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ICO Annual Conference 2022
Introduction

The Irish College of Ophthalmologists Annual Conference 2022 will take place from noon Monday 16th to Wednesday 18th May 2022 at the Kilkenny Convention Centre, Lyrath Estate.
We are excited to be planning our reunion at what promises to be an excellent educational meeting. Symposia will include a clinical session on Ocular Surface Disease; a service delivery session on 'Planning for the Future' examining Medical Retina and Telemedicine/Virtual Review, IOP Clinics and Glaucoma Diagnostic Hubs; whilst a separate symposium focused on the Integrated Eye Care Team will highlight the model of eye care implementation at national, regional and community level.
A separate clinical session on Recent Clinical Trials in Glaucoma, Myopia and Retina is also planned.
The College is honoured to invite Prof Stanley Chang, K.K. Tse and Ku Teh Ying Professor of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York to present this year's Annual Mooney Lecture. A specialist in vitreoretinal disorders and surgery, Prof Chang has pioneered many of the surgical techniques currently used in this field.
Parallel workshop sessions on Ocular Movement and OCTA, in addition to the paper and poster sessions (ICO medal and prize presentations) and the SOE Young Ophthalmologist Lecture 2022 are just some of the many other highlights on this year's agenda!.
A parallel exhibition will run alongside the three-day scientific conference and the ICO wish to thank all our industry partners for their support at this years meeting.
Monday 16th May

11.00pm |
Refreshments and Parallel Exhibition |
12.00pm |
Official Welcome Mr Tim Fulcher |
12.05pm |
Paper Session Chairs: Prof Colm O'Brien, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin and Dr Fiona Kearns, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
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1.00pm | Lunch |
2.00pm |
Delivering Integrated Care in Ireland Chair: Prof Colm O'Brien, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin The National Clinical Programme for Ophthalmology: Supporting the Delivery of Integrated Care Establishment of a Novel Governance Structure to Transform, Integrate and Deploy Regional Eye Care - the virtual Accountable Care Organisation (vACO) Eye Care in the non-Acute Setting The Role of an Optometrist in a Multidisciplinary team. |
3.30pm | Refreshments |
4.00pm |
Paper Session Chairs: Mr John Doris, University Hospital Waterford and Prof Conor Murphy, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin
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5.00pm |
Annual Mooney Lecture 2022 Introduction: Prof David Keegan ‘Improving the Outcomes of Surgery for Retinal Detachment’
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Tuesday 17th May

8.00am | Breakfast Sponsored Session Neovascular AMD - Kindly supported by Bayer |
9.15am |
Ocular Surface Disease Symposium Allergic eye disease: Myths, Mysteries and Modern medicine Paediatric Ocular Surface Disease: JOMO to FOMO Conjunctival Inflammation From Beyond! Diagnosis and Management of Cicatrising Conjunctival Disease. Ménage à Trois: Sex, Sex Steroids and Dry Eye Disease. |
10.45am | Coffee |
11.15am |
ICO National Training Programme
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12.00pm |
European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) Lecture 2022 Introduction: Ms Patricia Logan Oculoplastics and Orbit Today! |
12.30pm |
Irish College of Ophthalmologists Annual General Meeting Chair: Mr Tim Fulcher, President, ICO ICO Members Only |
1.00pm | Lunch |
2.00pm |
Recent Clinical Trials Chairs: Ms Janice Brady and Dr Muhammed Akram, Waterford University Hospital The Treatment of Advanced Glaucoma Study - Outcomes at 24 months Myopia Clinical trials – trials and tribulations of using the results in everyday practice |
3.00pm | Refreshments |
3.30pm |
Parallel workshops Ocular Motility Workshop The Basics Seeing is Believing Strabismic Thinking OCTA OCT Angiography in practice |
4.30pm |
Sponsored Session Uveitis Challenges - Kindly supported by Alimera Sciences |
Wednesday 18th May

9.00am |
Paper Session
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10.00am |
Planning for the Future Chair: Mr Tim Fulcher, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin The idiosyncrasies of Telemedicine in Ophthalmology Transitioning Stable Glaucoma Care to the Community Set up and safe assessment of diagnostic (virtual) clinic pathways Transitioning Emergency Eyecare During the Pandemic |
11.30am | Refreshments |
12.00pm |
Paper Session Chair: Ms Niamh Collins, Mater Private Hospital, Cork and Dr Geraldine Comer, The Galway Clinic, Galway
Presentation of 2022 ICO Medals Sir William Wilde Medal for Best Poster Barbara Knox Medal for Best Paper John Blake Medal for Best Scientific Research Paper |
1.00pm |
Conference Close |
Posters

