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Glaucoma Service Foundation's 7th Annual CARES Conference Announces Speaker Lineup For April 26, 2014

An impressive program of speakers has just been announced for the daylong CARES conference – open to the public – to held at the Dorrance H. Hamilton Building at Thomas Jefferson University, 1001 Locust Street in Philadelphia.

The conference will feature free glaucoma screenings, eye pressure checks, talks by leading experts on eye disease, updates on treatment options, and information on symptoms, risk factors and support services. It will help inform and educate those who have glaucoma, their families and caregivers and those who are at high risk of getting it.

Speakers, and their topics, include:

Dr. Michael Pro - "What is the Future of Medical Therapy"

Dr. Scott Edmonds - "Vision Based Neuro-Rehabilitation-Learning to Compensate for Vision Loss”

Dr. Jonathan Myers - "Risk of Blindness"

Dr. George Spaeth - "Caring for the Whole Patient"

Dr. Tim Sullivan - "Types of Glaucoma"

Dr. Sonya Shah - "How Glaucoma is Diagnosed"

Dr. Wanda Hu - "Glaucoma Epidemiology; Who, What, Where, and When (Age)"

Dr. Scott Fudemberg - "Tube Shunt Surgery"

 Brittany Morgan, glaucoma patient - "Living with Glaucoma and the Impact on Work/Life"

Joe Saunders, Chairman of the Board, Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired- "Gaining Independence and Employment Opportunities for the Blind and Visually Impaired"

Diane Brown, M.Ed., Health Promotion Consultant, Philadelphia Corporation of Aging - "Philadelphia Corporation of Aging Services"

The conference is free – but space is limited. For more information, or to register for the event, visit www.willsglaucoma.org/cares or call Rob Kump at 215.928.3190 and leave name, phone number and number of guests or email Rita Stern at rita@mrs-stern.com or call 484.678.4535.

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