Continuing Education

Please join us for upcoming Chicago College of Optometry Continuing Education (CE) opportunities!

August 20, 2025 Continuing Education Event 

Please join Midwestern University Chicago College of Optometry (CCO) for 2 hours of COPE (pending) CE (option for tested CEE available) on Wednesday August 20 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. (dinner included beginning at 5:30).

Title: Visual Snow Syndrome (VSS): Current Understanding, Clinical Challenges and Management Strategies

Presented By: Adrienne Quan, O.D., FAAO

Location: Midwestern University 555 31st Street Downers Grove, IL 60515, Arthur Dobbelaere Support Services Building 5th Floor

Register Online for August 2025 Event

Upcoming Dates

  • Wednesday, November 19, 2025
  • Wednesday, February 25, 2026

In addition, a Saturday with 6 hours of Tested CEE will be offered in Winter 2026. Please check back for additional details.

Contact Us

For information on CCO continuing education programs, please contact Karyn Houbolt, khoubo@midwestern.edu

Past Events

  • 3/12/2025: Management of Adult Onset Diplopia
    • Karen Kehbein, O.D., FAAO, FOVDR 
    • Clinton Prestwich, O.D., FAAO

 

  • 11/20/2024: Seeing Clearly: Advanced Strategies for Glaucoma Detection and Care
    • Dr. Jenny Geevarghese, OD
    • Dr. Dana Rhea, OD, FAAO
  • 2/21/2024: A Comprehensive Look at Dry Eye Disease with a Pharmaceutical Update on New Dry Eye Disease Medications
    • Dr. Jessica Conroy, OD, FAAO, FSLS
    • Dr. Vakishan Nadarajah, OD, FAAO, FSLS
    • Dr. Margaret Wilczek, OD, FAAO
  • 1/10/2024: Pediatric Eye Exams: What can go wrong?
    • Sarah El-Khazendar, OD, FAAO
    • Jenelle Mallios, OD, FAAO, Dipl of ABO
  • 11/15/2023: Exploring Ocular Toxicity: Navigating Complex Cases and Personalized Care in Optometry Practice
    • Adrienne C. Quan, OD, FAAO
    • Steven Quan, OD, FAAO
  • 09/13/2023: Myopia Control for the Primary Care Optometrist
    • Karen Kehbein, OD, FAAO, FCOVD
    • John P. Gialousakis, OD, EdM, FAAO (Dipl CCLRT)
  • 08/16/2023: Infant and Toddler Eye Exams; Binocular Vision Disorders: Management Strategies for the Primary Care Optometrist
    • Samantha Rice, OD, FAAO
    • Clinton Prestwich, OD, FAAO
  • 06/09/2021: Optometry's Role in the Opiod Epidemic; Opiod Use Disorder: Identification & Management; Opioids: A Pharmacological Perspective
    • Jeanie Lucy, OD, MPH, MS, FAAO
    • George Weyer, MD
    • Tran H. Tran, PharmD, BCPS      
  • 02/10/2021: Dry Eye in a Primary Care Setting &  Incorporating Gas Permeable Contact Lenses in a Primary Care Setting
    • Jessica Jose, OD
    • John P. Gialousakis, OD, FAAO, FSLS, Dip ABO, Diplomate: Cornea, Contact Lenses, & Refractive Technologies
  • 11/04/2020: Low Vision Technology and Beyond & Ocular Manifestations of Rheumatologic Conditions
    Parres Wright, OD, FAAP
    • Jenny Geevarghese, OF
  • 08/26/2020 African Americans, COVID-19 and the Interdisciplinary Team: A panel discussion with Medicine, Optometry, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine and Psychology
    • Kimberly Huntington-Alfano, DO, MBA, CS
    • Jeanie C. Lucy, OD, MPH, FAAO
    • Ryan Vahdani, DDS,  MHA, MAGD
    • Alice Chapman, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
    • Mariah K. Zeigler, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
    • Radhika S. Polisetty , PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS AQ-ID, AAHIVP
    • Lorna London, PhD
  • 06/10/2020 Midwestern University Spring Quarter CE event
    • Suraj Upadhyaya, OD, Ph.D., FAAO : Coding and decoding of the injured brain 
    • Ruchi Shah, OD: Review of Cranial Nerve Palsies 
  • 02/26/2020 Midwestern University Quarter 1 CE event
    • Christina Miller, OD, FAAO, Diplomate ABO, ABCMO :Impromptu Emergency Patients: Clinical Pearls and Pitfalls 
    • Jenelle L. Mallios, OD, FAAO, Diplomate ABO: Common Pediatric Anterior Segment Disorders and Diseases
    • Clinton R. Prestwich, OD, FAAO : Binocular Vision Disorders: Management Strategies for the Primary Care Optometrist
  • 05/21/2019 Midwestern University Optometric Update - Summer 2019
    • Jeanie C. Lucy, O.D., MPH, FAAO: Glaucoma Updates: Diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention
    • Kristin Adams, O.D.: Optometric Care for the Patient Post Brain Injury
  • 11/13/2018 Midwestern University Optometric Update - Winter 2018
    • Javeria Azhar, O.D.: Myopia Control Update and Clinical Pearls
    • Pablo de Gracia, M.Sc., Ph.D., FAAO: Multifocal Contact Lenses Design and Applications
  • 05/15/2018 Midwestern University Optometric Update 2018: CE and Open House
    • Caryn LaBuda, O.D., M.B.A., FAAO: AMD-An Update and A Look Into the Future
    • Frederick T. Collison, O.D., FAAO: That's not AMD! Recognizing Late-onset Inherited Macular Dystrophies. 
  • 08/21/2017 CCO and WSOS Continuing Education and Open House
    • Kim Huntington-Alfano, D.O.: An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: How we can make a difference together!
  • 05/16/2017 Midwestern University Optometric Update 2017: CE and Open House
    • Naveen Yadav, B.S. Optom., M.S., Ph.D., FAAO: Binasal Occlusion (BNO) Technique in mTBI Patients with Increased Visual Motion Sensitivity (VMS)
    • Maria Doelman, O.D., FAAO: Vision Rehabilitation for NO Vision Patients