Doctor Continuing Education Schedule
Friday, March 12, 2010
8:00am -
10:00am
101:  Rapid Fire:  Session I
COPE 27356-SD
Michael DePaolis, OD, FAAO       Ben Gaddie,OD, FAAO     Leo Semes, OD, FAAO      Tammie Than, OD, FAAO
10:30am -
12:30pm
102: Shootout at the Hoya Corral
COPE: 27220-SD  (2 hrs)
12:30pm -
4:00 pm
SWCO Exhibit Hall and Luncheon
Join your friends for "Lunch on SWCO" in the Exhibit Hall
4:00pm -
6:00pm
103:  Rapid Fire:  Session II
COPE 27357-SD
Michael DePaolis, OD, FAAO       Ben Gaddie,OD, FAAO     Leo Semes, OD, FAAO      Tammie Than, OD, FAAO
6:00 pm -
7:00 pm
College of Optometry Receptions:  Crystal Foyer
NSUOCO, SCO and UHCO
8:00pm
Improv Comedy Club "Night-Out in Addison"
Featuring Comedian Jon Lajoie
Tickets available online & at Registration
Saturday, March 13, 2010
6:30 am -
8:00 am
Breakfast Seminar with VSP
Necessary Contact Lens Coverage and Coordinating
Benefits with Health Plans
(
non-COPE)

Stephen Farebrother, Field Trainer
(Breakfast opens 6:30; Program 7:00 - 7:50)
8:00am -
10:00am
201:  Contact Lens
Management of the Refractive
Surgery Patient
(2hr)
COPE 21621-CL

Michael DePaolis, OD, FAAO
202(a):  Dry Eye
Disease:  Lids,
Inflammation and
Management (1h)
COPE 21654-AS

202(b):  Evolving
Standards in  
Glaucoma Care
(1hr)
COPE 19843-GL

Ben Gaddie, OD, FAAO
203:  Contemporary
Care of Diabetic Eye
Disease (2h) – COPE
24876-PS

Leo Semes, OD, FAAO
204(a):  Skin Diseases and
the Eye (1h) – COPE 24942-
AS

204(b):  Ocular
Complications of Cancer
Treatment (1h) – COPE
23104-SD

Tammie Than, OD, FAAO
10:30am -
12:30pm
205:  Clinical Pearls for a
Contact Lens Practice (2h) –
COPE 18363-CL

Michael DePaolis, OD, FAAO
206:  Congenital
and Acquired
Diseases of the
Optic Nerve (2h)
COPE 25417-PS

Ben Gaddie, OD, FAAO
207:  Optic Nerve
and Nerve Fiber
Evaluation (2h) –
COPE 24883-GL

Leo Semes, OD, FAAO
208:  Laboratory Testing:  
Its Role in Diagnosing and
Managing Ocular Disease
(2h) – COPE 21792-SD

Tammie Than, OD, FAAO
12:30 pm -
3:00 pm
"Lunch on SWCO" in Exhibit Hall
Exhibit Hall Closes
3:00pm -
6:00pm

210:  Prescribing Medications for Pediatric Patients:  
Indications and Dosages (1h)
26500-PH

212:  Kontacts and Kids (2h)
COPE 20266-CL

Suzanne Wickum, OD, FAAO

211:  Differentiating Your Optical With Specialty
Products (1h) – COPE 23881-PM

213:  Creating the “A” Team (2h) – COPE 26208-
PM

John Rumpakis, OD

* These courses are a combined course for doctors
and para-optometrics *
Sunday, March 14, 2010
8:00am -
10:00am
301:  Hurdles in Amblyopia (2h)
COPE 20214-FV

Suzanne Wickum, OD, FAAO
302:  Cracking the Code:  The Myths, Mysteries, &
Essentials of Medical Eye Care Coding Part 1 (2h)
– COPE 24186-GO

* This course is a combined course for doctors
and para-optometrics *

John Rumpakis, OD
10:30am -
12:30pm
303:  Diagnosis and Treatment of Infant Eye
"Diseases" (2h) – COPE 26499-FV

Suzanne Wickum, OD, FAAO
304:  Cracking the Code:  The Myths, Mysteries, &
Essentials of Medical Eye Care Coding Part 2 (2h)
– COPE 24067-GO

* This course is a combined course for doctors and
para-optometrics *
Southwest Council of Optometry
Hotel and Meeting Address:

InterContinental Hotel
15201 Dallas Pkwy
Addison, TX 75001
SWCO Administration Address:
505 J Davis Armistead Blvd
Houston, TX 77204-2020
W:  713-743-1856  F: 713-743-6541
Executive Director:  Niki Bedell, M.P.H.
Printable Version
Professional Responsibility Course:  As an added service for Texas Optometrists,
please feel free to pickup a copy of the Texas Ethics Course on CD-ROM, available at the
front desk.  Course fees and credit are through the Houston College of Optometry and not
through SWCO.  Limited quantities available and are on a first come, first served basis.