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Mr. Tim Fulcher MMedSci(Anatomy), EBOD, FRCOphth.
Having graduated from University College Dublin and completed a Masters of Medical Science in Anatomy, Tim completed his Ophthalmic Surgery training in Ireland.
Tim undertook a Fellowship in Corneal and External eye disease in Moorfields and then a further Fellowship in Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital disease in Brisbane, Australia.
Tim was appointed as a Consultant to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin in 2000, where he manages the Ocular adnexal service. Tim is also an Honorary Consultant to the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street , Dublin.
As a former chairman of the manpower, education and training committee of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists and current unit programme director, Tim also hosts an annual surgical training course for Basic Specialist Trainees.
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Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Surgeon, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, UK
I graduated from Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, London, in 1991 and then
trained in general ophthalmology in Manchester & North West England.
After Oculoplastic Fellowships in Auckland & Manchester, I was appointed as a Consultant Oculoplastic, Lacrimal & Orbital Surgeon in 2002 at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH) where I’m the Clinical Lead for Oculoplastic Surgery.
I also co-run a renowned Fellowship in Oculoplastic Surgery at MREH.
My work for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ (RCOphth) includes College Tutor (2005-12) and currently Regional Adviser.
I’m a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and represent both RCOphth & BOPSS at the RCSEng Cosmetic Surgery Interspecialty Committee.
Andrew is a consultant oculoplastic surgeon at James Cook University Hospital in the North East of England. After medical school he spent three years as a medical officer with the Royal Marines before starting ophthalmology training in 2007. Registrar training was completed in the Oxford Region followed by further training in London and Vancouver where he was awarded a fellowship in orbit, oculoplastic surgery and outdoor recreation by Prof Dolman.
He is recognised in the Northern Deanery as an enthusiastic teacher of undergraduate and postgraduate students, well known for his pragmatic advice.
Bijan Beigi, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth
Bijan Beigi specialises in eyelid and mid-face cosmetic and reconstructive surgery as well as lacrimal and orbital surgery. He has performed over 10000 eyelid & mid-face operations to date and pioneered surgical procedures.
His basic ophthalmic training was in Dublin (UCD), Bristol Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospitals (UK). He runs the ocular Adnexal Service in Norwich. He has been a member of ESOPRS for 25 years and a founder member of BOPSS. He has published over 70 articles and delivers regular lectures as a visiting professor.
He has been a lead trainer and external clinical advisor for the Royal college of Ophthalmologists and CQC. He is a special advisor to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) for new surgical procedures in the UK.
Mr Aidan Murray is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon with a specialist interest in Oculoplastic, Orbital and Lacrimal surgery. He is clinical lead at the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre and the University Hospitals NHS Trust at the Queen Elizabeth hospital. He co-runs a post CCT Fellowship in Oculoplastic surgery at BMEC.
Aidan graduated from the Royal London Hospital and trained in the North East and the West Midlands before undertaking Oculoplastic Fellowships in Southampton/Salisbury and Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Examiner for the Royal college of Ophthalmologists
Founder member of BOPSS and founded the Midland Oculoplastic Surgeons Society.
Organiser of the 3rd British Oculoplastic Society meeting in Birmingham.
He has a keen interest in sailing, and open water swimming.
Timothy Sullivan completed his Ophthalmology training in 1988, then undertook further subspecialty Fellowship Training in Oculoplastics, Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Paediatric Ophthalmology in Toronto at The Hospital for Sick Children.When he returned to Brisbane in 1992 he joined the Terrace Eye Centre, to provide tertiary and quaternary level subspecialty care. Since then he has also worked in the public sector, conducting the Orbital Clinic at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Royal and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospitals.
While focusing on clinical care, he has always conducted clinical research to be abreast of and push latest developments. He has published over 130 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and 400 presentations at National and International meetings. He is on the editorial boards of Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.
Complementing his clinical and research efforts he is involved in medical student, registrar and Fellow teaching as Professor of Ophthalmology for the University of Queensland. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and an active Fellow of the American and European Societies of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is on the board of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society. With this academic background, he continues to provide first class care to his patients
Mr Naresh Joshi is Consultant Oculoplastic surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust London and Honorary Consultant to the Royal Marsden. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London.
He is a founder member of the British Ophthalmic Plastic surgical Society (BOPSS), and a past president of the society. Other memberships include BAAPS , ASOPRS, APSOPRS .
Currently, he represents the Royal College of Ophthalmologists on the BSI (British Standards Institute) and CEN (Communite European Normalization) committees for the regulation of safety in aesthetic procedures. He has an interest in periocular aestheic surgery.
Peter Dolman is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada and is on active staff at five hospitals. He is the director of ophthalmology fellowship programs at UBC, division head of oculoplastics and orbit, and a past president of the BC Society of Eye Physicians and the Canadian Society of Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is the past- president of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society and a member of the Orbit Society, an international consortium of orbit experts.
He has supervised over 45 international oculoplastics fellows, has delivered over 250 invited lectures, and published 25 chapters and over 85 journal articles. He recently co-edited a textbook on diseases of the orbit and ocular adnexa which was published in February, 2017.
He has volunteered as a surgeon or lecturer in over 30 developing nations and has received several departmental research and teaching awards, the ASOPRS research award (2007) and the Queen Elizabeth Gold Medal for community service.
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Mr Leatherbarrow was a consultant at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital from 1992-2014. He is now in full time private practice. He trained in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London (1989-1990) and at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A. (1991-1992).
He has worked closely with plastic surgeons, ENT surgeons, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, maxillofacial surgeons, and dermatologists for over 20 years.
He was the Founder Treasurer of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and the President (2011-14). He is a member of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (ESOPRS), the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and an inter-specialty member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).
He has over 100 publications in scientific journals and has contributed 6 book chapters. He is the single author of the major textbook ‘OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY‘. The 3rd Edition of his textbook is due for publication by Thieme in the autumn of 2018.
Mr. Princeton Lee graduated from RCSI in 2003. He finished his ophthalmology specialist training in Ireland. He completed his Oculoplastics and Orbital Fellowships in Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, UK, and in Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Australia. He is currently a consultant in St. Vincent’s University Hospital.
Bijan Beigi, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth
Bijan Beigi specialises in eyelid and mid-face cosmetic and reconstructive surgery as well as lacrimal and orbital surgery. He has performed over 10000 eyelid & mid-face operations to date and pioneered surgical procedures.
His basic ophthalmic training was in Dublin (UCD), Bristol Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospitals (UK). He runs the ocular Adnexal Service in Norwich. He has been a member of ESOPRS for 25 years and a founder member of BOPSS. He has published over 70 articles and delivers regular lectures as a visiting professor.
He has been a lead trainer and external clinical advisor for the Royal college of Ophthalmologists and CQC. He is a special advisor to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) for new surgical procedures in the UK.
Timothy Sullivan completed his Ophthalmology training in 1988, then undertook further subspecialty Fellowship Training in Oculoplastics, Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Paediatric Ophthalmology in Toronto at The Hospital for Sick Children.When he returned to Brisbane in 1992 he joined the Terrace Eye Centre, to provide tertiary and quaternary level subspecialty care. Since then he has also worked in the public sector, conducting the Orbital Clinic at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Royal and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospitals.
While focusing on clinical care, he has always conducted clinical research to be abreast of and push latest developments. He has published over 130 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and 400 presentations at National and International meetings. He is on the editorial boards of Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.
Complementing his clinical and research efforts he is involved in medical student, registrar and Fellow teaching as Professor of Ophthalmology for the University of Queensland. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and an active Fellow of the American and European Societies of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is on the board of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society. With this academic background, he continues to provide first class care to his patients
Peter Dolman is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada and is on active staff at five hospitals. He is the director of ophthalmology fellowship programs at UBC, division head of oculoplastics and orbit, and a past president of the BC Society of Eye Physicians and the Canadian Society of Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is the past- president of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society and a member of the Orbit Society, an international consortium of orbit experts.
He has supervised over 45 international oculoplastics fellows, has delivered over 250 invited lectures, and published 25 chapters and over 85 journal articles. He recently co-edited a textbook on diseases of the orbit and ocular adnexa which was published in February, 2017.
He has volunteered as a surgeon or lecturer in over 30 developing nations and has received several departmental research and teaching awards, the ASOPRS research award (2007) and the Queen Elizabeth Gold Medal for community service.
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Colin Vize is a consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at Hull Royal Infirmary.
He has been an ever present at BOPSS since its inception and is looking forwards to assuming the role of Honorary Secretary after the meeting.
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
Having graduated from Edinburgh University in 1986 Hunter trained in Ophthalmology initially in Edinburgh and subsequently as a Senior Registrar in Newcastle.
Hunter completed a further year as a clinical fellow at the Sydney Eye Hospital, Australia before being appointed Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Portsmouth in 1998. Hunter is currently an Editor of ‘EYE’ and regional representative on the BOPSS committee
Andrew Pearson is a Consultant Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading and Prince Charles Eye Unit, Windsor. He trained at Cambridge University and St Mary’s Hospital, qualifying in 1989. After further training in internal medicine leading to Membership of the Royal College of Physicians he commenced training in ophthalmology with oculoplastic fellowship training at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
Andrew is a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society, runs an oculoplastic fellowship, and has research interests in oculoplastic and especially lacrimal surgery.
Jane Olver is a Consultant Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon at the Western Eye and Charing Cross Hospitals, London (Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust). She also practices privately and founded Clinica London, www.clinicalondon.co.uk). She specializes in Oculoplastic and Endo-Lacrimal Surgery, and also carries out Aesthetic Rejuvenation surgery and treatments.
Jane graduated from St Thomas Hospital Medical School in 1979 and completed her Ophthalmology and Oculoplastic training at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 1994 where she had done two Fellowships, in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and in Adnexal surgery.
In 2000 Jane co-founded the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and became its inaugural secretary. She contributed to writing the BOPSS constitution and helped organize several of the initial BOPSS annual meetings. Her greatest achievement for BOPSS was co-ordinating the 2006 Joint meeting of European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ESOPRS) and BOPSS in London.
Jane has written two Ophthalmic books,; Colour Atlas of Lacrimal Surgery and Ophthalmology at a Glance which is now entering its second edition. She has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers and enjoys lecturing both Nationally and Internationally. She enjoys teaching and training Fellows and Residents.
In 2012 she has been invited to talk at Fusion 2012 in Hyderabad and at the World Ophthalmology Congress WOC in Abu Dhabi on lacrimal, oculoplastic and aesthetic topics, and most recently in April at the 2012 Asio Pacific Association of Ophthalmology (APAO) Meeting in Korea (South) on Endo-Lacrimal surgery.
This year she was part of the team that has been awarded by the Royal College of Ophthalmology the Treacher Collins Prize for a DVD on Viscoelastic with Fluorescein for filling and identifying the lacrimal sac in endo-mlacrimal dacryocystorhinostomy.
