The International Teleophthalmology Course will be held at the Frick Fine Arts Building on October 31, 2009.  The course directors are Dr Robert Noecker, Dr Joel Schuman and Dr Sajeesh Kumar. Please see the list of speakers and schedule of events below.

Schedule of Events

7:30 AM    Registration and Breakfast
8:00 AM    Welcome and Introduction – Dr. Robert Noecker and Dr. Sajeesh Kumar
8:10 AM    Value of Teleophthalmology – Dr. Joel Schuman
8:25 AM    Question and Answer
8:30 AM    Teleophthalmology for Diabetic Retinopathy: The UPMC Eye Center Experience – Dr. Andrew Eller
8:50 AM    Question and Answer
9:00 AM    Teleophthalmology: Integration with imaging Devices – Dr. Michael Abramoff
9:20 AM    Question and Answer
9:30 AM    Automated Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy by Content-based Image Retrieval – Dr. Edward Chaum
9:50 AM    Question and Answer
10:00 AM    Automated Retina Image Analysis for Teleophthalmology – Dr. Thomas P. Karnowski
10:20 AM    Question and Answer
10:30 AM    The Radiology Experience in Telemedicine – Dr. Rasu Shrestha
10:50 AM    Question and Answer
11:00 AM    Telemedicine& Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) – Dr. Robert Read
11:20 AM    Question and Answer
11:50 AM    Break / Lunch
12:30 PM    Integration into Clinical Practices – Dr. Robert Noecker
12:50 PM    Question and Answer
1:00 PM    Realtime Interactions – Dr. Larry Wechsler
1:20 PM    Question and Answer
1:30 PM    International Teleophthalmology – Dr. Sajeesh Kumar
1:50 PM    Question and Answer
2:00 PM    Billing and Coding Issues – Mr. Greg Christoff
2:20 PM    Question and Answer
2:30 PM    Wrap Up
2:45 PM    Adjournment