ICO Virtual Meeting

25 June 2021

COVID Recovery - Learning and Emerging Stronger. Preparing for and shaping the "new normal" 

End of Term Extended ICO Virtual Discussion Group

Time:          2pm – 4pm

Chair:         Mr. Richard Comer Bon Secours Hospital, Galway

Co-Chair:   Mr. John Doris University Hospital Waterford

2.00pm      COVID-19 Ophthalmology Focus Panel Discussion

                    The 5 R’s: Reflect, Recommit, Re-Engage, Rethink, Reboot

       Prof. David Keegan Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and Clinical Director, Diabetic Retina Screen

       Mr. Arthur Cummings Wellington Eye Clinic and Beacon Hospital

       Dr. Michele Fenton Medical Ophthalmologist, HSE (Wexford)

       Group Discussion

3.15pm       Coffee Break

3.25pm       Public Health Discussion

       Telemedicine during the Pandemic - a Sceptics Guide

       Dr. Ronan Kavanagh Consultant Rheumatologist, Galway Clinic and Honorary Senior Lecturer NUIG

3.50pm       Announcement of the ICO/Novartis Eye Research Bursary Recipient 2021 

       Dr Sarah Kate Powell

       Research Aim: To Investigate the Pathogenic Role of Tissue Stiffness in Lamina Cribrosa Fibrosis in Glaucoma: Treatment                 with Integrin Inhibition. 

4pm            Closing address from Dr. Patricia Quinlan