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Pat is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon to Beaumont and the Mater Hospitals appointed in 1986 . Hoyt fellowship Neuro Ophthalmology San Francisco 1985. Senior Registar training at Bristol Eye Hospital, United Kingdom. Past member of training committee of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists United Kingdom. Past Treasurer of the ICO. Past member I.S.P.T.C. Organiser of the Neuro Ophthalmology Course at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. Member of vision panel in Dept of Traffic Medicine RCPI . Member of Vision panel DVLA UK. Current President of Irish College of Ophthalmologists
Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Surgeon Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, UK
Raman Malhotra is a Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic surgeon at The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, East Grinstead.
His specialist interests include facial nerve palsy rehabilitation, reconstructive eyelid and orbital surgery, endonasal lacrimal surgery and aesthetic eyelid rejuvenation. He also runs a fellowship training programme.
Mr Malhotra graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of Bristol, completed his basic ophthalmic surgical training at the Western Eye Hospital in London and went on to higher surgical training in Oxford. He undertook fellowship training in Adelaide, Australia, in 2002 before returning to the UK to take up consultant post at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead.
Clare Faul is Consultant Radiation Oncologist at Beaumont Hospital and St Luke’s Hospital, Dublin. Clare is currently Clinical Lead and chair of senior management group SLRON at the Beaumont Hospital. She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Faculty of Radiology. She is an active member of the Cancer Trial Ireland Research group. She undertook a Clinical Fellow Radiation Oncology in Toronto. Her specialism and research interests are inbreast and gynecologic oncology.
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Gerry is a Consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Galway University hospital.
Gerry previously worked as consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Leicester Royal Infirmary 1993-1999.
He undertook an orbital oculoplastic fellowship in Vancouver 1992/3 with Prof Jack Rootman, Frank Buffam, Peter Dolman, and a fellowship in cornea/external eye disease Bristol Eye hospital with Prof David Easty. His senior registrar training was at Bristol Eye Hospital.
8.55 am
National incidence of malignant eyelid tumours in Ireland 2005-2015 101
Clare Quigley – (abstract)
9.00 am
17 years experience of periocular basal cell carcinoma in the under 40 population, within a ‘one-stop tumour clinic’ 102
Ed Saxby – (abstract)
9.05 am
Where did my Tumour Go? : Absence of Residual Basal Cell Carcinoma in Reexcised Specimens, a 10-year Review 103
Lindsay McGrath – (abstract)
9.10 am
Recurrence of basal cell carcinomas following surgical excision – is 5 years surveillance necessary? 104
Fabila Murta – (abstract)
9.15 am
Long-term outcome of eyelid melanoma 105
John Bladen – (abstract)
9.20 am
The genetics of sebaceous gland carcinoma 106
Saul Rajak – (abstract)
9.25 am
The Propeller Flap – a revolutionary technique in periocular reconstruction 107
Jonathan Morton – (abstract)
9.30 am
The tunnelled midline forehead island flap – an elegant single-stage flap for inner canthal reconstruction 108
Jonathan Morton – (abstract)
9.35 am
Efficacy of Porcine Acellular Dermal Matrix in the Management of Lower Eyelid Retraction: Case Series 109
Lindsay McGrath – (abstract)
9.40 am
A New Audit Tool for Oculoplastic Surgical Outcome Data 110
Clare Inkster – (abstract)
9.45 am
Evaluating hair cycle stage in eyelash follicles: a pilot study 111
James Laybourne – (abstract)
9.50 am
Ideal Angle of Lester Jones Tube placement as studied in Thiel-embalmed human cadavers 112
Egle Rostron – (abstract)
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Jeremy is the NHS Consultant Lead for the Oculoplastics Service at the University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust. His areas of interest include plastic and aesthetic surgery around the eye, the management of watery eyes, orbital and socket problems. He has perfomed advanced training Oculoplastics subspeciaity fellowships at The Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia, with Professor Tim Sullivan and Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London, with Professor Richard Collin and Professor Geoffrey Rose. He is particularly experienced in the surgical management of periocular skin cancer.
Eyelid malignancies and eyelid reconstruction
Timothy Sullivan completed his Ophthalmology training in 1988, then undertook further subspecialty Fellowship Training in Oculoplastics, Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Paediatric Ophthalmology in Toronto at The Hospital for Sick Children.When he returned to Brisbane in 1992 he joined the Terrace Eye Centre, to provide tertiary and quaternary level subspecialty care. Since then he has also worked in the public sector, conducting the Orbital Clinic at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Royal and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospitals.
While focusing on clinical care, he has always conducted clinical research to be abreast of and push latest developments. He has published over 130 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and 400 presentations at National and International meetings. He is on the editorial boards of Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.
Complementing his clinical and research efforts he is involved in medical student, registrar and Fellow teaching as Professor of Ophthalmology for the University of Queensland. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and an active Fellow of the American and European Societies of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is on the board of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society. With this academic background, he continues to provide first class care to his patients
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Miss Rachna Murthy is a Consultant ophthalmologist, oculoplastic and peri-ocular reconstructive Surgeon at Cambridge University and Ipswich Hospitals, UK. She has specialist interests in Thyroid Eye Disease, peri-ocular skin cancer management, and peri-ocular aesthetic surgical and non-surgical treatments. Following her specialist training in ophthalmology in the UK, she undertook 3 years of fellowship training in thyroid eye disease, orbital and peri-ocular surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London and The Craniofacial Unit of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London.
She is an invited speaker for the British Thyroid Foundation (BTF) and is faculty for several oculoplastic and orbital courses.
Her research includes the characterisation of triggers and drives for thyroid eye disease and improving the clinical activity and severity assessment of patients with thyroid eye disease. She is also involved in active research in the fields of oculoplastic surgery, tumour management and peri-ocular aesthetics.
Lastly, she leads the regional specialist thyroid eye disease service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
Gerry is a Consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Galway University hospital.
Gerry previously worked as consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Leicester Royal Infirmary 1993-1999.
He undertook an orbital oculoplastic fellowship in Vancouver 1992/3 with Prof Jack Rootman, Frank Buffam, Peter Dolman, and a fellowship in cornea/external eye disease Bristol Eye hospital with Prof David Easty. His senior registrar training was at Bristol Eye Hospital.
Paul Cauchi qualified from The Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in London in 1996. He went into ophthalmology straight after completing his House Jobs. His interest in ophthalmology was ignited by his grandfather who was an accomplished ophthalmologist in Malta and Gozo and was a member of The WHO Trachoma committee.
His early training was mainly in The South of England but travelled North of The Border to Aberdeen and Inverness to complete his Specialist Registrar training. He completed a Fellowship in oculoplastics and ocular oncology in Glasgow. He works in Glasgow with subspecialty interests in oculoplastics, orbit, lacrimal, thyroid eye disease and ocular oncology.
He collaborates closely with the skull base and head and neck teams and regularly operates jointly on complex cases. He leads The Scottish Ocular Oncology Service which is nationally funded and commissioned. He is a member of The British Oculoplastic Surgery Society and hosted the annual meeting in Glasgow. He is on the British Ophthalmic Surveillance Unit (BOSU) council and on the faculty for The European School of Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO). He is currently clinical director of ophthalmology for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Geraldine McCarthy MD, FRCPI Consultant Rheumatologist Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin and Clinical Professor of Medicine University College Dublin, Ireland
Geraldine McCarthy graduated in Medicine from University College Dublin, National University of Ireland. She received her Fellowship in Rheumatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin where she developed her interest in calcium crystal deposition diseases. Her research has focused on the biological effects of calcium-containing crystals in degenerative joint disease as well as in atherosclerosis and breast cancer and has been funded by many sources including the National Institutes of Health, Arthritis Foundation, American Federation for Aging Research, US Department of Defence and the Wellcome Trust. She was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1996 where she remained until her return to Dublin, Ireland. She was appointed Consultant in Rheumatology at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin in 1999 where she continues to run a busy clinical practice and a clinical research program.
As part of her clinical practice, she collaborates closely with her Ophthalmology colleagues in the management with inflammatory eye diseases. She teaches as part of the University College Dublin Faculty of Medicine where she was appointed Clinical Professor of Medicine in 2009.
She is the author of over 130 publications, including original manuscripts, editorials, reviews and book chapters and has spoken at many national and international meetings. She has been winner of several research and teaching awards and has mentored many medicine and science graduates in clinical practice and in research.
Miss Gill Adams is a consultant paediatric ophthalmologist and strabismologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Gill qualified in medicine at Edinburgh University. She became a consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 1994 and is a subspecialist in strabismus (squint) and paediatric ophthalmology. She is currently the Service Director for the strabismus and neuro ophthalmology service. Her practice involves paediatric and adult strabismus including the use of botulinum toxin, paediatric cataract and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening and treatment.
Gill was the Moorfields representative on the Council of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists for 6 years completing her term in 2018. Gill has been a member of Royal College of Ophthalmologists working parties on child abuse and guidelines for ROP. She is a council member of the International Strabismus Association.
In her charity roles Gill has been a member of the Orbis volunteer faculty since 2000, has volunteered for Vision 2020 and CBM and is a trustee of TEDct, a charity supporting patients with thyroid eye disease.
In her spare time Gill plays golf, extremely badly.
12.15 pm
Thyroid Eye Disease in Primary auto-immune Hypothyroidism 113
Laura Abbeel – (abstract)
12.20 pm
A nomenclature to describe the longitudinal sequence of visual field defects in progressive thyroid eye disease compressive optic neuropathy 114
Suzanne Freitag– (abstract)
12.25 pm
Facial Expression Analysis Software in the Objective Assessment of Perceived Emotional State in Thyroid Eye Disease 115
Matthew Edmunds – (abstract)
12.30 pm
Early Low Dose Rituximab for Active Thyroid Eye Disease: An Effective and Well Tolerated Treatment 116
Jonathan Norris – (abstract)
12.35 pm
Mycophenolate mofetil plus systemic steroid in active Graves’ orbitopathy (GO): a review of clinical and safety outcomes 117
Jonathan Kirk – (abstract)
12.40 pm
Grading the clinical severity of epiphora: the TEARS score 118
Chris Schulz – (abstract)
12.45 pm
Developing a Quality-of-Life Measure for Patients with Epiphora 119
Chris Schulz – (abstract)
12.50 pm
Long – term outcomes of endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy 120
Sohraab Yadav – (abstract)
12.55 pm
Lacrimal Scintigraphy in practice: Correlation of imaging with surgical outcome 121
Priscilla Mathewson – (abstract)
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Rizwana came to Ireland in 1997 to pursue advanced training in Ophthalmology. After ten years of post-graduate training at the highest level, Rizwana completed her Fellowship in Orbital, Oculoplastic and Neurophthalmology in 2007. She has contributed to a number of research publications and is involved in ongoing research into related eye conditions.
