Utah Optometric Association

Event	Date	Time	Contact

UOA Winter Quarterly Meeting UOA Winter Quarterly Meeting February 19, 2026 6:30 – 9:30 PM 2 hours of CE Utah Cultural Celebration Center 1355 W 3100 S West Valley City, UT 84119 We look forward to seeing you at the 2026 UOA Winter Quarterly Meeting, where we will be focusing on practice management courses with a course taught by a financial expert and a course taught by a lawyer on February 19 at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center (1355 W 3100 S, West Valley City, UT 84119). This event is free for all UOA members and optometry students; however, registration is required. If you’d like to invite anyone who is an OD, but not a UOA member, the cost is $50 for this event. You may register one office manager/staff member, but we ask that they pay $15 to cover the cost of their dinner (dinner is free for ODs and students). 6:30 – 7:30 pm: UOA business meeting w/dinner 7:30 – 8:30 pm: "Rules of the Road" with Amy Marty, Cope Pending Course Outline: This presentation offers 10 principals for sound investing. It also discusses the most common investing mistakes and how to avoid them. 8:30 – 9:30 pm: "Buying, Selling, or Partnering in an Optometry Practice" with Kevin Dorman, Cope Pending Course Outline: This course provides a comprehensive overview of the financial, legal, and strategic considerations involved in buying, selling, or partnering in an optometry practice. Attendees will learn how different deal structures—asset sales, equity sales, all-cash transactions, earnouts, equity rollovers, seller financing, and partnership models—affect valuation, taxes, liability, and long-term outcomes. The course also examines private equity involvement in optometry, enabling practitioners to navigate modern ownership transitions with confidence and clarity. more info...	2/19/2026	6:30pm to 9:30pm	Chanae Landeen

UOA St George Spring Conference You’re invited to the 2026 St. George UOA Spring Conference. Our conference this year will be at the Entrada at Snow Canyon Resort in St George, UT. It will include 7-8 hours of ARBO approved CE, dinner with your spouse/partner, and breakfast. Schedule: Friday, April 10, 2025 8 am – 12 pm: Golf Tournament at Coral Canyon Golf Course 3:30 – 4:30 pm: CE Course: Eye—>Brain—>Body: The Expanding Scope of Nutritional Care in Optometry with Dr. Stringham (Cope Pending) 4:30 – 5:30 pm: CE Course: Metabolic Syndrome, GLP-1 RA, and Nutritional Deficiency: Impact on Optometric Practice with Dr. Stringham (Cope Pending) 5:30 – 6:30 pm: CE Course: AI/Cybersecurity with John Siggard (Cope Pending) 7 – 8 pm: Dinner with spouses Saturday, April 11, 2025 8 am: Breakfast 8:30 – 9 am: UOA Business Meeting 9 – 10 am: CE Course: CE Course: Ocular surface squamous neoplasia / advance anterior segment disease with Dr. Sean Cushman (Cope Pending) 10 – 11 am: CE Course: Advanced Ocular Surface Disease: A Comprehensive Review of Complex Disease and Management Options with Dr. Sean Cushman (Cope Pending) • This survey course will focus on updates in advanced ocular surface disease and new management options. We will discuss lid disease, neurotrophic keratitis, limbal stem cell deficiency, and advanced dry eye diagnosis and review new treatment options including amniotic membranes, serum tears, plasma tears, perfluorohexyloctane, lid treatment devices, lotilaner, cenegermin and topical insulin. 11 – 12 pm: CE Course: Practice management with Dr. Aaron Waite (Cope Pending) more info...	4/10/2026 -4/11/2026	2:30pm to 8:00pm	Chanae Landeen

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