Chicago, IL, October 15-18, 2005

• Recognize the various forms of ocular inflammatory diseases, including ocular allergy, cicatricial pemphigoid, scleritis, peripheral ulcerative keratitis, retinal vasculitis, and anterior, intermediate, and posterior uveitis.
• Develop a differential diagnosis for chronic nonpurulent conjunctivitis, peripheral ulcerative keratitis, scleritis, retinal vasculitis, and the various forms of uveitis.
• Apply the principles of diagnosis of ocular inflammatory disorders in order to initiate appropriate, disease-directed evaluations.
• Describe the principles of steroidal and nonsteroidal therapies in the management of ocular inflammatory diseases.
• Identify the increasingly important and appropriate role of immunomodulatory therapy for patients with selected, specific ocular inflammatory diseases, and also for patients with steroid-dependent inflammation.
• Describe the role of surgical management of ocular inflammatory disorders.

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