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Conference Programme

Two days of exceptional learning and networking

The Big Bang!

Presented by The Midland Ophthalmological Society

7.0 CPD Points
07:30 - 08:00

Registration & Coffee

08:00 - 08:02

Welcome

Mr Shabbir Mohammed, MOS President

08:02 - 09:02

Rapid Fire Ten Trainee Presentations

Chairs: Mr Jeremy Prydal, UHL Leicester & Professor H Ahluwalia (UHCW)

5 mins each presentation • 10 mins Q&A at the end • Prizes awarded for Best and Runner Up

1. Maryam Khan (Sussex Eye Hospital): A Nationwide Initiative Empowering 868 Medical Students Across the UK on Tackling Ophthalmic
2. Hussain Aluzri (St Thomas Hospital): Mortality Following Glaucoma Surgery in Octogenarians With Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
3. Vanessa Yeo (Royal Wolverhampton Trust): MIGS after MIGS: One-Year Outcomes of iTrack Canaloplasty With or Without Trabeculotomy in Eyes With Prior iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Implantation
4. Hussain Aluzri (St Thomas Hospital): Twelve Years of Tube: Long-Term Outcomes of Nonvalved Glaucoma Drainage Devices in Uveitic Glaucoma
5. Jonathan Marler (University College London): Cyclic Esotropia - Scoping Review of a Rare Condition
6. Momoka Takaya (United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals): Investigating Patient Understanding and Experience in a Newly Developed Regional Retinal Detachment Service
7. Shruti Senthilkumar (Wrexham Maelor Hospital): Use of Barrett Universal II Versus SRK/T for Intraocular Lens Power Calculations: An Audit of Current Practice
8. Dr Abraham Gabriel (Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals): The Risk of Diagnostic Anchoring: A Case Study
9. Lamees Arbi (Luton and Dunstable University Hospital): An 8 Year Old with Severe Sight Impairment Secondary to a Fall From a Kick Scooter
10. Shruti Senthilkumar (Wrexham Maelor Hospital): Audit of Outcomes and Timelines of Macular Hole Surgery in a District General Hospital
09:02 - 09:30

Morning Coffee & Sponsor Exhibition

09:30 - 10:30

Glaucoma Session

Chairperson: Ms Lina Osman, UHL Leicester

Nurse Practitioner Lead SLT Service
09:30 - 09:50
Miss Jennifer Kwan, UHL Leicester
Awakening 'coma' in Glaucoma
09:50 - 10:10
Ms Lina Osman, UHL Leicester
Management of Newly Diagnosed Advanced Glaucoma
10:10 - 10:30
Professor Tony King, QMC Nottingham
10:30 - 11:30

Uveitis Session

Chairperson: Mr Periaswamy Kumar

Viral Uveitis Challenges in Management
10:30 - 10:50
Mr Bharat Kapoor, UHL Leicester
Sarcoid Associated Uveitis Management
10:50 - 11:10
Mr Periaswamy Kumar, UHL Leicester
Scleritis Management
11:10 - 11:30
Professor Carlos Pavesio, Moorfields Eye Hospital
11:30 - 12:30

Neuro-Ophthalmology Session

Chairperson: Mr Straton Tyradellis, UHL Leicester

Optic Neuritis – An Update
11:30 - 11:50
Mr Sherry Thomas, QMC Nottingham
Post-operative Outcomes of Nystagmus Surgery
11:50 - 12:10
Ms Rebecca McLean, UHL Leicester
From Bud to Bloom: Paediatric Disc Abnormalities
12:10 - 12:30
Ms Aarti Patel, Moorfields Eye Hospital
12:30 - 13:30

Lunch & Sponsor Exhibition

13:30 - 14:30

Cornea Session

Chairperson: Mr Vijay Savant, UHL Leicester

Acanthamoeba Keratitis Management
13:30 - 13:50
Mr Vijay Savant, UHL Leicester
Emerging Trends in the Diagnosis of Infectious Keratitis: Multiarray PCR and Metagenomics
13:50 - 14:10
Professor Madhavan Rajan, Addenbrookes, Cambridge
Understanding Corneal Pathology through Corneal Anatomy
14:10 - 14:30
Professor Harminder Dua, QMC Nottingham
14:30 - 15:30

Vitreoretinal Session

Chairperson: Mr Ray Chaudhuri, UHL Leicester

AI in Vitreoretinal Surgery
14:30 - 14:50
Mr Rodrigo Anguitahenriquez, Moorfields Eye Hospital
Management of Intra-ocular Foreign Bodies
14:50 - 15:10
Mr Kim Son Lett, BMEC
Vitreoretinal Surgery Updates
15:10 - 15:30
Mr Stephen Winder, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
15:30 - 16:00

Tea Break & Sponsor Exhibition

16:00 - 17:30

Cataract Session

Chairperson: Prof Harminder Dua, QMC Nottingham

Rock Hard Cataract
16:00 - 16:20
Professor Mohan Rajan, REC Chennai, India
Iris Repair Techniques
16:20 - 16:40
Dr Sujatha Mohan, REC Chennai, India
IFIS (Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome)
16:40 - 16:55
Professor Mohan Rajan, REC Chennai, India
Management of Dislocated Implants
16:55 - 17:15
Dr Sujatha Mohan, REC Chennai, India
PCR: What Next?
17:15 - 17:30
Professor Mohan Rajan, REC Chennai, India
17:30 - 18:30

Presentation of Trainee Prizes & Drinks Reception

18:30 - 23:30

Gala Dinner & Dance

In honour of Professors Richard Collin and Geoffrey Rose

Evening includes entertainment and formal dinner

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Oculoplastics Day

Hosted by University Hospitals of Leicester & Midlands Oculoplastics Surgical Society

