2025 GCER | Registration

2025 GCER | Hotel

The Diplomat Beach Resort

The Diplomat Beach Resort is the ultimate South Florida resort by the sea, voted one of the top 10 resorts in Florida by Condé Nast Reader’s Choice and 4 Diamond rated by AAA.

Enjoy discount room rates before and after the conference to extend your stay! Click on the booking link below or call the hotel to complete your reservation!

Address: 3555 S. Ocean Drive, Hollywood, FL 33019
Phone: (954) 602-6000

2025 GCER | Schedule & Speakers

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Registration and Breakfast – Exhibit Hall Opens

8:00 am – 9:40 am

Retina: Refer or Relax

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

Steven Ferrucci OD

Anne Kunkler, MD

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

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

Pauline Buck OD

2/TQ

4:50 pm – 6:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Closes for the Day and Happy Hour

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Registration and Breakfast – Exhibit Hall Opens

8:00 am – 9:40 am

Cry Me a River

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

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

12:40 – 2:20pm
2hrs

David Woods OD

HIV

12:40 – 1:30pm
1hr

Jessica Steen OD

Optometric Medical Billing: Common Pitfalls

1:30 – 2:20pm
1hr

LaCendra Morrison, CPC AAOE

2:20 pm – 2:30 pm

Break and Exhibit Hall Closes (2:30)

2:30 pm – 4:10 pm

Florida Jurisprudence

Joseph Sowka, OD, FAAO, Diplomate

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4:10 pm

Conference Ends