Eithne Walls Meeting - Refractive Cataract Surgery

4 December 2025

Education and Conference Centre, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Dublin

8.30am   Refreshments and Registration

Meeting runs from 09.00 - 13.00

Audience: mixed ophthalmology group (surgeons, trainees, medical, retired)

09:00–09:10 — Welcome & Objectives

Chair sets context: reduced spectacle dependence as a surgical goal; outline of sessions.

09:10–09:40 — Ms. Rizwana Khan

Topic:  Patient Selection & Counselling for Refractive Cataract Surgery

            Format: 25-min talk + 5-min Q&A

09:40–10:10 — Mr. Barry Quill 

Topic:   Multifocal vs EDOF IOLs — Indications, Trade-offs & Minimising Dysphotopsia

             Format: 25-min talk + 5-min Q&A

10:10–10:40 — Mr. Barry Power

Topic:  Toric IOLs Done Right — From Biometry to Rotation Control

             Format: 25-min talk + 5-min Q&A

10:40–11:00 — Coffee break (20 min)

11:00–11:30 — Mr. Brendan Cummings

Topic:  Monovision & Blended Vision — When, How, and For Whom

            Format: 25-min talk + 5-min Q&A

11:30–12:00 — Professor Billy Power

Topic:   Managing the Unhappy Refractive Cataract Patient – identifying root cause & fixes

             Format: 25-min talk + 5-min Q&A

12:00–12:40 — Keynote (Mr. Colm McAlinden)

Topic:  Cataract surgery following Refractive surgery

            Format: 30-min lecture + 10-min Q&A

12:40–12:45 — Closing & Thanks

 

Call for Abstracts (now closed)

Please email abstracts to cathy.fox@rveeh.ie 

Closing date: 3rd November, 2025

Programme details to follow