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ANNUAL CONGRESS 2010
Mr Mark Batterbury, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, has won free registration for Congress 2010 after his 2009 Congress feedback questionnaire was picked at random by our President, John Lee. PRIZE WINNERS: The AMO Prize 2010 Dr. Mariya Moosajee has won the AMO Prize for her paper 'Non-viral gene therapy for choroideraemia using a novel S-MAR vector which exhibits persistent episomal expression in the RPE'. This prize is awarded to one of the top two abstracts obtaining the highest marks overall during the judging process. The SOE Prize 2010 Dr. Karen Wong has won the SOE Prize for her paper 'Semi-automated digital image analysis of retina in preterm infants with and without retinopathy of prematurity: a comparison of different vessel selection methods'. This prize is awarded by the Societas Ophthalmologica Europaea (SOE) to one of the top two abstracts obtaining the highest marks overall during the judging process. The Treacher Collins Prize 2010 K Waddell, C D Williams and C O'Callaghan have won the Treacher Collins Prize for their DVD 'Bilamellar Rotation for trachomatous trichiasis: a new surgical clamp and training programme'. All the DVDs were judged by the Honorary Programme Secretary.
ANNUAL CONGRESS 2009
View The Society for Clinical Ophthalmology's review of Congress 2009. PRIZE WINNERS: The Nettleship Medal The Nettleship Medal is awarded for the best piece of original work by a British ophthalmologist published in any journal in the last three years. We were very pleased to award the medal to Professor Andrew Lotery for his paper 'Association between the SERPING1 gene and age related macular degeneration: a two stage case control study' Further information on The Nettleship Medal and a list of previous winners can be seen here The Foulds Trophy The trophy is a silver quaiche donated by the first President of the College, Professor Wallace Foulds for the best basic science oral presentation. The prize winner also received £250 from Professor Foulds. The trophy is held by the winner for one year. This year's winner was M. Moosajee for the paper 'The use of anti-apoptotic agents, curcumin and zVAD-fmk, as potential therapies for ocular coloboma in the zebrafish model'. Royal Eye Hospital Poster Prizes There are two prizes of £250 each awarded for the top two posters presented at Congress. Posters were judged at Congress and based on content, presentation and discussion held with the author. Royal Eye Hospital (London) Winner: The Royal Eye Hospital (London) Prize was awarded to S. Roy Chowdhury for 'Metabolic profiles affecting the 5 year incidence of Diabetic Retinopathy in type 2 diabetes'. Royal Eye Hospital (Manchester) Winner: The Royal Eye Hospital (Manchester) Prize was awarded to M. Hawker for 'Detecting Glaucoma in Binocular Patients using the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph: The Bridlington Eye Assessment Project'. Treacher Collins Prize A certificate and £250 was awarded for the best DVD in the DVD exhibition at Congress. The prize was judged by the Honorary Programme Secretary prior to Congress. This was awarded to T. Eke for the DVD ''Face to face' upright seated position for cataract surgery in patients who cannot lie flat'. Commercial Exhibition Prize A prize shield is awarded to the best stand at Congress. The shield commemorates the work of Desmond Wright who was Exhibition Director of Optic UK from 1984 until 1993. Stands are judged in terms of equipment shown, supporting literature and the presentation of items displayed by the staff. We are pleased to announce that the shield was awarded to Spectrum Thea.

ANNUAL CONGRESS 2010

Mr Mark Batterbury, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, has won free registration for Congress 2010 after his 2009 Congress feedback questionnaire was picked at random by our President, John Lee.

PRIZE WINNERS:

The AMO Prize 2010

Dr. Mariya Moosajee has won the AMO Prize for her paper 'Non-viral gene therapy for choroideraemia using a novel S-MAR vector which exhibits persistent episomal expression in the RPE'. This prize is awarded to one of the top two abstracts obtaining the highest marks overall during the judging process.

The SOE Prize 2010

Dr. Karen Wong has won the SOE Prize for her paper 'Semi-automated digital image analysis of retina in preterm infants with and without retinopathy of prematurity: a comparison of different vessel selection methods'. This prize is awarded by the Societas Ophthalmologica Europaea (SOE) to one of the top two abstracts obtaining the highest marks overall during the judging process.

The Treacher Collins Prize 2010

K Waddell, C D Williams and C O'Callaghan have won the Treacher Collins Prize for their DVD 'Bilamellar Rotation for trachomatous trichiasis: a new surgical clamp and training programme'. All the DVDs were judged by the Honorary Programme Secretary.

