KYCO Continuing Education

The University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Optometry is proud to provide continuing education programs to enhance doctors’ clinical knowledge and skills of optometry.

The Kentucky College of Optometry provides both in-person and online, continuing education. All of our courses meet the state licensing requirements for the Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE) or sponsorship by an accredited school or college of optometry.

For any questions regarding our Continuing Education programs, please contact the Director of Continuing Education, Dr. Eilene Kinzer, at eilenekinzer@upike.edu.

Course schedule

We invite you to attend one of our University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Optometry sponsored Continuing Education Courses below:

Date-Time	Course / Event	Instructors	COPE	# of CE Hours	Cost	CE Format	Registration Link
2025
January 27, 2025 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM	Kentucky College of Optometry Lunch & Learn Series January 2025	Joshua Griffith, OD	COPE #95177-FV COPE Activity #129740	1	KYCO Faculty: Free Non-KYCO faculty: $10	Live In-person Pikeville, KY	Register
February 6, 2025 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM	Kentucky College of Optometry Lunch & Learn Series February 2025	Sara LeMay, OD	non-COPE	1 TPA Hour	KYCO Faculty: Free Non-KYCO faculty: $10	Live In-person Pikeville, KY	Register

2024
January 25, 2024 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM	Kentucky College of Optometry Lunch & Learn Series January 2023	Todd Zelczak, OD	Non-COPE	1	KYCO Faculty: Free Non-KYCO faculty: $10	Live In-person Pikeville, KY	Register
January 31, 2024 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM	Kentucky College of Optometry Lunch & Learn Series January 2023	PJ Sowards, OD	COPE #88852-TD Activity #127436	1 TPA Hour	KYCO Faculty: Free Non-KYCO faculty: $10	Live In-person Pikeville, KY	Register
March 7, 2024 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM	Kentucky College of Optometry Lunch & Learn Series March 2023	Maddie Rhoton, OD	COPE-Pending	1	KYCO Faculty: Free Non-KYCO faculty: $10	Live In-person Pikeville, KY	Register
March 13, 2024 - 6:00 PM-9:00 PM	Talley Eye Institute March 2024 CE Conference	Andrew T. Strand, DO Drew Sommerville, MD Nathaniel Pelsor, OD, FAAO	COPE #89737-TD COPE #89739-TD COPE #89820-GO Activity #127799	3	$10/credit hour	Live In-person Evansville, IN	Register
March 13, 2024 - 7:00 PM-9:00 PM	Bennett & Bloom Eye Centers March 2024 CE Conference	Tom Cheezum, OD	Non-COPE	2	$60	Live In-person New Albany, IN	Flyer
April 5, 2024 - 8:00AM-12:00 PM	Kentucky College of Optometry 2024 Residents' Day	PJ Sowards, OD Jonathan Yin, OD Kelsey Trast, OD	COPE #89798-TD COPE #89799-TD COPE #89795-TD COPE #89796-TD COPE #89794-NO Activity #127811	4	Free	Live In-person Pikeville, KY	Register
May 15, 2024 - 6:30PM-8:30 PM	John Kenyon Eye Center May 2024 CE Conference	Asim Piracha, MD Shiraaz Rahman, MD	Non-COPE	2 (including 1 TPA Hour)	By May 1: $50 After May 1: $55	Live In-person Louisville, KY	Flyer
June 12 , 2024 - 6:30 PM-9:30 PM	Bennett & Bloom Eye Centers June 2024 CE Conference	Chad Herschberger, O.D. Fraser D. McKay, O.D Jeremy Caylor, O.D.	Non-COPE	3	$80	Live In-person Clermont, KY	Flyer
July 20, 2024 - 8:00AM-6:30 PM	Kentucky College of Optometry 2024 Summer CE Conference	Faculty of the Kentucky College of Optometry	COPE #91468-LP COPE #86629-LP COPE #86630-GL COPE #86631-SP COPE #86631-SP COPE #91452-FV COPE #91501-PH COPE #91502-EJ COPE #91545-LV Activity #128508	10 (including 5 Hours ETP/TPA and 2 Hours Pain Management/TPA)	KYCO Faculty & Alumni: $250 Non-KYCO Faculty/Alumni: $300 ($350 after June 7)	Live In-person Pikeville, KY	Register,Flyer
August 23, 2024 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM	Kentucky College of Optometry Lunch & Learn Series March 2023	Kelsey Trast, OD	Non-COPE	1	KYCO Faculty: Free Non-KYCO faculty: $10	Live In-person Pikeville, KY	Register
August 29, 2024 - 6:00 PM-9:00 PM	Kentucky College of Optometry Retina CE Series Summer 2024	John Kitchens, MD	Non-COPE	3 TPA Hours	Free	Live In-person Pikeville, KY	Flyer
September 14, 2024 1:00 PM-5:00 PM	EyeCare Partners Fall 2024 CE Conference	Kevin Leikert, DO Joe Morehouse, DO Marcus Muallem, MD Deborah Wu, MD David Rawlinson, DO	COPE #92191-PO COPE #92192-PO COPE #92358-GL COPE #92190-PO COPE #92189-TD COPE #92193-PH Activity #129151	4 TPA Hours	$100	Live In-person Allendale, MI	Flyer
September 24, 2024 6:00 PM-9:00 PM	Talley Eye Institute Fall 2024 CE Conference	Karishma Habbu, MD	COPE #92577-TD Activity #129023	2	$10/Credit hour	Live In-person Evansville, IN	Flyer Website
October 10, 2024 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Bennett & Bloom Eye Centers October 2024 CE Conference	Andrew Steele, OD Paul Eckel, OD	Non-COPE	3 TPA Hours	$80	Live In-person Louisville, KY	Flyer
October 17-20, 2024 - 32 hours over 4 days	Kentucky College of Optometry 2024 Expanded Therapeutic Procedures Course	Faculty of the Kentucky College of Optometry	COPE #92533-SP COPE #92462-SP COPE #92315-SP COPE #92460-PH COPE #92529-IS COPE #92528-IS COPE #92527-SP COPE #92531-SP COPE #92461-SP COPE #92535-SP COPE #92534-SP COPE #92530-SP COPE #92463-SP COPE #92464-SP COPE #92465-PO COPE #92488-PM COPE #92314-LP COPE #92472-LP COPE #92234-GL COPE #92466-LP COPE #92532-LP COPE #92235-TD COPE #92459-TD COPE #92316-LP COPE #92467-PM COPE #92612-GL COPE #92470-LP COPE #92469-LP COPE #92471-LP COPE #92468-SP Activity #128943	32 ETP/TPA Hours	32 Hours: $1850 by July 15/$2050 after August 15 16 Hours: $925 by July 15/$1025 after August 15 $50/individual lecture hour	Live In-person Pikeville, KY	Register, Flyer