RCOphth Annual Congress 2025 Programme

MONDAY 19 MAY 2025

TUESDAY 20 MAY 2025

WEDNESDAY 20 MAY 2025

08.00 - 09.00

08.00 - 09.00

08.00 - 09.00

Registration

Breakfast Parallel Sessions

RCOphth membership breakfast

1) Total vision loss following a single pembrolizumab infusion: a case discussion for learning, discussion and debate (Karan

2) Curriculum 2024 an update (Vikas Chadha)

3) Shaping the future of Ophthalmology research- empowering through NIHR support (Deepali Varma)

09.00 - 10.30

09.10 - 10.40

09.05 - 10.35

President's Session

Parallel Sessions

Parallel sessions

1) DMEK made easy (Mayank Nanavaty)

1)Top debates in Neuro-ophthalmology (Susie Mollan)

2) Update on retinopathy of prematurity (Gill Adams)

2) Going beyond the “hot air”: How can I decarbonise my

practice, and will Artificial Intelligence have a role? (Neil Finer)

3) Strabismus: everything you always wanted to know (Saurabh Jain)

3) Patient Safety Incident Response Framework: A framework for learning and Improvement (Christina Rennie)

4) Education For All, Hosted by SAS Subcommittee

4) Case complexity adjustment – What is it, and what is the

purpose? (Paul Donachie)

10.45 - 11.10

AGM

09.15 - 12.50 Eye care professions symposium

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee and Posters

11.10 - 11.30 Coffee and Posters

10.35 - 11.00 Coffee and Posters

11.00 - 12.30

11.30 - 12.30

11.00 - 12.30

Parallel sessions

Parallel sessions

Parallel sessions

1) The Past, Present and Future of the care-pathway and management of non-infectious Uveitis in children and young people: The MDT approach on What, How and Why (Jessy Choi)

1) Paraneoplastic syndrome with periocular presentation - red flags and pearls ( Raghavan Sampath)

1) Medcal retina grand round (Luke Nicholson)

2) Global Challenges in Diabetic Retinopathy (Nick Astbury)

2) Exploring new avenues for evaluating structure and function in neurodegenerative diseases (Tunde Peto)

2) Vision requirements to support travel: Driving and Aviation (Claire Howard)

3) Ophthalmic Innovation Forum: A guide for aspiring

3) Portfolio pathway (CESR) Route to Specialist Registration

3) Medico legal (Amar Alwitry)

4) Cataract services: Bigger, faster, more… better? (John

Buchan)

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

Membership lunch

Breaking glass ceilings in Ophthalmology (Rashmi Mathew)

SAS Forum

13.15 - 16.30 Eye care professions symposium

13.30 - 14.20

13.30 - 14.25

13.30 - 14.25

Keynote Lecture

Duke Elder Lecture - Kyoko Ohno-Matsu (Tokyo)

Horizon Scanning: the Robot Ophthalmologist will see you

now

14.30 - 15.30

14.30 - 15.30

14.30 - 15.30

Parallel sessions

Parallel sessions

Parallel sessions

1) Young Vitreoretinal Surgical Rounds- learning from our

mistakes (Rodrigo Anguita Henriquez)

1) Make or­ break cases – what would you do next? (Tunio

Ambreen)

1) Wild West Eyecare (Rhianon Reynolds)

2) UK Biobank Eye & Vision Consortium: Scientific Highlights and Implications for Clinical Practice (Siegfried

Wagner)

2) Brain Tumours in General Ophthalmology. Going through the essentials - Adult & Paediatric presentations (Lorcan

Butler)

2) The treatment horizon in non-infectious uveitis (Nicholas Beare)

3) AI Revolution in Ophthalmology: Transforming Diagnostics and Personalized Treatment (Vaisnavy

Govindasamy)

3) Glaucoma symposium

3) Mastering the modern paediatric ophthalmology examination

4) Hot topics in neuro ophthalmology (Patrick Yu Wai Man)

4) Research for all (Karen Gillvray)

4 ) UK AMD Audit - key results from the Year 3 report and

how to get the best outcomes (Martin McKibbin)

15.30 - 16.00 Tea and Posters

15.30 - 16.00 Tea and Posters

15.30 - 16.00 Tea and Posters

16.00 - 17.30

16.00 - 17.30

16.00 - 17.30

Parallel sessions

Parallel sessions

Parallel sessions

1) Breaking Barriers: Addressing Diversity, Ethnicity, and Inequalities in Ophthalmology (Chanelle Smith)

1) Oculoplastics Magic Number 7 (Vickie Lee)

1) Retinal Imaging – An update and top tips on getting the

most out of modern retinal imaging (Tariq Aslam)

2) Current and Upcoming evolutions in Ophthalmology (Mohit Gupta)

2) New in my practice (Faruque Ghanchi)

2) Fostering Collaborative Learning in M&M and Governance: Building Resilient Systems (Christina Rennie)

3) Managing Challenging Cataract Patients who "Can't",

and reducing the General Anaesthetic list (Naadir Ansari)

3) Eye professionals symposium (13.15 - 16.30)

3) Mastering Cataract Surgery: Navigating Corneal

Challenges (Ahmed Bardan)

4) Fun-gals, fung-eyes: Fungaemia and the eye (Nima

Ghadiri)

4) Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (Ahmed

Bardan)

Thursday 22 May 2025

Retina day

Glaucoma day

Neuro ophthalmology day

Paediatric ophthalmology day