Wednesday 4 - Thursday 5 September 2019
This two-day course delivered by Moorfields consultants covers the spectrum of contemporary laser and implant-based vision correction techniques, patient selection, troubleshooting, and therapeutic treatments.
Modalities covered include LASIK, TransPRK/LASEK, SMILE, PTK, Collagen cross-linking, ICL implantation, lens exchange, refractive cataract surgery, and therapeutic treatments.
The course is ideal preparation for the Cert LRS and FEBOS professional exams in refractive surgery and is timed to help consolidate knowledge before taking the exams. It is also a useful background for ophthalmologists and allied health professionals looking for a comprehensive update on contemporary vision.
Provisional timetable
- Day one
- 8.30am: Registration
- 9.00am: Welcome and introduction
Overview and patient selection - 9.05am: Excimer and femtosecond lasers - J Marshall
- 9.30am: LVC - D Gartry
- 09.55am: Professional standards - S Daya
- 10.20am: Coffee
Overview and patient selection - 10.50am: EDOF and Multifocal IOLs - S Daya
- 11.15am: pIOLs - V Maurino
- 11.40am: PTK - L Ficker
- 12.05pm: CXL - D Gore
- 12.30pm: Lunch
VIDEO Technique and complications - 13.30pm: LASIK - R Angunawela
- 13.55pm: SMILE - D Reinstein
- 14.20pm: PRK/LASEK - L de Benito
- 14.45pm: pIOL - V Maurino
- 15.10pm: RLE - M Watson
- 15.25pm: Tea
Regular and irregular astigmatism - 15.45pm: FLACS & AK - J Stevens
- 16.10pm: Toric and piggyback IOLs - M Wilkins
- 16.35pm: Irregular astigmatism - R Angunawela
- 17.00pm: Closing
- Day two
Avoiding and treating problems post-LVC
- 08.40am: Refractive surgery and the ocular surface - S Ahmad
- 09.05am: LVC postoperative complications - B Allan
- 09.25am: LVC corneal ectasia - D Gore
- 09.50am: Haze and scarring - L de Benito
- 10.20am: Coffee
Treatment planning - 10.50am Wavefront-guided treatment - J Stevens
- 11.15am: LVC Nomogram adjustment - D Gartry
- 11.40am: ICL treatment planning - A Ionides
- 12.05pm: IOL selection post LVC - M Restori
- 12.30pm: Lunch
Avoiding and treating problems in RLE/Cataract - 13.30pm: Intraoperative complications - M Watson
- 13.55pm: Postoperative complications - A Day
- 14.20pm: IOL exchange - A Ionides
- 14.45pm: Cataract surgery extreme axial lengths - M Watson
- 15.10pm: Cataract surgery in corneal disease - S Ahmad
- 15.25pm: Tea
Audit - 15.45pm: Cataract national dataset & FLACS results - A Day
- 16.10pm: Refractive surgery national dataset - B Allan
- 16.35pm: Closing