Congress 2007
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS ANNUAL CONGRESS 2007VENUE & DATES
The Annual Congress was held from Tuesday 22nd to Thursday 24th May 2007 at The ICC, Broad Street, Birmingham.
All CPD certificates were be posted from Friday 22nd June.
PROGRAMME & SESSIONS
View a copy of the timetable
hereView a copy of the final version of the preliminary programme
hereView a conference report here
If you would like a copy of the final programme and abstracts, please email Sarah Horne at: events@rcophth.ac.uk
Abstracts are also available below:
Eponymous Lecturers
The Scientific Committee are delighted to announce the 2007 eponymous lecturers:
Duke Elder Lecture
The 2007 Duke Elder Lecture was delivered by Professor Andrew Dick from Bristol Eye Hospital. View information on the lecture
here.Edridge Green Lecture
The 2007 Edridge Green Lecture was delivered by Mr. Richard Harrad from Bristol Eye Hospital.
View information on the lecture
here.ANNUAL CONGRESS PRIZE WINNERS
We are delighted to confirm the Congress prize winners and offer our congratulations:
The Foulds Trophy
This prize, for the best paper presentation at Congress was awarded to N.A.V. Beare for the paper 'Perfusion abnormalities in children with cerebral malaria and malarial retinopathy'.
The Treacher Collins Prize
This prize, for the best video presentation at Congress was awarded to S.C. Wong for the video 'Expulsive haemorrhage: limiting the damage'.
The Royal Eye Hospital (London & Manchester) Poster Prizes
These prizes, for the top two poster presentations were awarded to:
The Royal Eye Hospital (London) Prize awarded to L. Pelosini for the poster 'Optical coherence tomography (OCT) of macular oedema and predictors of visual outcome'
The Royal Eye Hospital (Manchester) Prize awarded to P. Jindahra for the poster 'An investigation of ganglion cell loss in retrogeniculate hemianopia using optical coherence tomography'
The AMO Prize
This prize, for the highest scoring abstract submitted, was awarded to C. Ong for the paper 'Electronic National Cataract Audit: complications of local anaesthesia'.
Best commercial exhibition stand 2007
This was awarded to Alcon Grieshaber with joint runners up Lenstec and Haag Streit.
Allied Professions
The Scientific Committee carefully organised the timetable so as to appeal to allied profession colleagues. Tuesday was focussed at orthoptists and Thursday focussed at optometrists.
There was
a seminar for nurses on Wednesday 23rd May 2007. The day was organised by Mr. Yit Yang, Wolverhampton and Ms. Jenny Nosek, Wolverhampton. Details can be viewed here
A special AHPO/OIA day chaired by Rosalind Harrison was
planned for Tuesday. Details can be viewed here.
All in the Mind - Mr Richard Harrad, Bristol
Allergic Eye Disease - Mr. Stuart Cook, Bristol
AMD Breakfast Meeting - Ms. Gilli Vafidis, London
Artificial Vision - Mr. Winfried Amoaku, Nottingham & Mr. Dinesh Verma, Redhill
Making Sense of Sockets: British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) Highlights - Mr. Anthony Tyers, Salisbury
Bowman's Club Highlights - Mr. Stephen Kaye, Liverpool, Mr. Francisco Figueiredo, Newcastle & Mr. Frank Larkin, London
British & Eire Glaucoma Association Highlights - Mr. Ian Cunliffe, Birmingham & Mr. James Morgan, Cardiff
Cataracts in Children - Mr. Arvind Chandna, Liverpool & Ms. Isabelle Russell-Eggitt, London
Common Vertical Deviations - Mr. Arvind Chandna, Liverpool & Miss Gill Adams, London
Diabetic Maculopathy - Mr. Jon Gibson, Birmingham
Diabetic Retinopathy
Screening - Mr. Peter Scanlon, Cheltenham & Mr. John Talbot, Sheffield
Evolving Techniques in
Corneal Surgery: Layer by Layer - Mr. Stephen Morgan, Sunderland & Professor Harminder Dua, Nottingham
Infective Uveitis - Mr. Carlos Pavesio, London
Inherited Macular Dystrophies - Professor Andrew Lotery, Southampton
Intracranial Aneurysms - Mr. Mike Burdon, Birmingham
IOL Design, Wavefront
Technology in Cataract Surgery - Mr. Larry Benjamin, Aylesbury
Lacrimal without Tears - Mr. Geoffrey Rose, London
Medical Ethics - Mr. Graham Kyle, Liverpool
Myasthenia - Dr. Gordon Plant, London
Ocular Pathology - Professor Phil Luthert, London
Ophthalmology Showcase - Professor David Wong, Liverpool
Rapid Fire Sessions - Professor Andrew Dick, Bristol & Professor Andrew Lotery, Southampton
Research Methodology - Mr. John Sparrow, Bristol
The ABC of WBA (workplace assessment) - Mr. David Smerdon & Mr. Michael Nelson
The Great Debate - Mr. Larry Benjamin, Aylesbury & Professor Ian Rennie, Sheffield
This session will include the following debates:
Non-penetrating trabeculectomy - visco canalostomy -v- Penetrating trabeculectomy: which is better? Mr. Peter Wishart -v- Miss Wendy Franks
Ophthalmic Services are Best Managed in the Context of Private
Practice
For - Mr. Tristan Reuser and against - Mr. Larry Benjamin
Corneal Refractive Surgery: surface ablation - Mr. David O'Brart -v- flap reflection - Mr. Julian Stevens
To maken vertue of necessite: The Primary Care Tales - Mr. Nick Astbury, Norwich
What's New in Glaucoma? 10 Hot Topics - Professor Peter Shah, Birmingham
Special Events
SAS Forum - There was a forum and drinks reception for all Staff and Associate Grade Specialist Doctors on Tuesday 22nd May from 5.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.
AGM - The College held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 23rd May from 3.45 p.m. to 4.15 p.m.
OTG Forum - There was a forum and drinks reception for all Ophthalmologists in Training on Wednesday 23rd May from 5.15 p.m. to 6.15
p.m.
Optic UK Drinks Reception - Optic UK hosted a special drinks reception on Wednesday 23rd May from 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Commercial Exhibition
There was a commercial exhibition at Congress organised by Optic UK as part of their continuing support to the ophthalmic profession. Further information can be found on their website www.opticuk.org
ADVERTISING
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The closing date has now passed for this year's programme.
Any enquiries for next year should be addressed to:
Mr. Robert Sloan at RS Associates
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FUTURE CONGRESS DATES
Annual Congress 2008
Tuesday 20th to Thursday 22nd May 2008 - The Arena & Convention Centre, Liverpool. View details here
Tuesday 19th to Thursday 21st May 2009 - The International Convention Centre, Birmingham
Annual Congress 2010
To be confirmed
Annual Congress 2011
Tuesday 24th to Thursday 26th May 2011 - The International Convention Centre, Birmingham
View a conference report from Congress 2007 here
Page updated: 23 January 2008 (SAF)