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FINAL PROGRAMME

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CONTENTS

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CataraCt-Cornea-refraCtive surgeryBruce Allan Moorfields Eye HospitalVincenzo Maurino Moorfields Eye HospitalZisis Gatzioufas Basel University

MediCal retina- vitreoretinal surgeryMichael Michaelides Moorfields Eye HospitalTony Robson Moorfields Eye HospitalLyndon DaCruz Moorfields Eye HospitalAdnan Tufail Moorfields Eye HospitalMark Westcott Moorfields Eye HospitalDavid Yorston University of GlasgowMandeep Sagoo Moorfields Eye HospitalMarko Hawlina University of LjubljanaTheodoros Potamitis Pantheo Eye CenterMiltiadis Tsilimbaris University of CreteTryfon Rotsos University Eye Clinic of AthensPetros Aristodemou VRMCy Centre for Retinal and Macular Diseases

glauCoMaSheng Lim St Thomas’s HospitalPanagiota Founti Moorfields Eye Hospital

orbit- oCuloplastiCsEvangelos Lokoviitis Leicester University Hospital-OPHTHALMICA Eye Institute Sachin Salvi University of Sheffield

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dear colleagues,

You’re welcome to the 4th Ιnternational thessaloniki revision Course in ophthalmology on september 27-29, 2019 in thessaloniki. This is a biennial meeting which has evolved to become one of largest revision courses worldwide, attracting both native and international delegates. The majority of lectures are given by Moorfields consultants and top world’s experts who cover all aspects of ophthalmology and elaborate on recent advances.

The meeting is designed to deliver highly educative and cutting-edge talks, superior video presentations and a spirit of collegiality to engage faculty and delegates with each other through interactive sessions, workshops as well as social events.

This year the program has been structured to include satellite workshops running parallel to the main sessions giving the opportunity to the participants to gain knowledge in depth in special fields of ophthalmology including OCT angiography, electrophysiology, keratoconus, cosmetic oculoplastic procedures, low vision aids and advanced imaging in glaucoma.

With best regards,

On behalf of the organizing committee

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMFRIDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2019

MAISTROS HALL

08:00-08:30 Registration - Introduction p. tranos

08:30-10:00 Cornea M. balidis Structure and function of the cornea Z. gatzioufas Anterior segment imaging Z. gatzioufas Ocular surface disease b. allan Infectious and non-infectious keratitis b. allan Corneal dystrophies & ectatic disorders Z. gatzioufas Novel techniques on Corneal Surgery M. balidis

10:00-10:45 Cornea fan Club M. balidis b. allan, v. Maurino, Z. gatzioufas, d. sakellaris

10:45-11:15 COffee bReAk

11:15-11:30 Keynote leCture C. pruente Basic microsurgical principles and their role to residents’ surgical training

11:30-12:30 refraCtive surgery fan Club d. sakellaris Preoperative assessment and refractive surgery techniques. A practical guide on decision making v. Maurino Customized treatment protocols b. allan Refractive surgery results, complications and quality of vision Z. gatzioufas Managing post-phaco ametropia with refractive surgery d. sakellaris

12:30-13:00 refraCtive surgery fan Club d. sakellaris b. allan, v. Maurino, Z. gatzioufas, M. balidis

13:00-14:00 Lunch with the experts b. allan, v. Maurino, Z. gatzioufas, C. pruente, s. salvi

14:00-15:00 CataraCt M. balidis IOL calculation. How to choose the correct formula b. allan Intraoperative management of corneal astigmatism v. Maurino Phaco-tricks for soft and hard cataracts M. balidis Managing small pupils & intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) v. Maurino Femtosecond lasers and cataract surgery v. Maurino How to minimize the risk of post-phaco complications (Endophthalmitis, TASS, macular edema) b. allan

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FRIDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2019MAISTROS HALL

15:00-15:30 video of Challenging Cases. What Would you do? M. balidis

15:30-16:10 ophthalMiCa-Moorfields debate Ι Cornea – refractive surgery Z. gatzioufas SMILE vs LASIK M. balidis vs v. Maurino CXL for Keratoconus at diagnosis YES/ b. allan vs NO/ d. sakellaris 16:10-16:40 COffee bReAk

16:40-18:10 orbit-oCCuloplastiCs-CosMetiC surgery e. lokovitis Entropion-ectropion Ptosis of upper eyelid-blepharospasm Eyelid & orbital tumors Nasolacrimal duct obstruction Thyroid eye disease Orbital inflammation s. salvi, e. lokovitis

18:10-18:30 Challenging Cases. What Would you do? e. lokovitis s. salvi, e. lokovitis

16.45 -17.30 Cornea workshop M. balidis Optimal management of keratoconus b. allan, Z. gatzioufas, M. balidis

16.45 -17.30 CataraCt workshop d. sakellaris IOL calculation after refractive surgery d. sakellaris Cataract surgery in patients with compromised corneal endothelium v. Maurino Management of posterior capsule rupture C. pruente How to select patients for advanced technology IOL’s v. Maurino

19:00 WeLCOMe ReCePTION

ZePHYROS HALL(MAX 50 delegates)

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09:00-10:30 MediCal retina i s. asteriades Multimodal imaging retinal disease a. tufail AMD & Neovascular variants a. tufail Central serous chorioretinopathy & Pachychoroid syndromes a. tufail Complications of pathologic myopia p. aristodemou

10:30-11:00 COffee bReAk

11:00-12:00 MediCal retina ii Τh. vakalis Diabetic retinopathy M. tsilimbaris Retinal vein occlusions t. rotsos Retinal telangiectasias p. aristodemou

