Annual Congress 2018

Monday 21 – Thursday 24 May 2018

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress 2018 took place at the Arena & Convention Centre (ACC), Liverpool.

Congress Prize Winners

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists was pleased to award the following prizes at the 2018 Congress

Johnson and Johnson Innovation Prize for best poster
Dr Paul Steptoe, University of Liverpool
Evolving Regions of Ellipsoid Zone Hyporeflectivity Associated with Retinal Lesions of Infectious Aetiology. Longitudinal Ultra-Widefield (UWF) Retinal Imaging Observations in a Cohort of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Survivors, Sierra Leone

Runner up Johnson and Johnson Innovation Prize for best poster
Dr Sohaib Rufai, Leicester Royal Infirmary
Is structural grading of foveal hypoplasia in infants compared to quantitative segmentation analysis using handheld optical coherence tomography in the prediction of future visual acuity? A longitudinal cohort study

Wallace Foulds Trophy for Best Rapid Fire
Stephen Stewart, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
UK National Surveillance of Emergency Canthotomy & Cantholysis

RCOphth/ Bausch and Lomb sustainability prize
Conor Reid, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
CatCam: A novel device for congenital cataract screening

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Researcher of the Year Award
David Steel (Consultant)
Stephen Kaye (Consultant)
Pouya Alaghbad (Trainee)

Desmond Wright Shield for best exhibitor
Alcon

Programme

The 2018 RCOphth Congress programme is available to download. PDF programmes for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday can be downloaded which include synopses, talks and speaker details. Subspecialty day programmes for Thursday 24 May, can be downloaded below. The programme can also be found on the Congress app, it can be downloaded in Google Play, Apple App Store and there is a website version.

You can view the programme for:

Monday 21 May 2018
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Thursday 24 May 2018

RCOphth Annual Congress 2018 – Monday 21 May Programme

Time	Session
09:00 – 10:30	President’s Session
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee & Posters
11.00 – 12.00	Parallel Sessions Finding the needle in the haystack: The epidemiology of rare eye diseases Headaches for ophthalmologists Anti-VEGF therapy for diabetic retinopathy Orbital cellulitis: Clinical presentation, diagnosis and management Big data
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch
13.00 – 14.30	Parallel Sessions Progress in diabetic retinopathy screening The role of surgery in glaucoma Diagnosing nystagmus – How, when and why Getting into research Dealing with complaints The St John Eye Hospital Session – past, present and future
14.30 – 15.00	Tea & Posters
15.00 – 16.00	Rapid fire session
16.00 – 17.00	Barrie Jones Lecture – Professor Clare Gilbert Public health approaches to the control of visual loss in children in low and middle income countries
17.00 – 18.30	Poster session and drinks reception

RCOphth Annual Congress 2018 – Tuesday 22 May Programme

Time	Session
09:00 – 17:00 Ophthalmology multidisciplinary team day
08:00 – 09:00	Parallel Sessions Gonioscopy masterclass Mid-career motivation Driving standards: Assessment in cases of visual field defects VISION 2020 LINKS Programme – Tackling diabetic retinopathy in challenging contexts
09:05 – 10:05	Bowman Lecture – Professor Usha Chakravarthy Ruminations on age-related macular degeneration: a journey of distractions
10.05 – 10.30	AGM
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee and posters
11.00 – 13.00	Parallel Sessions Emergency ophthalmology Dilemmas in cataract surgery Improving outcomes in corneal transplantation Assessing a patient with strabismus – A structured approach Managing retinal dystrophies
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 15.00	Duke Elder Oration – Professor Rubens Belfort Classic, emergent and unknown intraocular infectious diseases
15.00 – 15.30	Tea and posters
15.30 – 17.30	Parallel Sessions NICE guidelines Horrible histories: Infectious uveitis Ocular surface tumours: What’s new? Intraocular haemorrhage; a bloody challenging situation Advances in corneal disease management
15.30 – 18.30	Ophthalmic Trainees Forum

RCOphth Annual Congress 2018 – Wednesday 23 May Programme

Time	Session
08:00 – 09:00	Parallel Sessions OCTA – practical tips for real-world use Phacoemulsification surgery supervision Sustainability Keeping your ophthalmic service safe Assessment of the watering eye Further helpful statistics for ophthalmic researchers
09:05 – 10:05	Horizon Scanning
09:05 – 12:05	Training the trainers
10.05 – 10.20	Awards Ceremony
10.20 – 10.40	Coffee and posters
10.40 – 12.10	Parallel Sessions Building research into everyday practice Glaucoma The paediatric posterior pole Current management of central retinal vein occlusion Clinical leadership
12.15 – 13.00	The Great Debate: All suitable cataract patients should be offered multifocal lenses
13.00 – 14.00	SAS Forum Dr Lesley Kaye will give a talk entitled Autonomous Working. Lunch is provided at this session
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 15.00	Optic UK Lecture – Dr Harold Quigley 21st Century glaucoma treatment
15.00 – 15.30	Tea and posters
15.30 – 17.00	Parallel Session Grand rounds: FFA/Medical retina Neuro-ophthalmology for the general ophthalmologist – when to worry Grand rounds: Anterior segment Dislocated intraocular lenses- Failing well and relocation, relocation, relocation NIHR symposium: World-class research in UK