Topics include:

• Anatomy, Epidemiology and Nomenclature
• History and Investigations
• Ocular Immunology
• Models of experimental Uveitis
• Anterior, intermediate and posterior Uveitis
• Systemic Diseases and Uveitis
• Inflammation of the Sclera
• Fluorescein- (FLA) and Indocyanine green-Angiography (ICG)
• Macular Edema
• Differential Diagnosis
• Medical Management: Corticosteroids, Immunosuppressives, biological Agents,intraocular Drug Delivery
• Surgical Management: Cataract Surgery, Vitrectomy
• Secondary Glaucoma
• Interactive Groups: How to analyse difficult Cases, Laboratory Investigations, Interpretation of FAG and ICG, Management
• Uveitis in Children

Faculty:
Laure Caspers (Brussels, Belgium)
Moncef Khairallah (Monastir, Tunisia)
Andrea Leonardi (Padua, Italy)
Philip Murray (Birmingham, UK)
Annabelle Okada (Tokio, Japan)
James Rosenbaum (Portland, USA)
Manfred Zierhut (Tuebingen, Germany)

Sunday, 10.02.2013
08:30       Assessment Test
09:30 - 10:30 Anatomy, Epidemiology and Nomenclature (Leonardi)
10:45 - 12:30 Ocular Immunology and experimental Uveitis Models (Rosenbaum)
14:00 - 15:15 History and Investigation of Uveitis (Murray)
15:30 - 17:30 Systemic Diseases and Uveitis (Rosenbaum)

Monday, 11.02.2013
09:00 - 10:45 Anterior Uveitis (Rosenbaum)
11:00 - 11:45 Intermediate Uveitis (Murray)
11:45 - 12:30 Macular Edema (NN)
14:00 - 15:30 Posterior Uveitis I (Murray)
15:45 - 16:45 Posterior Uveitis II (Okada)
16:45 - 17:45 FAG/ICG (Khairallah)

Tuesday, 12.02.2013
09:00 – 09:30 Inflammation of the sclera (Caspers)
09:30 - 10:30 Differential Diagnosis: Posterior uveitis 1 (Khairallah)
10:30 - 11:15 Differential Diagnosis: Posterior uveitis 2 (Okada)

Wednesday, 13.02.2013
09:00 - 10:00 Differential Diagnosis: anterior Uveitis (Caspers)
10:00 - 11:00 Drugs for Uveitis (I) (Leonardi)
11:15 - 12:15 Drugs for Uveitis (II) (Zierhut)
14:00 - 14:45 Vitrectomy (Khairallah)
14:45 - 15:30 Cataract Surgery (Okada)
15:45 - 16:30 Problems and Future of Uveitis (Murray)
16:30 - 17:30 Therapy Strategy (Zierhut)

Thursday, 14.02.2013
09:00 - 10:45 SGM (1) (Okada, Khairallah, Caspers, Zierhut)
11:00 - 12:45 SGM (2) (Okada, Khairallah, Caspers, Zierhut)
14:00 - 15:45 SGM (3) (Okada, Khairallah, Caspers, Zierhut)
16:00 - 17:45 SGM (4) (Okada, Khairallah, Caspers, Zierhut)
SMG Small Group meetings: 1. Presentation of Patients (Zierhut), 2. FAG/ICG (Khairallah), 3. DD in Uveitis (Caspers), 4.Optimizing Therapy (Okada)

Friday, 15.02.2013
09:00 - 09:45 Uveitis in Children (Zierhut)
09:45 – 10:45 Secondary glaucoma (Zierhut)
11:00 - 12:45 Rare Cases
14:00 - 16:00 Final Assessment Test

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