12:00-13:00 uveitis p. tranos Investigations in uveitis & how to avoid pitfalls M. Westcott Dealing with the complications of uveitis p. tranos Management of uveitis. Update on immunosuppression and biologics M. Westcott

13:00-14:00 lunCh With the experts a. tufail, M. sagoo, M. Westcott, M. Michaelides, l. da Cruz, a. robson

14:00-14:45 onCology e. pavlidou Ocular Surface Tumours Intraocular Tumours Masquerade Syndromes M. sagoo, s. salvi

14:45-15:35 MediCal retina fan Club p. tranos a. tufail, M. sagoo, M. Westcott, M. Michaelides, l. da Cruz, a. robson

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15:35-16:15 Keynote leCtures p. tranos Genetic Therapies for Inherited Retinal Diseases M. Michaelides The surgical delivery of innovative cellular and molecular therapies l. da Cruz Photovoltaic subretinal prosthesis for restoration of sight in blind s. vounotripidis

16:15-16:45 COffee bReAk

16:45-17:45 vitreoretinal surgery s. asteriadesRetinal detachment-Types, prophylaxis and management The vitreoretinal interface. Update & new classification schemes on macular holes, epiretinal membranes and vitreoretinal traction syndrome Vitreous and submacular heamorrhage - Causes and management l. da Cruz, d. yorston

17:45-18:15 video of Challenging Cases. What Would you do? th. vakalis l. da Cruz, d. yorston, th. potamitis, p. tranos, s. asteriades, p. aristodemou

18:15-19:00 ophthalMiCa-Moorfields debate ii p. tranosdiabetic macular edema with co-existing epiretinal membrane. What should we treat first? Diabetic macular edema s. asteriadesEpiretinal membrane l. da Cruz

a recent macula-off rd requires treatment more urgently than a macula-on rdFor d. yorstonAgainst th. potamitis

12:00-12:45 CosMetiC oCCuloplastiC surgery for the general ophthalMologist WorKshop Tips and pitfalls in botulinum toxin use

Tips and pitfalls in fillers use s. salvi, e. lokovitis

14:00-14:45 glauCoMa WorKshop “Pearls of glaucoma management” s. lim, p. founti

18:15-19:00 oCt-angiography WorKsop a. tufail, t. rotsos, p. aristodemou

SATURDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2019ZePHYROS HALL(MAX 50 delegates)

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SUNDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2019MAISTROS HALL

10:00 -11:30 peadiatriC ophthalMology - strabisMus - neuroophthalMology d. sakellaris Eso /Exo deviations in Children Differential diagnosis of Leukocoria Prescribing glasses in children III,IV,VI nerve palsy Differential diagnosis of optic neuropathis & disc swelling M. Ηawlina, C. basdekidou 11:30-12:00 Challenging Cases. What Would you do?

12:00-12:30 COffee bReAk

12:30-14:15 Course on hereditary disease & eleCtrophysiology s. Koukoula a. robson, M. Michaelides, M. hawlina

14:15-14:30 photo QuiZ (Accreditation Certificates)

14:30-15:30 lunCh With the experts a. robson, M. Michaelides, s. lim, p. founti, C. basdekidou

15:30-17:00 glauCoMa d. Mikropoulos Monitoring glaucoma with the visual field: pits and falls Monitoring glaucoma with imaging: pits and falls s. lim, p. founti

17:00-17:30 glauCoMa fan Club s. lim, p. founti

Closing reMarKs

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThe Organizing Committee of Moorfields revision course in Ophthalmology

expresses its gratitude to the below Companies that generously contributed to its materialization

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dr. allan bruceArea(s) of specialism / subspecialism: Wavefront guided laser refractive surgeryICL implantation and refractive cataract surgeryCorneal endothelial transplantation for

Fuchs’ dystrophyNew surgical interventions for keratoconusAdvanced training in corneal surgery at Moorfields Eye HospitalAdvanced training in refractive surgery and doctoral thesis addressing excimer laser delivery system development in Perth, AustraliaMembership of professional /national/regional bodies: Fellow of the Royal College of OphthalmologistsFellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (London)ESCRS (European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons) member ASCRS (American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons) member ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) memberCurrent NHS/university posts, whether full/part time, and starting year: Service director for refractive surgery (2012)Consultant ophthalmic surgeon (1998)Honorary senior lecturer, UCL (1998)Other professional achievements: Regular presentations at international research meetings, over 80 peer reviewed publications in international medical journals, newspaper, radio and television comment on research in laser refractive, lens implant and corneal transplant surgery.

dr. aristodeMou petrosDr. Petros Aristodemou attended the medical School of St. Bartholome’s/The Royal London Hospital of the University of London and graduated with distinction in 2002. He specialized in ophthalmology at St Thomas ‘ Hospital in London and

in the Bristol Eye Hospital. He was awarded the First National Ophthalmology Award from the Royal London Ophthalmology College. In 2005 he became a member of the Royal College and 2010 partner of the same college. A sub-specialty of glass-specific surgery was followed at the Bristol Eye Hospital. In 2011, he founded the VRMCy Center in Limassol, where he practises ophthalmology with special interest in the treatment of surgical and pathological diseases of the retina and macular. Dr. Aristodemou is also a researcher at the University

of Bristol. In addition to publishing research articles, he is a scientific reviewer in the Journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).

