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 2026 ISEPS/COS Annual Meeting

Sponsored by the
Illinois Society of Eye Physicians & Surgeons
and the Chicago Ophthalmological Society

 

Clinical Program for Ophthalmologists


Friday, March 13, 2026 (one full day)

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL

Please join us for an in-person day of superb clinical education that will appeal to ophthalmologists in every subspecialty.  The 2026 conference offers attendees lectures on cutting-edge topics and provocative discussion panels.

Running concurrently with the clinical sessions will be a full day of practice management presentations open to any attendee of the conference, but especially geared toward practice administrators and doctors with management responsibilities..

Online Registration now open!

When registering online, please sign-in to the website using your existing user name and password.  If you create a new profile, you will not get the member discount price.  If you do not know your log-in credentials, simply click on the "forgot" links on the sign-in screen and that information will be send to you at the address on file in our system. WISCONSIN ATTENDEES . . .  Please use the special Wisconsin online registration form.  when you click on the Wisconsin form link, you will be asked to create a profile after which you will be able to complete the registration.  

Need help?  Contact the ISEPS-COS office at:  847-680-1666, or email:  [email protected].

Get registration details here

Detailed Program (PDF file)  

Hotel Information

A Special Note for Wisconsin Attendees

Please plan to stay for an hour after the conference ends for a social hour -- cocktail reception at the convention center.  All attendees are invited!

Meet Our Named Lecturers

 

 

 

ISEPS
Frank J. Kresca Lecture

  

David Batstone PhD MDiv 

Professor Emeritus, University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

 

 

COS Sanford R. Gifford
Memorial Lecture

 

Uday Devgan MD 

Devgan Eye Surgery
Los Angeles, CA

 

Illinois Society for the 
Prevention of Blindness 
Guest Lecture

 

Basil Williams, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; Miami, FL

 

 

ISEPS Global Ophthalmology Foundation
Guest Lecture

 

Bui Thi Van Anh, MD

Director, Quang Tri Eye Hospital South
Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam

  

Topics for General Sessions

  • Clinical topics include medical and surgical management for cataract, cornea, retina, glaucoma, oculoplastics, neuro-ophthalmology, pediatrics, inflammatory disease
  • OMIC - Risk management presentation (qualifies for 10% OMIC premium discount)
  • Public policy & advocacy
  • Physicians also can attend the concurrent practice management sessions if they wish

Detailed ProgramCLICK HERE (PDF format) 
Conference Overview Timetable - CLICK HERE (PDF format) coming soon

Schedule Overview  (times may be approximate)

Friday, March 13, 2026

     7:15 a.m. -- Registration & Continental Breakfast in the exhibit area
     8:25 a.m. -- General Session I
     9:45 a.m. -- Break in the exhibit area
     10:20 a.m. -- General Session II
     12:00 p.m. -- Buffet lunch in the exhibit area
     1:15 p.m. -- General Session III
     2:55 p.m. -- Break in the exhibit area
     3:25 p.m. -- General Session IV (OMIC presentation @ 4:00 pm)
     5:00 p.m. -- Adjourn for the day
     5:00 - 6:00 p.m. -- Cocktail reception for all attendees

Registration Information

Special Note - Early Bird pricing runs through Monday, February 20.

Category

Registration
Fee

  Early Bird
until 2/20
Regular Late/On-site
after 3/9
ISEPS or COS Members
(or other state society member)
$295.00 $350.00 $450.00
Non-member ophthalmologists $375.00 $475.00 $575.00
Residents or fellows in training $50.00 $50.00 $100.00
Fully retired physicians $75.00 $75.00 $150.00


Refund Policy --  Cancellations received by the ISEPS/COS office no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10 will be eligible for a refund less our standard $25 processing charge.  We are unable to offer refunds for last-minute cancellations "no shows" at the conference.  If you wish to cancel a registration, please email or call with the name of the attendee and the session for which they registered (physician, administrator, ophthalmic technician).  

Email - [email protected]    Phone:  847-680-1666

PRE-REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.  

WISCONSIN ophthalmologists only -- use THIS ONLINE FORM

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When registering online, please sign-in to the website using your existing user name and password.  If you create a new profile, you will not get the member discount price.  If you do not know your log-in credentials, simply click on the "forgot" links on the sign-in screen and that information will be send to you at the address on file in our system.  Need help?  Contact the ISEPS-COS office at:  847-680-1666; Email - [email protected].

The online registration form will automatically apply the date-based pricing for "early bird" and "late" registrations.

If you prefer to not register online or you want to pay with a check, download a paper registration form and return to us with your payment. 
     Email to:  [email protected]     Fax:  847-680-1682
     Regular mail::  288 Hawthorn Village Commons, #123; Vernon Hills, IL  60061-1519

     PDF form:  CLICK HERE  coming soon

A SPECIAL NOTE FOR WISCONSIN ATTENDEES . . .

We are very pleased to have established a special offer through the Wisconsin Academy of Ophthalmology for WAO members to attend the ISEPS-COS Joint Conference for the same registration fee as Illinois members.  Please be sure to use the Wisconsin online registration form or the PDF form linked above.

If you wish to stay overnight, there are a number of hotels very close to the Stephens Convention Center.  Click Here to view information about nearby accommodations.  Note: there is no room block for this meeting.  Hotels attached to the convention center closest to the meeting rooms are the Hilton Rosemont Chicago O'Hare and the Hyatt Regency O'Hare.  In addition, the Embassy Suites and the Doubletree are just across the street from the convention center.

 

Conference Facility Information

View an overview of the schedule for all three sessions:  physicians, administrators and techs (PDF file)  coming soon

Return to the conference overview page

Program Co-chairs

Roshni Vasaiwala, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology; Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL

  Alexis Warren, MD, Ryan-Pusateri Professor of Ophthalmology and Medical Education; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

 

Continuing Medical Education


Intended Audience

This program will be of interest to all practicing ophthalmologists, but in particular, those who are likely to encounter a variety of eye diseases and conditions in their practice.  Residents and fellows in training also would benefit from this program.  All attendees will find the advocacy, risk management and coding presentations to be especially useful.

Learning Objectives

The purpose of this program is to describe the latest advances in medical and surgical eye care and to discuss issues which are sometimes seen as the subject of controversy. Topics will include diagnostic and therapeutic consideration related to cataract, external eye diseases, refractive surgery, glaucoma, retinal diseases, neuro-ophthalmology, pediatrics, oculoplastics, ethics and practice management subjects.

Questions?

Contact the ISEPS-COS administrative office --
   By phone:  800-838-3627
   By email:  [email protected]

 Return to the main conference webpage

 

Last Updated on Thursday, February 05, 2026 04:15 PM