4/10/2026 - 4/11/2026


Location: Entrada at Snow Canyon Resort, 2537 West Entrada Trail, St. George, UT 84770

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-accredited CE, dinner with your spouse/partner, and breakfast.

This event is $80 for all UOA Members. It is $200 for all non-UOA members.

Schedule:

Friday, April 10, 2025

8 am – 12 pm: Golf Tournament at Coral Canyon Golf Course

Golf Registration Here

3:30 – 5:30 pm: From Exam Room to Outcomes: Elevating Care with Ocular Nutrition with Dr. Ryan Powell (COPE Course ID: 102583-TD)

Discover how the latest research in ocular nutrition is transforming patient outcomes and reshaping best practices in optometry. This session delivers practical strategies, evidence-based supplement guidance, and simple systems to integrate nutrition seamlessly into your patient care.

 
5:30 – 6:30 pm: CE Course: The Overlooked Side of HIPAA: IT Controls, AI Risks & Practice Protection with John Siggard (Cope Pending)

This course examines the often-overlooked technical requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule and their practical application within optometric practices. While HIPAA is frequently discussed in terms of policies and privacy, this session focuses on the IT safeguards required to protect electronic protected health information (ePHI), including risk assessments, access controls, encryption, audit logging, and vendor management.

The course will also explore how emerging artificial intelligence (AI) tools introduce new compliance and cybersecurity risks, particularly when handling patient data. Participants will review how AI usage intersects with HIPAA requirements, national cybersecurity standards such as NIST, and common vulnerabilities within small healthcare practices.

Attendees will gain practical, business-focused strategies to strengthen technical safeguards, reduce breach risk, and improve compliance posture without disrupting clinical operations.

7 – 8 pm: Dinner with spouses, sponsored by Aseptikits

Saturday, April 11, 2025

8 am: Breakfast sponsored by Gold/Platinum partners

8:30 – 9 am: UOA Business Meeting

9 – 10 am: CE Course: Advanced Anterior Segment Disease with Dr. Sean Cushman (Cope Pending)

This course offers a focused review of the diagnosis and management of key ocular surface and corneal conditions, including ocular surface squamous neoplasia and peripheral ulcerative keratitis. Attendees will also review lattice corneal dystrophy types I–IV, with emphasis on clinical features and when a systemic workup is indicated.

10 – 11 am: CE Course: Advanced Ocular Surface Disease with Dr. Sean Cushman (COPE Course ID: 102772-TD)

This 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: Glaucoma Management with Dr. Brian Bird (Cope Pending)

12 – 12:15 pm: Sponsored presentation by Go Hire Virtual