Annual Meeting, Scientific Program: American Academy of Ophthalmology

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2009 Virtual Advance Program and Online Programs
More Than 3,000 Scientific Presentations
Academy Receives Record Number of Abstracts

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Highlights of the Joint Meeting and Subspecialty Day

Why does Dr. Robert A. Copeland, Jr. think you should attend the Joint Meeting? What does Dr. Andrew Iwach recommend for fun? What are the highlights of the PAAO sessions, Academy Café, AAOE Program and Exhibit Hall? Find these answers and more in the virtual Highlights brochure.

2009 Virtual Advance Program and Online Programs
Advance Program - The Advance Program is now published in a convenient electronic format. The virtual Advance Program includes the same detailed content you are used to and several exciting new features:

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If you prefer, you may view and print Advance Program PDF sections:

AAO (PDF 4.2M) - Spotlights & Symposia, Instruction Courses, Skills Transfer Courses, Breakfast With the Experts and Special Meetings & Events
PAAO (PDF 236K) - Symposia and Instruction Courses
Practice Management/AAOE (PDF 2.5M) - Coding Camp, Instruction Courses, Roundtables and Special Meetings & Events
Subspecialty Day (PDF 611K) - Glaucoma, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Refractive Surgery and Retina

Online Programs - For complete abstracts, search the Online Program databases by author, topic, special interest and more:

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Meeting Archives
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Scientific Program Highlights

More Than 3,000 Scientific Presentations to Choose From
Earn up to 31 CME credits through the Academy's premier scientific program, which offers more than 2,000 Academy peer-reviewed scientific presentations and 100 hours of free programming— plus the following PAAO offerings:

1,000 scientific presentations of special interest to physicians practicing in the Western Hemisphere
75 hours of free programming
49 free symposia
90 instruction courses
Up to 300 posters

These PAAO sessions will be conducted in Spanish and select symposia will be simultaneously interpreted into English.

Academy Receives Record Number of Abstracts for the 2009 Joint Meeting
This year's Joint Meeting with PAAO is shaping up to be an outstanding event. The Academy received a total of 2,160 paper/poster and 167 video abstract submissions for this year's Joint Meeting in San Francisco. These numbers surpass the 2,079 paper/poster and 177 video submissions that were received for the 2006 Joint Meeting in Las Vegas, which set a new record for attendance. On average, the Academy receives 1,400 paper/ poster abstracts and 150 video abstracts. Read the full press release.

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