In 'The Congress that wasn’t' episode 3 we speak with Professor Uday Devgan, the renowned Ophthalmic educator, discussing tips for junior cataract surgeons and for maintaining your skills during extended periods without operating. We then spoke with Chris Way and Nick Maycock, two abstract holders, about their work.

In the second episode of “The Congress that wasn’t" Christina Rennie chairs her session entitled controversies in diabetic retinopathy. We also talk to Ketan Kapoor, Meriam Islam and Aidan Benson, three abstract holders, about their work.

In 'The Congress that wasn’t' episode 1, we hear from Professor Andrew Lotery who talked about the VICI study which evaluated the use of Eplerenone as a treatment for chronic central serous retinopathy (CSCR). We then spoke with, Conor Lyons, Anna Song and Jasna Astalos, three abstract holders, about their work.

In 2020 the college decided to postpone the Annual Congress due to the COVID19 pandemic. Sunil Mamtora, an ophthalmologist in training and host of the Eye to Eye podcast, recorded a Special Series of episodes called “The Congress that wasn’t”. These include talks from speakers that were due to present at the 2020 Congress.

In this episode we spoke with Hani Hasan, an Ophthalmologist at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon. We talked his work related to the prediction and early identification of hydroxychloroquine maculopathy.

In this episode, Aman Chandra, a consultant vitreo-retinal surgeon and the Awards and Scholarships Lead at the college spoke with Professor Mario Romano, a vitreo-retinal surgeon working in the epicentre of the European COVID19 crisis in Milan.