Previous BOPSS annual awards winners
The Annual Publication Award
2026 – Simrun Virdee, Moorfields Eye Hospital
Real-Life” Utility of the Graves’ Ophthalmopathy–Quality of Life in a Multidisciplinary Thyroid Eye Disease Service
2025 – Mumta Kanda, Moorfields
Primary acquired melanosis with spill over periocular lentigo maligna: 19-year outcomes at a specialist eyelid and ocular oncology centre
2024 – Malik Moledina (supervised by Adeela Malik)
Lateral tarsal strip procedure: comparison of absorbable sutures and non-absorbable polypropylene suture. Does the suture type matter?
2023 – Laura Ah-Kye
Benign Eyelid Lesion Pathway: 1 year experience of synchronous tele-oculoplastics in a tertiary hospital
2022 – Mohsan Malik
Orbital Exenteration for Advanced Periocular Adnexal Malignancies: Curative Versus Palliative Surgical Intent” published in Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, 2022
2021 – Jo Jefferis
Optic nerve sheath fenestration via a supero-medial eyelid skin crease approach for the treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in a UK population” published in Eye, June, 2020 (PMID: 32555545)
2020 – none awarded
2019 – Jonathan Roos
Serial TSH-receptor antibody levels to guide the management of thyroid eye disease: the impact of smoking, immunosuppression, radio-iodine, and thyroidectomy
2018 – John Bladen
Analysis of hedgehog signaling in periocular sebaceous carcinoma
2017 – Hannah Timlin
Characterizing the Occluded Lacrimal Punctum Using Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography
Richard Collin Award
2026 – Humera Sarwar, Nottingham University Hospital
Confidence and competence in curriculum-mandated oculoplastics emergency procedures among UK ophthalmology trainees
2024 – Gabriella Guevara (supervised by Jimmy Uddin),
To investigate the reliability (sensitivity and specificity) of the Histolog® Scanner in the use of margin assessment for periocular tumours
2023 – Laura Ah-Kye,
Orbital dystopia and glove displacement
2022 – Yunzi Chen, Middlesbrough
One-year prospective survey into paediatric thyroid eye disease, epidemiology, presenting features and current management in the UK
2021 – none awarded
2020 – none awarded
2019 – Conor Malone, Sligo
ULYSSes: the Universal LachrYmal Surgery System
2018 – John Bladen, London
The incidence of eyelid melanoma
2017 – Christopher Schulz, Salisbury
A national surveillance study of locally advanced peri-ocular basal cell carcinoma in the United Kingdom
International Visiting Fellow Award
2024 – Dr Kayoma, Consultant Ophthalmologist, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria sponsored by Gbemi Oworu
2023 – none awarded
2022 – Dr Olubanke T. Ilo, Nigeria sponsored by Gbemi Oworu
2021 – none awarded
2020 – none awarded
2019 – Dr Saba Muhammad Mamman, Nigeria sponsored by Gbemi Oworu
2018 – Prerna Arjyal Kafle, Nepal sponsored by Austin McCormick
2017 – Dr O Taiwo
Meeting Attendance Grant
2025 – Dr Nandini Bothra – BOPSS sponsor: Raman Malhotra
Dr Rolika Bansal – BOPSS sponsor: Sachin Salvi
2024 – none awarded
2023 – Ms Irene Castellanos – BOPSS sponsor: Raman Malhotra
2022 – Dr Patricia Musa, Nigeria sponsored by Gbemi Owuro
2021 – none awarded
2020 – none awarded
2019 – Dr Farag – sponsored by Vickie Lee
Dr Khamees, Iraq – sponsored by Rebecca Ford
Medical student bursary
2026 – Lucy Li – Cambridge University, Chloe Hum – Cambridge University, Maria Varughese – University of Sheffield, Stuti Doshi – University of Buckingham, Mirko Mirzarakhimov – Brunel Medical School
