2025 PROGRAMME
Tuesday 17th June 2025
Li Ka Shing Centre
Registration - 08:30 - 09:30
4.5 self-accredited CPD points available from the RCOphth.
08:30 – 09:25 Registration and refreshments
09:25
Introduction by Cornelius René (Chairman CET)
SESSION 1: CHAIR, John Sharp
09:30
Progress in corneal transplantation - A 15 years perspective
Madhavan Rajan
Abstract & Poster 1: Clinical Research. Sub-specialism category: Corneal & Cataract
09:50
The iCAM test - a single microarray pan-PCR card for rapid diagnosis of microbial keratitis
Yunfei Yang
Abstract & Poster 2: Abstract type: Clinical Research. Sub-specialism category: Corneal & Cataract
10:10
Management of periocular basal cell carcinoma by Mohs micrographic surgery: A ten-year retrospective analysis of outcomes
Robert Brady
Abstract & Poster 8: Abstract type: Clinical Research. Sub-specialism category: Ocular Oncology & Pathology
10:30
Is there a role for empirical ocular therapy for high-grade vitreo-retinal lymphoma?
Erika Damato
Abstract & Poster 4: Abstract type: Clinical Research. Sub-specialism category: Ocular Oncology & Pathology
10:50
Investigating the morphology, angle and insertional pattern of the inferior oblique muscle: Translational anatomy for strabismus surgeons
Johannes Coetzee
Abstract & Poster 5: Abstract type: Laboratory Research. Sub-specialism category: Paediatric, Strabismus
11:10 Tea/coffee and poster viewing
SESSION 2: CHAIR, Thomas Nixon
11:40
Identifying unregistered blind glaucoma patients with a semi-automated algorithm
Arun Thirunavukarasu
Abstract & Poster 6: Abstract type: Clinical Research. Sub-specialism category: Glaucoma
12:00
The accuracy of referrals for vitreomacular interface disorders to Addenbrooke's Hospital vitreo-retinal clinics
Andrew Ross
Abstract & Poster 7: Abstract type: Clinical Research. Sub-specialism category: Surgical Retina
12:20
Risk of uveitis in JIA: Insights from methotrexate-treated cohort over 10 Years
Nimesha Alex
Abstract & Poster 3: Abstract type: Clinical Research. Sub-specialism category: Paediatric, Strabismus
12:40
KEYNOTE LECTURE: OCT – my personal journey to discovery
David Huang (profile)
Wold Family Chair in Ophthalmic Imaging
Professor of Ophthalmology & Biomedical Engineering
Associate Director & Director of Research, Casey Eye Institute
Oregon Health & Science University, USA
13:10 Summing up and close
13:10 – 14:00 Networking Lunch and poster viewing
Poster-only
Immunotherapy-related Uveitis: The Cambridge Experience
Bhairavi Bhatia
Abstract & Poster 10: Abstract type: Clinical Research. Sub-specialism category: Medical Retina (inc. Uveitis)
