Preliminary Programmes

All Ireland Retinal Researchers Network Meeting

Tuesday, 26^th April 2005

 

1.45pm                        Welcome/Introduction

                        Mr. David Waldron, Chairman, Fighting Blindness

 

2pm                 Session 1

                        Chair: Mr. Stephen Beatty, Trinity College Dublin

           

                        Genetic Studies In Retinal Ganglion Cell Death

                        Prof. Colin Willoughby, Queens University Belfast

 

                        The Apoptosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa 

                        Prof. Tom Cotter, University College Cork

 

                        Retinal Stem Cell Research

                        Dr. Marius Ader, Trinity College Dublin

 

                        Retinal Hypoxia and the Aetiology of Retinal Microvasculopathies

                        Prof. Alan Stitt, Queens University Belfast

4pm                 Tea & Coffee Break

 

4.15pm                        Free Paper Session

                        Chair: Mr. Robert Acheson, Mater Hospital, Dublin

 

4.45pm                        PDT/ Anti-Inflammatory Study

                        Mr. James Talks, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne

 

5.15pm                        Real Time Retinal Imaging of Neuronal Cell Death

                        Dr. M Francesca Cordeiro, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London

 

5.45pm                        Retinal Translocation in AMD

                        Mr. Mark Cahill, Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital, Dublin

 

6.15pm                        Discussion Mr. Dara Kilmartin, Prof. Peter Humphries

 

Irish College of Ophthalmologists Annual Meeting

Wednesday, 27^th April 2005

 

8.55am            Opening address

                        Prof. Philip Cleary, President, Irish College of Ophthalmologists

 

9am                 Rapid Fire, Chair: Mr. Dara Kilmartin & Mr. Ian Flitcroft 

11am               Tea & Coffee break

 

11.30am          100 Years of Penetrating Keratoplasty

                        Chair: Mr. William Power & Dr. Alison Blake

                       

                        Mr. Bruce Noble

                        Mr. Frank Larkin

                        Prof. Louis Collum

 

1pm                 Lunch

 

2 pm                Rapid Fire Session, Chair: Mr. Dara Kilmartin & Mr. Ian Flitcroft

3pm                 Tea & Coffee Break

4 pm                Posters

 

 

Thursday, 28^th April 2005

 

9am                 Paediatric Ophthalmology

                        Chair: Mr. Donal Brosnahan & Dr. Michele Coffey

                       

                        Development and abnormalities of the of the anterior visual pathways

                        Mr. David Taylor, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

                       

                        Vision and the premature Infant

                        Miss. Kathryn McCreery, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin

 

                        Refractive development in childhood

                        Mr. Ian Flitcroft, Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin

 

11am               Tea & Coffee Break

                        Presentation of the Pfizer/Irish College of Ophthalmologists Fellowship

 

11.30am          Workshops:    Retinal Imaging – Mr. Mark Cahill

                                                Pediatric ophthalmology: challenging cases – Mr. David Taylor 

1pm                 Lunch

2pm                 Activities – Golf, tennis and tour of Ross Castle and Grounds

           

2pm                            Workshops:  

2 -2.45pm                    Visual Fields – Dr. Gary Treacy

2.45-3.30pm                Introduction to Video Conferencing – Mr. Mel Healy

3.30 – 4.15pm             Cup-disc grading – what can we learn from epidemiological/statistical analysis –

                                    Dr. Richard O’Regan    

 

7.00pm            Mooney Lecture

                        Challenging Cases and the Management of Complication during Cataract Surgery

                        Mr. Robert Osher, Cincinnati, Eye Institute

 

7.45pm            Pre-dinner reception

 

8.30pm                        Conference Dinner

 

Friday, 29^th April 2005

 

9.30am            Public Health  

                        Chair: Dr. Richard O’Regan & Mr. Robert Acheson

                       

                        Cataract and women

                        Dr. Michele Coffey, Medical Ophthalmologist, Roscommon

 

                        Vision project in Nigeria

                        Dr. Brendan Dineen               

 

                        Diabetic retinopathy screening project in Wales – a 5 year review

                        Prof. Angela Reidy

 

11 – 11.30am  Tea & Coffee Break

 

11.30-1pm       Tele-Medicine 

                        Chair: Dr. Maureen Hillery & Dr. Denise Curtin

1-1.30pm         AGM  - followed by lunch