CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. —ABB CONCISE has announced the schedule for the second half of 2010 of the free webinar series it co-sponsors with Paragon Vision Sciences. The companies’ Practice Partnership Education Series, begun in January, focuses on topics that support successful treatment options and outcomes.

The webinars are scheduled for the third Wednesday of every month and will be held twice on those days at 6 p.m. ET and PT. To register, participants can send an email to [email protected].

Topics for the remaining 2010 webinars, which are led by Patrick Caroline, FAAAO, of Pacific University, are: July 21 on Management of the Astigmatic Patient with GP Lenses; Aug. 18 on Patient Instruction and Contemporary GP Lens Care;  Sept. 15 on GP Problem Solving [Lens Design and Fitting];  Oct. 20 on GP Problem Solving [Ocular Complications];  Nov. 17 on Management of the Presbyope with GP Lenses and, Dec. 15 on Management of the Irregular Cornea with GP Lenses.

“ABB CONCISE has manufactured contact lenses for 50 years and has always helped practitioners in the successful fitting of difficult GP prescriptions. Our webinars are just one more way to help with the fitting of GP lenses, including bitorics, multifocals and lenses for keratoconus patients,” said Lynda Baker, ABB CONCISE’s executive vice president.

ABB CONCISE  is the largest U.S. contact lens distributor, serving over 15,000 independent ECPs throughout the U.S. and accounting for over 40 percent of independents' soft lens purchases through distributors.