Contact Info for NGS website
National Glaucoma Society (NGS)
P.O. Box 4092
Andover, MA 01810
Telephone: 978-470-3500
Toll-free: 877-825-2020
Fax: 978-470-4520
e-mail: info@nationalglaucomasociety.org
J. James Thimons, OD, FAAO
Chairman
Janet Swartz, EdD
Executive Director
Bud O’Leary, OD
Vice President
Upcoming Programs
December 2, 2018 - Manchester, NH - Best Western Plus Executive Court Inn & Banquet Facility
Join us for 8 hours of COPE and Florida approved CE in Manchester, NH, including 4 hours of Glaucoma.December 5, 2018
Dr. Jim Thimons presents "Changing the Paradigm in Diabetic Retinopathy Management" as a live webinar from 8-9 P.M. Eastern Time (7-8 P.M. Central Time).December 12, 2018
Dr. Nate Lightnizer presents "Laser Therapy for Open Angle Glaucomas: ALT SLT" as a live webinar from 8-9 P.M. Eastern Time (7-8 P.M. Central Time).January 9, 2019
Join us for the first webinar of 2019 as Dr. Leo Semes presents "Stem Cell Technology in Glaucoma" from 8-9 P.M. Eastern Time (7-8 P.M. Central Time).January 23, 2019
Dr. Mark Dunbar presents "Understanding and Interpreting OCT" from 8-9 P.M. Eastern Time (7-8 P.M. Central Time).February 6, 2019
Dr. John Berdahl presents "So What Are We Going to Do? Is Glaucoma a Two-Pressure Disease?" from 8-9 P.M. Eastern Time (7-8 P.M. Central Time).February 27, 2019
Dr. Nate Lighthizer presents "Going Viral: HZO, HSV, and EKC" from 8-9 P.M. Eastern Time (7-8 P.M. Central Time).July 27-29, 2019 - Brewster, MA - Ocean Edge Resort
Join the Tradition! The 16th Annual National Glaucoma Symposium will be held at the beautiful Ocean Edge Resort on Cape Cod in Brewster, Massachusetts.Your Registrations
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UPDATE ON FLORIDA APPROVAL OF WEBINARS
At their June 22 meeting, the Florida Board of Optometry agreed that any prior NGS live webinars approved by the Board would be acceptable as CE for renewal of a Florida license this biennial, which ends February 28, 2019. However, they decided to restrict the number of online CE in the future to 2 hours of controlled substances education and 2 hours of practice management. Since the NGS does not offer webinars in controlled substances or practice management, no current or future NGS webinars will be submitted for approval in Florida.
NGS LIVE WEBINARS APPROVED IN VERMONT
The NGS webinars in October - December have been approved by the Vermont Board of Optometry. Vermont regulations consider live on-line courses to be equivalent to live classroom lectures.NGS LIVE WEBINARS APPROVED IN MINNESOTA
The NGS live webinars on October 10 and October 24 have been approved by the Minnesota Board of Optometry as interactive CE. The NGS will submit the November and December webinars to the Board for approval.WEBINARS SUBMITTED TO MINNESOTA AND VERMONT
The NGS continues to monitor changes in State Regulations that allow continuing education through live webinar formats. As a result, we have applied to two more states for approval of the NGS live webinars. In Minnesota, new regulations went into effect July 11, 2018 which acknowledge interactive courses can be live or remote via a webinar, teleconferencing or videoconferencing; the NGS has applied to the Minnesota Board for approval of the October webinars. Vermont regulations permit continuing education programs conducted on-line; the NGS has applied to the Vermont Board for approval of the October - December webinars.
OCT-DEC WEBINARS APPROVED IN TX AND NY
The NGS webinars in October-December have been approved as live CE by the Texas and New York Boards of Optometry. The NGS webinars are approved as Category I CE for ABO certification and on-line CE in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire. The webinars have been submitted for approval to the Optometry Boards in Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, and Vermont.CONNECTICUT BOARD APPROVES NGS WEBINARS
At their June 13 meeting, the Connecticut Board of Examiners in Optometry approved the National Glaucoma Society as a CE provider and specified that the NGS live webinars are "acceptable towards the fulfillment of the six hours of distance learning continuing education " allowed for the renewal of a Connecticut license.MICHIGAN BOARD APPROVES NGS WEBINARS
At their May meeting, the Michigan Board of Optometry approved the January-May 2018 NGS webinars. We recommend that you consider these webinars to be on-line CE for a Michigan license. Michigan Optometry Rule 338.323(h) allows up to 20 hours of continuing education (half of the 40 hours required in each 2-year cycle) to be obtained from "multimedia education, including online continuing education, approved by the Board."NGS LIVE WEBINARS = CATEGORY 1 ABO
We have received confirmation that the NGS live webinars now count as Category 1 Education towards American Board of Optometry (ABO) certification.TEST YOUR COMPUTER BEFORE A WEBINAR
You can test your computer before an NGS webinar by going to the following website: webex.com/test-meeting. This will let you know if WebEx will run on your operating system and Internet browser. Please note that WebEx will not run on Windows XP or MAC OS 10.6 or earlier operating systems. If you use Chrome as your browser, you may need to download an extension the first time you join a WebEx meeting.NGS WEBINARS = LIVE CE FOR NEW YORK
The NGS webinars meet the definitions of live CE by New York State, and have been approved by the NY State Board for Optometry. NY regulations now define live CE as any course, including webinars, where you can interact directly with the speaker. New York no longer requires ODs to physically attend courses in order to meet their continuing education requirement.Join Our Email List
