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Knowledge Outlook 2009
Thursday, January 29th
offering 7 hours of optometric continuing education
COPE Approval granted for some or all parts of this program
This years speaker:
Dr. Karpecki graduated from Indiana University and completed a fellowship in Cornea
and Refractive Surgery at Hunkeler Eye Centers in affiliation with the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1994. He
served as Director of Research for Moyes Eye Clinic in Kansas City and ran one of the largest dedicated dry eye clinics in
the Midwest. In February 2007 he took a position with the Cincinnati Eye Institute working in Cornea/External disease
and Ocular Surface Disease Research.
He has lectured in over 300 symposia covering four continents and is the first
optometrist to be invited to the Delphi International Society at Wilmer- John's Hopkins that includes the top 25 dry eye experts
in the world, and the National Eye Institute's dry eye committee. This was a task force established by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services to better understand and treat dry eye disease in women.
A noted educator and author, Dr. Karpecki presently serves on 7 professional journal
editorial boards.
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