Call for Courses – AAO 2018 Chicago

The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)’s 2018 Annual Meeting, that takes placesOctober 27-30 in Chicago, Illinois, is being organized in conjunction with the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO). The AAO has invited PAAO to participate in the scientific program. We would like to encourage participation from our colleagues from the Americas, Spain and Portugal.

The Academy will accept abstract proposals for courses and skills transfer labs starting December 14, 2017 through January 9, 2018, and this deadline is strictly enforced. The abstract submitter automatically closes at midnight, 12 am PST (San Francisco time). Please find the link to submit your course: https://www.aao.org/annual-meeting/presenter/instruction-courses-and-skills-transfer-labs.

Please note that acceptance into the scientific program is not automatic. The AAO has a Review Committee and each submission is reviewed and graded from 1 to 5 points. All accepted submissions must have a grading of 3 points or above.

The two requirements are:

• all presentations must be in English and
• at least one of the speakers in each course must be an active member of the AAO.

Please see the link for specific instructions for submitting a course:https://www.aao.org/annual-meeting/presenter/submission-instructions.

We strongly encourage our colleagues from the Americas to participate in more international Congresses and this is an excellent opportunity. We welcome you to submit a course abstract for consideration.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me atfernando.arevalo@paao.org.

Best regards,

J. Fernando Arevalo, MD FACS
President of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology
Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis Member (Chair: XXIX)
Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Professor of Ophthalmology
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Retina Division, Wilmer Eye Institute
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone: 443-287-9554 (Johns Hopkins Hospital)
E-mail: arevalojf@jhmi.edu
E-mail: arevalojf2020@gmail.com
Twitter: @ArevaloJF