Robin trained initially as a Dental Technologist at The Eastman Dental Institute London. Robin gained advanced certification as a Maxillofacial Technologist and Prosthetist whilst at Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge. In 1973 he was appointed as a Technical Officer at the Department of Health progressing to the role of Northern Regional Manager of Ocular Prosthetic Services.
n 1982 Robin was appointed as Principal Ocularist at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital where he set up and ran the Department of Ocular Prosthetics until 2018. He trained a number of ocularists during his years at the hospital. He also opened a private practice in Manchester in 1982 extending it to Dublin in 1996 and to Durham in 2006.
Robin has published a number of papers and has lectured internationally in the field of ocular prosthetics and he mentors young ocularists abroad.
Robin is a founder member of both the Association of European Ocularists and the Association of British Ocularists. He is a Diplomate of the American Society of Ocularists.
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Mr. Tim Fulcher MMedSci(Anatomy), EBOD, FRCOphth.
Having graduated from University College Dublin and completed a Masters of Medical Science in Anatomy, Tim completed his Ophthalmic Surgery training in Ireland.
Tim undertook a Fellowship in Corneal and External eye disease in Moorfields and then a further Fellowship in Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital disease in Brisbane, Australia.
Tim was appointed as a Consultant to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin in 2000, where he manages the Ocular adnexal service. Tim is also an Honorary Consultant to the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street , Dublin.
As a former chairman of the manpower, education and training committee of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists and current unit programme director, Tim also hosts an annual surgical training course for Basic Specialist Trainees.
Bernie is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Head of Oculoplastics, Lacrimal and Orbital surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He is visiting professor of Ophthalmology, UNIMAS. His interests are in lacrimal and orbital surgery, eyelid tumours and cancers, Thyroid eye disease, eyelid and orbital inflammation. Bernie has published many papers in international journals and has also co-authored a medical textbook entitled ‘Anterior Segment Repair & Reconstruction: Techniques & Medico-legal issues. In his spare time, he enjoys playing tennis, badminton and watching plays and musicals.
Mr René is a Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital (Cambridge) and Hinchingbrooke Hospital (Huntingdon). He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine.
He qualified at Middlesex Hospital in London in 1985 and completed junior ophthalmology training in London and the South East, before moving to Birmingham for a period of research, followed by Ophthalmology Higher Surgical Training in Birmingham and the West Midlands region. He completed subspecialty fellowship training at Queen’s Medical Centre (Nottingham) and Moorfields Eye Hospital (London), and took up his consultant post in Cambridge and Huntingdon in 1998. He practices exclusively in all aspects of adnexal surgery, with a special interest in lacrimal surgery, orbital surgery and reconstructive eyelid surgery.
Mr René is a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS). He served the Society for 4 years as the Treasurer and is the current President. He is passionate about teaching and has run a very successful fellowship programme in Cambridge since 2004. He has been a faculty member on the Ipswich Lacrimal Course since its inception and he has been a visiting consultant on the Lifeline Express Teaching Programme in China since 2013.
His main interests outside medicine are photography, music, family and cooking.
Peter Dolman is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada and is on active staff at five hospitals. He is the director of ophthalmology fellowship programs at UBC, division head of oculoplastics and orbit, and a past president of the BC Society of Eye Physicians and the Canadian Society of Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is the past- president of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society and a member of the Orbit Society, an international consortium of orbit experts.
He has supervised over 45 international oculoplastics fellows, has delivered over 250 invited lectures, and published 25 chapters and over 85 journal articles. He recently co-edited a textbook on diseases of the orbit and ocular adnexa which was published in February, 2017.
He has volunteered as a surgeon or lecturer in over 30 developing nations and has received several departmental research and teaching awards, the ASOPRS research award (2007) and the Queen Elizabeth Gold Medal for community service.
Manoj Parulekar is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Birmingham Childrens Hospital and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Mr Parulekar is involved in clinical and basic science research, collaborating with biomedical scientists and other academics in UK and abroad to develop and evaluate new treatments and diagnostic tests for a variety of eye conditions. He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham.
Mr Parulekar has a major interest in international ophthalmology, contributing to and learning from ophthalmic services in developing countries. He is a trustee of Sightsavers International, a charity dealing with prevention and treatment of blindness. He is involved with the Vision 2020 links programme and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, developing ophthalmology services in Africa (Tanzania).
Mr Parulekar contributes actively to the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and is program secretary, scientific committee and paediatric sub-committee member, and on the microsurgical training faculty. He is treasurer of the
Oxford Ophthalmological Congress.
Day 2
Mr. Tim Fulcher MMedSci(Anatomy), EBOD, FRCOphth.
Having graduated from University College Dublin and completed a Masters of Medical Science in Anatomy, Tim completed his Ophthalmic Surgery training in Ireland.
Tim undertook a Fellowship in Corneal and External eye disease in Moorfields and then a further Fellowship in Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital disease in Brisbane, Australia.
Tim was appointed as a Consultant to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin in 2000, where he manages the Ocular adnexal service. Tim is also an Honorary Consultant to the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street , Dublin.
As a former chairman of the manpower, education and training committee of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists and current unit programme director, Tim also hosts an annual surgical training course for Basic Specialist Trainees.
8.55 am
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland: Survival outcomes from a Dutch Orbital Centre 201
Raji Joganathan – (abstract)
9.00 am
Use of simultaneous surgical tumour excision and brachytherapy in orbital malignancies 202
Raji Joganathan – (abstract)
9.05 am
Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT): A vision preserving treatment in optic nerve sheath & peri-optic nerve meningiomas 203
Stephanie Chiu – (abstract)
9.10 am
Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma: Late Effects 204
Connor Malone – (abstract)
9.15 am
Orbital lymphoma in an Irish cohort from 2008 to 2018 205
Michaél O’Rourke – (abstract)
9.20 am
The incidence of primary malignant orbital tumours in England over a fifteen year period (2000 – 2014) 206
Johnathan Than – (abstract)
9.25 am
Management of orbital cellulitis – Southampton experience 207
Maria de Bono Agius – (abstract)
9.30 am
Orbital Mycoses in an Adult Subtropical Population 208
Tim Sullivan – (abstract)
9.35 am
Management of Acute Retrobulbar Haemorrhage: A Survey of Non-Ophthalmic Emergency Department Physicians 209
Matthew Edmunds – (abstract)
9.40 am
UK Prospective National Surveillance of the incidence of Emergency Canthotomy & Cantholysis 210
Jonathan Roos – (abstract)
9.45 am
Endovascular treatment of carotid-cavernous sinus fistulas: ophthalmic and visual outcomes at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital 211
Yun Wong – (abstract)
9.50 am
Customized polyetherketone (PEEK) implants in the reconstruction of orbital defects 212
Fiona Jazayeri – (abstract)
Chaired by:
Trends and controversies in DCR surgery
Peter Dolman is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada and is on active staff at five hospitals. He is the director of ophthalmology fellowship programs at UBC, division head of oculoplastics and orbit, and a past president of the BC Society of Eye Physicians and the Canadian Society of Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is the past- president of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society and a member of the Orbit Society, an international consortium of orbit experts.
He has supervised over 45 international oculoplastics fellows, has delivered over 250 invited lectures, and published 25 chapters and over 85 journal articles. He recently co-edited a textbook on diseases of the orbit and ocular adnexa which was published in February, 2017.
He has volunteered as a surgeon or lecturer in over 30 developing nations and has received several departmental research and teaching awards, the ASOPRS research award (2007) and the Queen Elizabeth Gold Medal for community service.
Chaired by:
Mr René is a Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital (Cambridge) and Hinchingbrooke Hospital (Huntingdon). He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine.
He qualified at Middlesex Hospital in London in 1985 and completed junior ophthalmology training in London and the South East, before moving to Birmingham for a period of research, followed by Ophthalmology Higher Surgical Training in Birmingham and the West Midlands region. He completed subspecialty fellowship training at Queen’s Medical Centre (Nottingham) and Moorfields Eye Hospital (London), and took up his consultant post in Cambridge and Huntingdon in 1998. He practices exclusively in all aspects of adnexal surgery, with a special interest in lacrimal surgery, orbital surgery and reconstructive eyelid surgery.
Mr René is a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS). He served the Society for 4 years as the Treasurer and is the current President. He is passionate about teaching and has run a very successful fellowship programme in Cambridge since 2004. He has been a faculty member on the Ipswich Lacrimal Course since its inception and he has been a visiting consultant on the Lifeline Express Teaching Programme in China since 2013.
His main interests outside medicine are photography, music, family and cooking.
Timothy Sullivan completed his Ophthalmology training in 1988, then undertook further subspecialty Fellowship Training in Oculoplastics, Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Paediatric Ophthalmology in Toronto at The Hospital for Sick Children.When he returned to Brisbane in 1992 he joined the Terrace Eye Centre, to provide tertiary and quaternary level subspecialty care. Since then he has also worked in the public sector, conducting the Orbital Clinic at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Royal and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospitals.
While focusing on clinical care, he has always conducted clinical research to be abreast of and push latest developments. He has published over 130 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and 400 presentations at National and International meetings. He is on the editorial boards of Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.
Complementing his clinical and research efforts he is involved in medical student, registrar and Fellow teaching as Professor of Ophthalmology for the University of Queensland. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and an active Fellow of the American and European Societies of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is on the board of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society. With this academic background, he continues to provide first class care to his patients
Mr Sachin Salvi is a Consultant Ophthalmologist specializing in Ocular Oncology and Adnexal surgery at Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
He is the MDT lead at the National Sheffield Ocular Oncology Service, one of three designated Ocular Oncology Centers in England. He is one of the select few Ophthalmologists in the country managing the full spectrum of adult ophthalmic oncology patients including eyelid, conjunctival, intraocular and orbital tumours.
As the regional Orbital surgery lead, his interests include optic nerve sheath fenestration surgery, orbital decompression surgery for thyroid eye disease and post traumatic orbital reconstruction. He has trained extensively in India, UK and USA with Fellowship training at Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield; Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, USA.
He is regularly involved in voluntary Ophthalmic work in Trinidad and Tobago as well as in India. His sporting passion is cricket and is the founding member of Sheffield Medics Cricket Club, currently positioned in the second division of the Yorkshire and Derbyshire league.
Dr Michael Capra is a Paediatric Oncologist at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Dublin.
Michael graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1987 following which he completed his postgraduate paediatric and specialist paediatric oncology training in the United Kingdom in London and Nottingham.
He obtained his Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (London) in 1995 and his Masters in Medical Education (Nottingham) in 2000 prior to commencing his Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Fellowship in The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto in 2001. He was appointed on staff at the same institution in 2003, a post he held until 2006 when he relocated to Dublin to take up a Paediatric Oncology Consultant post in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital.
