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MEH/UCL Understanding diabetic retinopathy

A course run jointly between UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital

Morefields Eye Hospital…

2-3 February 2016

This course is designed for nurses, optometrists, junior ophthalmologists, F2 doctors and others interested in learning about common ophthalmic disorders.

Subjects covered will include:

    • Diabetic retinopathy & diabetic macular grading  - Examples and Interactive Quiz
    • Maculopathy, clinical trials, DMO treatment regimes and case examples
    • Complications of injections: how to recognise & manage
    • Imaging in diabetic retinopathy
    • Proliferative diabetic retinopathy & clinical trials and treatment regimens
    • Other causes of retinopathy mimicking diabetic retinopathy
    • Surgery in diabetic eye disease
    • Systemic disease control in the eye clinic in patients with diabetic retinopathy
    • Pathophysiology of diabetic retinopathy including case examples
    • Management of diabetic retinopathy in special situations, eg. Pregnancy, severe NPDR, impending cataract surgery etc. 

      Where: Lecture Theatre, Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London, EC1V 2PD

      Fee: £295

      Contact: Sarah Mayhew – s.mayhew@ucl.ac.uk, Tel: 020 7566 2266

      Timetable
      Registration 9.00-9.30
      Tuesday 8th December
      Wednesday 9th December
      9.30-11.00 DIABETIC RETINOPATHY & DIABETIC MACULAR GRADING - Examples and Interactive Quiz
      Tunde Peto

      09.30 – 10.30 - MAC ULOPATHY, CLINICAL TRIALS, DMO TREATMENT REGIMES AND CASE EXAMPLES
      Philip Hykin

      COMPLICATIONS OF INJECTIONS: HOW TO RECOGNISE & MANAGE
      Oren Tomkins-Netzer

      11.00-11.30 Tea
      Tea
      11.30-1.00 IMAGING IN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
      11.30 – 12.15 – OCT
      12.15 – 1.00 – FFA
      Sobha Sivaprasad
      PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY & CLINICAL TRIALS AND TREATMENT REGIMENS
      Sobha Sivaprasad

      1.00-2.00 Lunch
      Lunch
      2.00-3.30

      OTHER CAUSES OF RETINOPATHY MIMICKING DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
      Sobha Sivaprasad

      SYSTEMIC DISEASE CONTROL IN THE EYE CLINIC IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
      Adam Mapani

      2.00 – 3.30

      SURGERY IN DIABETIC EYE DISEASE
      James Bainbridge

      3.30-4.00 Coffee
      Coffee

      4.00-4.45

      4.45-5.30

      Pathophysiology of Diabetic Retinopathy
      Professor Philip Luthert

      CASE EXAMPLES
      Philip Hykin & Sobha Sivaprasad

      4.00 – 5.30
      MANAGEMENT OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS, EG. PREGNANCY, SEVERE NPDR, IMPENDING CATARACT SURGERY ETC. Zubin Saihan