prof. da CruZ lyndonProfessor Lyndon da Cruz did both his medical undergraduate and doctorate trainings at the University of Western Australia. He carried out his post doctoral research on the Howard Florey

fellowship (NHMRC and Royal Society) in London. He completed retinal specialty training in both the UK and Australia. He is currently a consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. He holds the academic position of Professor of Stem Cell and Retinal Transplantation Surgery, at University College London. Professor da Cruz is chief investigator and surgeon for the bionic eye implantation project in London, which remains the largest recruiting centre in the international trial. Prof da Cruz’s interest also includes work with stem cell therapy and translocation and transplantation surgery for people with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). He is also currently clinical lead on The London Project for transplanting stem-cell-derived retinal cells for the treatment of AMD. Recently he has become ophthalmic clinical lead for the UCL Healthcare and Engineering program.

dr. founti panagiotaPanayiota Founti, MD, MSc, PhD, FEBO (Hons) is a Glaucoma Specialist and a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London UK. She is also an Honorary Senior Research Associate at the

University College London Institute of Ophthalmology. Following her Medical Degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) in Greece, P. Founti received a Master’s degree in Medical Research Methodology and a PhD in the field of Ocular Blood Flow, for which she received a Scholarship Award for excellence in PhD studies. She completed her Ophthalmology Residency at the Department of Ophthalmology, AUTH, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki and then qualified as a Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO), with a 2nd place award among 358 candidates from 25 European countries. This was followed by 4 years of advanced subspecialty training in the medical and surgical management of Glaucoma at St Thomas’ Hospital and at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK. P. Founti has a strong academic background with clinical epidemiology and glaucoma complex genetics as main

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InvIted Faculty | traInersresearch interests. She has undertaken leading roles in a number of research projects, including the “Thessaloniki Eye Study” (population-based study), the “GlaucoGENE” (paneuropean glaucoma epidemiology network) and the “United Kingdom Glaucoma Treatment Study” (randomised controlled trial). She is a co-author in 33 publications in peer-reviewed journals, in the 4th Edition of the European Glaucoma Society Terminology and Guidelines for glaucoma”, and in the “Consensus Series from the World Glaucoma Association” in 2016 and 2019. She also serves as a reviewer for a number of scientific journals, including the British Journal of Ophthalmology, the European Journal of Ophthalmology and the Journal of Glaucoma.

prof. gatZioufas ZisisZisis Gatzioufas is a clinician scientist and consultant ophthalmic surgeon with special interest in cornea, cataract, refractive surgery, and glaucoma. He graduated from the Medical School of Aristoteles

University in Thessaloniki/Greece and pursued a research fellowship at the Institute of Experimental Ophthalmology at Münster University in Germany, where he also completed his doctoral thesis. He attended the residency program in ophthalmology at Saarland University Eye Hospital in Germany. Subsequently he received further subspecialty training in cataract and refractive surgery at the renowned Geneva University Eye Hospital in Switzerland. He is fellowship-trained in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Queen Victoria Hospital in United Kingdom, two international centres of excellence in the field. He was recently appointed Professor of Ophthalmology and joined as consultant ophthalmic surgeon the Basel University Eye Hospital in Switzerland. He has published extensively (>120 peer reviewed publications) and received numerous national and international awards for his research. He is a regular invited speaker at major ophthalmological meetings worldwide, as well instructor at wet-labs and training courses for young ophthalmologists. Finally, he provides consistently volunteer ophthalmo-surgical care via international charity organizations in different parts of the world.

prof. haWlina MarkoProfessor, MD, PhD (Lond.), FEBOChair of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaHead of Neuro-Ophthalmology and Retinal Dystrophies Services,

Surgeon: Complicated Cataract Surgery, Residency Education Medical School: University of Ljubljana, SloveniaResidency Program: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, St. Thomas’ Hospital, University of London (PhD program).Mentorship: 12 completed PhD students

Certifications & Awards: President of Slovenian Society of Ophthalmology until 2016, President of EBO 2009-2010, LDP programme AAO, Secretariat Award AAO 2015, Lavrič Award of Medical Faculty Ljubljana for Teaching 2008, Peter Eustace Award EBO 2013, Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts 2015, Mark Tso Golden Apple Award ICO 2019 Mission within SOE: Chairman of Education Commitee of SOE, Mentor of SOE-YOFuture visions within SOE: Fellowships, Grants, Education, Awareness for harmonisation of training Other interests/hobbies: Sailing, Skiing, Photography Family status: Married, dr.Petra Schollmayer, MD, 3 daughters

liM shengK. Sheng Lim is the head of Glaucoma Service & Research lead for Ophthalmology Department at St Thomas’ Hospital. He is also a Reader (Associate Professor) in Glaucoma Studies at King’s College London.

He qualified from University of Leicester Medical School and trained in general and glaucoma ophthalmology in London during his residency program. He obtained his MD degree from University of London in 2001 based on his research in glaucoma surgery device. He was the International Glaucoma Association Post-doctoral fellow at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota for one year, under the supervision of Drs Brubaker and Johnson.His current research interests are exclusively in human aqueous dynamics and treatment for glaucoma. He is currently involved in 12 glaucoma studies as Principle or Chief Investigator with a team of researchers based at the KCL Frost Department at St Thomas’ Hospital.

dr. loCovitis evangelosEvangelos Lokovitis completed his specialist training in Greece. He has gained experience in eyelid and lacrimal operations during his first Oculoplastic fellowship in Northampton General Hospital while as a visiting fellow in

Moorfields Eye Hospital he has further enhanced his experience in orbital surgery.He is currently a senior adnexal fellow at University Hospitals of Leicester, one of the largest tertiary referral centers for eyelid, lacrimal and orbital disease in the UK, where he performs complex eyelid, lacrimal and orbital operations.Vangelis has developed a strong interest in clinical research, with publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is also a fellow of European Board of Ophthalmology and he has attended as speaker in many national and international meetings.

