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 tea, coffee and pastries 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 Tea, coffee and biscuits at the Trade Exhibition
11.15 Annual free paper competition
moderated by Mr Steve Winder, Sheffield
12.15 Lunch at the Trade Exhibition
Afternoon programme
13.15 NEOS AGM – members only
13.25 Travel Fellowship Prize-winner – short presentation
Mr Boon Lin Teh
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
14.25 Presentation of PJ Hay Medal and photograph
14.30 Tea, coffee and cookies at the Trade Exhibition
15.00 Chairman’s Introduction to the afternoon programme: Functional visual loss
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 and awards
16.25 Closing remarks, evaluation and date of next meeting
16.30 Drinks reception and social gathering for all delegates
17.30 END