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44TH BI-­‐ANNUAL CE SEMINAR OCTOBER 31-­‐NOVEMBER 1, 2015 PRIMARY EYE CARE PROGRAM Meet our Speakers…
Dr. Fariba Nazemi | MD, FRCSC
Dr. Fariba Nazemi was born and raised in Iran where she completed seven years of medical school at the
Medical Sciences University of Iran, Tehran. She went on to complete a four-year Ophthalmology
Residency at the Medical Sciences University of Iran and later worked as a general Ophthalmologist and
Assistant Professor at the Medical University of Avesina, Hamedan-Iran for one year.
Upon moving back to Tehran, Dr. Nazemi worked as a general Ophthalmologist and lectured at Shahid
Beheshti Medical School for two years. She then immigrated to Canada and was accepted into the
International Medical Graduate Program (IMG) at the University of Toronto, where she completed a year
of clerkship, a year of internship and redid her four-year Ophthalmology residency. In 2008 she completed
a one-year fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario.
Dr. Nazemi currently serves as Staff Ophthalmologist and NICU Consultant at Mount Sinai Hospital and
lecturer at the University of Toronto, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences. She is also a
Pediatric Ophthalmologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Pediatric Ophthalmologist,
Cataract and Strabismus Surgeon at Eye MD Institute in Brampton, Ontario and Staff Ophthalmologist at
William Osler Health Centre in Brampton, Ontario.
Linda Copla | O.C.(C), OA, BA
Linda Copla completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree at Dalhousie University in Halifax with an emphasis on
visual perception. She then went on to complete an Ophthalmic Assistant course at Centennial College in
Scarborough and furthered her education with a Certified Orthoptic Training Program at the Hospital for
Sick Children in Toronto.
Linda is currently a Research Coordinator/Orthoptist at the Eye Movement and Vision Neuroscience
Laboratory at the Hospital for Sick Children where she works with Dr. Agnes Wong, Ophthalmologist. She
is also a Clinical Orthoptist with Dr. Dayle Sigesmund.
Linda is currently Vice-President, Professional Practice Committee Member and Examination Committee
Member at the Canadian Orthoptic Council. She is an Ad Hoc TCOS Scientific Session Award Committee
Member at the Canadian Orthoptic Society and Orthoptic Teaching Program Steering Committee Member
at the Hospital for Sick Children.
Linda has numerous publications and also teaches.
Dr. Andrea K. Leung | MD, FRCSC
Dr. Andrea Leung is a comprehensive Ophthalmologist who focuses on pediatric eye disease and
strabismus. She cares for both adults and children with conditions such as strabismus, amblyopia,
glaucoma, cataracts, tear duct blockages and retinopathy of prematurity.
Dr. Leung received her medical degree from Queen’s University. She completed her Ophthalmology
Residency at the University of Toronto and her fellowship training in pediatric Ophthalmology and
strabismus at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC.
Dr. Leung is a Staff Ophthalmologist at the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and at the Hospital for
Sick Children, where she is involved in training Ophthalmology resident physicians. She is a member of
the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, the Canadian Ophthalmological
Society and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Besides her commitment to her patients, Dr. Leung is dedicated to providing eye care to adults and
children in developing countries. She has already traveled to the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic and
Swaziland, Africa to provide medical and surgical eye care, while learning about the challenges local eye
care providers face.
Dr. Dayle Sigesmund | MD, FRCSC
Dr. Dayle Sigesmund is Director of Retinopathy of Prematurity Program at Toronto East General Hospital
and a previous Staff Ophthalmologist at the Hospital for Sick Children’s Department of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Sigesmund completed her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and went on to complete
her postgraduate education in Comprehensive Internal Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in
Toronto, Ontario and her Ophthalmology Residency at the University of Toronto, Department of
Ophthalmology. Dr. Sigesmund completed a Fellowship in Molecular Genetics at the Hospital for Sick
Children, Research Institute, Department of Molecular Genetics and a Fellowship in Strabismus and
Pediatric Ophthalmology at the University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children and Toronto Western
Hospital.
Dr. Sigesmund has been awarded several research grants along with academic and research awards and
has many peer-reviewed publications, presentations and published abstracts.
Dr. Joseph J. Pizzimenti | OD, FAAO
Dr. Joseph Pizzimenti is an Associate Professor at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) College of
Optometry in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as well as an internationally recognized speaker on ocular disease.
Dr. Pizzimenti has completed funded clinical research in the areas of diabetes, age-related macular
degeneration and low vision. Dr. Pizzimenti’s scientific articles have appeared in Optometry and Vision
Science, Pharmacotherapy, Optometry: Journal of the American Optometric Association, Optometric
Education, The Diabetes Educator, The Eye Care Review, The Internet Journal of Allied Health Science
and Practice, Review of Optometry, Clinical and Experimental Optometry and Sleep Medicine.
