Welcome to the Monterey Bay Optometric Society! The goal of the MBOS is to promote excellence in vision care and to provide camaraderie among its members.
Posted 9/7/22 - MBOS dinner CE on 9/20/22
The MBOS continuing education dinner meeting for 2 hours of CE on ocular oncology by Dr. Natalie Homer, MD at Shadowbrook in Capitola will be on Tuesday, 9/20 at 6pm. There is still time to RSVP on Evite.
Posted 9/7/22 - 2 new job openings, large optical trays for sale
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Posted 9/7/22 - Ask for governor’s support on AB 2236
AB 2236 passed the legislature. Please ask the governor to sign the bill via the COA Action Center.
Posted 6/26/22 - Upcoming scleral contact lens workshop in July
On Sunday, 7/31, MBOS will host a scleral fitting workshop in Monterey sponsored by Valley Contax. There will be a light lunch and refreshments 1:30-2:30, then a lecture and workshop 2:30-5:30. Open to all optometrists and optometric technicians. Free for members of the Monterey Bay Optometric Society, $50 for non-members.
Posted 6/26/22 - MBOS CE
On 6/21/22, Dr. Jay Wang, MD from Northern California Retina Vitreous Associates gave a presentation on A Case of Sudden Vision Loss - The world of OCT angiography at Tarpy's Roadhouse in Monterey. He first discussed a case which he and his colleagues published where a cilioretinal artery occlusion was the presenting manifestation of left atrial myxoma; an eye exam for vision loss led to the discovery of a tumor in the heart of a patient.
He then covered optical coherence tomography angiography, which is great for looking for choroidal neovascularization in a variety of diseases so the patient does not need a fluorescein angiography, including pigment epithelial detachments and high myopia. Some drawbacks of OCT-A are a longer acquisition time compared to OCT and being prone to artifacts from floaters, motion, and segmentation. In addition, OCT-A cannot get far into the periphery, so FAs are still necessary to evalute CNVs there.
Posted 5/1/22 - New Newsletter
The April 2022 Beacon can be found in the Newsletter section.
Posted 1/31/22 - Dr. Kasey Nakajima, new MBOS president
Hello everyone! Happy new year! Can you believe it’s already 2022? I surely can’t! For those of you I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting, my name is Kasey Nakajima. I am a third generation optometrist and your MBOS President for 2022. I currently work at Monterey Bay Eye Center and provide primary and post-operative care.
This year for MBOS, my fellow board members and I plan to host in person meetings (local guidelines/advisories permitting). I am extremely excited to announce that we are also planning a hands-on scleral lens fitting workshop with Valley Contax this spring as well! I know there has been ongoing interest in this topic and thought it would be a wonderful opportunity to bring in some experts on the subject. Be on the lookout for an invitation in the next month or so!
As a side note, something I’d like to implement this year is wearing name tags to our meetings. Being a new OD sometimes makes it intimidating to approach other members, especially if we haven’t been formally introduced! I know there are a few new doctors in the area who are hoping to join our society, so let’s welcome them and make it easier to introduce ourselves. Thank you so much for being a part of MBOS! I can’t wait to see you all again soon.
Posted 1/31/22 - New Newsletter
The January 2022 Beacon can be found under the Newsletter section.
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