8.0 CPD Points
07:30 - 08:00

Registration & Coffee

08:00 - 09:00

Trainee Presentations for First and Second Prize

Chairs: Antonella Berry Brincat (UHL Leicester) & Joyce Burns (UHL Leicester)

5 mins each presentation • 10 mins Q&A at the end

1. Agni Mokka (University Hospitals of Leicester): Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid in a UK Tertiary Oculoplastics Service: Diagnostic Pathways, Biopsy Yield and Treatment Outcomes
2. Claire Tomkinson (St James’s University Hospital, Leeds): Surgical Management of Orbital Invasion Secondary to Cutaneous and Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma
3. Swati Parida (Leicester Royal Infirmary): Artificial Intelligence Driven Virtual Reality Eye-Tracking for the Objective Assessment of Blepharoptosis
4. Fahmida Hoque (University Hospitals Birmingham): Frontalis Flap for Ptosis Correction in Orbitopalpebral Neurofibromatosis: A Case Report
5. Steven Isherwood (University Hospitals Leicester): Bilateral Orbital Inflammation in a Paediatric Patient with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
6. Maria Tadros (University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire): Two Decades of Laissez Faire for Closure of Medial Canthal Defects: The Coventry Experience
7. Ellie Anderson (St James Hospital, Leeds): Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis Arising from an Orbital Vascular Malformation in a Child
8. Kit May Chow (Leeds Teaching Hospital): Cyclosporine as a Steroid-Sparing Agent in Thyroid Eye Disease: Outcomes from a Tertiary Oculoplastic Service
9. Anika Nanda (University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire): Dacryocystitis or what: Some Lessons Learnt
10. Iman Daoud (Leicester University Hospitals): Colorectal Carcinoma Presenting as Sphenoid Wing and Orbital Metastasis Mimicking Orbital Cellulitis
09:00 - 09:05

Inauguration

Mr Richard Mitchell, CEO University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

09:05 - 10:00

Ptosis Surgery Session

Chairs: Mr Cornelius Rene, Addenbrookes Cambridge and Prof Richard Collin, Moorfields

White line advancement ptosis surgery
09:05 - 09:20
Mr Suresh Sagili, Shrewsbury NHS Trust
Posterior Approach ptosis surgery
09:20 - 09:35
Mr Tristan McMullan, Northampton NHS Trust
Frontalis Muscle technique for ptosis Correction
09:35 - 09:50
Mr Chittam Senthilnathan, Chennai India
Discussion
09:50 - 10:00
10:00 - 11:30

Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Session

Chairs: Lelio Baldeschi Belgium/Italy and Mr Bharat Kapoor UHL Leicester

Role of Endocrinologist in managing TED
10:00 - 10:15
Dr Miles Levy, UHL Leicester
Overview of treatments for TED
10:15 - 10:35
Lelio Baldeschi, Belgium/Italy
Immunosuppression for TED – NHS approved treatments
10:35 - 10:50
Bharat Kapoor, UHL Leicester
Teprotumumab – is it the Silver bullet?
10:50 - 11:10
Don Kikkawa, San Diego USA
Discussion
11:10 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00

Coffee with Sponsors

12:00 - 13:00

Upper Lid Session

Chairs: Jayashree Menon, KGH Kettering and Harpreet Ahluwalia, UHCW Coventry

Meibomian Gland Inversion in MGD Management
12:00 - 12:15
Miss Purnima Mehta, UHCW Coventry
Congenital Ptosis correction techniques
12:15 - 12:30
Katya Tambe, QMC Nottingham
Upper lid Blepharoplasty my technique
12:30 - 12:50
Don Kikkawa, San Diego USA
Discussion
12:50 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00

Lunch with Sponsors

14:00 - 15:15

Orbital Surgery & Practice Session

Chairs: Miss Katya Tambe and Mr Chittam Senthilnathan

Single Extra Ocular Muscle Enlargement
14:00 - 14:15
Kaveh Vadhani, Moorfields London
Sunken orbits - overview
14:15 - 14:30
Lelio Baldeschi, Belgium/Italy
Unusual cases of orbital inflammation
14:30 - 14:45
Kaveh Vadhani, Moorfields London
Flying Solo – How to open your own practice
14:45 - 15:00
Julia Sen, Worcester
Discussion
15:00 - 15:15
15:15 - 16:15

TONES & Skull Base Session

Chair: Prof Geoff Rose, Moorfields

TONES – Transorbital Neuroendoscopic Surgery: Orbital Surgeon Perspective
15:15 - 15:30
Miss Reena Kumari, QE Birmingham
TONES – Transorbital Neuroendoscopic Surgery: Base of Skull Surgeon Perspective
15:30 - 15:45
Mr Shahz Ahmed, QE Birmingham
Complications of Orbital Floor Fracture Repair
15:45 - 16:00
Mr Chittam Senthilnathan, Chennai, India
Discussion
16:00 - 16:15
16:15 - 16:30

Coffee Break with Sponsors

16:30 - 17:30

Lower Lid & Corneal Protection Session

Chairs: Miss Mary Awad (UHL Leicester) and Mr Sandramouli (Wolverhampton)

Role of Lid in corneal protection
16:30 - 16:45
Dr Madhuvanthi Rajan, Chennai India
Excipient cytotoxicity – A challenge in managing dry eye patients
16:45 - 17:00
Mr Ankur Barua, Birmingham
Lower lid Blepharoplasty How I do it
17:00 - 17:20
Don Kikkawa, San Diego USA
Discussion
17:20 - 17:35
17:35 - 17:45

Prize Distribution for Trainee Presentations

Closing Remarks & End of Conference

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