Spring Meeting convenor: Abdallah Ellabban, Hull
Tuesday 25th April 2023, Wetherby Raceourse
Cornea and cataract
Morning Session
09.00 Registration with tea, coffee, and pastries at the Trade Exhibition
09.40 Welcome by the NEOS President – Mr Vernon Long, Leeds
09.45 CORNEA: Chairman’s Introduction to speakers by Christopher Liu, Brighton
09.50 Corneal Transplantation: History, Current Practice and Beyond – Mr Mohamed Elalfy, East Grinstead
10.10 Blistering (Bullous) Diseases & the Eye – Mr Mathew Edwards, Sheffield
10.30 Is dry eye relevant in cataract surgery? – Mr Jack Gormley, York
10.50 Discussion and Questions
11.00 Tea, coffee, and biscuits at the Trade Exhibition
11.30 FREE PAPERS: Moderated by Steve Winder, Sheffield
11.33 The minimum knowledge, skills and attitudes required of trainees undertaking on-call work without direct, on-site supervision – Samantha Hunt Consultant, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
11.38 Ophthalmology Service Recovery with “General Anaesthetic to Local Anaesthetic Conversion” or GALA Initiative: A New Surgical Service Pilot – Christine Putri ST6, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
11.43 Aniridia associated keratopathy: A retrospective analysis – Vishal Vohra ST5, Royal Victoria Infirmary
11.48 How has Cataract surgical training been affected by the surge of independent sector treatment centres undertaking routine cataract surgery? – Ruth Jones ST7, Northern General Eye Unit (NGEC), Sheffield
11.53 CRVO treated with EYLEA in a child Ashish Kumar Consultant, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
11.58 Ligneous Conjunctivitis Following Adult Strabismus Surgery – Kevin Falzon Consultant, York Hospital
12.03 Documentation in Cataract Surgery: Ideals vs Current Practice (Survey) – Ahmed Zewar, Trainee, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
12.08 Analysis and reporting of the Surgically Induced Keratometric Effect (SIKE) in cataract surgery – Fadi Alfaqawi, Registrar St Paul’s Eye Unit
12.13 Road to becoming a principal cataract surgeon for trainees / a Sheffield survey – Haider Zaki, Fellow, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
12.18 NEOS 2022 Travel Prize-winners
12.20 Derek Wang from Sheffield who presented at ESCRS on Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery
12.25 Shane Liu who presented on the Manchester eye removal study at the European Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery Meeting
12.30 Arthur Okonkwo from Leeds who presented on a nurse-led keratoconus cross linking service at ESCRS
12.35 Lunch at the Trade Exhibition
13.35 NEOS AGM & Announcement of prize-winners
Afternoon Session
13.45 PJ Hay Lecture: The Truth about ISBCS – Prof Christopher Liu OBE, Brighton
14.45 Tea, coffee, and biscuits at the Trade Exhibition
15.15 CATARACT: Chairman’s Introduction to speakers by John Buchan, Leeds
15.20 IOL calculation in challenging cornea conditions – Mr Ahmed Bardan, Leeds
15.40 Refractive cataract surgery – navigating the options – Mr Sid Goel, Hull
16.00 Binocular Customisation of IOLs based on functional vision assessment – Mr Milind Pandé, Hull
16.20 Cataract and Cornea part task simulation – Mr James Innes, Hull
16.40 Discussion and questions
16.45 Closing remarks
