New Treatment for Macular Disease

26 January 2011 - 26 February 2011

Whitfield Clinic, 26^thFebruary 2011

9.00am – 9.15am         Registration

Session 1
Opening remarks: Professor Stephen Beatty

9.15am – 10.00am       Recent Advances in Optimisation of Diabetic Control
Professor Brendan Buckley, Consultant Endocrinologist, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork

10.00am – 10.45am     The Role of anti-VEGF Therapy in Diabetic Maculopathy
Professor Stephen Beatty, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Institute of Eye Surgery, Whitfield Clinic, Waterford

 10.45am – 11.30am     AMD Treatment and the Practice Management in the era of anti-VEGF Therapy
Mrs Geeta Menon, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Director of Medical Education, Frimley Park Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London

11.30am – 11.50am:    Coffee Break

Session 2

11.50am – 12.15pm:  Treatment Options in Retinal Vascular Disease
Professor Stephen Beatty, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Institute of Eye Surgery, Whitfield Clinic, Waterford

12.15pm – 12.35pm:   Nutrition and AMD
Dr John Nolan, Macular Pigment Research Group and Institute of Vision Research, Waterford Institute of Technology, Cork Road, Waterford

12.35pm – 13.35pm:   Lunch

13.35pm – 14.30pm    Workshop: Practical Aspects of Intravitreal Injections: Practicalities of establishing and running an injection service which is safe, sustainable and efficient
Professor Stephen Beatty/ and Mrs Geeta Menon

 14.35pm                      Close of meeting