ICO Annual Conference 2023

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Introduction

The Irish College of Ophthalmologists Annual Conference 2023 will take place from noon Monday 22th to Wednesday 24th May 2023 at the Great Southern Hotel in Killarney.

The Conference is a highlight of the College's annual calendar of events and an important opportunity for our members to hear the latest clinical, scientific and service delivery updates taking place in the specialty.

Clinical symposia at this year's conference will focus on Medical Retina, Ocular Tumours, Keratitis and the Assessment and Management of Watery Eye.

Among our guest speakers, we are delighted to be welcoming Dr Carol Shields, Director of Ocular Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Prof John Crown, Consultant Medical Oncologist, St Vincent's Medical Group, Dublin and Prof Heinrich Heimann, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, who will present at the Ocular Tumours symposium.

Dr Stela Vujosevic, Head of Medical Retina Unit, MultiMedica Scientific Institute of Recovery and Care, Milan, Prof Usha Chakravarthy, Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Queen's University of Belfast and Dr Robert Braunstein, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York.

Mooney Lecture 2023 "Mitochondrial Function - a Potentially Modifiable Risk Factor for Glaucoma?"

Professor David Garway-Heath, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon Moorfields Eye Hospital London; Glaucoma UK Professor of Ophthalmology for Glaucoma and Allied Studies at the Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London.

Workshop sessions, paper and poster presentations, a talk on Managing the Nuances of Medico-legal Risks and the European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) Lecture 2023 are among the many other highlights to feature on the three day conference programme.

A parallel industry partner exhibition will run alongside the scientific conference.

Monday 22nd May

11.20am	Official Welcome Mr Tim Fulcher President, Irish College of Ophthalmologists
11.30am	Updates in Medical Retina Chair: Dr Louise O'Toole, Mater Private Hospital, Dublin Recent Phase 3 Clinical Trial Results on GA Treatment Dr Stela Vujosevic Head of Medical Retina Unit, MultiMedica Scientific Institute of Recovery and Care, Milan Can we Address the Discordance between Function and Morphology in GA Clinical Trials Prof Usha Chakravarthy Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast Biosimilars: What are they? Do we need them? Dr Robert Braunstein Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York
1.00pm	Lunch
2.00pm	The Watery Eye - from Start to Finish Chair: Mr Tim Fulcher, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin Assessment and Investigations of Watery Eye Mr Gareth Higgins Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, University Hospital Waterford Managing the Eyelid Disease Mr Micheal O'Rourke Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin The Great DCR Debate: Endoscopic Ms Rizwana Khan Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin What to do when DCR is not an Option? Ms We Fong Siah Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Mater Private Hospital, Dublin The great DCR debate: External Ms Elizabeth McElnea Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, University Hospital Galway
3.30pm	Short Presentations Chair: Prof Colm O'Brien, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin The Annual Conference of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists: Examining over a Decade of Trends. Khadija Gull A Feasibility Study for the Classification of Diabetic Macular Oedema from Optical Coherence Tomography Scans using Deep Learning. Cathal Breathnach Maximizing Corneal Endothelial Integrity. Marchien Dallinga Analysis of Metformin’s Effect on Human Glaucomatous Lamina Cribrosa Cells. Daire Hurley Patterns of Neuronal and Central Visual Field Loss in Optic Neuritis at Outcome Identified by Machine Learning. Brian Woods Ocular Surface MicroRNA Associated with Chronic Ocular Graft versus Host Disease. Emily Greenan The Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response in Glaucoma Lamina Cribrosa Cells. Caoimhe Normile
4.30pm	Refreshments
5.00pm	Mooney Lecture 2023 Introduction: Prof Colm O'Brien, Chair Scientific & PCS Committee, Irish College of Ophthalmologists ‘Mitochondrial Function - a Potentially Modifiable Risk Factor for Glaucoma? Prof David Garway-Heath Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital London

