Faculty:
Peter K. Kaiser, MD
Chaney Family Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology Research
Professor of Ophthalmology
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
Judy E. Kim, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Quan D. Nguyen, MD, MSc
McGaw Memorial Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology
Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology
Director of the Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Rishi P. Singh, MD
Staff Physician, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Case Western Reserve University
Medical Director, Clinical Systems Office
Cleveland, OH
External Reviewer:
Joseph F. Burke Jr., MD
Disclosures:
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s Standards for Commercial Support, all CME providers are required to disclose to the activity audience the relevant financial relationships of the planners, teachers, and authors involved in the development of CME content. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he or she has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the CME activity content over which the individual has control.
The authors disclose that they do have significant financial interests in any products or class of products discussed directly or indirectly in this activity, including research support.
Faculty member reports the following relationship(s):
Rishi P. Singh, MD
Contracted Research: Alcon, Genentech, Regeneron
Consulting Fee: Alcon, Genentech, Regeneron, Shire
Judy E. Kim, MD
Consulting Fee: Alimera Sciences, Inc., Bausch + Lomb, Novartis
Quan D. Nguyen, MD, MSc
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Peter K. Kaiser, MD
Ownership Interest: Ohr Pharmaceutical, Inc., Ophthotech Corp.
Consulting Fee: Aerpio, Allegro, Allergan, Alcon, Bayer, Biogen, Digisight, Kanghong, Neurotech, Ohr, Ophthotech, Regeneron, Santen, Shire, ThromboGenics, Neurotech
Reviewer reports the following relationship(s):
Joseph F. Burke, Jr., MD
Speakers Bureau: ThromboGenics
Vindico Medical Education staff report the following relationship(s):
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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