COLUMBUS, Ohio--Optometrists and other eyecare professionals attending the ninth-annual East West Eye Conference in downtown Cleveland Oct. 28 and 29 will have the option to “Feed the Body and Mind.”

Through the sponsorship of six suppliers, lunch-and-learn programs will be offered on two consecutive days of the conference.

On Oct. 28, Allergan will host “A Top-Down Approach to Managing Ocular Surface Diseases;” Sonogage will sponsor “How to Succeed in Coding and Billing for Glaucoma;” and Vistakon will present “Managing Patients Throughout Their Life Cycles: Babies to Bifocals and Everything In-Between.”

On Oct. 29, Inspire Pharmaceuticals will present “Contemporary Issues in the Management of Ocular Allergies;” CIBA Vision will sponsor “Tinted Contact Lenses: Friend or Foe;” and CooperVision will host “Clinical Presbyopic CL Pearls for Prescribing Soft Mulitfocal Lenses.”

For more information on the East West conference, sponsored by the Ohio Optometric Association with support from the New York State Optometric Association, call (800) 999-4939 or visit www.eastwest.org.