IN-PERSON: Wirtschafter Lecture featuring Richard C. Allen, M.D., PhD., F.A.C.S.

2025 Wirtschafter Visiting Professor

Friday, January 10, 2025

Features University of Minnesota Wirtschafter Visiting Professor:
Richard C. Allen, M.D., PhD., F.A.C.S.

Mendakota Country Club

Richard C. Allen, M.D., PhD., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Richard Allen has over 20 years of experience in oculoplastic surgery. After graduating from Duke University, Dr. Allen attended Baylor College of Medicine where he attained his M.D. and his Ph.D., in Human and Molecular Genetics.  Dr. Allen then completed an ophthalmology residency and oculoplastic surgery fellowship at the University of Iowa.  Dr. Allen has practiced in New Mexico, Iowa and Texas and was on the faculty at the University of Iowa and most recently at Baylor College of Medicine.

He has lectured extensively nationally and internationally and has over 120 peer-reviewed publications.  Dr. Allen is deeply committed to medical education and exceptional patient care, to this end, he has created Oculoplastic Surgery Videos, an archive of over 300 narrated videos available to view at www.oculosurg.com.  Elected 2023 President of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS).  Dr. Allen is the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal, Orbit.  in his free time, he is an avid long-distance bicyclist and enjoys running, music and spending time with his wife Missy and children Gus and Astrid.  

Marc Dinkin, MD

Dr. Dinkin is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medicine and a member of the Weill Cornell Ophthalmology Department who specializes in Neuro-Ophthalmology.

After graduating from Harvard University and Weill Cornell Medical College, he completed his neurology residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital where he was also chief resident.  Following that, he completed a clinical fellowship in Neuro-ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, MA. Before returning to New York, Dr. Dinkin spent two years as a neuro-ophthalmologist at Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he helped develop a neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at the hospital and was Associate Director of the Neurology Clerkship.

Dr. Dinkin specializes in treating patients with vision problems originating from the nervous system, such as optic neuritis, ischemic optic neuropathy, optic disc edema, brain tumors, stroke, idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri) and double vision as may occur with cranial nerve palsies, thyroid eye disease, ocular myasthenia gravis. He also sees patients with disorders of the lids including ptosis (droopy lid) and blepharospasm, disorders of the pupils, visual hallucinations and unexplained visual loss. 

Dr. Dinkin has published numerous papers and chapters on topics in his fields including neuromyelitis optica, nystagmus, ischemic optic neuropathy and diagnostic imaging. He has presented abstracts at local, regional and national conferences in neuro-ophthalmology and neurology. He also serves as an ad hoc reviewer for several major journals in the field. Dr. Dinkin is also an invited lecturer at the Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology, the Greater New York Ophthalmology Clinical Lecture Series, the New England Ophthalmological Society and has been awarded numerous awards for teaching and clinical care as well as the Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education at Harvard Medical School.  

This meeting is held in conjunction with the University of Minnesota Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences.

2:30 Registration

2:55 Welcome

3:00-4:00 Case Presentations 

• Alisha Kamboj, MD, MBA
• Kambiz Ameli Zamani, MD

4:00 Collin McClelland, MD

4:20 Andrew Harrison, MD

4:40 Marc Dinkin, MD (Cornell)

5:00 Ali Mokhtarzadeh, MD

5:20 Michael Lee, MD

5:40 Marc Dinkin, MD (Cornell)

6:00 Cocktail Hour

7:00 Dinner

7:30 The Wirtschafter Lecture Richard Allen, MD – Austin, TX

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Minnesota Medical Association and University of Minnesota, Department of Ophthalmology. The Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.    

CME STATEMENT The Minnesota Medical Association designates this Regularly Scheduled Series for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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