POS Annual Banquet

This year’s annual banquet was held Thursday, March 9, the evening prior to the Annual meeting. The event doubled in size from previous years, with 60 members and their guests enjoying the evening.

The Sofia Room at the Hotel Monaco provided a chic, yet casual setting for members and guests to enjoy fellowship and camaraderie. Several guest faculty members joined the evening’s festivities and took advantage of the opportunity to socialize with colleagues and meet members of the Society.

The night ended with remarks from Marshall W. Stafford, MD outgoing President and comments from Pamela P. Rath, MD, who looks forward to working with the Board of Directors to further the mission of the organization and begins her term as president. Dr.

43rd Annual Ophthalmic

Running concurrently with the Pittsburgh Ophthalmology Society’s (POS) 58th Annual Meeting was the 43rd Annual Meeting for Ophthalmic Personnel. This year, 155 attendees comprised of ophthalmic technicians, assistants, coders, photographers, and front staff attended this full-day program. The well-respected program is designed specifically for ophthalmic personnel to enhance the quality, expertise and safety of ophthalmic patient care.

The program featured a hybrid of plenary and breakout sessions, all of which were approved for 1.0 IJCAHPO credit. Participants selected their own Agenda in the afternoon, choosing from several front- and back-office courses. A new offering this year included a refractive workshop with a didactic and workshop component.

Course directors Pamela Rath, M. D., Avni Vyas, M.D., Cari Lyle, M.D., and Zachary Nadler, M.D. worked tirelessly to plan this high-level educational offering. The Society depends and relies on local expertise and talent to present each session. This year was no exception, with local physicians and health care professionals providing quality presentations. The course directors would like to thank all POS members who gave of their time to participate as a speaker for the program.