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InvIted Faculty | traIners InvIted Faculty | traInersMaurino vincenzoVincenzo Maurino is Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon specialising in refractive, cataract and corneal transplant surgery is the chief of the Cataract Service at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation

Trust, London. He is Visiting Professor of Corneal Transplant Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rome Tor Vergata. He has published several scientific papers in peer reviewed ophthalmic journals and presented over 100 times at local and international meetings. He runs regular courses on cataract surgery, corneal surgery and implantable contact lenses surgery at international eye surgery meetings. His research interests include looking at outcomes of cataract surgery and multifocal lens implant after cataract and refractive lens surgery (RLE) surgery, and Femtosecond Laser Assisted Corneal and Cataract Surgery.

prof. MiChaelides MichaelMichel Michaelides is a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital in the departments of Medical Retina, Inherited Eye Disease and Paediatric

Ophthalmology; and is a Professor of Ophthalmology at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. He is a recipient of a Career Development Award from the Foundation Fighting Blindness (USA) – an award rarely given to non-US applicants; and has gained membership of the highly prestigious Macula Society and Retina Society in the USA. His clinical and research interests include diabetic eye disease and inherited eye disease in adults and children; with over 300 peer-reviewed publications and 30 co-authored book chapters. He is actively involved in retinal clinical trials investigating novel and established therapies, being a principal investigator in 7 on-going clinical trials.

potaMitis theodorosProf Theodoros Potamitis MB ChB FRCOphthConsultant vitreo-retinal surgeon, Pantheo Eye Centre, Cyprus.Associate Professor, St George’s, University of London Medical School

at the University of NicosiaPresident of the Cyprus Ophthalmological SocietyFormer Lecturer in Ophthalmology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, UK.Graduate of Leicester University, UK July 1987Ophthalmology training University of Birmingham, UKFellow of the Royal College of OphthalmologistsBoard Member of the Eastern European Vitreo-retinal SocietyNumerous publications in pier reviewed journals and chapter contributions to ophthalmic text books.Journal reviewer for Eye.

Extensive scientific presentations at international meetings.Live surgery participant in several international meetings.Invited speaker by various ophthalmological societies. Midland Ophthalmological Society, Middlemore Lecturer 2014.Founding member of Pantheo Eye Centre at the beginning of 1998. A mixed specialty private ophthalmic clinic, providing services on a contractual basis, to the government of Cyprus.Co founder of the Pantheo Foundation. A charitable organisation for the support of medical and paramedical training in developing countries.Special interests include diabetic retinopathy management, trauma surgery and sub macular haemorrhage, medical education and research.

dr. robson anthonyDr Anthony Robson has worked in Clinical Neurophysiology and Visual Electrophysiology for more than 30 years, including the last 14 years as a Consultant Clinical Scientist at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at

the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London. He currently manages one of the largest Electrophysiology Departments worldwide and has written or co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed publications, mainly on clinical visual electrophysiology and genotype-phenotype correlations. He became a member of the Macula Society in 2011, was elected Director of Standards for the International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV) in 2015 and was awarded the position of Honorary Professor at the Southwest Hospital Third Military Medical University, Chongqing in March 2017. Current positions & Board Memberships:Consultant Clinical Scientist, Electrophysiology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London Honorary Senior Lecturer, Inst. of Ophthalmology, University College London.Honorary Professor, Southwest Hospital Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, ChinaDirector of Standards, International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV)Editorial Board Member. Ophthalmic Genetics; Journal of Ophthalmology

dr. sagoo MandeepMr Mandeep Sagoo is Senior Lecturer at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with subspecialist interest in adult and paediatric eye tumours at

the London Ocular Oncology Service at Moorfields Eye Hospital and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and the London Retinoblastoma Service at Royal London Hospital. Having graduated from Cambridge University, he undertook residency in Ophthalmology at Oxford and then

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InvIted Faculty | traInersMoorfields Eye Hospital. His Fellowship training was in Ocular Oncology, as a Fulbright Scholar, under Dr Jerry Shields and Dr Carol Shields at Wills Eye Hospital and Medical Retina Fellowship at Moorfields. He holds over 20 academic awards and prizes, including the Gedge Prize of Cambridge University, John Glyn Young Fellows Prize of Royal Society of Medicine, the Syme Medal of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and PJ Hay Medal of the North of England Ophthalmology Society. He has written 5 book chapters and over 100 academic papers. He is a Member of Macula Society, Council Member of Oxford Ophthalmological Congress and has served as Honorary Secretary of the International Society of Ocular Oncology. This year he is the King James IV Professor of Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

dr. salvi sachinMr Sachin Salvi is a Consultant Ophthalmologist specializing in Ocular Oncology and Adnexal surgery at Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK since 2008. He is the MDT and research lead at the National Sheffield Ocular

