37th Annual Professional Education - Sunday March 24, 2024
Dr. Mark Dunbar speaking at our Sunday March 26, 2023 event!
OUR NEXT EVENT: Professional Education Sunday March 24, 2024
View: Meeting Brochure
View: Digital agenda and speaker slides – TBA
Featured Speaker:
Ben Gaddie, OD
Dr. Ben Gaddie earned his Doctor of Optometry from the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Optometry. He then completed a Residency in Ocular Disease through Northeastern State University College of Optometry at the Triad Eye Medical Clinic and Cataract Institute in Tulsa, OK. Currently, he is the owner and director of Gaddie Eye Centers, a multi-location full service practice in Louisville that was started by his father over 40 years ago. Dr. Gaddie is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and past President of the Optometric Glaucoma Society (OGS). He is currently the Co-Chairman of the International Vision Expo Meetings, the largest provider of continuing education for eye doctors. He is also a Past President of the Kentucky Optometric Association. Having published extensively in ophthalmic literature, Dr. Gaddie serves on the editorial boards of Review of Optometry, Optometric Management, Primary Care Optometry News and Optometry Times. In 2011, Dr. Gaddie was inducted into the Oklahoma Pioneers in Optometry Hall of Fame. In 2015, he was selected as one of the Most Influential in Optometry by Optometric Management, named a “Leader in Sight” by Bausch & Lomb, and was awarded the Kentucky Optometric Association Optometrist of The Year Award. Articles Dr. Gaddie has recently authored or contributed to: Glaucoma, The Stealthy Thief of Sight (page 18) 5 Legendary Optometrists Give Advice to New Grads.
Archived Meeting Brochures:
36th Annual Professional Education-Sun. March 26, 2023 speaker notes
35th Annual Professional Education-Sun. March 29, 2022 speaker notes
34th Annual Professional Education-Sunday March 31, 2019 speaker notes
33rd Annual Professional Education – Sunday April 8, 2018 speaker notes
32nd Annual Professional Education – Sun March 19, 2017 speaker notes
31st Annual Professional Education – Sun March 6, 2016 speaker notes
30th Annual Professional Education – Sunday March 8, 2015 speaker notes
29th Annual Professional Education – Sunday, April 13, 2014
28th Annual Professional Education – Sunday, April 14 2013
27th Annual Professional Education – Sunday, April 29, 2012
Quarterly Optometric Seminars - our next date: TBA
Attend our quarterly seminars held at New Albany Country Club in New Albany, OH. This popular series includes lecture and open discussion concentrated on various advances and topics in refractive surgery. Case presentations are introduced to reinforce lecture topics.
2022 Optometric Seminar Dates:
- Wednesday June 29, 2022
- Wednesday August 31, 2022
To Register, Contact: Patrick Janson, OD Three (3) hours Ohio CE

Our recent New Albany Country Club meeting: Dr Erdey speaking on new Visian ICL and DALK innovations
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