Tuesday 23rd May

8.00am	Breakfast Session - Kindly supported by Bayer Chair: Miss Marie Hickey Dwyer, University Hospital Limerick Dr David M. Brown Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
9.30am	Short Presentations Chair: Mr John Stokes, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, University Hospital Waterford Optic Nerve Head Perfusion and Optic Neuropathy in Carriers of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy-Associated Mitochondrial Mutations Clare Quigley Uveal Melanoma in Ireland Alison Greene Keratoconus Screening in Children with Down Syndrome Barry Power Patient Reported Outcomes of Serum Eye Drop Therapy for Ocular Surface Disease at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Aoife Smyth Single Centre Real World Outcomes for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration of the Use of Faricimab in Poor Responders to Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in the United Kingdom Christine Goodchild Drive-Through IOP Clinic during the SARS-Cov-2 Pandemic: 18 Month Outcomes Emer Doolan Post-Enucleation Outcomes of Patients with Uveal Melanoma Hanan Elshelmani
10.30am	European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) Lecture 2023 Medical Ophthalmology - A Personal Journey Dr Geraldine Comer Consultant Medical Ophthalmologist, CHO2 / Community Healthcare West
11.00am	Refreshments
11.30am	Ocular Tumours Clinical Symposium Chair: Mr Noel Horgan, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin Ocular Oncology: Who, When, How Should I Refer? Prof Heinrich Heimann Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool Conjunctival Pigmented Tumours : When to Worry? Dr Carol Shields Director of Ocular Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia Uveal Melanoma: Our Current Understanding? Prof Heinrich Heimann Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon,Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool Metastatic Uveal Melanoma: Current and Future Strategies Prof John Crown Consultant Oncologist, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
1.00pm	Lunch
2.00pm	Rapid Fire Posters
2.30pm	Managing the Nuances of Medico-legal Risk Ms Alicia Hayes BL Case Manager, Medical Protection Society
3.00pm	OCT Interpretation in Macular Diseases Ms Olya Scannell Consultant Ophthalmologist, CH07 Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin
3.45pm	Refreshments
4.15pm	Workshop Session - Kindly supported by Alimera Sciences Ms Deirdre Townley Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Galway University Hospital Dr Soma Chakrabarti Consultant Ophthalmologist, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow

Wednesday 24th May

9.00am	Irish College of Ophthalmologists Annual General Meeting Chair: Mr Tim Fulcher, President, Irish College of Ophthalmologists
10.00am	Short Presentations Chair: Miss Yvonne Delaney, Dean of Postgraduate Education, Irish College of Ophthalmologists Cataract Surgery Outcomes in Uveitis Patients at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Dublin Sarah Powell Ocular Toxicity Secondary to Hydroxychloroquine: Prevalence in an Irish Patient Cohort Jill Huang Intra-Operative En-Face Frozen Section for Margin Control during Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma Excision Grace McCabe Outcomes of Low-Risk versus High-Risk Full Thickness and Posterior Lamellar Keratoplasty Esraa Hegazy Abnormal Red Reflex Referrals: A Two-year Retrospective Cohort Study of Referrals to a Tertiary Paediatric Ophthalmology Department Liam Mulcahy 1 Year Outcomes of Paul Tube Glaucoma Implants in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Ian Brennan
11.00am	Refreshments
11.30am	Diagnosis and Management of Corneal Infections Chair: Prof Conor Murphy, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Dublin Atypical Keratitis: Acanthamoeba Mr Tom Flynn Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Bon Secours Hospital, Cork Update in Bacterial Keratitis Ms Sarah Moran Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork Fungal Keratitis: An Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Infections of the Cornea Mr Barry Quill Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin Herpes Simplex Keratitis: Challenges in Diagnosis and Clinical Management Ms Nikolina Budimlija Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Institute of Eye Surgery, Waterford Patient Experience Ms Eleanore O'Gorman
1.00pm	Presentation of ICO Medals

