80021039: What's New in Diabetic Retinopathy and Venous Occlusive Disease

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ACCREDITATION STATEMENT The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Description:
Approximately 4.0 million Americans age 40 and older have diabetic retinopathy, including almost 1.0 million who have vision-threatening disease, such as macular edema. Diabetic retinopathy and related diseases such as retinal vein occlusions remain leading and growing causes of blindness in adults who make up the work force. Despite this, diabetic retinopathy and venous occlusive disease are often under-diagnosed and under-treated. This annual activity highlights new information being reported by the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network and others that impacts current standard care and management strategies.

Objectives:
After attending this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to:
1. Summarize evidence of relation of diabetic control to incidence and severity of retinopathy
2. Determine which patients are appropriate for laser treatment
3. Diagnose diabetic macular edema, severe non-proliferative retinopathy, and high risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy
4. Be familiar with new experimental treatment options

Talks

Policy On Speaker And Provider Disclosure

It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the speaker and provider disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine OCME has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the activity handout materials.