He is a member of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), SIOPEL Childhood Liver Tumour Study Group, SIOPE Brain Tumour Group, the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG), and the Children’s Oncology Group (COG).
Mr David Verity is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, and Adnexal Service Director, at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University College London
Trained in ophthalmology in UK, Mr Verity undertook two Fellowships in ophthalmic adnexal disease before joining the Consultant staff at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 2004.
He is a Full Member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society and Member of the International Society of Ocular Oncology.
In 2009, he was elected to the Orbital Society, in 2010 became Editor-in Chief of the journal ORBIT, and in 2016 became Oculoplastic Section Editor for the Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research. His medical publications in peer-reviewed journals and books include 90(+) publications, and with a wide range of research interests, he is an active national and international teacher and surgical trainer.
Mr Verity also has a life-long interest in the charitable work of the St John Eye Hospital Group (www.soa.global). In 2014 he was invested in the Order of St John, and in 2016 joined the Board as Trustee of the Hospital Group.
Chaired by:
Bijan Beigi, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth
Bijan Beigi specialises in eyelid and mid-face cosmetic and reconstructive surgery as well as lacrimal and orbital surgery. He has performed over 10000 eyelid & mid-face operations to date and pioneered surgical procedures.
His basic ophthalmic training was in Dublin (UCD), Bristol Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospitals (UK). He runs the ocular Adnexal Service in Norwich. He has been a member of ESOPRS for 25 years and a founder member of BOPSS. He has published over 70 articles and delivers regular lectures as a visiting professor.
He has been a lead trainer and external clinical advisor for the Royal college of Ophthalmologists and CQC. He is a special advisor to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) for new surgical procedures in the UK.
Kate Coleman qualified in the Royal college of Surgeons in Ireland before training the the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and attaining her FRCS(Ed) and FRCOphth. In March 1988 she presented a review on patients treated with Botulinum Toxin to the Royal Irish Academy of Medicine before developing techniques for facial balancing in the same patients. She was the first Orbital and Oculoplastic Fellow with the late Professor Leo Koorneef in the Academisch Medical Center in Amsterdam where she also had the privilege of working with Graves Ophthalmology expert, Marten Mourits. She defended her PhD in choroidal melanoma at the Free University Amsterdam with Professor Jan Baak and Professor Mary Leader RCSI Dublin before finishing her SR training in Cork and Dublin. She was lecturer at the Mater Hospital for two years prior to establishing her Ophthalmic surgery practice at Blackrock Clinic, Dublin, in 1996.
Since 2012 she has restricted her practice to orbital, lacrimal and oculoplastic surgery with a special interest in neuromodulation and facial asymmetry. In 2000 she presented a symposium on the use of Botulinum Toxin for Rejuvenation for Allergan at the Royal Society of Medicine, London before subsequently writing a didactic handbook in 2003. This book has been published in six languages and the second edition is in press, with a focus on the Art of botulinum toxin administration for rejuvenation
Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Surgeon, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, UK
I graduated from Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, London, in 1991 and then
trained in general ophthalmology in Manchester & North West England.
After Oculoplastic Fellowships in Auckland & Manchester, I was appointed as a Consultant Oculoplastic, Lacrimal & Orbital Surgeon in 2002 at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH) where I’m the Clinical Lead for Oculoplastic Surgery.
I also co-run a renowned Fellowship in Oculoplastic Surgery at MREH.
My work for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ (RCOphth) includes College Tutor (2005-12) and currently Regional Adviser.
I’m a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and represent both RCOphth & BOPSS at the RCSEng Cosmetic Surgery Interspecialty Committee.
Miss Rachna Murthy is a Consultant ophthalmologist, oculoplastic and peri-ocular reconstructive Surgeon at Cambridge University and Ipswich Hospitals, UK. She has specialist interests in Thyroid Eye Disease, peri-ocular skin cancer management, and peri-ocular aesthetic surgical and non-surgical treatments. Following her specialist training in ophthalmology in the UK, she undertook 3 years of fellowship training in thyroid eye disease, orbital and peri-ocular surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London and The Craniofacial Unit of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London.
She is an invited speaker for the British Thyroid Foundation (BTF) and is faculty for several oculoplastic and orbital courses.
Her research includes the characterisation of triggers and drives for thyroid eye disease and improving the clinical activity and severity assessment of patients with thyroid eye disease. She is also involved in active research in the fields of oculoplastic surgery, tumour management and peri-ocular aesthetics.
Lastly, she leads the regional specialist thyroid eye disease service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
Mr Leatherbarrow was a consultant at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital from 1992-2014. He is now in full time private practice. He trained in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London (1989-1990) and at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A. (1991-1992).
He has worked closely with plastic surgeons, ENT surgeons, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, maxillofacial surgeons, and dermatologists for over 20 years.
He was the Founder Treasurer of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and the President (2011-14). He is a member of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (ESOPRS), the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and an inter-specialty member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).
He has over 100 publications in scientific journals and has contributed 6 book chapters. He is the single author of the major textbook ‘OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY‘. The 3rd Edition of his textbook is due for publication by Thieme in the autumn of 2018.
BOPSS 2019 in Nottingham, 19-21st June 2019
Mr. Tim Fulcher MMedSci(Anatomy), EBOD, FRCOphth.
Having graduated from University College Dublin and completed a Masters of Medical Science in Anatomy, Tim completed his Ophthalmic Surgery training in Ireland.
Tim undertook a Fellowship in Corneal and External eye disease in Moorfields and then a further Fellowship in Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital disease in Brisbane, Australia.
Tim was appointed as a Consultant to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin in 2000, where he manages the Ocular adnexal service. Tim is also an Honorary Consultant to the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street , Dublin.
As a former chairman of the manpower, education and training committee of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists and current unit programme director, Tim also hosts an annual surgical training course for Basic Specialist Trainees.
8.55 am
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland: Survival outcomes from a Dutch Orbital Centre 201
Raji Joganathan – (abstract)
9.00 am
Use of simultaneous surgical tumour excision and brachytherapy in orbital malignancies 202
Raji Joganathan – (abstract)
9.05 am
Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT): A vision preserving treatment in optic nerve sheath & peri-optic nerve meningiomas 203
Stephanie Chiu – (abstract)
9.10 am
Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma: Late Effects 204
Connor Malone – (abstract)
9.15 am
Orbital lymphoma in an Irish cohort from 2008 to 2018 205
Michaél O’Rourke – (abstract)
9.20 am
The incidence of primary malignant orbital tumours in England over a fifteen year period (2000 – 2014) 206
Johnathan Than – (abstract)
9.25 am
Management of orbital cellulitis – Southampton experience 207
Maria de Bono Agius – (abstract)
9.30 am
Orbital Mycoses in an Adult Subtropical Population 208
Tim Sullivan – (abstract)
9.35 am
Management of Acute Retrobulbar Haemorrhage: A Survey of Non-Ophthalmic Emergency Department Physicians 209
Matthew Edmunds – (abstract)
9.40 am
UK Prospective National Surveillance of the incidence of Emergency Canthotomy & Cantholysis 210
Jonathan Roos – (abstract)
9.45 am
Endovascular treatment of carotid-cavernous sinus fistulas: ophthalmic and visual outcomes at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital 211
Yun Wong – (abstract)
9.50 am
Customized polyetherketone (PEEK) implants in the reconstruction of orbital defects 212
Fiona Jazayeri – (abstract)
Chaired by:
Trends and controversies in DCR surgery
Peter Dolman is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada and is on active staff at five hospitals. He is the director of ophthalmology fellowship programs at UBC, division head of oculoplastics and orbit, and a past president of the BC Society of Eye Physicians and the Canadian Society of Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is the past- president of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society and a member of the Orbit Society, an international consortium of orbit experts.
He has supervised over 45 international oculoplastics fellows, has delivered over 250 invited lectures, and published 25 chapters and over 85 journal articles. He recently co-edited a textbook on diseases of the orbit and ocular adnexa which was published in February, 2017.
He has volunteered as a surgeon or lecturer in over 30 developing nations and has received several departmental research and teaching awards, the ASOPRS research award (2007) and the Queen Elizabeth Gold Medal for community service.
Chaired by:
Mr René is a Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital (Cambridge) and Hinchingbrooke Hospital (Huntingdon). He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine.
He qualified at Middlesex Hospital in London in 1985 and completed junior ophthalmology training in London and the South East, before moving to Birmingham for a period of research, followed by Ophthalmology Higher Surgical Training in Birmingham and the West Midlands region. He completed subspecialty fellowship training at Queen’s Medical Centre (Nottingham) and Moorfields Eye Hospital (London), and took up his consultant post in Cambridge and Huntingdon in 1998. He practices exclusively in all aspects of adnexal surgery, with a special interest in lacrimal surgery, orbital surgery and reconstructive eyelid surgery.
Mr René is a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS). He served the Society for 4 years as the Treasurer and is the current President. He is passionate about teaching and has run a very successful fellowship programme in Cambridge since 2004. He has been a faculty member on the Ipswich Lacrimal Course since its inception and he has been a visiting consultant on the Lifeline Express Teaching Programme in China since 2013.
His main interests outside medicine are photography, music, family and cooking.
Timothy Sullivan completed his Ophthalmology training in 1988, then undertook further subspecialty Fellowship Training in Oculoplastics, Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Paediatric Ophthalmology in Toronto at The Hospital for Sick Children.When he returned to Brisbane in 1992 he joined the Terrace Eye Centre, to provide tertiary and quaternary level subspecialty care. Since then he has also worked in the public sector, conducting the Orbital Clinic at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Royal and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospitals.
While focusing on clinical care, he has always conducted clinical research to be abreast of and push latest developments. He has published over 130 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and 400 presentations at National and International meetings. He is on the editorial boards of Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.
Complementing his clinical and research efforts he is involved in medical student, registrar and Fellow teaching as Professor of Ophthalmology for the University of Queensland. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and an active Fellow of the American and European Societies of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is on the board of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society. With this academic background, he continues to provide first class care to his patients
Mr Sachin Salvi is a Consultant Ophthalmologist specializing in Ocular Oncology and Adnexal surgery at Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
He is the MDT lead at the National Sheffield Ocular Oncology Service, one of three designated Ocular Oncology Centers in England. He is one of the select few Ophthalmologists in the country managing the full spectrum of adult ophthalmic oncology patients including eyelid, conjunctival, intraocular and orbital tumours.
As the regional Orbital surgery lead, his interests include optic nerve sheath fenestration surgery, orbital decompression surgery for thyroid eye disease and post traumatic orbital reconstruction. He has trained extensively in India, UK and USA with Fellowship training at Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield; Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, USA.
