Registration Fees
OD Member $100
OD Non-member $150
Para Member $15
Para Non-member $30
Continuing Education Agenda
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM
Introduction & Welcome
8:30 AM – 10:10 AM
Opioid Pain Management*
Tracy Offerdahl, PharmD, BPharm, RPh, FAAO
2 NJSBO Oral Credits (* this course satisfies the one-hour NJSBO Opioid education requirement)
– NJSBO # 660-2025
This course describes the appropriate use of opioid medications, with an emphasis on pain management within the scope of optometry and general pain management. Case anecdotes will include management of ocular pain, with specific emphasis on oral/systemic medications. Opioid medications will be evaluated in terms of risk versus benefit, with an emphasis on appropriate use of pain medications, evaluation of potential addiction, and a description on how to protect both patient and practitioner.
10:10 AM – 10:30 AM
Virtual Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM
Optometry’s Role in Cancer Treatment: New Cancer Medications and Their Most Common Ocular Side Effects
Julia Canestraro, OD, FAAO
1 NJSBO Oral Credit – NJSBO # 661-2025
Human cancers are increasingly being treated with molecularly targeted agents, a novel way to approach cancer treatment. As more drugs are FDA approved, they are becoming widely available and is something we will encounter as eye care providers. Many of these drugs require regular ocular toxicity monitoring – and optometrists should know how to diagnose, manage, and treat patients with drug-induced ocular toxicity. This course will introduce those FDA drugs and their potential ocular toxicities with real-patient examples and overview how they should be managed.
11:20 AM – 12:10 PM
Top 5 Cancers in the US – What it Means for the Patient in Your Chair
Julia Canestraro, OD, FAAO
1 NJSBO TPA Credit – NJSBO # 662-2025
This course will cover how to screen for ocular manifestations of the top 5 most common cancers in the U.S., including their treatment and management.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING CE CREDIT:
Courses presented at this event will be New Jersey State Board of Optometrists (NJSBO) and are non-COPE courses. Courses will be accepted for CE credit in NJ, NY, and PA. If you are licensed in any other state, please check with that state's Optometry Board to inquire if these courses will be accepted.
Meet the Speakers
Tracy Offerdahl, PharmD, BPharm, RPh, FAAO
Dr. Offerdahl attended Temple University School of Pharmacy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for both her undergraduate and graduate degrees. Upon completion of her Doctor of Pharmacy degree, she completed a residency at Temple University Hospital. She is currently on faculty at Salus University in the Department of Optometry, where she is the course director and instructor for all systemic pharmacology courses for students in the optometry, audiology, and physician assistant programs. Additionally, she is a practicing clinical pharmacist.
Julia Canestraro, OD, FAAO
Dr. Canestraro graduated from SUNY College of Optometry, and is currently an assistant attending optometrist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Ophthalmic Oncology Service. She has experience in the diagnosis and non-surgical management of ocular disease, including ocular tumors. She also specializes in treating the ocular consequences of cancer and its treatments.