Oncology Service, one of three designated Ocular Oncology Centers in England. He is one of the select few Ophthalmologists in the country managing the full spectrum of adult ophthalmic oncology patients including eyelid, conjunctival, intraocular and orbital tumours.As the regional Orbital surgery lead, his interests include optic nerve sheath fenestration surgery, orbital decompression surgery for thyroid eye disease, orbital tumours and post traumatic orbital reconstruction. He has trained extensively in India, UK and USA with Fellowship training at Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield; Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, USA. He has a strong interest in education. He is the training director of the Fellowship programme in ocular oncology and adnexal surgery at Sheffield. His previous Fellows hold prestigious Consultant positions across the globe after completing training with him. He organizes the successful yearly Sheffield Final FRCOphth preparatory course since 2012. He has been the Ophthalmology teaching faculty lead to the School of Orthoptics at the University of Sheffield for the last 3 years.He co-authored the NICE approved UK National Ocular Melanoma Guidelines and has over 50 publications and book chapters to his credit. He has a large research profile and is regularly invited to speak as expert faculty and key note speaker to various national and international meetings and has a number of award winning presentations to his name. He is currently involved in the 100K Genome project of NHS England looking at the genetics in rare cancer.He is on the Clinical advisory panel of Ocumel UK, Medical advisory panel of Claremont Hospital, advisory editorial board of Indian Journal of Ophthalmology and member of

the Genomics England Clinical Interpretation Partnership.He is a Visiting Professor in Ophthalmology to Trinidad Eye Hospital and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer to the University of Sheffield.He is regularly involved in voluntary Ophthalmic work in Trinidad and Tobago as well as in India. His sporting passion is cricket and is the founding member of Sheffield Medics Cricket Club, currently positioned in the first division of the Yorkshire and Derbyshire league.

prof. tufail adnanTwo-year fellowship in medical retina at Moorfields Eye Hospital as well as a period with Prof Gass and the Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, USASpent 2½ years at the Jules Stein Eye Hospital, Los Angeles,

USA, undertaking clinical training in uveitis as well as completing a higher research degree Clinical and research lead at Moorfields Eye Hospital for treatments for age-related macular degenerationMembership of professional /national/regional bodies: Fellow of the Royal College of OphthalmologistsMember of The American Society of Retina SpecialistsMember of the European Vision Institute retina panelCurrent NHS/university posts, whether full/part time, and starting year: Consultant ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital (2002)Honorary senior lecturer at UCL Institute of OphthalmologyResearch interests: New treatments for choroidal neovascularisation (associated with age-related macular degeneration as well as other conditions) and novel treatments diabetic retinopathyInvolved in laboratory as well as clinical research into treating a number of rare retinal diseases.

dr. WestCott MarkMark Westcott is a Consultant Ophthalmologist   at Moorfields Eye Hospital, where he specialises in uveitis, and at St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospitals in London. After residency training in London he spent a Fellowship year in

glaucoma at the  UCLA Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles. Thereafter he returned to Moorfields Eye Hospital to undertake a Specialist Fellowship in medical retina and inflammatory eye disease. Mark has co-authored over 40 scientific papers, and regularly lectures both nationally and internationally. He is an honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL. His research interests include infectious uveitis, birdshot disease and visual dysfunction in glaucoma. Mark lives in London with his family, and in his spare time he indulges a passion for amateur astronomy

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InvIted Faculty | traIners InvIted Faculty | traInersasteriades s.Solon Asteriadis was born in Thessaloniki in 1968. He graduated with honors from the 5th Thessaloniki High School for Boys and was admitted between the first at the Medical School of the Aristotle University of

Thessaloniki and graduated in 1993. As an undergraduate he completed part of his studies at the University of Bristol, Great Britain, with a European Union scholarship. After two years of initial education as a trainee in Ophthalmology in Greece, he continued and completed his training as a paid trainee in the Ophthalmology Clinics of Gloucester and Cheltenham, England.In July 2002, following the passing of examinations, he was declared a member of the College of Surgeons/Ophthalmologists of Glasgow. (FRCS) His training continued as a salaried intern at the University Clinic of Coventry, England, with the following objects: pathology of the retina and the vitreous, intraocular inflammations and glaucoma.In the years 2003-2004 he served as a salaried editor (clinical fellow) and specialized for two consecutive years in surgery of the vitreous, retina and macula in the at the University Ophthalmology Clinics of Gloucestershire and Southampton.In late 2004 he returned to Thessaloniki after a total stay in England for more than six years and since then, a private practicioner.Since 2005 he is a research associate of the First Eye Clinic of the AUTH, specializing in the surgery and pathology of the vitreous, retina and macula.In 2008 he founded the Centre for Ophthalmology “Retina” with Thanos Vakalis and Paris Tranos.He has performed more than 1500 surgeries of the retina and macula, has participated in numerous conferences as a speaker and has announced and published dozens of scientific papers and articles. He participates, actively, in training medical students and young ophthalmologists and is a member of several scientific societies. Finally, since 2007 he is an elected member of the council of the Panhellenic Ophthalmological Society.

balidis M.Graduate of the medical school of the Democritus University of Thrace. Doctor of the University of Thrace. Honorary examiner of the European patent of Ophthalmology.Diploma of the European

Council of ophthalmology (EBOD). Diploma part1 FRCS. Specialization for four years at the University of London. Specialization for two years at the Moorfields Eye Hospital in London (fellowship glaucoma, anterior segment). For ten years, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the ophthalmology clinic of AHEPA hospital (corneal transplant section). Scientific Director and Head of the Division of refractive surgery at the Medical Center of

