Barry A. Weissman, O.D., Ph.D.
Barry A Weissman, O.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief, Contact Lens Service, Jules Stein Eye Institute, and Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Adjunct Professor of Optometry, Southern California College of Optometry, Fullerton CA.
Within the past 12 months, Dr. Weissman reports receiving grant/research support from The Vision Care Institute, and has been on the Speakers Bureau for Abbott Medical Optics, Alcon, Bausch and Lomb, Vision Service Plan and Vistakon.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CCME staff and interMDnet staff have nothing to disclose.
Estimated course time: 1 hour(s).
Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Montefiore Medical Center designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center and InterMDnet. Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Montefiore Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:
Classify and diagnose the various potential complications of contact lens wear
Understand that the most serious complications of contact lens wear are both microbial corneal infection and corneal neovascularization as both can threaten vision
Apply a treatment plan for each of the CL complications
Recognize that hypoxia, once the "king" of CL-driven complications now has only a secondary role to inflammatory complications with the popularization of new highly oxygen permeable rigid and soft lenses.
