DR. SUSHMA TEJWANI (T07254)

Abstract

THE OPTIC NERVE IS NOT ONLY A WINDOW TO OCULAR DISORDERS BUT ALSO TO SYSTEMIC DISEASES. IN THIS INSTRUCTION COURSE, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING ON ONE HAND ‘GLAUCOMA’ AS AN OCULAR DISEASE AND ON THE OTHER HAND ‘NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY’ COVERING SYSTEMIC DISORDERS, WHERE THE OPTIC NERVE IS THE KEY TO THE DIAGNOSIS. THE COURSE OBJECTIVE IS TO HELP GENERAL OPHTHALMOLOGISTS DEVELOP THE CLINICAL SKILLS TO IDENTIFY VARIOUS GLAUCOMA AND NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY RELATED ISSUES COMMONLY SEEN IN ROUTINE PRACTICE, WITH APPROPRIATE TIPS TO CLINCH THE DIAGNOSIS.

FURTHER, THIS COURSE ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF ANCILLARY TOOLS LIKE PERIMETER, OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY, AND ULTRASOUND FOR ASSESSMENT OF OPTIC NERVE FOR NOT ONLY DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT PLANNING BUT ALSO MONITORING THE PROGRESSION OR REGRESSION. WITH THE AID OF AMPLE GLAUCOMA AND NEUROLOGICAL CLINICAL EXAMPLES, THE COURSE WILL ENABLE THE AUDIENCE IN DECISION MAKING FOR REACHING THE DIAGNOSIS IN GLAUCOMA AND NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY

1	1. APPROACH TO UNILATERAL AND BILATERAL DISC EDEMA WITH MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS (15 mins)	DR. JYOTI MATALIA	Coming soon
2	2. OPTIC NERVE EVALUATION IN GLAUCOMA: THE DDLS AND MASQUERADES IN GLAUCOMA (15 mins)	DR. SUSHMA TEJWANI	Coming soon
3	3. WHEN IMAGING COME TO RESCUE – USE OF OCT, PERIMETRY AND B-SCAN, MRI IN NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY (15 mins)	DR. JYOTI MATALIA	Coming soon
4	4. THE NERVE FIBRE LAYER AND THE SCOTOMAS: USING OCT AND PERIMETRY IN GLAUCOMA (15 mins)	DR. SUSHMA TEJWANI	Coming soon
5	5. EVALUATING DISC PALLOR: IS IT GLAUCOMA OR NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY (10 mins)	DR. SUSHMA TEJWANI	Coming soon
	Panel Discussion : (5 mins.)