He is regularly involved in voluntary Ophthalmic work in Trinidad and Tobago as well as in India. His sporting passion is cricket and is the founding member of Sheffield Medics Cricket Club, currently positioned in the second division of the Yorkshire and Derbyshire league.
Dr Michael Capra is a Paediatric Oncologist at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Dublin.
Michael graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1987 following which he completed his postgraduate paediatric and specialist paediatric oncology training in the United Kingdom in London and Nottingham.
He obtained his Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (London) in 1995 and his Masters in Medical Education (Nottingham) in 2000 prior to commencing his Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Fellowship in The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto in 2001. He was appointed on staff at the same institution in 2003, a post he held until 2006 when he relocated to Dublin to take up a Paediatric Oncology Consultant post in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital.
He is a member of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), SIOPEL Childhood Liver Tumour Study Group, SIOPE Brain Tumour Group, the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG), and the Children’s Oncology Group (COG).
Mr David Verity is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, and Adnexal Service Director, at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University College London
Trained in ophthalmology in UK, Mr Verity undertook two Fellowships in ophthalmic adnexal disease before joining the Consultant staff at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 2004.
He is a Full Member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society and Member of the International Society of Ocular Oncology.
In 2009, he was elected to the Orbital Society, in 2010 became Editor-in Chief of the journal ORBIT, and in 2016 became Oculoplastic Section Editor for the Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research. His medical publications in peer-reviewed journals and books include 90(+) publications, and with a wide range of research interests, he is an active national and international teacher and surgical trainer.
Mr Verity also has a life-long interest in the charitable work of the St John Eye Hospital Group (www.soa.global). In 2014 he was invested in the Order of St John, and in 2016 joined the Board as Trustee of the Hospital Group.
Chaired by:
Bijan Beigi, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth
Bijan Beigi specialises in eyelid and mid-face cosmetic and reconstructive surgery as well as lacrimal and orbital surgery. He has performed over 10000 eyelid & mid-face operations to date and pioneered surgical procedures.
His basic ophthalmic training was in Dublin (UCD), Bristol Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospitals (UK). He runs the ocular Adnexal Service in Norwich. He has been a member of ESOPRS for 25 years and a founder member of BOPSS. He has published over 70 articles and delivers regular lectures as a visiting professor.
He has been a lead trainer and external clinical advisor for the Royal college of Ophthalmologists and CQC. He is a special advisor to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) for new surgical procedures in the UK.
Kate Coleman qualified in the Royal college of Surgeons in Ireland before training the the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and attaining her FRCS(Ed) and FRCOphth. In March 1988 she presented a review on patients treated with Botulinum Toxin to the Royal Irish Academy of Medicine before developing techniques for facial balancing in the same patients. She was the first Orbital and Oculoplastic Fellow with the late Professor Leo Koorneef in the Academisch Medical Center in Amsterdam where she also had the privilege of working with Graves Ophthalmology expert, Marten Mourits. She defended her PhD in choroidal melanoma at the Free University Amsterdam with Professor Jan Baak and Professor Mary Leader RCSI Dublin before finishing her SR training in Cork and Dublin. She was lecturer at the Mater Hospital for two years prior to establishing her Ophthalmic surgery practice at Blackrock Clinic, Dublin, in 1996.
Since 2012 she has restricted her practice to orbital, lacrimal and oculoplastic surgery with a special interest in neuromodulation and facial asymmetry. In 2000 she presented a symposium on the use of Botulinum Toxin for Rejuvenation for Allergan at the Royal Society of Medicine, London before subsequently writing a didactic handbook in 2003. This book has been published in six languages and the second edition is in press, with a focus on the Art of botulinum toxin administration for rejuvenation
Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Surgeon, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, UK
I graduated from Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, London, in 1991 and then
trained in general ophthalmology in Manchester & North West England.
After Oculoplastic Fellowships in Auckland & Manchester, I was appointed as a Consultant Oculoplastic, Lacrimal & Orbital Surgeon in 2002 at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH) where I’m the Clinical Lead for Oculoplastic Surgery.
I also co-run a renowned Fellowship in Oculoplastic Surgery at MREH.
My work for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ (RCOphth) includes College Tutor (2005-12) and currently Regional Adviser.
I’m a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and represent both RCOphth & BOPSS at the RCSEng Cosmetic Surgery Interspecialty Committee.
Miss Rachna Murthy is a Consultant ophthalmologist, oculoplastic and peri-ocular reconstructive Surgeon at Cambridge University and Ipswich Hospitals, UK. She has specialist interests in Thyroid Eye Disease, peri-ocular skin cancer management, and peri-ocular aesthetic surgical and non-surgical treatments. Following her specialist training in ophthalmology in the UK, she undertook 3 years of fellowship training in thyroid eye disease, orbital and peri-ocular surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London and The Craniofacial Unit of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London.
She is an invited speaker for the British Thyroid Foundation (BTF) and is faculty for several oculoplastic and orbital courses.
Her research includes the characterisation of triggers and drives for thyroid eye disease and improving the clinical activity and severity assessment of patients with thyroid eye disease. She is also involved in active research in the fields of oculoplastic surgery, tumour management and peri-ocular aesthetics.
Lastly, she leads the regional specialist thyroid eye disease service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
Mr Leatherbarrow was a consultant at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital from 1992-2014. He is now in full time private practice. He trained in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London (1989-1990) and at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A. (1991-1992).
He has worked closely with plastic surgeons, ENT surgeons, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, maxillofacial surgeons, and dermatologists for over 20 years.
He was the Founder Treasurer of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and the President (2011-14). He is a member of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (ESOPRS), the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and an inter-specialty member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).
He has over 100 publications in scientific journals and has contributed 6 book chapters. He is the single author of the major textbook ‘OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY‘. The 3rd Edition of his textbook is due for publication by Thieme in the autumn of 2018.
BOPSS 2019 in Nottingham, 19-21st June 2019
Mr. Tim Fulcher MMedSci(Anatomy), EBOD, FRCOphth.
Having graduated from University College Dublin and completed a Masters of Medical Science in Anatomy, Tim completed his Ophthalmic Surgery training in Ireland.
Tim undertook a Fellowship in Corneal and External eye disease in Moorfields and then a further Fellowship in Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital disease in Brisbane, Australia.
Tim was appointed as a Consultant to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin in 2000, where he manages the Ocular adnexal service. Tim is also an Honorary Consultant to the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street , Dublin.
As a former chairman of the manpower, education and training committee of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists and current unit programme director, Tim also hosts an annual surgical training course for Basic Specialist Trainees.
Chaired by:
Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Surgeon, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, UK
I graduated from Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, London, in 1991 and then
trained in general ophthalmology in Manchester & North West England.
After Oculoplastic Fellowships in Auckland & Manchester, I was appointed as a Consultant Oculoplastic, Lacrimal & Orbital Surgeon in 2002 at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH) where I’m the Clinical Lead for Oculoplastic Surgery.
I also co-run a renowned Fellowship in Oculoplastic Surgery at MREH.
My work for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ (RCOphth) includes College Tutor (2005-12) and currently Regional Adviser.
I’m a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and represent both RCOphth & BOPSS at the RCSEng Cosmetic Surgery Interspecialty Committee.
Andrew is a consultant oculoplastic surgeon at James Cook University Hospital in the North East of England. After medical school he spent three years as a medical officer with the Royal Marines before starting ophthalmology training in 2007. Registrar training was completed in the Oxford Region followed by further training in London and Vancouver where he was awarded a fellowship in orbit, oculoplastic surgery and outdoor recreation by Prof Dolman.
He is recognised in the Northern Deanery as an enthusiastic teacher of undergraduate and postgraduate students, well known for his pragmatic advice.
Bijan Beigi, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth
Bijan Beigi specialises in eyelid and mid-face cosmetic and reconstructive surgery as well as lacrimal and orbital surgery. He has performed over 10000 eyelid & mid-face operations to date and pioneered surgical procedures.
His basic ophthalmic training was in Dublin (UCD), Bristol Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospitals (UK). He runs the ocular Adnexal Service in Norwich. He has been a member of ESOPRS for 25 years and a founder member of BOPSS. He has published over 70 articles and delivers regular lectures as a visiting professor.
He has been a lead trainer and external clinical advisor for the Royal college of Ophthalmologists and CQC. He is a special advisor to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) for new surgical procedures in the UK.
Mr Aidan Murray is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon with a specialist interest in Oculoplastic, Orbital and Lacrimal surgery. He is clinical lead at the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre and the University Hospitals NHS Trust at the Queen Elizabeth hospital. He co-runs a post CCT Fellowship in Oculoplastic surgery at BMEC.
Aidan graduated from the Royal London Hospital and trained in the North East and the West Midlands before undertaking Oculoplastic Fellowships in Southampton/Salisbury and Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Examiner for the Royal college of Ophthalmologists
Founder member of BOPSS and founded the Midland Oculoplastic Surgeons Society.
Organiser of the 3rd British Oculoplastic Society meeting in Birmingham.
He has a keen interest in sailing, and open water swimming.
Timothy Sullivan completed his Ophthalmology training in 1988, then undertook further subspecialty Fellowship Training in Oculoplastics, Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Paediatric Ophthalmology in Toronto at The Hospital for Sick Children.When he returned to Brisbane in 1992 he joined the Terrace Eye Centre, to provide tertiary and quaternary level subspecialty care. Since then he has also worked in the public sector, conducting the Orbital Clinic at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Royal and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospitals.
While focusing on clinical care, he has always conducted clinical research to be abreast of and push latest developments. He has published over 130 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and 400 presentations at National and International meetings. He is on the editorial boards of Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.
Complementing his clinical and research efforts he is involved in medical student, registrar and Fellow teaching as Professor of Ophthalmology for the University of Queensland. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and an active Fellow of the American and European Societies of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is on the board of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society. With this academic background, he continues to provide first class care to his patients
Mr Naresh Joshi is Consultant Oculoplastic surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust London and Honorary Consultant to the Royal Marsden. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London.
He is a founder member of the British Ophthalmic Plastic surgical Society (BOPSS), and a past president of the society. Other memberships include BAAPS , ASOPRS, APSOPRS .
Currently, he represents the Royal College of Ophthalmologists on the BSI (British Standards Institute) and CEN (Communite European Normalization) committees for the regulation of safety in aesthetic procedures. He has an interest in periocular aestheic surgery.
Peter Dolman is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada and is on active staff at five hospitals. He is the director of ophthalmology fellowship programs at UBC, division head of oculoplastics and orbit, and a past president of the BC Society of Eye Physicians and the Canadian Society of Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is the past- president of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society and a member of the Orbit Society, an international consortium of orbit experts.
He has supervised over 45 international oculoplastics fellows, has delivered over 250 invited lectures, and published 25 chapters and over 85 journal articles. He recently co-edited a textbook on diseases of the orbit and ocular adnexa which was published in February, 2017.