Posters

ICO Annual Conference 2023 Posters

Characterization of Optic Nerve Swelling with Oral Fluorescein Angiogragraphy and Ultra Widefield Retinal Imaging
Robert Brady
Retrospective Analysis of Presenting Features and Visual Outcomes for Paediatric Patients Diagnosed with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in a Single British Centre
Robert Brady
Effectiveness and Efficiency of Nurse-Led Glaucoma Clinics: A Retrospective Service Evaluation at Beaumont Hospital
Ian Brennan
Mini-DSAEK in Macro-Corneal Perforations: Our Experience
Cian Collins
A Treatment Dilemma in a Case of Adult Orbital Alveolar Rhabdomyoscarcoma
Amy Coman
Mechanosensitive Calcium-Ion Channel Piezo1 in Glaucoma Lamina Cribrosa Fibrosis
Amy Coman
Retrospective Study Comparing Response to Treatment Among Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients Deemed Non-Responsive to Bevacizumab and Changed To Aflibercept or Ranibizumab
Liam Connolly
VEXAS, A Recently Reported Haemato-Immune Disease Presenting to an Ophthalmic Emergency Department
Marcus Conway
The Use of Dichoptic Therapy for Adult Amblyopia
Arthur Cummings
Macular Hole 24 Hours Following a Trauma
Maha Elsayed
Vitamin A Deficiency with Visual Loss in Autistic Children
Richard Farnan
A Subacute Right Optic Neuropathy in a Healthy 21-Year Old Male
Mark Forristal
Clinical Validation of Patients Overdue for Outpatient Follow-Up, and Allocation of these Patients to Clinics in a Tertiary Referral Glaucoma Service: A Service Improvement Project
David Gildea
A Case with Retinal Whitening Which Lead to an Unexpected Diagnosis
Christine Goodchild
A 10 Year Review of Open Globe Injuries in a Tertiary Referral Hospital
Alison Greene
Microbiological Profile of Culture Proven Cases of Endophthalmitis: A 10 Year Retrospective Study
Alison Greene
Visual Failure from Hypovitaminosis A in Three Children with Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder; the Need for Vitamin Replacement
Glynis Hanrahan
MOG Igg Optic Neuritis in the Paediatric Population – An Irish Case Series
Deirdre Harford
Serum Eye Drops for Ocular Surface Disease - The Irish Experience
Deirdre Harford
The Use of Amniotic Membrane Transplantation in the Treatment of Stevens-Johnsons Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in the Paediatric Population
Esraa Hegazy
A Five Year Analysis of Corneal Investigations o ln an Irish Tertiary Hospital
Rory Holohan
"Say What You See", Characteristic OCT and Fundal Changes in a Rare and Underreported Macular Pathology – A Case Series
Alan Hopkins
A Case of Irreversible Vision Loss Secondary to a Laser Pointing Device
Alan Hopkins
Ultrathin Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty versus Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty - A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis
Daire Hurley
A Traumatic Tail
Joseph Keenan
Pituitary Adenomas – The Incidence of Visual Field Defects in a Sample of Ophthalmic Patients
Áine Kelly
The Impact of the National Diabetic Retinal Screening Programme on the Training of Ophthalmology Trainees in the Performance of Diabetic Laser Procedures
Mollie Kelly
Extent of Paediatric Ophthalmic Consults in Temple Street Hospital in Dublin
Aniela Krezel
Assessment of Association between Rate of Emergency Retinal Detachment Repair and Weather in University Hospital Limerick
Emilie Mahon
Audit of Patient Wait Times Attending for Intravitreal Injections and Review of the Literature of Patient Psychological Impact of Wait Times
Emilie Mahon
Above the Midline; A Case Describing the Importance of a Clinical Sign
Grace McCabe
Paediatric Orbital Cellulitis Related to Invasive Group A Streptococcus
Kealan McElhinney
Chemical Injuries in University Hospital Waterford: Looking at Lime
Aisling McGlacken-Byrne
A Cluster of Acanthamoeba
Aisling McGlacken-Byrne
The Diagnosis and Treatment of a Rare Case Periorbital Necrotising Fasciitis Caused by Group A β-haemolytic Streptococcus and Herpes Simplex Virus 1 in a Woman with Insulin Dependent Diabetes
Aisling McGlacken-Byrne
Unusual Case of Bilateral Choroidal Effusion
Diana Minasyan
Visual Outcome of Early Diagnosis and Vitrectomy in Toxocariasis Panuveitis
Mohib Naseer
Printed Biomechanical Model of the Human Lamina Cribrosa
Simon Neary
Functional and Anatomical Outcomes in Refractory and Large Macular Holes Treated with an Intraretinal Fluid Expansion Technique
Brian Ó Tuama
Surgical Trends in Glaucoma: An Analysis of Glaucoma Procedures Performed in MMUH from 2012 to 2022
Pádraig O'Connell
Identifying Keratoconus Using an Automated Machine Learning Model
Pádraig O'Connell
The Role of TAX1BP1 in Fibrosis of the Optic Nerve Head in Glaucoma
Eabha O'Driscoll
Review of the Glaucoma Service Referral Process in a Major Specialist Centre in Ireland
Eabha O'Driscoll
Six Month Pilot Data from the NERIECS High Volume Cataract Surgery Pathway in MMUH
Fionn O'Leary
Clinical Audit of the Rapid Access Clinic - Mater Misericordiae
Eimear O'Leary
A Case of Retinal Detachment Due to Myopic Traction Maculopathy Treated with Macular Buckle Surgery
Amy O'Regan
Timing of Surgery and Visual Outcomes in Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
Amy O'Regan
Circadian Regulation of the Inner Blood Retina Barrier as a Mechanism for the Development of Dry AMD
Matthew O'Riordan
Radial Keratotomies and Primary Open Angle Glaucoma – A Case of Keeping Focus under Pressure
Sarah Powell
Orbital Tumor - A Case Series
Qirat Qurban
White Retinal Tumour
Maedbh Rhatigan
Improving Sustainability of Diabetic Retinopathy Screening
John Smith
Safety and Effectiveness of Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant for the Treatment of Refractory Cystoid Macular Oedema in Galway University Hospital
Addon Teye-Botchway
Measuring Outcomes in Lamellar Corneal Transplantation
Addon Teye-Botchway
Evaluation of New Onset Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration at Sligo University Hospital
Julia Zhu

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