New Approaches to Retinal Disease

20 January 2014 - 21 February 2014

9.00am - 15.00pm, Saturday 1st February 2014, Whiteld Clinic, Butlerstown North, Cork Road, Waterford

This meeting will attract 2 internal & 3 external CPD points, accredited by the Irish College of Ophthalmologists.

08.45 – 09.00 Registration
Opening remarks: Professor Stephen Beatty
09.00 - 09.30 “Achieving Best Outcomes in the Management of Neovascular Age
Related Macular Degeneration”
Professor Stephen Beatty, Institute of Eye Surgery,
Whiteld Clinic.
09.30 - 10.00 “The Rational and Evidence Base Which Should Inform the
Therapeutic Approach to Retinal Arterial Occlusive Disease”
Professor David McLeod, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.
10.00 - 10.30 “The Dual Role of Macular Pigment: Protection Against Age Related
Macular Degeneration and Contribution to Visual Performance”
Professor John Nolan, Macular Pigment Research Group,
Waterford Institute of Technology.
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 - 11.30 “The Role of Anti-VEGF Therapy in the Management of Macular
Edema Related to Retinal Vein Occlusion”
Mr. Frank Kinsella, Galway University Hospital.
11.30 - 12.00 “The Eects of Macular Pigment Supplementation on Diseased
Retina”
Dr. Sobha Sivaprasad, Moorelds Eye Hospital, London.
12.00 - 12.30 “The Role of Anti-VEGF Therapy in the Management of Diabetic
Maculopthy”
Mr. Eugene Ng, Institute of Eye Surgery, Whiteld Clinic.
12.30 - 13.15 Lunch
13.15 - 15.00 Workshop: Tour of the Institute of Eye Surgery and the AMD
Treatment Centre
15.00pm Close of Meeting

To attend please call Jane Nolan

051 302153
jane@ivr.ie