Northern Greece, Interbalcanic.Recognized Representative of Greece to the Council of the International Society of Refractive Surgery (HSIRS). Board Member of the Greek Society IOL and Refractive Surgery (EEEFDX). Secretary of the Panhellenic Ophthalmological Society (WTO). Member of the Medical Association of Thessaloniki, member of various medical societies (American Academy of Ophthalmology AAO, International Society of Refractive Surgery, ISRS, (American Society of Refractive Surgery and Cataract ASCRS, European Society of Refractive Surgery and Cataract ESCRS, Glaucoma Company of Great Britain and Ireland, Society of Refractive Surgery and Cataract of Great Britain and Ireland UKISCRS, EuCornea). Twenty-six published papers in 10 international journals and 16 greek ones. Invited speaker at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (2006-2007). Invited speaker at several international conferences abroad and surgeon on live surgery via satellite. Decades of incident presentations at international conferences in Greece and abroad (ESCRS, ASCRS, AAO, ISRS, ISO, SOE, WOC). Continuous presence in ophthalmology conferences, Greek and international as well as scientific conferences. Founder of the IRIS ophthalmic centers in Larissa and Tirana. Co-founder of the “Model Ophthalmological Center of Thessaloniki” corneal surgery department responsible.

basdekidou C. Chrysanthi Basdekidou was born in Thessaloniki in 1983. She studied at the medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2001-2007), while he performed part of the clinical student of education

in the university clinics of France and Sweden. During the same period she participated in special programs of surgical training students in the University of Spain and Egypt. She speaks English, French, Spanish and good Swedish.She was specialized in ophthalmology in the medical clinics of the Swiss and French Ophthalmological University (2008-2012). At the same time she acquired postgraduate titles in microsurgery, Neurosensorology, glaucoma and pediatric ophthalmosology, and has been awarded for her postgraduate studies. In 2012 she captured the European title of the Department of Ophthalmology FEVO, as well as and the Greek ophthalmology title.She was then specialized in pediatric ophthalmology – strabismus and neurophthalmology, working for 2 years as curator at the Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild (2012-2014). During this period, she gained extensive clinical and surgical experience in the treatment of pediatric phthalates, such as: The childhood waterfall, the congenital glaucoma, the congenital blephage, the narrowing of the lacrimal pores, the strabismus, the children’s Eye trauma, etc. He was responsible for the preventive and laser treatment of retinopathy of

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InvIted Faculty | traInersprorotiosis in the Rothschild Foundation and the Saint Joseph Hospital of Paris, as well as a key executive in the Panfranco telemedicine program for the Retinopathy of prematurity.During her specialization and specialization she participated as a speaker in many international scientific conferences. She has published scientific works in international journals, while she has been a participant in international scientific books, as well as in training courses specialising in theoretical, clinical and surgical levels. From the October of 2014 is Scientific associate of the Ophthalmica in the Department of Pediatric Ophthalmosology – strabismus and Neurothalmology.

Koukoula s.Specialization in the electrophysio-logy of vision and genetic diseases of the retina, in the Moorfields Eye Hospital.

rotsos t.Tryfon Rochos was born and raised in Athens. He was admitted to the medical school of the University of Athens after succeeding the entrance exams. After graduating he specialized in

ophthalmology at the University ophthalmological Clinic of the General State Hospital of Athens as well as in hospitals of Great Britain. In 2004 was declared a PhD from the Department of Medical School of the University of Athens after examinations, with an excellent degree. The subject of his doctoral thesis was: the effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors on endothiane patients with type II diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy. In 2004 was declared a PhD from the Department of Medical School of the University of Athens after examinations, with an excellent degree. The subject of his doctoral thesis was: the effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors on endothiane patients with type II diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy. At the end of his specialityhe specialized in the area of retinal pathology in a salaried position in the retinal pathology Department of the Moorfields Eye Hospital Hospital in London (Fellowship in retinal pathology, ocular Inflammation, eye oncology and Hereditary eye diseases).Following his specialization he was the director of the Department of Retinal (Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Medical Retina Specialist) in a salaried position at the University ophthalmological Clinic of Leicester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom. Then in 2010 he returned to Greece and has since exercised private medicine (Alkmanos 15, Athens, tel. 210-7515764) while at the same time he is a collaborator at the University Ophthalmological Clinic of Athens.

sakellaris d.Dimitris Sakellaris was born in 1975 in Ioannina, Greece. He successfully passed the national exams for the Medical School of Thessaloniki in 1992 and graduated with high rank in 1998.

Upon completion of his internship and military service, he started his training in ophthalmology in 2001 at the 424 General Military Hospital of Thessaloniki. In 2006, after having received a scholarship from the Belgian Institute of Fonds for Research in Ophthalmology (Fonds voor Research in Oftalmologië) he continued his residency training in the Eye Department of the University Hospital of Antwerp in Belgium under the guidance of the world famous Professor Dr Marie-José Tassignon, president of the ESCRS. He devoted the last year of his training exclusively to refractive surgery and anterior segment surgery under the guidance of Dr René Trau, pioneer of refractive surgery in Belgium.In 2008 he successfully completed his residency program and continued his training in the Eye Department of the University Hospital of Antwerp in Belgium in 2009 as a fellow in anterior segment surgery and corneal pathology.He returned to Greece in 2010 where he set his private practice, focused on refractive, anterior segment surgery and corneal pathology. In 2018, he joined the Cornea Unit of the OPHTHALMICA Eye Institute in Thessaloniki, the largest ophthalmic Day surgery unit in northern Greece.He has participated as invited speaker at dozens of congresses in Greece and abroad, he has published numerous scientific papers and articles in domestic and international journals and has contributed as a writer in two ophthalmological books. He is involved actively in training young ophthalmologists in Greece and since 2016, he is an elected member of the board of the Ophthalmological Society of Northern Greece where he is currently appointed as vice president.

