Hospital Lecture Series
Ophthalmic Hospitalists are in a wonderful position to offer educational content for other hospital divisions who are interested in learning more about ophthalmology. This can often be successfully done through case based interactive lectures or wet labs.
Here are suggested topics that can provide relevant division specific content.
Emergency Medicine
1) ER Ophthalmology
- Chalazion
- Corneal Ulcer
- Chemical Corneal Burn
- Corneal Foreign Body
- Conjunctivitis (viral, bacterial, allergic)
- Anterior Uveitis
- Endophthalmitis
- Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma
- Optic Neuritis
- Posterior Vitreous Detachment
- Retinal Detachment
- Anisocoria (Horner's Pupil, Pupil Involving CN III Palsy)
- Diplopia (cranial nerve palsies III, IV, VI)
- Papilledema (elevated ICP, pseudotumor cerebri)
- Optic Neuritis
2) Ocular Trauma Management
- Corneal Abrasion
- Hyphema
- Orbital Fracture (muscle entrapment)
- Orbital Compartment Syndrome (lateral canthotomy/lysis)
- Traumatic Optic Neuroapthy
- Traumatic Cataract
- Vitreous Hemorrhage
- Retinal Detachment
- Ruptured Globe
- Eyelid Laceration (lid margin vs canalicular involving)
- Foreign Body Penetration (intraocular, orbital)
3) Ophthalmology Wet Lab for ER Providers
- Slit lamp tutorial
- Tonopen tutorial
- Lateral Canthotomy Cantholysis
Internal Medicine
1) Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease
- Graves Disease (Thyroid Orbitopathy)
- Neurofibromatosis (Type I vs II)
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- SJS
- RA (scleritis, PUK)
- GPA (scleritis, orbital inflammation)
- HLA-B27 (anterior uveitis)
- Marfan's (lens subluxation, myopia, RD)
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta (blue sclera)
- Wilson's Disease (KF ring, sunflower cataract)
- Cystinosis (keratopathy, retinopathy)
- CNS Lymphoma (intraocular lymphoma)
- Diabetes (retinopathy, macular edema)
- Malignant Hypertension (hypertensive retinopathy)
- Multiple Sclerosis (optic neuritis)
- Elevated ICP (papilledema, CN VI Palsy)
- GCA (CRAO, AION, PION, cranial nerve palsy)
- Cat Scratch Disease (Neuroretinitis)
- HIV (HIV Retinopathy, CMV Retinitis)
- Sickle Cell Disease (retinopathy)
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (Terson's Syndrome)
- Pancreatitis (Purtscher's Retinopathy)
- Small Cell Lung Cancer or Melanoma (Cancer Associated Retinopathy)
- Bacteremia or Fungemia (Endogenous Endophthalmitis)
- Leukemia (retinopathy, chloroma, etc)
2) Red Eye for the PCP
- Dry Eye
- Blepharitis
- Chalazion
- Pinguecula/Pterygium
- Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
- Conjunctivitis (viral, bacterial, allergic)
- Scleritis
- Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma
- Corneal Abrasion
- Corneal Ulcer
- HSV
- VZV
- Anterior Uveitis
- Endophthalmitis (Endogenous vs Exogenous)
- Preseptal Cellulitis
- Orbital Cellulitis
3) Systemic Medications and Their Ocular Side Effects
- Plaquenil (retinopathy)
- Ethambutol (optic neuropathy)
- Sabril (optic neuropathy)
- Gilenya (uveitis, macular edema)
- Tamoxifen (crystalline retinopathy)
- Tysabri (choroidal melanoma)
- ATRA (pseudotumor cerebri)
- Amiodarone (corneal verticillata, ?optic neuropathy)
- Cidofovir (uveitis)
Pediatrics
1) Pediatric Ophthalmology
- Neonatal Conjunctivitis (Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, HSV)
- Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction
- Dacrocystocele vs Dacrocystitis
- Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (SOD)
- Ocular Colobomas (iris, lens, optic nerve, retina, CHARGE, etc)
- Leukocoria (congenital cataract, RB, etc)
- Capillary Hemangioma
- NAT
- Conjunctivitis (viral, bacterial, allergic)
- Preseptal vs Orbital Cellulitis
- SJS (medication related, Mycoplasma, etc)
- Neuroblastoma (orbital disease, ecchymosis, opsoclonus)
- Leukemia (retinopathy, orbital chloroma, etc)
Infectious Disease
1) Eye Infections for the PCP
- Conjunctivitis (Viral vs Bacterial)
- Corneal Ulcer (Pseudomonas, Acanthomoeba, HSV, etc)
- Zoster (keratopathy, uveitis, retinitis, cranial nerve palsy)
- Syphilis (uveitis, retinopathy, etc)
- Tuberculosis (uveitis, retinopathy, etc)
- Bartonella Henselae (neuroretinitis)
- HIV (CMV Retinitis, ARN, PORN)
- Preseptal vs Orbital Cellulitis (Mucormyocosis)
- Coccidiodal Meningitis (papilledema)
- COVID-19 (conjunctivitis, papilledema)
Rheumatology
1) Inflammatory Conditions of the Eye and Orbit
- HLA-B27 (anterior uveitis)
- Behcet's Disease (anterior uveitis, retinal vasculitis)
- RA (scleritis, PUK)
- GPA or ANCA associated vasculitis (scleritis, orbital inflammation)
- Orbital Pseudotumor (myositis, dacroadenitis, etc)
- Sarcoid (anterior uveitis, retinopathy, orbital and CNS vasculitis)
- Giant Cell Arteritis (CRAO, AION, PION, cranial nerve palsy)
- Sympathetic Ophthalmia
Medical or Neuro ICU
1) Eye Conditions in the Critically Ill
- Chemosis (ventilator related, orbital congestion, etc)
- Exposure Keratopathy (tarsorrhaphy)
- Endogenous Endophthalmitis (Bacteremia, Fungemia)
- Horner's Pupil
- CN III Palsy (with or without pupil involvement)
- CN IV Palsy
- CN VI Palsy
- Bell's Palsy
- Papilledema
- Cortical Blindness (CVA)
- Terson's Syndrome
- Purtscher's Retinopathy
- Mucormycosis