Agenda
February 20th
Thursday February 20 2020 | ||
Wet Laboratory: The Accra Beach Hotel and Spa 9am-3pm | ||
9am | Opening of Wet Laboratory | |
9.30am | Techniques in the Neurophthalmology Exam | Dr. Barry Skarf |
10.30am | Applied Neuro-Anatomy with Relevance to KeyNeuro-Ophthalmic Condititions | Dr. Naz Raoof |
1130am | Temporal Artery Surgical Technique | Dr .Jasmine Gopwani |
Noon | Lunch on own | |
1-2pm | Visual Field Testing and Interpretation in the Age of OCT | Dr. Barry Skarf |
2-3.30pm | CT and MRIs in Ophthalmoloogy | Prof Jeffrey Hurwitz |
February 21st
Friday February 21,2020 | ||
Chair: Professor Jeffrey Hurwitz | ||
730am | Breakfast and Registration | |
8am | Opening: Mrs. Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland | |
Chair: Prof. Jeffrey Hurwitz , Neuro- Ophthalmology | ||
8.30am | Overview of the Neuro- ophtalmology for the Ophthalmologist and the General Practioner | Dr. Michelle Dowell |
8.50 AM | Optic Neuritis | Dr. Jasmine Gopwani |
9.10 am | Sudden Onset paiful Diplopia | Dr. Raoof |
9.30 am | The “Magic” of OCT: Retinal Ganglion Cell Imaging can reveal the past and predict the future | Dr. Skarf |
9.50am | Case Presentation | Dr. Shravani Mikkilineni |
10:00 am | Panel Discussion | |
10.30 am | Coffee Break | |
Chair: Dr. Jasmine Gopwani , Ocuoplastics and Paediatric Ophthalmology | ||
11:00 am | Interesting Paediatric Oculoplastics Cases | Dr. Anne-Marie Hinds |
11.15am | Eyelid Tumours in Oculolplsatics | Prof Jeffrey Hurwitz |
11.30am | Eyelid Tumours in Barbados | Dr. Kim Jebodhsingh |
11.45 am | Orbital Tumours | Prof Jeffrey Hurwitz |
12 noon | Paediatric Eye Allergies | Dr. Anne Marie Hinds |
12.15 pm | Case Presentation | Dr. Shravani Mikkilineni |
12.30 pm | Case Presentation | Dr. Michelle Dowell |
12.45 am | Panel Discussion | |
1:00 pm | Lunch | |
Chair: Dr. Paul Edwards , Neuro- Ophthalmology | ||
2pm | Traumatic Optic Neuropathy | Dr. Raoof |
2.20 PM | A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management of Diplopia: Is CT or MRI always necessary? | Dr. Skarf |
2.40pm | Updates in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension | Dr. Jasmine Gopwani |
3:00 pm | Abnormalities in the Paediatric Pupil | Dr. Raoof |
3.20pm | Involutional Diplopia and the “Sagging Eye Syndrome” | Dr. Skarf |
3.40 pm | Case presentation | Dr. Shravani Mikkilineni |
3.55pm | Case Presentation | Dr. Michelle Dowell |
4.05pm | Panel discussion | |
5:00 pm | Cocktail Party at Jake's Restaurant |
February 22nd
Saturday February 22, 2020 | ||
Chair, Dr. Kim Jebodhsingh: Ophthalmology Development | ||
8.15 am | Teaching and Learning Surgery Part 1 | Dr.Nigel Barker |
8.35 am | From Clinical Medicine to Academics | Dr. Rhonda Mcintyre |
8.55am | Being a New Consultant and the Development of Ophthalmology | Dr. Anne Marie Hinds |
9.15 am | Teaching and Learning Surgery Part 2 | Dr. Nigel Barker |
9.30 am | Coffee Break | |
Chair: Dr. Nigel Barker, Retina | ||
10:00 am | Updates in New Therapies For Retinal Diseases | Dr. Paul Edwards |
10.15am | Vitreo- Macular Adhesion | Dr. Ronnie Bhola |
10.30 am | Diabetic Retinopathy | Dr. Kevin Highland |
10.45 am | Macular Hole Surgery | Dr. Ronnie Bhola |
11.am | Anterior Migration of Ozurdex Implants | Dr. Sherwin Benskin |
11.15 am | Case Presentations | Dr. Zahrid Mohammed |
11.30 am | Panel Discussion | |
12.30 am | Lunch | |
Chair, Dr. Paul Edwards : Cataract Cases and Panel Discussion | ||
1.30-1.45pm | Paediatric Cataract | Dr. Anne -marie Hinds |
1.45-3pm | Dr. Kevin Highland | |
Dr. Ronnie Bhola | ||
Dr. Sherwin Benskin | ||
Dr. Zahrid Mohammed | ||
Dr. Nigel Barker | ||
Dr. Roger Thomas | ||
4:00 pm | Closing | |
7.30 Dinner at Pacifika Accra Beach Hotel and Spa |