February 2018 General Member Meeting

Need CE?  Here's our first GMM of 2019! We will be meeting at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Walnut Creek on Sunday morning, February 3. Hear from Dr. Pinakin Davey speak on glaucoma, and UC Berkeley Resident Grand Rounds.

Ruth's Chris Steak House
1553 Olympic Blvd,
Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USA
Sunday, February 3rd
8:30am-12:30pm

RSVP with choice of meal:
        -Filet Mignon with Shrimp
        -Vegetarian

Guest Lecturer:
     Pinakin Gunvant Davey, PhD, OD, FAAO
          "The Enigma of Glaucoma- Diagnosis and Management"

Resident Guest Lecturers:
     Sarah Sandhaus, OD
          "Key Concepts in Managing Scleritis"

     Benjamin Szu, OD
          "Oral antiviral dosing for Herpetic eye disease in  patients with renal impairment"

     Melissa Tawa, OD
          "Guidelines for the Work-Up of Bilateral Optic Neuropathies"

     Alexa Westerbeck, OD
          "Gon Girl: The Dilemma of Empirical Treatment for Gonoccocal Conjunctivitis"

COPE Credit: 3.5 TPA hours

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Late Sign-up deadline date = 1/31/19
Cost:
     Free - ACCCOS who sign up by the Late sign-up date
     $25  - ACCCOS members after the Late sign-up date
     $50  - Non-ACCCOS COA members
     $80  - Non-COA members
 **$45 Late Sign-up Fee - Non-ACCCOS members who sign up after the Late sign-up date
 **$45 No Show Fee -  Penalty for RSVP without attendance 

RSVP on our MEMBERS ONLY page on the ACCCOS website. Check your email for the password to the Members only page.

Complimentary parking is provided for attendees for the duration of the event at the Ruth's Chris parking structure, adjacent to the restaurant. No parking voucher required. Please note that to receive continuing education credit, you must arrive no later than ten minutes after the lecture has started. Only the full credit will be granted; no partial credit for only attending a portion of the lecture. 

September 2018 General Member Meeting

Mark your calendar for our upcoming General Member Meeting on Sunday, September 16th, 2018

Garre Vineyard and Winery
7986 Tesla Rd, Livermore, CA 94550
Sunday, September 16th, 2018
9:00am-2pm

Special Guest Lecturers:

Doctors Mika Moy, Kuniyoshi Kanai, Melanie Mason, and Sandra Harpster: I Have What in My Eyes? Sexually Transmitted Diseases and the Eye

Dr. Melanie Mason: Be Your Patient’s Hero: Demodex Blepharitis

Dr. Jennifer Fisher: Prescribing ADDition Lenses for Binocular Vision Dysfunctions

Dr. Jacqueline Theis: This is What a Concussion LOOKS Like

RSVP with choice of meal:
      Omnivore or Vegetarian

Free for ACCCOS members who sign up by September 2nd, $25 for ACCCOS members who sign up after September 2nd. $50 Non-ACCCOS COA members, $80 Non-COA members, late sign-up fee $45.

To sign up, please visit our Members Only page.  Check your email for the password to access this page. If you have any questions, please email us as acccos1@gmail.com

Summer Social 2018

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Come to our ACCCOS summer social for some drinks, appetizers, and to meet ACCCOS members. Professional Head Shots are included.  Click here for pictures of last year's event.

Details 

Where:       Cornerstone Brewery
                     2367 Shattuck Ave.,
                     Berkeley, CA 94704

When:         Sunday, July 29, 2018
                    11:00am - 2:00pm

Who:           ACCCOS members, potential members, and guests

Enjoy:         Heavy appetizers, drink tickets, complimentary professional head shots

Cost:           Complimentary! 

To RSVP:     CLICK HERE

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ACCCOS June General Member Meeting

Mark your calendar for the June 28th GMM:

Thursday June 28th, 2018
Registration begins at 6 pm
Lecture and dinner 6:30 pm - 9 pm

Special Guest Lecturer:
Dr. Benjamin Dyches
Topic: "Essential Legal Concepts and Strategies to Protect Today's Healthcare Professionals"

Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto
1919 4th St., Berkeley, CA 94710

RSVP with choice of meal:
Chicken Piccata, Cedar Roasted Salmon, Pasta Primavera (Vegetarian)

Free for ACCCOS members who sign up by June 14th, $25 for ACCCOS members who sign up after June 14th. $50 Non-ACCCOS COA members, $80 Non-COA members, late sign-up fee $45.

You can now RSVP on our MEMBERS ONLY page.
Check your email for the password to enter this page.

President's Message

Greetings,

It is a great honor and privilege to serve as your new president this year. Thank you for continuing to be a member of our society and for your continued support of our profession.

There are four major areas I hope to build upon this year as society president. The first is within access and outreach. This year my project is focused on improving referrals for tertiary care services, especially low vision. I hope you will join and support these efforts to increase the access to services for our aging population. Furthermore, I hope you will choose to participate in a survey regarding low vision practice patterns.

The second area of continued importance is legislative optometry. Thank you to those of you who attended COA Legislative Day and AOA Congressional Advocacy Conference. As you all know, we have an optometrist running for Lieutenant Governor, Senator Ed Hernandez. I hope you will join us in supporting him through campaigning and contributions. Please join me as we continue to do our part in making our voices heard at the local, state, and national levels with respect to our optometric rights.

Our goal as a board is to provide you with access to the best continuing education available and to maintain the high quality of education our society is known for. Please take advantage of one of your valuable membership benefits - join us for excellent CE events throughout the 2018-2019 year.

Finally, I hope to bring our society together in more social environments to promote unity and community. With the implementation of our OD mixer last summer, we have created a new space in which our society members can meet and mingle. I hope to grow this aspect of our society and look forward to your continued participation. Please mark your calendars for our summer social on Sunday July 29 at Cornerstone Brewery in Berkeley - guests are invited!

I am proud to be part of our award winning society. Thank you for your continued support of our society, and I look forward to seeing you at our upcoming June General Membership Meeting at Spenger's in Berkeley.

Jazzi Junge, O.D.