Diabetes: New Testing and Treatment for Retinopathy
COPE #96603-TD
Event #130196
Expiration Date: 2/19/2028

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course will provide an update and thorough understanding of the flash flicker electroretinogram (ffERG), proper indications and protocols, and how to interpret the results. Diabetic retinopathy has historically been evaluated and followed with structural tests (DFE's, OCT's and fundus photos), this lecture will explore functional testing (ERG) and newer OCT testing (OCT-A) that helps in the evaluation of diabetic patients, and will also discuss the newest literature in regards to supplementation of diabetic retinopathy patients.   

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• To become familiar with the flash flicker ERG (ffERG) and its role as an objective functional test in diabetic retinopathy

• To review the role of nutritional supplementation in diabetic retinopathy

• To review the DIvFUSS study

• To go through actual cases showing ffERG results and nutritional supplementation effects


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Exam

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Get to know our speakers

Dr. Nathan Lighthizer

Dr. Nathan Lighthizer, O.D., F.A.A.O., is a 2009 graduate of Pacific University College of Optometry.  Upon graduation, he completed a residency in Family Practice Optometry with an emphasis in Ocular Disease through the NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry.  Dr. Lighthizer has since joined the faculty at the Oklahoma College of Optometry and serves as the Chief of Specialty Care Clinics and the Chief of Electrodiagnostics Clinic.  Dr. Lighthizer lectures nationally on numerous topics, most notably advanced ophthalmic procedures, electrodiagnostics, and ocular disease.