ECVO Congress 2014

The central theme of our scientific programme will be Ophthalmic Surgery

Continuing Education Thursday, May 15, 2014

The continuing education program focuses this year on ophthalmic surgery with presentations on orbital surgery by Dr. Nils Wallin-Hakansson, third eyelid and lid surgery by Dr. Adolfo Guandalini and conjunctival surgery by Prof. Teresa Pena.

SOTAL Saturday, May 17, 2014

This always highly anticipated, special lecture is given by Prof. Harminder Dua on limbal stem cell transplants.

Masterclass and Wetlab Sunday, May 18, 2014

This year the topic of the masterclass is corneal surgery. The masterclass consists of lectures presented by corneal specialists Prof. Harminder Dua, Prof. Farhad Hafezi, and Dr. Martin Leyland and by veterinary ophthalmologist Prof. Teresa Pena. The lectures cover a range of topics including corneal repair, keratoplasties, corneal crosslinking and corneal surgery in the dog and cat.

The wetlab will give the participants the opportunity to learn hands-on in a structured way under the guidance of two experienced instructors, Prof. Harminder Dua and Dr. Mark Watts. Four procedures including corneal gluing, fine needle diathermy, suturing of corneal lacerations and penetrating keratoplasty will be taught.

There will be two groups of wetlab participants. The masterclass lectures are designed to be complementary to the hands-on lab and therefore all wetlab participants will have the opportunity to hear the masterclass lectures. One group will listen to the lectures in the morning and participate in the wetlab in the afternoon, the other group will be in the wetlab in the morning and enjoy the lectures(given a second time) in the afternoon.

www.ecvo.org/meetings/congresses/ecvo-congress-2014