Wednesday 04th June 2025, Hilton Newcastle, Bottle Bank, NE8 2AR
We look forward to welcoming you to our summer meeting at the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead on Wednesday 04th June. We are delighted to welcome Prof Chris Lloyd, Great Ormond Street Hospital to give the Annual PJ Hay lecture.
The meeting has two themes “Is small a big problem?” and “functional visual loss”. We have invited experts from across the region to give tips on dealing with small sockets, small pupils in neuro, cataracts in small eyes, paediatric anaesthesia; we will look at clinical assessment in functional visual loss, retinal conditions that mimic functional visual loss and the psychological perspective of medically unexplained symptoms in paediatric ophthalmology
There is a fee to attend NEOS. £20 for members and £55 for non-members. Everyone has to register and pay the appropriate fee.
Morning programme
08.45 Registration with refreshments at the Trade Exhibition
09.20 Welcome by the Society’s President Mrs Yvonne D’Souza
09.25 Chairman’s introduction to the morning programme: Is small a big problem? – Mr Lawrence Gnanaraj, Sunderland
09.30 ‘Small socket – prevention and cure. Tips for generalists to specialists’– Miss Lucy Clarke, Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
09.45 ‘Better to be too big than too small?’ – Mr Mike Burdon, Consultant Ophthalmologist, County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust
10.00 ‘Is small eye a big problem? – Clinical pearls when it comes to cataract surgery’ – Mr Nick Wride, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Sunderland Eye Infirmary, Sunderland
10.15 ‘What’s the big deal about anaesthetising small children in Ophthalmology?’ – Dr Quentin Smith, Consultant Anaesthetist, Sunderland Eye Infirmary, Sunderland
10.30 Discussion and Questions
10.45 Refreshments at the Trade Exhibition
11.15 Annual free paper competition moderated by Mr Steve Winder, Sheffield
11.20 Simulating success? the misplaced role of EyeSi training in the Pre-ST Ophthalmology Portfolio – Harriet Fallon, Medical Student, Sunderland Eye Infirmary
11.25 Faricimab in Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration: The real-world experience at Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust – Deepa Upsani, Specialty Doctor, Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals Teaching Trust
11.30 Microbiological sampling has limited value in managing acute postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis – Boon Lin Teh, Vitreoretinal Fellow, Sunderland Eye Infirmary
11.35 A retrospective single tertiary centre noncomparative study of primary decompensating horizontal strabismus patients who received botulinum toxin injection between 2019 and 2024 – Chi Kit Yan, Foundation Dr, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
11.40 I hear you have a problem with your eyes… – Emma Spowart, Trainee, Sunderland Eye Infirmary
11.45 Patient experience with changing to Faricimab Intravitreal injections for central retinal vein occlusion treatment – Mariam Rauf, Medical Student, Stanley Eye Unit
11.50 Toric intraocular lens implantation is feasible, safe and effective in an NHS District General Hospital setting in patients with high corneal astigmatism and varied ocular comorbidities – Thomas McNally, ST3 Trainee, Darlington Memorial Hospital
11.55 The epidemiology, management, and outcomes of open globe injuries in a major trauma centre in the United Kingdom – Hui Yun Ng, ST2 Trainee, Royal Victoria Infirmary
12.00 Use of proton beam therapy to treat an untreated primary conjunctival melanoma – a case report with an 11-year follow-up period – Akash Dharni, Junior Clinical Fellow, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
12.05 Real-world treatment outcomes of postoperative endophthalmitis – Blanca Flores, ST6 trainee, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
12.10 Moderator round up
12.15 Lunch at the Trade Exhibition
Afternoon programme
13.15 NEOS AGM – members only
13.25 Travel Fellowship Prize-winner – short presentation Dr Boon Lin Teh, Sunderland Eye Infirmary
13.30 Mr Lawrence Gnanaraj welcomes this year’s PJ Hay Lecturer
13.35 Congenital and paediatric lens abnormalities: why is making a precise diagnosis important? – Professor Chris Lloyd, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
14.25 Presentation of PJ Hay Medal and photograph
14.30 Refreshments at the Trade Exhibition
15.00 Chairman’s Introduction to the afternoon programme: Functional visual loss – Mr Lawrence Gnanaraj, Sunderland
15.05 Clinical approach to functional visual loss – Mr Steven Cook, Principal Optometrist, Sunderland Eye Infirmary, Sunderland
15.20 OCT masquerading clinical conditions – Mr Ajay Kotagiri, Sunderland Eye Infirmary, Sunderland.
15.35 Functional / medically unexplained symptoms in paediatric ophthalmology – a psychological perspective – Ms Rosey Ferris & Ms Yasmin Tanfield, Clinical Psychologist, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough
16.05 Questions and discussion
16.20 Presentation of prizes
16.25 Closing remarks, evaluation and date of next meeting
16.30 Social gathering, all welcome
17.15 END
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