ANNUAL CONGRESS 2009

View The Society for Clinical Ophthalmology's review of Congress 2009.

PRIZE WINNERS:

The Nettleship Medal

The Nettleship Medal is awarded for the best piece of original work by a British ophthalmologist published in any journal in the last three years.

We were very pleased to award the medal to Professor Andrew Lotery for his paper 'Association between the SERPING1 gene and age related macular degeneration: a two stage case control study'

Further information on The Nettleship Medal and a list of previous winners can be seen

here

The Foulds Trophy

The trophy is a silver quaiche donated by the first President of the College, Professor Wallace Foulds for the best basic science oral presentation. The prize winner also received £250 from Professor Foulds. The trophy is held by the winner for one year.

This year's winner was M. Moosajee for the paper 'The use of anti-apoptotic agents, curcumin and zVAD-fmk, as potential therapies for ocular coloboma in the zebrafish model'.

Royal Eye Hospital Poster Prizes

There are two prizes of £250 each awarded for the top two posters presented at Congress. Posters were judged at Congress and based on content, presentation and discussion held with the author.

Royal Eye Hospital (London) Winner:

The Royal Eye Hospital (London) Prize was awarded to S. Roy Chowdhury for 'Metabolic profiles affecting the 5 year incidence of Diabetic Retinopathy in type 2 diabetes'.

Royal Eye Hospital (Manchester) Winner:

The Royal Eye Hospital (Manchester) Prize was awarded to M. Hawker for 'Detecting Glaucoma in Binocular Patients using the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph: The Bridlington Eye Assessment Project'.

Treacher Collins Prize

A certificate and £250 was awarded for the best DVD in the DVD exhibition at Congress. The prize was judged by the Honorary Programme Secretary prior to Congress.

This was awarded to T. Eke for the DVD ''Face to face' upright seated position for cataract surgery in patients who cannot lie flat'.

Commercial Exhibition Prize A prize shield is awarded to the best stand at Congress. The shield commemorates the work of Desmond Wright who was Exhibition Director of Optic UK from 1984 until 1993. Stands are judged in terms of equipment shown, supporting literature and the presentation of items displayed by the staff. We are pleased to announce that the shield was awarded to Spectrum Thea.

ANNUAL CONGRESS 2008 - PRIZE WINNERS

The Foulds Trophy

The effect of indocyanine green and light on retinal neurones T Z Khatib, N N Osborne,Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford

Royal Eye Hospital Poster Prizes

There are two prizes of £250 each awarded for the top two posters presented at Congress. Posters were judged at Congress and based on content, presentation and discussion held with the author.

Royal Eye Hospital (London) Winner:

An investigation of the developmental glaucoma genes as genetic risk factors for primary open angle glaucoma S Park, S Fraser, D Vaideanu, J Sowden,UCL Institute of Child Health

Royal Eye Hospital (Manchester) Winner:

The Neural Deficit in Human Amblyopia C E Stewart, M J Moseley, A R Fielder, A B Morland, K L MacRae,City University

Treacher Collins Prize

A certificate and £250 was awarded for the best DVD in the DVD exhibition at Congress. The prize was judged by the Honorary Programme Secretary prior to Congress.

Improved early flow control with the Baerveldt Glaucoma Implant - use of a stent suture without external ligation C Heatley, K S Lim, A Lacey, K Barton,Moorfields Eye Hospital

The AMO Prize

A prize of £1,000 was awarded by AMO for one of the top two abstracts obtaining the highest marks overall during the judging process.

A British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit (BOSU) Study of Traumatic Optic Neuropathy in the UK R L Ford, V Lee, W Xing, C Bunce, B Foot,Central Middlesex Hospital

NEW: The British Isles Neuro-Ophthalmology Club (BINOC) Ivor Levy Prize

This prize has been awarded for the first time at the Congress 2008. Ivor Levy was an eminent London neuro-ophthalmologist and a long standing member of BINOC. A prize of £200 was given for the best neuro-ophthalmology poster by a trainee.

The incidence of blindness secondary to idiopathic intracranial hypertension in the UK L J Best, G Silvestri, J Acheson, B Burton from Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast

RCO CONGRESS 2007: PUBLISHED REPORT - AUGUST 2007

Please follow this link to take you to an article about this year's annual Congress (22nd 24th May 2007), published in in August's edition of Expert Review of Ophthalmology, an exciting new resource for the ophthalmology community.

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