He has volunteered as a surgeon or lecturer in over 30 developing nations and has received several departmental research and teaching awards, the ASOPRS research award (2007) and the Queen Elizabeth Gold Medal for community service.
Chaired by:
Mr Leatherbarrow was a consultant at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital from 1992-2014. He is now in full time private practice. He trained in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London (1989-1990) and at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A. (1991-1992).
He has worked closely with plastic surgeons, ENT surgeons, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, maxillofacial surgeons, and dermatologists for over 20 years.
He was the Founder Treasurer of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and the President (2011-14). He is a member of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (ESOPRS), the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and an inter-specialty member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).
He has over 100 publications in scientific journals and has contributed 6 book chapters. He is the single author of the major textbook ‘OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY‘. The 3rd Edition of his textbook is due for publication by Thieme in the autumn of 2018.
Mr. Princeton Lee graduated from RCSI in 2003. He finished his ophthalmology specialist training in Ireland. He completed his Oculoplastics and Orbital Fellowships in Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, UK, and in Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Australia. He is currently a consultant in St. Vincent’s University Hospital.
Bijan Beigi, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth
Bijan Beigi specialises in eyelid and mid-face cosmetic and reconstructive surgery as well as lacrimal and orbital surgery. He has performed over 10000 eyelid & mid-face operations to date and pioneered surgical procedures.
His basic ophthalmic training was in Dublin (UCD), Bristol Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospitals (UK). He runs the ocular Adnexal Service in Norwich. He has been a member of ESOPRS for 25 years and a founder member of BOPSS. He has published over 70 articles and delivers regular lectures as a visiting professor.
He has been a lead trainer and external clinical advisor for the Royal college of Ophthalmologists and CQC. He is a special advisor to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) for new surgical procedures in the UK.
Timothy Sullivan completed his Ophthalmology training in 1988, then undertook further subspecialty Fellowship Training in Oculoplastics, Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Paediatric Ophthalmology in Toronto at The Hospital for Sick Children.When he returned to Brisbane in 1992 he joined the Terrace Eye Centre, to provide tertiary and quaternary level subspecialty care. Since then he has also worked in the public sector, conducting the Orbital Clinic at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Royal and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospitals.
While focusing on clinical care, he has always conducted clinical research to be abreast of and push latest developments. He has published over 130 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and 400 presentations at National and International meetings. He is on the editorial boards of Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.
Complementing his clinical and research efforts he is involved in medical student, registrar and Fellow teaching as Professor of Ophthalmology for the University of Queensland. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and an active Fellow of the American and European Societies of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is on the board of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society. With this academic background, he continues to provide first class care to his patients
Peter Dolman is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada and is on active staff at five hospitals. He is the director of ophthalmology fellowship programs at UBC, division head of oculoplastics and orbit, and a past president of the BC Society of Eye Physicians and the Canadian Society of Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is the past- president of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society and a member of the Orbit Society, an international consortium of orbit experts.
He has supervised over 45 international oculoplastics fellows, has delivered over 250 invited lectures, and published 25 chapters and over 85 journal articles. He recently co-edited a textbook on diseases of the orbit and ocular adnexa which was published in February, 2017.
He has volunteered as a surgeon or lecturer in over 30 developing nations and has received several departmental research and teaching awards, the ASOPRS research award (2007) and the Queen Elizabeth Gold Medal for community service.
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Colin Vize is a consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at Hull Royal Infirmary.
He has been an ever present at BOPSS since its inception and is looking forwards to assuming the role of Honorary Secretary after the meeting.
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
Having graduated from Edinburgh University in 1986 Hunter trained in Ophthalmology initially in Edinburgh and subsequently as a Senior Registrar in Newcastle.
Hunter completed a further year as a clinical fellow at the Sydney Eye Hospital, Australia before being appointed Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Portsmouth in 1998. Hunter is currently an Editor of ‘EYE’ and regional representative on the BOPSS committee
Andrew Pearson is a Consultant Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading and Prince Charles Eye Unit, Windsor. He trained at Cambridge University and St Mary’s Hospital, qualifying in 1989. After further training in internal medicine leading to Membership of the Royal College of Physicians he commenced training in ophthalmology with oculoplastic fellowship training at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
Andrew is a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society, runs an oculoplastic fellowship, and has research interests in oculoplastic and especially lacrimal surgery.
Jane Olver is a Consultant Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon at the Western Eye and Charing Cross Hospitals, London (Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust). She also practices privately and founded Clinica London, www.clinicalondon.co.uk). She specializes in Oculoplastic and Endo-Lacrimal Surgery, and also carries out Aesthetic Rejuvenation surgery and treatments.
Jane graduated from St Thomas Hospital Medical School in 1979 and completed her Ophthalmology and Oculoplastic training at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 1994 where she had done two Fellowships, in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and in Adnexal surgery.
In 2000 Jane co-founded the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and became its inaugural secretary. She contributed to writing the BOPSS constitution and helped organize several of the initial BOPSS annual meetings. Her greatest achievement for BOPSS was co-ordinating the 2006 Joint meeting of European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ESOPRS) and BOPSS in London.
Jane has written two Ophthalmic books,; Colour Atlas of Lacrimal Surgery and Ophthalmology at a Glance which is now entering its second edition. She has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers and enjoys lecturing both Nationally and Internationally. She enjoys teaching and training Fellows and Residents.
In 2012 she has been invited to talk at Fusion 2012 in Hyderabad and at the World Ophthalmology Congress WOC in Abu Dhabi on lacrimal, oculoplastic and aesthetic topics, and most recently in April at the 2012 Asio Pacific Association of Ophthalmology (APAO) Meeting in Korea (South) on Endo-Lacrimal surgery.
This year she was part of the team that has been awarded by the Royal College of Ophthalmology the Treacher Collins Prize for a DVD on Viscoelastic with Fluorescein for filling and identifying the lacrimal sac in endo-mlacrimal dacryocystorhinostomy.
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Pat is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon to Beaumont and the Mater Hospitals appointed in 1986 . Hoyt fellowship Neuro Ophthalmology San Francisco 1985. Senior Registar training at Bristol Eye Hospital, United Kingdom. Past member of training committee of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists United Kingdom. Past Treasurer of the ICO. Past member I.S.P.T.C. Organiser of the Neuro Ophthalmology Course at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. Member of vision panel in Dept of Traffic Medicine RCPI . Member of Vision panel DVLA UK. Current President of Irish College of Ophthalmologists
Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Surgeon Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, UK
Raman Malhotra is a Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic surgeon at The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, East Grinstead.
His specialist interests include facial nerve palsy rehabilitation, reconstructive eyelid and orbital surgery, endonasal lacrimal surgery and aesthetic eyelid rejuvenation. He also runs a fellowship training programme.
Mr Malhotra graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of Bristol, completed his basic ophthalmic surgical training at the Western Eye Hospital in London and went on to higher surgical training in Oxford. He undertook fellowship training in Adelaide, Australia, in 2002 before returning to the UK to take up consultant post at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead.
Clare Faul is Consultant Radiation Oncologist at Beaumont Hospital and St Luke’s Hospital, Dublin. Clare is currently Clinical Lead and chair of senior management group SLRON at the Beaumont Hospital. She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Faculty of Radiology. She is an active member of the Cancer Trial Ireland Research group. She undertook a Clinical Fellow Radiation Oncology in Toronto. Her specialism and research interests are inbreast and gynecologic oncology.
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Gerry is a Consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Galway University hospital.
Gerry previously worked as consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Leicester Royal Infirmary 1993-1999.
He undertook an orbital oculoplastic fellowship in Vancouver 1992/3 with Prof Jack Rootman, Frank Buffam, Peter Dolman, and a fellowship in cornea/external eye disease Bristol Eye hospital with Prof David Easty. His senior registrar training was at Bristol Eye Hospital.
8.55 am
National incidence of malignant eyelid tumours in Ireland 2005-2015 101
Clare Quigley – (abstract)
9.00 am
17 years experience of periocular basal cell carcinoma in the under 40 population, within a ‘one-stop tumour clinic’ 102
Ed Saxby – (abstract)
9.05 am
Where did my Tumour Go? : Absence of Residual Basal Cell Carcinoma in Reexcised Specimens, a 10-year Review 103
Lindsay McGrath – (abstract)
9.10 am
Recurrence of basal cell carcinomas following surgical excision – is 5 years surveillance necessary? 104
Fabila Murta – (abstract)
9.15 am
Long-term outcome of eyelid melanoma 105
John Bladen – (abstract)
9.20 am
The genetics of sebaceous gland carcinoma 106
Saul Rajak – (abstract)
9.25 am
The Propeller Flap – a revolutionary technique in periocular reconstruction 107
Jonathan Morton – (abstract)
9.30 am
The tunnelled midline forehead island flap – an elegant single-stage flap for inner canthal reconstruction 108
Jonathan Morton – (abstract)
9.35 am
Efficacy of Porcine Acellular Dermal Matrix in the Management of Lower Eyelid Retraction: Case Series 109
Lindsay McGrath – (abstract)
9.40 am
A New Audit Tool for Oculoplastic Surgical Outcome Data 110
Clare Inkster – (abstract)
9.45 am
Evaluating hair cycle stage in eyelash follicles: a pilot study 111
James Laybourne – (abstract)
9.50 am
Ideal Angle of Lester Jones Tube placement as studied in Thiel-embalmed human cadavers 112
Egle Rostron – (abstract)
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Jeremy is the NHS Consultant Lead for the Oculoplastics Service at the University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust. His areas of interest include plastic and aesthetic surgery around the eye, the management of watery eyes, orbital and socket problems. He has perfomed advanced training Oculoplastics subspeciaity fellowships at The Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia, with Professor Tim Sullivan and Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London, with Professor Richard Collin and Professor Geoffrey Rose. He is particularly experienced in the surgical management of periocular skin cancer.
Eyelid malignancies and eyelid reconstruction
Timothy Sullivan completed his Ophthalmology training in 1988, then undertook further subspecialty Fellowship Training in Oculoplastics, Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Paediatric Ophthalmology in Toronto at The Hospital for Sick Children.When he returned to Brisbane in 1992 he joined the Terrace Eye Centre, to provide tertiary and quaternary level subspecialty care. Since then he has also worked in the public sector, conducting the Orbital Clinic at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Royal and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospitals.
While focusing on clinical care, he has always conducted clinical research to be abreast of and push latest developments. He has published over 130 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and 400 presentations at National and International meetings. He is on the editorial boards of Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.