ICO Annual Conference 2022 Posters
- An Uncommon Source of Insidious Ocular Toxicity.
Eimear O'Leary - Post-partum haemorrhage associated choroidopathy: https://casereports.bmj.com/content/15/3/e249226
Sarah Powell - Cataractous Intraocular Lens Implants.
Joseph Keenan - Childhood strabismus patterns in North-West Ireland, a ten years review
Marwa Mohamed - Analysis of Cataract Referrals from Community Optometrists and General Practitioners and Subsequent Clinic Visit Outcomes in a University Hospital in The West of Ireland
Patrick Canning - Ataxia with a lot of retinal nerves!
Aine Ní Mhealoid - Audit of Outcomes Following Attendance at the CityWest Drive Through IOP Glaucoma Clinic during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sarah Powell - Novel potential nuclear genetic modifier in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy in Wolfram Syndrome-associated variant WFS-1 c.799G>A
Clare Quigley - Complex penetrating eye injury with intra-scleral foreign body; staged surgical management
Saad Martini - Candidaemia and the eye - should we really be screening everyone?
Brian Woods - Poppers retinopathy
Jay Jun Lee - Exercise induced Cluster Migraine with Visual disturbance
Michael Waldron - Posterior staphyloma in the absence of high myopia
Luke O'Brien - Ocular oncology service during the COVID-19 outbreak: uveal melanoma characteristics presenting in 2019 compared to 2020
Aisling McGlacken-Byrne - Leber's Miliary aneurysms
Michael Waldron - The Impact of Covid-19 on the attendance rate to the eye casualty in Cork University Hospital
Mohammed Mohamed - Incidence of Posterior Capsule Rupture (PCR) and Post-PCR Complications in CUH (January 2019 - December 2019)
Mohammed Mohamed - A comparison of outcomes between conventional cyclodiode laser (CL) and micropulse cyclodiode transcleral photocoagulation (MP-TSCPC) in the reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with glaucoma.
Sam Quill - A rare choroidal metastasis of unknown origin
Alison Greene - Addressing Technical Failures in a Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme
Darragh Garrahy - The impact of the National Diabetic Retinal Screening Programme on the training of Ophthalmology Trainees in the performance of diabetic laser procedures.
Miollie Kelly - Central Retinal Vein Occlusion- Four-year follow up of a patient with a poor presenting visual acuity
Liam Connolly - The implementation of a logbook for the documentation of telephone consultations for on-call NCHDs.
Edward Ahern - Eikenella corrodens canaliculitis. A case report.
Mary Walsh - A review of the ‘long waiters’ for ophthalmology outpatient services in Cork University Hospital and its impact on planning for the new Integrated Eye Care Team
Rubeena N Shaffi - Evaluating the Efficiency of the Irish National Diabetic Retinal Screening Service's Treatment Pathway
Ian Brennan - Adherence of patients with age-related macular degeneration to AREDS 2-recommended vitamin supplements
Ammr Alghamdi - Anatomical and Visual Outcomes of Full-Thickness Macular Hole Repair Surgery
Grace McCabe - Investigating inner blood retinal barrier integrity in rare neurological disorders
Deirdre Harford - Bing there, done that! Just another GCA Case?
Aine Ní Mhealoid - Review of The Eye Clinic Liaison Service (ECLO)
Hilary Devlin - Analysis of Metformins effect on Human Glaucomatous Lamina Cribrosa cells
Daire Hurley - Congenital free floating pigmented Vitreous Cyst
Jay Jun Lee - A focus on ocular parameters and their impact on quality of life measures in patients with Primary Sjögrens Syndrome
Emily Greenan - A case report of paediatric Vogt Koyanagi Harada(VKH) treated successfully with adalimumab (Humira)
Christine Goodchild - Evaluating Medical Students Experience of Near-Peer Led Teaching in Ophthalmology
Alexandra McCreery - Review of Prescribing Practices in University Hospital Limerick Ophthalmology Department
Emilie Mahon - Xen Gel Stents – The Cork University Hospital experience
Mohammed Mohamed - 12-year analysis of the microbiological profile of infectious keratitis (IK) in an Irish tertiary hospital.
Kealan McElhinney - Clinical and Genetic Re-Evaluation of Inherited Retinal Degeneration Pedigrees following Initial Negative Findings on Panel-Based Next Generation Sequencing
Julia Zhu - 2.5-year analysis of photo-dynamic therapy for chronic central serous chorioretinopathy in an Irish tertiary hospital.
Kealan McElhinney - Effectiveness, Capacity And Referral Patterns Of Ophthalmology Consultations In A Non-Emergency Service Provision Hospital
Alexandra McCreery - Case Study: The boy with the eyesore tattoo.
Robert Brady - Retinoblastoma in Ireland - A Review of the Caseload, Genotyping and Molecular Profiles of Patients over the Past 20 Years.
Alison Greene - Internuclear ophthalmoplegia secondary to ischaemia in a young patient with ampiginous choroiditis
Aisling Naylor - Students experience and outcomes following a targeted, blended teaching module during their ophthalmology rotation
Micheál Troy - Post-operative outcomes of MRSA positive patients who received intracameral Vancomycin during cataract surgery
James Morris - 12-month analysis of emergency argon laser retinopexy in an Irish tertiary hospital
Rory Holohan - Anterior segment findings in patients with Multiple Myeloma treated with Belantamab
Mary Walsh - Ocular manifestations of syphilis - a case series of six patients.
Edward Ahern - Neurological complications of orbital cellulitis Beware!
Joséphine Behaegel - Cystoid Macular Oedema rates after Artisan versus Scleral Fixated Lens Implantation
Amy O'Regan - Moving Glaucoma Care into the Community - Experience from RVEEH and CH07
Shane O'Regan
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