Cornea & Cataract Day Bristol
Programme 2027
Monday 12th April 2027
We the Curious
1 Millennium Square, One Millennium Square, Anchor Rd, Bristol BS1 5DB
08.45 - 09.00
WELCOME
UKISCRS President, Bita Manzouri, Romford
09.01 - 10.30
SESSION 1: CATARACT SURGERY: CLEAR VISION AHEAD: INNOVATION, AI, AND THE NEXT ERA
Moderators: TBC
09.01 - 09.13: The 2027 Lens Landscape: Monofocal +, EDOFs and Trifocals
Mayank Nanavaty, Brighton
09.14 - 09.26: Premium IOLs in non-Ideal Eyes
Colm McAlinden, Bridgend
09.27 - 09.39: Are Monofocal IOLs the Flip Phone of Cataract Surgery
Barry Quill, Dublin, Ireland
09.40 - 09.52: Managing the 6/6 but Unhappy Patient
Frank Kerkhoff, Veldhoven, Netherlands
09.53 - 10.05: Toil and Trouble: the High Volume Cataract Surgery Service
Magdalena Edington, Birmingham
10.06 - 10.24: Discussion
10.25 - 10.30: Announcement - Win with UKISCRS
10.31 - 11.00: BREAK Refreshments and Trade Exhibition
11.01 - 12.30
SESSION 2 - REFRACTIVE SURGERY: VISION WITH GLASSES: THE COMPROMISES
Moderators: TBC
11.01 - 11.13: ICLs: Expanding Indications or Overuse?
Brendan Cummings, Dublin, Ireland
11.14 - 11.27: Post-Refractive Surgery Cataract Patients: The Next Challenge
Frank Kerkhoff, Veldhoven, Netherlands
11.28 - 11.41: Refractive Lens Exchange and Retina: Are we Underestimating Risk?
Evgenia Anikina, Windsor
11.42 - 11.55: Surface Ablation Comeback: Is PRK Making a Quiet Return?
Emil Kurniawan, London
11.56 - 12.09: Patient Selection in the Era of High Expectations
Ankur Mehta, Sunderland
12.10 - 12.25: Discussion
12.25 - 12.30: Announcement - Win with UKISCRS
12.31 - 13.30: LUNCH Refreshments and Trade Exhibition
13.31 - 15.00
SESSION 3 - CORNEAL SESSION: ENGINEERING CLARITY
Moderators: TBC
13.31 - 13.43: The Ocular Surface before intraocular surgery
Conor Murphy, Dublin, Ireland
13.44 - 13.56: When the Lens and Endothelium Collude: Phaco DMEK Optimization
Geraint Williams, Hereford and Worcester
13.57 - 14.09: Optimizing Graft Survival: What Really Works?
Cheryl MacGregor, Cheltenham
14.10 - 14.22: Keratoplasty: Robotics, AI, and Precision Cuts
Sheraz Daya, London
14.23 - 14.35: Corneal Cross-Linking: Beyond Keratoconus
Bushra Thajudeen, Newport
14.36 - 14.54: Discussion
14.55 - 15.00: Announcement - Win with UKISCRS
15.01 - 15.30: BREAK Refreshments and Trade Exhibition
15.31 - 16.50
SESSION 4 - SHORT, SWEET AND SUCCINCT
Moderators: TBC
PART 1: THIS IS WHAT I DO
15.31 -15.38: Should we Still be Doing Manual Capsulorhexis in 2027?
Larry Benjamin, Aylesbury
15.39 -15.46: The Future is Robotic Cataract Surgery
Mohsen Malik, London
15.47 -15.55: The Eye Journey
Stanley Windsor, Beaconsfield
15.55 -16.00: General comments
PART 2: THE MEDICOLEGAL FORUM: 4 CASES AND THE LESSONS LEARNT
16.01 - 16.13: The loaded gun - the ongoing problem of cannula detachment during cataract surgery
Amar Alwitry, Nottingham
16.14 – 16.16: Case 2: the adult
Irfan Jeeva, Leeds
16.17 - 16.19: Case 3: the front of the eye (glaucoma)
Edward Ridyard, Leeds
16.30 - 16.42: Case 4: the back of the eye
Kashif Qureshi, Tunbridge Wells
16.43 - 17.00: Discussion
17.01 - 17.10: Announcement - Win with UKISCRS
17.11 - 17.15
ROUND UP AND CLOSE
UKISCRS President, Bita Manzouri, Romford