Complementing his clinical and research efforts he is involved in medical student, registrar and Fellow teaching as Professor of Ophthalmology for the University of Queensland. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and an active Fellow of the American and European Societies of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is on the board of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society. With this academic background, he continues to provide first class care to his patients
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Miss Rachna Murthy is a Consultant ophthalmologist, oculoplastic and peri-ocular reconstructive Surgeon at Cambridge University and Ipswich Hospitals, UK. She has specialist interests in Thyroid Eye Disease, peri-ocular skin cancer management, and peri-ocular aesthetic surgical and non-surgical treatments. Following her specialist training in ophthalmology in the UK, she undertook 3 years of fellowship training in thyroid eye disease, orbital and peri-ocular surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London and The Craniofacial Unit of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London.
She is an invited speaker for the British Thyroid Foundation (BTF) and is faculty for several oculoplastic and orbital courses.
Her research includes the characterisation of triggers and drives for thyroid eye disease and improving the clinical activity and severity assessment of patients with thyroid eye disease. She is also involved in active research in the fields of oculoplastic surgery, tumour management and peri-ocular aesthetics.
Lastly, she leads the regional specialist thyroid eye disease service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
Gerry is a Consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Galway University hospital.
Gerry previously worked as consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Leicester Royal Infirmary 1993-1999.
He undertook an orbital oculoplastic fellowship in Vancouver 1992/3 with Prof Jack Rootman, Frank Buffam, Peter Dolman, and a fellowship in cornea/external eye disease Bristol Eye hospital with Prof David Easty. His senior registrar training was at Bristol Eye Hospital.
Paul Cauchi qualified from The Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in London in 1996. He went into ophthalmology straight after completing his House Jobs. His interest in ophthalmology was ignited by his grandfather who was an accomplished ophthalmologist in Malta and Gozo and was a member of The WHO Trachoma committee.
His early training was mainly in The South of England but travelled North of The Border to Aberdeen and Inverness to complete his Specialist Registrar training. He completed a Fellowship in oculoplastics and ocular oncology in Glasgow. He works in Glasgow with subspecialty interests in oculoplastics, orbit, lacrimal, thyroid eye disease and ocular oncology.
He collaborates closely with the skull base and head and neck teams and regularly operates jointly on complex cases. He leads The Scottish Ocular Oncology Service which is nationally funded and commissioned. He is a member of The British Oculoplastic Surgery Society and hosted the annual meeting in Glasgow. He is on the British Ophthalmic Surveillance Unit (BOSU) council and on the faculty for The European School of Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO). He is currently clinical director of ophthalmology for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Geraldine McCarthy MD, FRCPI Consultant Rheumatologist Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin and Clinical Professor of Medicine University College Dublin, Ireland
Geraldine McCarthy graduated in Medicine from University College Dublin, National University of Ireland. She received her Fellowship in Rheumatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin where she developed her interest in calcium crystal deposition diseases. Her research has focused on the biological effects of calcium-containing crystals in degenerative joint disease as well as in atherosclerosis and breast cancer and has been funded by many sources including the National Institutes of Health, Arthritis Foundation, American Federation for Aging Research, US Department of Defence and the Wellcome Trust. She was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1996 where she remained until her return to Dublin, Ireland. She was appointed Consultant in Rheumatology at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin in 1999 where she continues to run a busy clinical practice and a clinical research program.
As part of her clinical practice, she collaborates closely with her Ophthalmology colleagues in the management with inflammatory eye diseases. She teaches as part of the University College Dublin Faculty of Medicine where she was appointed Clinical Professor of Medicine in 2009.
She is the author of over 130 publications, including original manuscripts, editorials, reviews and book chapters and has spoken at many national and international meetings. She has been winner of several research and teaching awards and has mentored many medicine and science graduates in clinical practice and in research.
Miss Gill Adams is a consultant paediatric ophthalmologist and strabismologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Gill qualified in medicine at Edinburgh University. She became a consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 1994 and is a subspecialist in strabismus (squint) and paediatric ophthalmology. She is currently the Service Director for the strabismus and neuro ophthalmology service. Her practice involves paediatric and adult strabismus including the use of botulinum toxin, paediatric cataract and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening and treatment.
Gill was the Moorfields representative on the Council of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists for 6 years completing her term in 2018. Gill has been a member of Royal College of Ophthalmologists working parties on child abuse and guidelines for ROP. She is a council member of the International Strabismus Association.
In her charity roles Gill has been a member of the Orbis volunteer faculty since 2000, has volunteered for Vision 2020 and CBM and is a trustee of TEDct, a charity supporting patients with thyroid eye disease.
In her spare time Gill plays golf, extremely badly.
12.15 pm
Thyroid Eye Disease in Primary auto-immune Hypothyroidism 113
Laura Abbeel – (abstract)
12.20 pm
A nomenclature to describe the longitudinal sequence of visual field defects in progressive thyroid eye disease compressive optic neuropathy 114
Suzanne Freitag– (abstract)
12.25 pm
Facial Expression Analysis Software in the Objective Assessment of Perceived Emotional State in Thyroid Eye Disease 115
Matthew Edmunds – (abstract)
12.30 pm
Early Low Dose Rituximab for Active Thyroid Eye Disease: An Effective and Well Tolerated Treatment 116
Jonathan Norris – (abstract)
12.35 pm
Mycophenolate mofetil plus systemic steroid in active Graves’ orbitopathy (GO): a review of clinical and safety outcomes 117
Jonathan Kirk – (abstract)
12.40 pm
Grading the clinical severity of epiphora: the TEARS score 118
Chris Schulz – (abstract)
12.45 pm
Developing a Quality-of-Life Measure for Patients with Epiphora 119
Chris Schulz – (abstract)
12.50 pm
Long – term outcomes of endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy 120
Sohraab Yadav – (abstract)
12.55 pm
Lacrimal Scintigraphy in practice: Correlation of imaging with surgical outcome 121
Priscilla Mathewson – (abstract)
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Rizwana came to Ireland in 1997 to pursue advanced training in Ophthalmology. After ten years of post-graduate training at the highest level, Rizwana completed her Fellowship in Orbital, Oculoplastic and Neurophthalmology in 2007. She has contributed to a number of research publications and is involved in ongoing research into related eye conditions.
Robin trained initially as a Dental Technologist at The Eastman Dental Institute London. Robin gained advanced certification as a Maxillofacial Technologist and Prosthetist whilst at Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge. In 1973 he was appointed as a Technical Officer at the Department of Health progressing to the role of Northern Regional Manager of Ocular Prosthetic Services.
n 1982 Robin was appointed as Principal Ocularist at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital where he set up and ran the Department of Ocular Prosthetics until 2018. He trained a number of ocularists during his years at the hospital. He also opened a private practice in Manchester in 1982 extending it to Dublin in 1996 and to Durham in 2006.
Robin has published a number of papers and has lectured internationally in the field of ocular prosthetics and he mentors young ocularists abroad.
Robin is a founder member of both the Association of European Ocularists and the Association of British Ocularists. He is a Diplomate of the American Society of Ocularists.
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Mr. Tim Fulcher MMedSci(Anatomy), EBOD, FRCOphth.
Having graduated from University College Dublin and completed a Masters of Medical Science in Anatomy, Tim completed his Ophthalmic Surgery training in Ireland.
Tim undertook a Fellowship in Corneal and External eye disease in Moorfields and then a further Fellowship in Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital disease in Brisbane, Australia.
Tim was appointed as a Consultant to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin in 2000, where he manages the Ocular adnexal service. Tim is also an Honorary Consultant to the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street , Dublin.
As a former chairman of the manpower, education and training committee of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists and current unit programme director, Tim also hosts an annual surgical training course for Basic Specialist Trainees.
Bernie is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Head of Oculoplastics, Lacrimal and Orbital surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He is visiting professor of Ophthalmology, UNIMAS. His interests are in lacrimal and orbital surgery, eyelid tumours and cancers, Thyroid eye disease, eyelid and orbital inflammation. Bernie has published many papers in international journals and has also co-authored a medical textbook entitled ‘Anterior Segment Repair & Reconstruction: Techniques & Medico-legal issues. In his spare time, he enjoys playing tennis, badminton and watching plays and musicals.
Mr René is a Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital (Cambridge) and Hinchingbrooke Hospital (Huntingdon). He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine.
He qualified at Middlesex Hospital in London in 1985 and completed junior ophthalmology training in London and the South East, before moving to Birmingham for a period of research, followed by Ophthalmology Higher Surgical Training in Birmingham and the West Midlands region. He completed subspecialty fellowship training at Queen’s Medical Centre (Nottingham) and Moorfields Eye Hospital (London), and took up his consultant post in Cambridge and Huntingdon in 1998. He practices exclusively in all aspects of adnexal surgery, with a special interest in lacrimal surgery, orbital surgery and reconstructive eyelid surgery.
Mr René is a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS). He served the Society for 4 years as the Treasurer and is the current President. He is passionate about teaching and has run a very successful fellowship programme in Cambridge since 2004. He has been a faculty member on the Ipswich Lacrimal Course since its inception and he has been a visiting consultant on the Lifeline Express Teaching Programme in China since 2013.
His main interests outside medicine are photography, music, family and cooking.
Peter Dolman is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada and is on active staff at five hospitals. He is the director of ophthalmology fellowship programs at UBC, division head of oculoplastics and orbit, and a past president of the BC Society of Eye Physicians and the Canadian Society of Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is the past- president of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society and a member of the Orbit Society, an international consortium of orbit experts.
He has supervised over 45 international oculoplastics fellows, has delivered over 250 invited lectures, and published 25 chapters and over 85 journal articles. He recently co-edited a textbook on diseases of the orbit and ocular adnexa which was published in February, 2017.
He has volunteered as a surgeon or lecturer in over 30 developing nations and has received several departmental research and teaching awards, the ASOPRS research award (2007) and the Queen Elizabeth Gold Medal for community service.
Manoj Parulekar is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Birmingham Childrens Hospital and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Mr Parulekar is involved in clinical and basic science research, collaborating with biomedical scientists and other academics in UK and abroad to develop and evaluate new treatments and diagnostic tests for a variety of eye conditions. He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham.
Mr Parulekar has a major interest in international ophthalmology, contributing to and learning from ophthalmic services in developing countries. He is a trustee of Sightsavers International, a charity dealing with prevention and treatment of blindness. He is involved with the Vision 2020 links programme and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, developing ophthalmology services in Africa (Tanzania).
Mr Parulekar contributes actively to the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and is program secretary, scientific committee and paediatric sub-committee member, and on the microsurgical training faculty. He is treasurer of the
Oxford Ophthalmological Congress.
Mr. Tim Fulcher MMedSci(Anatomy), EBOD, FRCOphth.
Having graduated from University College Dublin and completed a Masters of Medical Science in Anatomy, Tim completed his Ophthalmic Surgery training in Ireland.
Tim undertook a Fellowship in Corneal and External eye disease in Moorfields and then a further Fellowship in Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital disease in Brisbane, Australia.
