Yorkshire Retina Society Summer Meeting

We are pleased to announce that the next meeting will be held by the Sheffield Team at the St Paul's Mercure Hotel in Sheffield.

You can now register and pay for your attendance using the buttons below. Please also complete the registration form as well as the PayPal Buttons.

Please find below agenda for the day:

08:30 am                       Registration with refreshments

 

09:00 am                       Welcome and short introduction to Medical Retina Service in Sheffield

                                        Presented by Nachiketa Acharya (Sheffield)

 

09:10 am                       Role of Ophthalmic science Practitioners in Sheffield

                                        Presented by Laura Redfearn (Sheffield)

 

09:25 am                       Glaucoma refresher for Medical Retina Specialists

                                        Presented by Emily Steadman (Sheffield)

 

09:45 am                       What can be done when IVT's cause Glaucoma

                                        Presented by Imran Masood (Birmingham)

 

10:05 am                       The role of the Vitreoretinal Surgeon in Diabetic Retinopathy

                                        Presented by Kurt Cornish-Spiteri (Sheffield)

 

10:25 am                       Questions

 

10:35 am                       Tea/Coffee Break and Exhibition Viewing

 

11:00 am                       Nepal – An adventure and eye opener

                                        Presented by Jennifer Tan (Sheffield)

 

11:30 am                       Trainee Presentations

 

12:30 pm                       Lunch and Exhibition Viewing

 

13:30 pm                       Uveitis as a systemic messenger – four case presentations by Resident Doctors followed by Physician Talks

                                        Presented by:

                                        Hannan Shaheen, Chris Anetekhai, Jenny Utting, Jacob Fingret

                                        Paul Collini – Infectious Diseases Consultant

                                        Claire Dewsnap – GUM Consultant

                                        James Lester – Oncology Consultant

                                        Lisa Dunkley – Rheumatology Consultant

 

15:00 pm                       Tea/Coffee Break and Exhibition Viewing

 

15:30 pm                       Tricky Inherited Retinal Diseases cases

                                        Presented by Omar Mahroo (Moorfields)

 

16:00 pm                      Benign Retinal Lesions

                                       Presented by Hibba Quhill (Sheffield)    

 

16:20 pm                       Sheffield’s experience with Illuvien in DMO and Uveitis

                                        Presented by Chris Brand, and Katharine Sears (Sheffield)

 

16:40 pm                       Announcement of Case Presentation Winner and meeting close.


Meeting Venue and Directions

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Registration Fee

Evaluation - Will be available after the meeting.

Attendance Certificate - will be available after the meeting.

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