Dr. Pizzimenti recently co-authored a chapter on Diabetic Retinopathy in the textbook entitled Diabetes in
Black America: Public Health and Clinical Solutions to a National Crisis.
Dr. Patrick Quaid | Optometrist, FCOVD, PhD
Dr. Quaid, originally from Ireland, after studying Statistical Mathematics subsequently trained as an
Optometrist in the UK (University of Bradford School of Optometry), following which he worked mainly
within the UK Hospital Eyecare System (HES) specifically at Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London & Bradford
Royal Infirmary, West Yorkshire. Within the HES system, he specifically dealt with the pre-operative and
post-operative treatment of strabismus in addition to concussion related ocular injuries. During his time in
particular at Moorfield’s, he dealt with the management of patients particularly with unusual patterns of
progressive glaucoma.
Dr. Quaid was awarded his Doctorate in Vision Science at the University of Waterloo School of Optometry
& Vision Science in 2005, in addition to completing a one-year Post-Doctorate fully funded by the
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). Dr. Quaid’s PhD thesis and post-doctoral research aided in
the development of an early detection device for glaucoma (currently in commercial use, the Heidelberg
Edge Perimeter with its “structure-function” mapping tool).
Dr. Quaid serves as an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Waterloo School of Optometry
and also holds the only Appointed Consultant Optometrist position at the University of Toronto Sports
Medicine Clinic. He has published several papers (as first author) in high impact optometry and
ophthalmology journals on topics related to both glaucoma and binocular vision dysfunction. In addition
to his PhD and Post-Doctoral training, Dr. Quaid has also completed a Fellowship in Rehabilitative Vision
Therapy with the College of Optometrists & Vision Development (USA Board Certification, FCOVD).
In Jan 2014, Dr. Quaid opened the Guelph Vision Therapy Centre (www.gvtc.ca) the first clinic in Canada
of its kind to integrate Vision Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Audiology,
Speech and Language Pathology and Concussion management in a collaborative care effort to deal with
the ramifications of visual dysfunction in both concussion and learning related vision difficulties, two
areas that Dr. Quaid believes are very much linked in terms of ocular function and two areas which he
himself has lived personally through. His lecture style is quite unique as in addition to giving peer
reviewed research reviewed he also ties in a personal angle on these topics having “walked the walk” in
his early childhood (having suffered a major concussion at age 8 and suffering at school for many years
before getting appropriate treatments).
Dr. Carlo J. Pelino | OD, FAAO
Dr. Carlo Pelino is an Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania where he serves as Director of the Optometric Retina Service at The Eye Institute.
Dr. Pelino received his Doctor of Optometry at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1994 and went
on to complete his ocular disease residency at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia,
where he concentrated in retina and neuro-ophthalmic disease. Dr. Pelino also completed a one-year
retinal fellowship emphasizing medical and surgical treatments under the direction of vitreo-retinal
surgeons at Crozier-Chester and Riddle Memorial Hospitals in suburban Philadelphia.
Dr. Pelino is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a member of the Optometric Retina
Society. He lectures extensively in his areas of interest, including internal and external ocular diseases, in
both domestic and international programs.
Dr. Raymond Stein | MD, FRCSC
Dr. Raymond Stein is a board-certified Ophthalmologist and Medical Director at the Bochner Eye Institute
in Toronto, Ontario. As an esteemed global leader in refractive surgery, he has been honoured with
numerous awards from a variety of prestigious international medical organizations including the American
Academy of Ophthalmology, the International Intraocular Implant Club and the Contact Lens Association
of Ophthalmologists. Because of his commitment to advanced technologies and surgical excellence, Dr.
Stein also served as President of the Canadian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
Dr. Stein has been invited to lecture at numerous medical conferences and has written various published
journals, magazine articles, book chapters and books.
With more than 100,000 successful eye surgeries performed, Dr. Stein has established himself as an
expert and pioneer in refractive and implant surgery. As a testament to his exceptional surgical talents,
he was chosen to serve as the chief eye surgeon for the W Network's Style by Jury. He also serves as the
editor of the prominent scientific journal, Clinical and Surgical Ophthalmology.
Dr. Stein began his career by completing his medical degree at the University of Toronto Medical School.
Continuing his education, Dr. Raymond Stein performed an Ophthalmology Residency at the worldrenowned Mayo Clinic and a cornea and external diseases fellowship at the Wills Eye Hospital in
Philadelphia.
In addition to serving as Medical Director at the Bochner Eye Institute, Dr. Stein is Chief of
Ophthalmology at the Scarborough Hospital in Toronto, Ontario as well as the Cornea Consultant at
Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. He also serves as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at
the University of Toronto.
Dr. Stein is committed to providing high quality care to patients with a variety of ophthalmologic needs
including PRK, keratoconus treatment, ICL and LASIK in Toronto, Scarborough and Unionville, Ontario.
Dr. Raymond Stein also offers a number of sophisticated refractive surgery procedures at the Bochner
Eye Institute including cataract surgery.