC Risk Manager

Register with the FSO at http://www.mdeye.org/

Current FSO members can earn a 10% discount on their insurance policy for attending this OMIC session at this meeting.  Be sure to sign in while in the room to ensure your discount.

For your nurses and technicians (no OMIC discount offered):

Date: Saturday, June 29

Time: 8:00 am to 9:00 am

Topic: Prequel to a Claim: Tips on How to Manage an Incident

For your IJCAHPO administrators (no OMIC discount offered):

Date: Saturday, June 29

Time: 10:40 am to 11:40 am

Topic: Informed Consent: What Plaintiff Attorneys Don’t Want Your Doctors to Know

Join OMIC in Bermuda for 2019 annual meeting of the members of the American Eye Study Club (AESC). For more information on event activities, go to http://www.americaneyestudyclub.org/

Location: Fairmont Southampton, 101 South Shore Road, Southampton SN 02, Bermuda

Date: Friday, August 2, 2019

Time: to be announced soon

Topic: OMIC topic to be announced soon

Speaker: Robert S. Gold, MD, OMIC Board Member

OMIC insured physicians who are current AESC members can earn a 10% discount on their policy for attending the OMIC session during this week-long event.

Hotel information: https://www.fairmont.com/southampton-bermuda/

Join us for an OMIC risk management session for HOS members at the 2019 Hawai`i Ophthalmological Society’s meeting.  This is the society’s 35th annual academic meeting. This event is offered to current ophthalmologists who are members of HOS.

Date: Saturday, August 17, 2019

Time: during the 12:00 to 2:00 pm opening presentation

Location: Prince Waikiki Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawai`i

The website for hotel is https://www.guestreservations.com/hawaii-prince-hotel/booking?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7_DfqdHS4QIVj8DACh26qA7MEAAYAiAAEgLbsvD_BwE

Topic: Great Expectations: Liability Risks of Unrealistic Surgical Goals

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

Be sure to sign in while at the presentation to ensure your OMIC policyholder discount.

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

RSVP to Kelly Nakasone at 1-808-348-4437 by Thursday, August 15th, 2019.

Current HOS members earn a 10% discount upon renewal of their OMIC insurance premium.  For HOS membership and organization information, contact Jessica Nichols at  jnichols@hma-assn.org or call (808) 536-7702, ext. 108.

Join us at the OMIC session to be presented at the 2019 Women in Ophthalmology meeting on August 22-25, 2019 at the Couer d’Alene Resort in Couer d’Alene, Idaho.  Be sure to take some time out of your schedule to stop by our booth with any questions you may have. Go to http://wioonline.org/

Date of OMIC presentation: Saturday, August 24, 2019

Location: Couer d’Alene Resort in Couer d’Alene, Idaho

Time: likely midday

Topic: OMIC Risk Management topic to be announced

Speaker: Pauline T. Merrill, MD, OMIC Committee Member

Please be sure to sign in while attending the presentation to ensure your OMIC policy discount.

Current members of the WIO can earn a 10% discount on their OMIC insurance premium by attending this OMIC risk management session. Non-WIO members can earn a 5% discount for attendance.  Be sure to sign in while in the room to ensure your discount.

Join OMIC on September 6, 2019 at the meeting of the New England Ophthalmological Society (NEOS) at the Back Bay Event Center in Boston, MA.

Date: Friday, September 6, 2019

Time: During 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. risk management session

Topic:  Tele-ophthalmology

Speaker:  Laura C. Fine, MD, OMIC Committee Member

Note: Fully paid meeting registration for the entire event required for physicians. We offer an OMIC 10% risk management premium discount for insureds who attend the program and are current members of NEOS.