Programme - Friday 8th December 2023
08:00 - 09:00: Registration
09:00 - 11:15
31st Roper-Hall Eye Foundation Prize Medal Competition
Chair: Prof Saaeha Rauz, Birmingham, United Kingdom
09:00 - 09:10
Michael Roper-Hall - A Century of Inspiration
Prof Saaeha Rauz, Birmingham, United Kingdom
09.15 – 09.30
Jonathan Moriarty (ST1) – Is Rothia in the Fovea? The infection you have never heard of.
Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom
09.30 – 09.45
Trystan Macdonald (ST4) - Endophthalmitis risk following cataract surgery in the elderly and co-morbid, are new approaches needed?
University Hospitals Birmingham NHSFT (QEHB), Birmingham, United Kingdom
09.45 – 10.00
Gabriele Berman (Post-CCT fellow) - Do You ‘Ear Me?
University Hospitals Birmingham NHSFT (QEHB), Birmingham, United Kingdom
10.00 – 10.15
Ariel Ong (ST6) – Beauty in the eye of the beholder: from Glamour to Glaucoma
Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
10.15 – 10.30
Akshay Narayan Ramachandran (ST1) – Night blindness in a 54-year-old with no family history? More than meets the eye - an unusual suspect
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, United Kingdom
10.30 – 10.45
Mary Henry (ST6) - Just One Punch
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Birmingham, United Kingdom
10.45 – 11.00
Hamza Abdou (ST5) - Déjà Vu! Gaining Insights from Past Patterns
University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
11.00 – 11.15
Aline Derlagen (Foundation Year / Junior Fellow) – Take a Deep Breath and Look a Little Closer!
Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, United Kingdom
11.15 – 11.20: Audience Vote
11.20 – 11.45: Audience Refreshments and Exhibition
11.15 – 11.45: Judges voting
11:20 - 11:45: Refreshments and Exhibition
11:45 - 12:45
Eponymous Lecture: Sir Adrian Cadbury Lecture
Introduced by Dr Graham Wallace, Birmingham
Introduction by Dr Graham Wallace, Birmingham, UK
Molecular diagnostics for ocular inflammatory disease
Sir Adrian Cadbury Lecturer: Professor Russell Van Gelder (profile)
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
12:45 - 14:00: Lunch and Exhibition
14:00 - 15:00
Damage and Repair
Chair: Mr Mandeep Singh Bindra, Stoke Mandeville, UK
When the corneas dry up: regenerating and reconstructing the cornea
Prof Sajjad Ahmad, London, UK (profile)
Advances in paediatric glaucoma
Mr Velota Sung, Birmingham, UK (profile)
Recovering mitochondrial exhaustion - implications in human eye disease
Dr Jose Romero, Birmingham, UK (profile)
Discussion Panel
15:00 - 15:30: Refreshments and Exhibition
15:30 - 16:30
Innovations and Horizons
Chair: Mr Soupramanien Sandramouli, Wolverhampton, UK
UVC sterilisation for eye infections
Prof Sunil Shah, Birmingham, UK
Paediatric ocular surgery innovations -The why and how?
Prof Ken Nischal, Pittsburgh, USA
Setting up a spin-out company for ocular therapeutics
Dr Richard Williams, Birmingham, UK (profile)
Discussion Panel
16:30 - 17:00
BMEH-200/MRH-100 Historical Quiz
Joint Presentation
Prof Philip Murray, Birmingham, UK (profile)
Mr Robert Barry, Birmingham, UK
17:00 - 17:30
Prize Awards, Final Remarks
Final Remarks:
Announcement of the Roper-Hall Medal Winner
Professor Gillian Roper-Hall & Alison Roper-Hall on behalf of Mr Michael Roper-Hall
Announcement of the 1st Durrani Memorial Leadership And Quality Improvement Award Winner
Sherry Durrani