The Royal College of Ophthalmologists held its Annual Congress at the
Manchester International Convention Centre, The G-Mex Centre,
Manchester M2 3GX.
The Congress was open from Tuesday 11th to Thursday 13th May 2004.
To view the complete final programme please click the link below:
 Final programme
Eponymous lectures:
- Ashton Lecture: Preservation
of the trabecular meshworkk cell population a possible therapeutic
direction? Delivered by Professor Ian Grierson, University of Liverpool
- Bowman Lecture: Optic Nerve Axons life and death before birth. Delivered by Mr. David Taylor, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
- Edridge Green Lecture:
High magnification imaging and functional investigations of the living
human eye. Delivered by Professor Fred Fitzke, Institute of
Ophthalmology, London
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Scientific sessions:
New for 2004 the Scientific sessions were more interactive than in
previous years and encouraged delegate participation and a forum for
debate. - Amblyopia: Chaired by Mr. John Sloper, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
- Aspects of macular imaging: Chaired by Dr. Stuart Roxburgh, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee
- Audit: Chaired by Mr. John Sparrow, Bristol Eye Hospital
- Immune mediated external eye disease: Chaired by Professor Harminder Dua, Nottingham
- Controversies in the surgical management of retinal diseases: Chaired by Mr. G. William Aylward, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
- Corneal transplants: Chaired by Mr. Stuart Cook, Bristol Eye Hospital
- Diabetic retinopathy: Chaired by Ms. Patricia Hart, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
- How to approach genetics in ophthalmology: Chaired by Dr. Amanda Churchill, Bristol Eye Hospital
- New developments in cataract surgery: Chaired by Mr. David Allen, Sunderland Eye Infirmary
- Ocular tumours: Chaired by Professor Ian Rennie, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
- Mistakes and errors in oculoplastic/orbital/lacrimal surgery: Chaired by Mr. Brian Leatherbarrow, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester
- Paediatric Neuro-ophthalmology: Chaired by Professor Irene Gottlob, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester
- Shared care, who cares? debate: Chaired by Mr. Philip Bloom, Western Eye Hospital, London
- Teaching the teachers: Chaired by Mr. Michael Nelson, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
Seminars for allied professions:
There was full day seminars for optometrists, ophthalmic nurses, and orthoptists. - Ophthalmic nurses: Chaired by Mr. Peter Shah, Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre
- Optometrists: Chaired by Dr. Robert Harper, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
- Orthoptists: Chaired by Mr. Luis Amaya, Kent County Ophthalmic and Aural Hospital, Maidstone, Kent
Rapid-fire sessions:
Abstracts
were judged and the top 30 were selected as free papers for oral
presentation in a rapid-fire session. Rigorous timekeeping was
enforced. Each paper in these sessions consisted of a 3-minute oral
presentation and 3 minute discussion. Authors were asked to nominate
with their submission one or more experts in their field to act as
discussants.
The winner of the Foulds Trophy for the best
paper was Jane Wallace for her paper 'Endoscopic probing for congenital
nasolacrimal duct obstruction'.
Poster sessions:
The
Scientific Committee mandated the acceptance of a greater number of
submissions for 2004. The poster exhibition took on a new look with
authors presenting for one day only rather than the duration of the
Congress. There were dedicated poster viewing sessions and the authors
were required to stand by their posters at allocated times.
The
Royal Eye Hospital (London) prize was won by Mr Sean Chen for his
poster 'Patterns of visual loss and recovery in childhood amblyopia: a
longitudinal, prospective treatment study'. The Royal Eye
Hospital (Manchester) prize was won by Miss Angela Rees for her poster
'Prospective study of the use of NHS ophthalmic accident and emergency
by refractive surgery patients'.
Video presentations:
The
video presentations were judged and one or more successful videos could
be selected for showing in the rapid-fire session. Successful videos
has to be submitted in DVD format.
The Treacher Collins
video prize was won by Dr T R Rutili and Professor G Gini for their
video 'The use of vitrectomy and infliximab treatment: a combined
approach in sight threatening uveitis associated with Bechets syndrome'. |
