Summits Events Community
Designed for Collaboration

Tarr Trek is a modern community-first platform for mentorship and education - built to spark collaboration, launch new specialties, share innovations, and exchange best practices among peers.

Upcoming Summits & Events

Winter Ophthalmic Summit 2026

March 12-14, 2026, at The Hythe in Vail, Colorado

Early Bird Pricing Ends 2/1/2026

What No One Taught Us About Running a Dry Eye Practice

Tarr Trek Ambassadors Event on
April 21st at 9 PM
Speaker: Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO

Hawaiian Ophthalmic Summit 2026

October 17-20, 2026, at Ritz-Carlton O’ahu Turtle Bay – Oahu, Hawaii

About Tarr Trek

Elevate Your Experience

At the core of our organization is a belief in the power of beginnings – launching from small starts toward extraordinary impact.  We know the hardest part is often just getting started, whether it’s running a marathon, launching a business, or finding your niche.  

We honor our roots and the mentors who helped us grow, showing gratitude by helping others reach their breakthroughs.    

What started as a high-energy educational event has quickly grown into a respected platform for innovative and scientific continuing education. With the launch of Tarr Trek Ambassadors— a network connecting doctors and industry partners—Tarr Trek is reshaping how professionals engage with education, technology, and each other.

Our Mission

Tarr Trek is a collaborative community focused on
unmet needs, elevated events, and outside the box thinking.

Collaborative Education

The events are gaining strong word-of-mouth among eye care professionals who value a network that bridges ODs and MDs for an integrated innovative community.

Creative Events

That truly inspire and breakthrough clinic burnout. Settings that balance professional development with personal well-being making education more memorable.

Tarr Trek Ambassadors

Collaborative network supporting peer connection via Collective Bargaining, Outreach, Resources, and Events. Independents united to elevate patient care and practice success.

About the Summits

Where Experts Meet & Connect

Tarr Trek is an independent medical education enterprise boldly going where traditional learning has not gone before.  We believe in curating collaborative, compliant and effective peer-to-peer education that closes gaps in clinical knowledge, aligns diverse opinions, and refines practice patterns across the galaxy of care.  Tarr Trek uses a data-driven process to chart the course- identifying critical educational needs, scientific signposts, and measuring progress against clearly defined coordinates.  By forging strategic alliances with educational partners and industry experts, we design customized programs that don’t just inform, but transform: shifting perspectives, reshaping practice patterns, and-ultimately-enhancing patient outcomes across every frontier.

Join the Community. Elevate Your Practice.

Connect with forward-thinking leaders, access world-class education, and take your expertise to the next level

All Educational Summits Sponsored by UAB School of Optometry

Courses will be COPE accredited, FL Board/CE Broker approved