tranos p.Doctor Paris Tranos studied at the medical school of Democritus University of Thrace and graduated in 1996. He completed his basic training in Ophthalmology at the Royal Free Hospital in London and

at the department of intraocular inflammation at the Moorfields Eye Hospital.In April 2002, he passed his exit exams and he became Member of the Glasgow Royal College of Surgeons in Ophthalmology.In 2003 he completed his first Vitreoretinal Surgery fellowship in Worthing and Southlands Hospital. Concurrently, he was Research Fellow at the vitreoretinal research unit at Moorfields Eye Hospital. Subsequently, he worked as a clinical vitreoretinal fellow at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. For over two years he specialized in retinal

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InvIted Faculty | traIners InvIted Faculty | traInersdiseases and surgery of the vitreous and the macula. In 2006 he received a PhD degree in ophthalmology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2009 he worked as a Clinical Fellow in the medical retina department of Moorfields Eye Hospital. During that time, he specialized in diseases associated with intraocular inflammation (uveitis), inherited retinal diseases and intraocular tumors. In 2011, after a nationwide vote, he was declared as the “Best young Greek ophthalmologist” in order to represent Greece in the European Ophthalmological Society (European Society of Ophthalmology). In 2012 he became a member of the distinguished retina club “Jules Gonin”. In 2013 he co-founded the OPHTHALMICA Eye Institute in Thessaloniki, the largest ophthalmic Day surgery unit in northern Greece. He has performed more than 2500 vitreoretinal operations and has participated, as a guest speaker, at dozens of conferences in Greece and abroad. His research work includes participation in the authoring of foreign and Greek-language ophthalmological books, and more than 70 studies that have been published in

international scientific journals.

tsilimbaris M.Dr. Miltiadis Tsilimbaris is the Professor of Ophthtalmology at the University of Crete Medical School. He shares his professional time between clinical care, research and teaching.

He is the Director of the University Eye Clinic of Heraklion and the Director of the Laboratory of Optics and Vision. His clinical work and research interests are mainly focused in vitreoretinal diseases; he is an active vitreoretinal surgeon while at the same time retains a strong research interest in novel pharmacotherapies of the retinal diseases.He is involved in pre- and post-graduade teaching and he is the Director of the multidisciplinary postgraduate program “Optics and Vision”.He has published over 170 papers in peer-reviewed journals and he holds 3 international patents.

vakalis t.Thanos Vakalis was born in Thessaloniki in 1967. He gradu-ated with honours from the American College of Thessaloniki in 1984 and was listed 10th in the Medical School of the University of Ioannina. He was trained in the

specialty of Ophthalmology between 1994 – 1997 at the University Clinics of Cambridge, Brighton and Portsmouth.From 1998 to 2000 he was trained at the position of Curator/Intern (Clinical Fellow) in surgery of the retina and macula, initially at the Sussex Eye Hospital and then in the world-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.In 2001 he returned to Thessaloniki where he is a private practicioner.

Since 2004 he is a research associate of the First Ophthalmological Clinic of the AUTH, where he has contributed significantly to the development of the Department of Retina/Macula.In 2008 he founded the “Retina” Eye Center with Solon Asteriadis and Paris Tranos.He has performed more than 1500 surgeries of the retina and macula, has participated as a guest speaker at dozens of conferences in Greece and abroad and has published papers in Greek and foreign journals.

Zahariadis Z. A graduate of the German School of Thessaloniki in 1982. Graduate of the Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1988. Specialising in the University Eye Clinic in Munich Germany for 4 years as chief doctor at the same clinic for 2 years.

Training at the University Eye Clinic Mayday in London from 1993 to 1994. Since 1995 onward occupation with the refractive surgery of the eye.Member of the Medical Association of Thessaloniki. Member of various medical societies (European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Germany Ophthalmology Society, UK Ophthalmological Society etc).Eleven published papers in Greek and foreign scientific journals. Speaker at multiple conferences and seminars. He also participated as a speaker in the tutorial of the Ophthalmological Society of Northern Greece and Clinical Schools (Wet Labs) of the University Eye Clinic of the AHEPA Hospital. Participation in numerous international ophthalmology conferences: New Orleans, Berlin, London, Munich, Monte Carlo.Since 2005, co-founder of the Ophthalmological Clinic of Thessaloniki, responsible of the refractive surgery department to correct myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism with laser.

GENERAL INFORMATIONVENUEThe Course is held in Thessaloniki, Greece, at THE MET HOTEL.

THE MET HOTEL48, 26th October Str. 546 27 Thessaloniki - Greece

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DATE 27 - 29 September 2019 (Friday – Sunday)

LANGUAGEThe official language of the Course is English. No translation will be available.

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during the Social Events, as it is the official entrance pass to scientific sessions.

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presentations (in a USB stick) at the Technical Reception at least one hour prior to the session they

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> Τι είναι η LHON; Σπάνια Κληρονομική Μιτοχονδριακή νόσος1,2 που οφείλεται σε μεταλλάξεις στα μιτοχόνδρια. Προκαλείται ατροφία του οπτικού νεύρου που οδηγεί σε αιφνίδια απώλεια όρασης.

