2025 Gold Coast Educational Retreat
Schedule & Speakers
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Registration and Breakfast – Exhibit Hall Opens
8:00 am – 9:40 am
Retina: Refer or Relax
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COPE: 94530-TD | FL: 20-1264987 | TX: 20-1264987 | SC: 20-1277065

Steven Ferrucci, OD

Stuart Burgess, MD

Natalia Villate, MD
2/TQ
9:40 am – 10:00 am
Break and Exhibit Hall
10:00 am -11:40 am
AMD: A Through Z
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COPE: 94532-TD | FL: 20-1264965 | TX: 20-1264965 | SC: 20-1277066

Steven Ferrucci, OD

Anne Kunkler, MD, Retina Specialist
2/TQ
11:40 am – 11:50 am
Special Recognition Announcement
11:50 am – 1:00 pm
Lunch and Exhibit Hall
1:00 pm – 2:40 pm
Anterior Segment ERs: May Be Your Bascom Cases from the Trenches
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COPE: 94535-TD | FL: 20-1263216 | TX: 20-1263216 | SC: 20-1277069

Michael Venincasa, MD

Alison Bozung, OD
2/TQ
2:40 pm – 3:10 pm
Break and Exhibit Hall
3:10 pm – 4:50 pm
My Patient Has Some Nerve
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COPE: 94538-NO | FL: 20-1263527 | TX: 20-1263527 | SC: 20-1277068

Matthew Kay, MD

Pauline Buck, OD
2/TQ
4:50 pm – 6:00 pm
Exhibit Hall Closes for the Day and Happy Hour
Sunday, January 19th, 2025
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Registration and Breakfast – Exhibit Hall Opens
8:00 am – 9:40 am
Cry Me a River
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COPE: 94540-TD | FL: 20-1264216 | TX: 20-1264216 | SC: 20-1277070

Ian Benjamin Gaddie, OD
2/TQ
9:40 am – 10:00 am
Break and Exhibit Hall
10:00 am -11:40 am
Glaucoma All I Need to Know
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COPE: 94543-GL | FL: 20-1262063 | TX: 20-1262063 | SC: 20-1277071

Ian Benjamin Gaddie, OD

Chad Kaplan, MD
2/TQ
11:40 am – 12:40 pm
Lunch and Exhibit Hall
12:40 pm – 2:20 pm
Concurrent
Prevention of Medical Errors
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COPE: 89825-EJ | FL: 20-1261773 | TX: 20-1261773 | SC: 20-1277072
12:40 – 2:20pm
2hrs

Joseph Sowka, OD, FAAO, Diplomate
HIV
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COPE: 93343-SD | FL: 20-1261774 | TX: 20-1261774 | SC: 20-1277073
12:40 – 1:30pm
1hr

Jessica Steen, OD
Optometric Medical Billing: Common Pitfalls
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COPE: 94544-PM | FL: 20-1263532 | TX: 20-1263532 | SC: 20-1277074
1:30 – 2:20pm
1hr

LaCendra Morrison, CPC AAOE

Faten Edriskhalaf, OD
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm
Break and Exhibit Hall Closes (2:30)
2:30 pm – 4:10 pm
Florida Jurisprudence
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COPE: 94437-EJ | FL: 20-1261775

Joseph Sowka, OD, FAAO, Diplomate
2
4:10 pm
Conference Ends