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Moorfields Eye Charity appoints Dr Louise Wood CBE as new chair

3 June 2024 | Louise Wood, Moorfields, Industry, infrastructure, charity, hospital, grants, Appointments
Dr Louise Wood CBE has been appointed as Moorfields Eye Charity’s new chair and will succeed Mervyn Walker when he steps down from the role in July 2024.

Oertli Instrumente AG wins the Swiss Medtech Award

12 June 2024 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries, Company Profiles
Oertli Instrumente AG has been honored with the prestigious Swiss Medtech Award, worth CHF 75,000 at the Swiss Medtech Day.

UKISOP 2023

2 November 2023
by Lorcan Butler, Optical Engagement Manager, thebraintumourcharity.org, UKISCRS is the UK & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons who had their annual Conference in London with a two-day event at The Leonardo City Hotel. On the other hand, UKISOP...

Optimising the ocular surface by managing meibomian gland dysfunction

1 February 2016 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease
Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is ubiquitous. Ocular surface inflammation and irritation are prevalent in most ophthalmology clinics: corneal, cataract, glaucoma, oculoplastic, paediatric, vitreo-retinal, medical retina and refractive surgery. These patients also represent roughly one third of those attending for emergency...

How to be ‘appy’ on call: a brief guide to mobile phone applications for the on-call ophthalmologist

1 December 2022 | | Ophthalmology, COVID-19
One of the unexpected outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic has been an increased reliance and integration of computer technology within hospital medicine. The need for stricter infection control policies during and after lockdown has seen a boom in technology utilisation....

SILMO 2019: Anything goes, but sustainability grows

29 October 2019
Trying to spot the trends at this year’s SILMO in Paris, one of the largest optical fairs in the world, was a tough ask. Thin metals, especially in rose gold, abounded, but that’s now; tomorrow remained elusive.

What's trending Apr/May 2020

1 April 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Cataract and Refractive
#punch #shark Nick Minogue, a 60-year-old New Zealander, was surfing off Pauanui Beach when he was attacked by a Great White Shark. Luckily, he recalled advice that sharks are vulnerable if hit in the eyes or the nose. His first...

#KnowYourDrops: breaking down barriers to poor compliance

1 June 2017 | | Glaucoma
Award-winning* #KnowYourDrops eye drop compliance campaign helps patients for World Glaucoma Week to achieve medicines optimisation in ophthalmology. The #KnowYourDrops campaign is fast becoming an internationally recognised model to help support healthcare professionals, with the provision of better tailored ophthalmic...

Clinical and management strategies in glaucoma practice: perspectives from international glaucoma specialists

1 April 2015 | | Glaucoma
Management options and outcomes in glaucoma practice were reviewed at the 7th Moorfields International Glaucoma Symposium, held in London on 24 January 2015. This article summarises perspectives from international glaucoma specialists on debated issues in topical therapy, glaucoma surgery, diagnostic...

Cementing a VISION 2020 LINK partnership between Blantyre and Liverpool – building capacity for DR services alongside research

1 August 2016 | | Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology
Malawi is a small land-locked country in eastern Africa with a growing population of over 17 million people. About 45% of the population is aged 14 or under; only 5% are aged 60 or over. The gross national income per...

The Makassar-Dundee VISION 2020 LINK: a tale of two cities and two trainees

1 October 2014 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
A resident’s view from Makassar My name is Hendra Kusuma, a final year resident (registrar) in the ophthalmology department at Hasanuddin University in Makassar, Indonesia. We have had a VISION 2020 LINK with Dundee (coordinated at the UK end by...

The invisible touch: a VISION 2020 LINK with Indonesia

1 February 2014 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Indonesia’s population, the world’s fourth largest, is spread across 6,000 inhabited islands. Whilst some areas (e.g. Kalimantan, Papua) are relatively sparsely populated, Java is the world’s most densely populated island, with twice the population of the UK in half the...