> Πότε εμφανίζεται η LHON;Εμφανίζεται στην εφηβική ηλικία ή νεαρή ενήλικο ζωή (14-35 ετών),4 σε μεγαλύτερη συχνότητα στους άνδρες.1,2

Έχει επιπολασμό 2 άτομα / 100.000 πληθυσμού.1,3

> Πώς επηρεάζεται η όραση στα άτομα πού έχουν LHON;Παρουσιάζεται με αιφνίδια απώλεια όρασης στο κέντρο του οπτικού πεδίου (κεντρικά σκοτώματα) ενώ η περιφερική όραση μπορεί να παραμένει.4,6,7 Το 80% των ατόμων με LHON έχουν μειωμένη όραση στα όρια της νομικής τύφλωσης.1,3,5

> Πότε υποπτευόμαστε την LHON;1,2,6,7

Όταν νοσήσει έφηβος ή νεαρός ενήλικας χωρίς προηγούμενα οφθαλμολογικά προβλήματα

Όταν ελαττώνεται η όραση ξαφνικά από τον ένα οφθαλμό, χωρίς εμφανή αιτία και χωρίς πόνο

Όταν η απώλεια όρασης επηρεάζει και τους δύο οφθαλμούς

Υπάρχουν και άλλα άτομα με παρόμοιο ιστορικό στο οικογενειακό περιβάλλον

Όταν από τον οφθαλμίατρο υπάρχει η περιγραφή «οπτική ατροφία» ή «ατροφία του οπτικού νεύρου» ή «οπτική νευροπάθεια» χωρίς να υπάρχει συγκεκριμένη διάγνωση

> Πώς γίνεται η διάγνωση της LHON; • Έλεγχος της οπτικής λειτουργίας με τις απαραίτητες οφθαλμολογικές εξετάσεις. • Γενετικός έλεγχος για την ύπαρξη μετάλλαξης στο μιτοχονδριακό DNA, με τη λήψη αίματος.

Βιβλιογραφία1. Mascialino B et al. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2012; 22:461–5. 2. Fraser JA et al. Surv Ophthalmol 2010;55:299-334. 3. Sadun AA et al. Expert Rev Ophthalmol. 2012; 7:251–9. 4. Heitz FD et al. PLoS One . 2012;7:e45182. 5. Yu-Wai-Man P et al. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2011; 30:81–114. 6. Meyerson C. et al. Clin Ophthalmol. 2015; 9: 1166-1176. 7. Newman NJ. Nat. Rev Neurol. 2012; 8: 545-556.

Μια σπάνια κληρονομική πάθηση που προκαλεί αιφνίδια απώλεια της όρασης

Κ Λ Η Ρ Ο Ν Ο Μ Ι Κ Η ΟΠΤΙΚΗ ΝΕΥΡΟΠΑΘΕΙΑ L E B E R ( LHON)

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LHON

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> Τι είναι η LHON; Σπάνια Κληρονομική Μιτοχονδριακή νόσος1,2 που οφείλεται σε μεταλλάξεις στα μιτοχόνδρια. Προκαλείται ατροφία του οπτικού νεύρου που οδηγεί σε αιφνίδια απώλεια όρασης.

> Πότε εμφανίζεται η LHON;Εμφανίζεται στην εφηβική ηλικία ή νεαρή ενήλικο ζωή (14-35 ετών),4 σε μεγαλύτερη συχνότητα στους άνδρες.1,2

Έχει επιπολασμό 2 άτομα / 100.000 πληθυσμού.1,3

> Πώς επηρεάζεται η όραση στα άτομα πού έχουν LHON;Παρουσιάζεται με αιφνίδια απώλεια όρασης στο κέντρο του οπτικού πεδίου (κεντρικά σκοτώματα) ενώ η περιφερική όραση μπορεί να παραμένει.4,6,7 Το 80% των ατόμων με LHON έχουν μειωμένη όραση στα όρια της νομικής τύφλωσης.1,3,5

> Πότε υποπτευόμαστε την LHON;1,2,6,7

Όταν νοσήσει έφηβος ή νεαρός ενήλικας χωρίς προηγούμενα οφθαλμολογικά προβλήματα

Όταν ελαττώνεται η όραση ξαφνικά από τον ένα οφθαλμό, χωρίς εμφανή αιτία και χωρίς πόνο

Όταν η απώλεια όρασης επηρεάζει και τους δύο οφθαλμούς

Υπάρχουν και άλλα άτομα με παρόμοιο ιστορικό στο οικογενειακό περιβάλλον

Όταν από τον οφθαλμίατρο υπάρχει η περιγραφή «οπτική ατροφία» ή «ατροφία του οπτικού νεύρου» ή «οπτική νευροπάθεια» χωρίς να υπάρχει συγκεκριμένη διάγνωση

> Πώς γίνεται η διάγνωση της LHON; • Έλεγχος της οπτικής λειτουργίας με τις απαραίτητες οφθαλμολογικές εξετάσεις. • Γενετικός έλεγχος για την ύπαρξη μετάλλαξης στο μιτοχονδριακό DNA, με τη λήψη αίματος.

Βιβλιογραφία1. Mascialino B et al. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2012; 22:461–5. 2. Fraser JA et al. Surv Ophthalmol 2010;55:299-334. 3. Sadun AA et al. Expert Rev Ophthalmol. 2012; 7:251–9. 4. Heitz FD et al. PLoS One . 2012;7:e45182. 5. Yu-Wai-Man P et al. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2011; 30:81–114. 6. Meyerson C. et al. Clin Ophthalmol. 2015; 9: 1166-1176. 7. Newman NJ. Nat. Rev Neurol. 2012; 8: 545-556.

Μια σπάνια κληρονομική πάθηση που προκαλεί αιφνίδια απώλεια της όρασης

Κ Λ Η Ρ Ο Ν Ο Μ Ι Κ Η ΟΠΤΙΚΗ ΝΕΥΡΟΠΑΘΕΙΑ L E B E R ( LHON)

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