The Dr. Frank Verdone Continuing Education Symposium
March 22, 2026
1 Clubhouse Drive | Commack, NY
In honor of our friend and colleague, SightMD is proud to announce the 28th installment of our continuing education classes! Join us at the Hamlet Golf & Country Club for a day of great networking and education.
This series will offer an opportunity to earn up to 6 CE credits for a $150 event fee.
This series will offer an opportunity to earn up to 6 CE credits for a $150 event fee.
8:00 AM
BREAKFAST & NETWORKING
8:30 AM
Course Title
Dr. Alexander Hatsis | Refractive Surgery & Cornea Care
9:00 AM
Orals in AMD: Early Detection, Medical Management, and Comanagement in Optometric Care
Dr. Ketan Laud | Medical & Surgical Disease of the Retina
10:00 AM
Modern Cataract Surgery: A Video-Based Symposium on Technique, Technology, and Postoperative Management
Dr. Jeffrey Martin | Refractive Surgery & Comprehensive Ophthalmology
10:30 AM
COFFEE BREAK
10:45 AM
Orals in Herpetic Eye Disease: From HEDS to ZEDS—Diagnosis, Pharmacologic Management, and Clinical Application
Dr. Evan Canellos | Chief of Optometry
Dr. Harriette Canellos | Associate Clinical Professor
Dr. Harriette Canellos | Associate Clinical Professor
11:45 AM
Orals in Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome: Systemic Therapy for Ocular Surface Stability
Dr. Faye Knoll | Refractive Surgery & Cornea Care
12:15 PM
Co-Management Compliance and the Patient Experience
Sean Hanlon | CEO & Founder of CoFi, Inc
12:45 PM
LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM
Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus and the Zoster Eye Disease Study
Dr. Michael Conners | Refractive Surgery & Cornea Care
2:00 PM
Course Title
Dr. Samuel Gelnick | Medical & Surgical Disease of the Retina
2:30 PM
Periocular Skin Lesions
Dr. Leon Rafailov | Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery & Cosmetics
3:00 PM
Upper Eyelid Ptosis
Dr. Leon Rafailov | Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery & Cosmetics
About the Dr. Frank Verdone Memorial Symposium
This bi-annual event is held in honor of our dear friend and colleague who lost his battle with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) in 2018. Dr. Frank Verdone was a well-known Long Island Optometrist who valued the impact that eye care could have on people's lives, and believed that the patient always comes first. Every year, ophthalmologists at SightMD lecture on a variety of topics to help educate our local optometric community and provide continuing education credits.
This Continuing Education Symposium will feature lectures by some of our newest doctors and will focus on the challenges we face as a community, and throughout the eye care industry.
This Continuing Education Symposium will feature lectures by some of our newest doctors and will focus on the challenges we face as a community, and throughout the eye care industry.
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Contact Us
For more information about the Dr. Frank Verdone Continuing Education Symposium, and other Continuing Education events from SightMD, please contact the SightMD Outreach Team.