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ANNUAL CONGRESS PROGRAMME
FRIDAY

08.45 - 08.59 

Welcome and introduction to day

UKISCRS President, David Lockington, Glasgow

09.00 - 10.26 

10 Free papers and 5 Videos

Moderators: James Ball, Wetherby, UK & Sarah Maling, Stoke Manderville, UK

 

Introduction


10 of the best Free papers


Famous 5 Videos

10.27 - 10.39 

Industry showreel

Companies TBC

10.40 - 10.45 

Gameshow – Win with UKISCRS

Gameshow 3

10.46 - 11.14 

Break

Morning Tea & Industry Exhibition

11.15 - 12.29

The battle for the anterior segment

Moderators: Seema Anand, Leeds, UK, Allon Barsam, London, UK & Philip Bloom, London, UK 

Refractive Raiders: Laser vs lens vs ICL in extreme anterior segment pathology
 

Laser (corneal scarring) - Brendan Cummings, Dublin, Ireland
Lens (post RK) - Ali Mearza, London, UK

ICL (extreme refractive error) - Sri Ganesh, Bangalore, India
Discussion        
 

Keratoconic Commandos – CXL plus vs CAIRS vs DALK in advanced disease
 

CXL plus - Artemis Matsou, East Grinstead, UK
CAIRS - Romesh Angunawela, London, UK
DALK - Julie Schallhorn, San Francisco, USA
Discussion    

    
Phaco MIGS fighters - implant vs laser vs trabeculotomy in combined cataract/glaucoma surgery

 

Phaco + implant - Eleni Nikita, London, UK
Phaco + laser - Niten Vig, London, UK
Phaco + trabeculotomy - Nishani Amerasinghe, Southampton, UK

Discussion          

12.30 - 12.39 

UKISCRS Annual General Meeting

Trustees and Officers

12.40 - 13.39 

Lunch

Lunch & Industry Exhibition

13.40 - 14.44

Cutting edge technologies here and now, and hopes for the future 

Moderators: Paul Rosen, Oxford, UK & Milind Pande, Hull, UK

 

Gene therapy for the cornea
Mariya Moosajee, London, UK

 

What AI can do for cataract and corneal surgeons

Darren Ting, Birmingham, UK
 

IOLs of the future

Cathleen M. McCabe, Sarasota, USA
 

New technology to treat corneal infections

Simon Dean, Auckland, New Zealand
 

Personalised ocular surface analysis
Pooja Khamar, Bangalore, India

 

Discussion          

14.45 - 14.52

Industry showreel 

Companies TBC

14.53 - 14.59

Gameshow – Win with UKISCRS

Gameshow 4

15.00 - 15.29

Break

Afternoon Coffee & Industry Exhibition

15.30 - 16.39

Most memorable cases of the past 50 years!

Moderators: Bita Manzouri, Romford, UK & Tom Flynn, Cork, Ireland

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Complex cataract/refractive  

Johnson Yan Ning Neo, London, UK
 

Complex cataract/refractive

Masara Laginaf, London, UK
 

Complex cataract/refractive

Mohammed Muhtaseb, Cardiff, UK

 

Discussion        
 

Dancing with DMEKs 

Mario Saldanha, Cardiff, UK
 

Glaucoma acrobatics

Siene Ng, Cardiff, UK

Complex keratoplasty

Abdo Karim Tourkmani, London, UK

Discussion          

16.40 - 16.49

Prize giving and summary

UKISCRS President, David Lockington, Glasgow

17.50 - 16.59

Presidential handover and response

UKISCRS President, David Lockington, Glasgow & Bita Manzouri, Romford, UK

17.00 

Close of the meeting and Drinks Reception

All welcome

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