Tim was appointed as a Consultant to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin in 2000, where he manages the Ocular adnexal service. Tim is also an Honorary Consultant to the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street , Dublin.
As a former chairman of the manpower, education and training committee of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists and current unit programme director, Tim also hosts an annual surgical training course for Basic Specialist Trainees.
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Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland: Survival outcomes from a Dutch Orbital Centre 201
Raji Joganathan – (abstract)
9.00 am
Use of simultaneous surgical tumour excision and brachytherapy in orbital malignancies 202
Raji Joganathan – (abstract)
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Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT): A vision preserving treatment in optic nerve sheath & peri-optic nerve meningiomas 203
Stephanie Chiu – (abstract)
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Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma: Late Effects 204
Connor Malone – (abstract)
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Orbital lymphoma in an Irish cohort from 2008 to 2018 205
Michaél O’Rourke – (abstract)
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The incidence of primary malignant orbital tumours in England over a fifteen year period (2000 – 2014) 206
Johnathan Than – (abstract)
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Management of orbital cellulitis – Southampton experience 207
Maria de Bono Agius – (abstract)
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Orbital Mycoses in an Adult Subtropical Population 208
Tim Sullivan – (abstract)
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Management of Acute Retrobulbar Haemorrhage: A Survey of Non-Ophthalmic Emergency Department Physicians 209
Matthew Edmunds – (abstract)
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UK Prospective National Surveillance of the incidence of Emergency Canthotomy & Cantholysis 210
Jonathan Roos – (abstract)
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Endovascular treatment of carotid-cavernous sinus fistulas: ophthalmic and visual outcomes at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital 211
Yun Wong – (abstract)
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Customized polyetherketone (PEEK) implants in the reconstruction of orbital defects 212
Fiona Jazayeri – (abstract)
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Trends and controversies in DCR surgery
Peter Dolman is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada and is on active staff at five hospitals. He is the director of ophthalmology fellowship programs at UBC, division head of oculoplastics and orbit, and a past president of the BC Society of Eye Physicians and the Canadian Society of Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is the past- president of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society and a member of the Orbit Society, an international consortium of orbit experts.
He has supervised over 45 international oculoplastics fellows, has delivered over 250 invited lectures, and published 25 chapters and over 85 journal articles. He recently co-edited a textbook on diseases of the orbit and ocular adnexa which was published in February, 2017.
He has volunteered as a surgeon or lecturer in over 30 developing nations and has received several departmental research and teaching awards, the ASOPRS research award (2007) and the Queen Elizabeth Gold Medal for community service.
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Mr René is a Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital (Cambridge) and Hinchingbrooke Hospital (Huntingdon). He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine.
He qualified at Middlesex Hospital in London in 1985 and completed junior ophthalmology training in London and the South East, before moving to Birmingham for a period of research, followed by Ophthalmology Higher Surgical Training in Birmingham and the West Midlands region. He completed subspecialty fellowship training at Queen’s Medical Centre (Nottingham) and Moorfields Eye Hospital (London), and took up his consultant post in Cambridge and Huntingdon in 1998. He practices exclusively in all aspects of adnexal surgery, with a special interest in lacrimal surgery, orbital surgery and reconstructive eyelid surgery.
Mr René is a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS). He served the Society for 4 years as the Treasurer and is the current President. He is passionate about teaching and has run a very successful fellowship programme in Cambridge since 2004. He has been a faculty member on the Ipswich Lacrimal Course since its inception and he has been a visiting consultant on the Lifeline Express Teaching Programme in China since 2013.
His main interests outside medicine are photography, music, family and cooking.
Timothy Sullivan completed his Ophthalmology training in 1988, then undertook further subspecialty Fellowship Training in Oculoplastics, Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Paediatric Ophthalmology in Toronto at The Hospital for Sick Children.When he returned to Brisbane in 1992 he joined the Terrace Eye Centre, to provide tertiary and quaternary level subspecialty care. Since then he has also worked in the public sector, conducting the Orbital Clinic at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Royal and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospitals.
While focusing on clinical care, he has always conducted clinical research to be abreast of and push latest developments. He has published over 130 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and 400 presentations at National and International meetings. He is on the editorial boards of Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.
Complementing his clinical and research efforts he is involved in medical student, registrar and Fellow teaching as Professor of Ophthalmology for the University of Queensland. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and an active Fellow of the American and European Societies of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is on the board of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society. With this academic background, he continues to provide first class care to his patients
Mr Sachin Salvi is a Consultant Ophthalmologist specializing in Ocular Oncology and Adnexal surgery at Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
He is the MDT lead at the National Sheffield Ocular Oncology Service, one of three designated Ocular Oncology Centers in England. He is one of the select few Ophthalmologists in the country managing the full spectrum of adult ophthalmic oncology patients including eyelid, conjunctival, intraocular and orbital tumours.
As the regional Orbital surgery lead, his interests include optic nerve sheath fenestration surgery, orbital decompression surgery for thyroid eye disease and post traumatic orbital reconstruction. He has trained extensively in India, UK and USA with Fellowship training at Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield; Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, USA.
He is regularly involved in voluntary Ophthalmic work in Trinidad and Tobago as well as in India. His sporting passion is cricket and is the founding member of Sheffield Medics Cricket Club, currently positioned in the second division of the Yorkshire and Derbyshire league.
Dr Michael Capra is a Paediatric Oncologist at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Dublin.
Michael graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1987 following which he completed his postgraduate paediatric and specialist paediatric oncology training in the United Kingdom in London and Nottingham.
He obtained his Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (London) in 1995 and his Masters in Medical Education (Nottingham) in 2000 prior to commencing his Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Fellowship in The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto in 2001. He was appointed on staff at the same institution in 2003, a post he held until 2006 when he relocated to Dublin to take up a Paediatric Oncology Consultant post in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital.
He is a member of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), SIOPEL Childhood Liver Tumour Study Group, SIOPE Brain Tumour Group, the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG), and the Children’s Oncology Group (COG).
Mr David Verity is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, and Adnexal Service Director, at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University College London
Trained in ophthalmology in UK, Mr Verity undertook two Fellowships in ophthalmic adnexal disease before joining the Consultant staff at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 2004.
He is a Full Member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society and Member of the International Society of Ocular Oncology.
In 2009, he was elected to the Orbital Society, in 2010 became Editor-in Chief of the journal ORBIT, and in 2016 became Oculoplastic Section Editor for the Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research. His medical publications in peer-reviewed journals and books include 90(+) publications, and with a wide range of research interests, he is an active national and international teacher and surgical trainer.
Mr Verity also has a life-long interest in the charitable work of the St John Eye Hospital Group (www.soa.global). In 2014 he was invested in the Order of St John, and in 2016 joined the Board as Trustee of the Hospital Group.
Chaired by:
Bijan Beigi, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth
Bijan Beigi specialises in eyelid and mid-face cosmetic and reconstructive surgery as well as lacrimal and orbital surgery. He has performed over 10000 eyelid & mid-face operations to date and pioneered surgical procedures.
His basic ophthalmic training was in Dublin (UCD), Bristol Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospitals (UK). He runs the ocular Adnexal Service in Norwich. He has been a member of ESOPRS for 25 years and a founder member of BOPSS. He has published over 70 articles and delivers regular lectures as a visiting professor.
He has been a lead trainer and external clinical advisor for the Royal college of Ophthalmologists and CQC. He is a special advisor to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) for new surgical procedures in the UK.
Kate Coleman qualified in the Royal college of Surgeons in Ireland before training the the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and attaining her FRCS(Ed) and FRCOphth. In March 1988 she presented a review on patients treated with Botulinum Toxin to the Royal Irish Academy of Medicine before developing techniques for facial balancing in the same patients. She was the first Orbital and Oculoplastic Fellow with the late Professor Leo Koorneef in the Academisch Medical Center in Amsterdam where she also had the privilege of working with Graves Ophthalmology expert, Marten Mourits. She defended her PhD in choroidal melanoma at the Free University Amsterdam with Professor Jan Baak and Professor Mary Leader RCSI Dublin before finishing her SR training in Cork and Dublin. She was lecturer at the Mater Hospital for two years prior to establishing her Ophthalmic surgery practice at Blackrock Clinic, Dublin, in 1996.
Since 2012 she has restricted her practice to orbital, lacrimal and oculoplastic surgery with a special interest in neuromodulation and facial asymmetry. In 2000 she presented a symposium on the use of Botulinum Toxin for Rejuvenation for Allergan at the Royal Society of Medicine, London before subsequently writing a didactic handbook in 2003. This book has been published in six languages and the second edition is in press, with a focus on the Art of botulinum toxin administration for rejuvenation
Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Surgeon, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, UK
I graduated from Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, London, in 1991 and then
trained in general ophthalmology in Manchester & North West England.
After Oculoplastic Fellowships in Auckland & Manchester, I was appointed as a Consultant Oculoplastic, Lacrimal & Orbital Surgeon in 2002 at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH) where I’m the Clinical Lead for Oculoplastic Surgery.
I also co-run a renowned Fellowship in Oculoplastic Surgery at MREH.
My work for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ (RCOphth) includes College Tutor (2005-12) and currently Regional Adviser.
I’m a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and represent both RCOphth & BOPSS at the RCSEng Cosmetic Surgery Interspecialty Committee.
Miss Rachna Murthy is a Consultant ophthalmologist, oculoplastic and peri-ocular reconstructive Surgeon at Cambridge University and Ipswich Hospitals, UK. She has specialist interests in Thyroid Eye Disease, peri-ocular skin cancer management, and peri-ocular aesthetic surgical and non-surgical treatments. Following her specialist training in ophthalmology in the UK, she undertook 3 years of fellowship training in thyroid eye disease, orbital and peri-ocular surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London and The Craniofacial Unit of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London.
She is an invited speaker for the British Thyroid Foundation (BTF) and is faculty for several oculoplastic and orbital courses.
Her research includes the characterisation of triggers and drives for thyroid eye disease and improving the clinical activity and severity assessment of patients with thyroid eye disease. She is also involved in active research in the fields of oculoplastic surgery, tumour management and peri-ocular aesthetics.
Lastly, she leads the regional specialist thyroid eye disease service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
Mr Leatherbarrow was a consultant at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital from 1992-2014. He is now in full time private practice. He trained in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London (1989-1990) and at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A. (1991-1992).
He has worked closely with plastic surgeons, ENT surgeons, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, maxillofacial surgeons, and dermatologists for over 20 years.
He was the Founder Treasurer of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and the President (2011-14). He is a member of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (ESOPRS), the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and an inter-specialty member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).
He has over 100 publications in scientific journals and has contributed 6 book chapters. He is the single author of the major textbook ‘OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY‘. The 3rd Edition of his textbook is due for publication by Thieme in the autumn of 2018.
BOPSS 2019 in Nottingham, 19-21st June 2019