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Yorkshire Retina Society Summer Meeting

The last full day meeting hosted by the Sheffield team.

Meeting program for the day was as follows:

09:00      Registration with Refreshments

09:20      Introduction and Welcome

09:30      Treatment naοve wet AMD patient: What should be first line treatment?

                Louise Downey – Consultant Ophthalmologist

09:45     The incidence of silicone oil-related visual loss following the removal of heavy silicone oil.

Haifa Madi – Consultant Ophthalmologist

10:00      CRVO in young patients

Yit Yang – Consultant Ophthalmologist

10:20     Micropulse laser in treating Central Serous Retinopathy

Professor Tariq Aslam – Manchester Royal Eye Hospital

10:40      Dry AMD: Natural history and treatment

Sobha Sivaprasad – Consultant Ophthalmologist

11:00      Coffee break and visit to sponsors exhibition.

11:30      Future wet AMD Treatments

Ian Pearce – Honorary Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

12:00      Medical Retina inequality & equity, and Sickle Cell Retinopathy

Evelyn Mensah – Consultant Ophthalmologist

12:30      Paediatric Retinal Dystrophies

Professor Graeme Black – Manchester Royal Eye Hospital

13:00      Lunch break and visit to sponsor exhibition.

14:00      Trainee Presentations

15:00      Retinal imaging: where we have been, where we are at and what is to be.

Christopher Mody – Clinical Director Heidelberg Engineering

15:20      Coffee break and visit to sponsor exhibition.

15:50     Retinal pigmented lesions: Malignant melanoma, where are we 20 years on and where do we see the future going?

Paul Rundle – Consultant Ophthalmologist

16:10      Vascular Tumours of the Retina & Choroid

Mandeep Sagoo – Professor of Ophthalmology and Ocular Oncology

16:40      IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Services

16:45      Announcement of Case Presentation Winner, Close and Farewell


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