International Equine Ophthalmology Consortium - IEOC

21/06/2025

IEOC Lucerne, Switzerland is in the books! 131 attendees, completely full. Amazing speakers (Drs McMullen and Pot, abstracts, case reports and poster. Fantastic venue, vendors and location on the lake. Beautiful park across the street with drinks, music, lights, games, music and ping pong into the evening. The cherry on top was the dinner cruise in the most beautiful area of the world! Thank you everyone! See you next year in Florida at the WEC.

13/06/2025

Welcoming our largest IEOC/an-vision Symposium ever! We currently have 131 attendees registered for Lucerne, Switzerland, 7 exhibitors and 3 sponsors; we're sorry we were unable to accommodate some on the wait list. Please note we cannot accept walk up registrations, we are completely full. Thank you for your understanding.

Members should check their email for arrival details, can't wait to see you all there!

23/04/2025

Lucerne, Switzerland update: The hotel block at the Radisson Lucerne closes tonight! Make sure to email the hotel directly to make your reservation and let them know you would like to receive the IEOC group block rates, this will provide you a discount, complimentary breakfast and IEOC will receive credit for filling the room. This helps us offset costs. The host hotel will be providing breakfast with the room rate this year, so just remember the Symposium will not provide an additional breakfast to those not staying in the hotel (similar to the program in Edinburgh).

Check out the Symposium page for details, email the hotel today! https://www.equineophtho.org/post/lucerne-switzerland-2025-1

05/03/2025

IEOC/an-vision Symposium in Switzerland is already 3/4 full! The Call for Papers was excellent, we appreciate everyone's contributions. The full program will be finalized in April. Don't miss out, grab your hotel room and registration seat soon before we sell out!

- https://mailchi.mp/equineophtho/ieoc-2025-registration-reminder

24/02/2025

LAST CALL FOR PAPERS/CASE REPORT SUBMISSIONS for the IEOC/an-vision Symposium in Lucerne, Switzerland, due February 28, 2025.

CALLING ALL TRAINEE MEMBERS! Remember that IEOC will be awarding up to three best presentation awards for $1,500, $1,000 and $750 respectively from a wonderful private member-donor. Don’t miss out, consider making a submission today.

Plan to submit a case report or abstract for presentation at our Symposium this June 19 - 21, 2025 in Lucerne, Switzerland. The Call closes the end of February so please don’t wait. Our planning committee is eager to consider your submission. (You must be approved as a member to attend or present.)

For more information please review the Symposium and registration information on our website at www.equineophtho.org (or directly if your browser supports this link: https://www.equineophtho.org/post/lucerne-switzerland-2025-1 )

June 19-21, 2025General InformationThis is a fun, intimate meeting filled with many opportunities to share ideas, treatments and topics that are relevant today. Diversity abounds... about ½ of the attendees are from the EU, Australia and the East the rest typically attend from Canada and the US. If...

07/01/2025

The International Equine Ophthalmology Consortium (IEOC) would like to invite you to webinars focused on resident education, specifically on equine ophthalmology! These are free to attend and we just wanted to get them on your schedules!

Meeting link and dates are attached in the following email (https://mailchi.mp/equineophtho/ieoc-education-committee-2025-webinars-invitation). All webinars start at 7pm Eastern Time (EST).

Those who wish to attend these webinars do not need to register or pay any fee. This is open to non-members, so please be sure to forward this to any residents! These webinars will not be R.A.C.E. approved for CE.

Photo Credit: IEOC Member, Dr. Stephanie Whalen

04/01/2025

IEOC/an-vision 2025 Symposium registration for our June Symposium in Lucerne, Switzerland is now open to IEOC Members. Plan to register soon, space is limited. - https://mailchi.mp/equineophtho/ieoc-2025-registration-open

31/05/2024

Last chance, current IEOC Members!! ⚠️

Today, May 31st, is the last day to register for the IEOC/an-vision, Inc. 2024 Symposium! Be sure to register before tonight at 11:59pm Mountain Time (MT), USA!

https://mailchi.mp/equineophtho/ieoc-2024-symposium-registration-closes-soon

14/05/2024

IEOC Members,

Last call for the IEOC 2024 Symposium Hotel Room Block!!!

The hotel is keeping the IEOC Symposium room block open until tomorrow, Wednesday, May 15th at 5:00pm Central Time (CT), so be sure to book your hotel room if you haven’t already!

https://mailchi.mp/equineophtho/ieoc-2024-symposium-hotel-block-last-call-reminders

01/05/2024

The final schedule for the 2024 IEOC/an-vision, Inc. Equine Ophthalmology Symposium is now available on the IEOC website! For more information about the schedule, hotel & registration reminders, and some ideas of fun things to do while in Nashville, see the email that was sent out today to IEOC Members!

Dr. Nikki Scherrer, DVM, currently serves as Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Dr. Scherrer received a bachelor’s degree at DePauw University in Greencastle, IN and attended Purdue University for her doctorate ...

25/04/2024

Save the date for the IEOC 2025 Symposium in Lucerne, Switzerland, June 19 - 21, 2025! We're so excited to host everyone in Lucerne, Switzerland at the Radisson Blu Hotel! We will secure some pre and post dates at the hotel so you can add on a few vacation days.

https://mailchi.mp/equineophtho/switzerland-save-the-date-ieoc-2025-symposium

22/04/2024

We have some great news to share! IEOC has successfully secured a contract for the 2025 IEOC Symposium in Europe! A formal announcement with more information will be sent out to all members soon. In the meantime, can you guess where we will be headed June 19-21, 2025? This photo may give you a hint as to where it will be! 🔍

Stay tuned for more information!