The Cost of Blindness - What it means to Canadians

Saturday, January 31 - Sunday, February 1, 2004
The Fairmont Royal York - Toronto, Ontario

 


 

 

Participating Speakers

 

 

 


Picture of Dr. Sanjay Sharma, MD, FRCSC, MSc (Epid), MBA Sanjay Sharma, MD, FRCSC, MSc (Epid), MBA

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Topic: Quality of Life Related to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Dr. Sharma is the founding director of the Cost-Effective Ocular Health Policy Unit, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology and Deputy Head for the Department of Ophthalmology at Queen’s University. He has conducted research into the benefits of prescribing high doses of vitamin supplements to aging baby boomers with vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration and how it could save the North American health-care system more than $1.5 billion in the next 10 years.