FRIDAY 04th OCTOBER 2024
08.00 Registration with refreshments at the posters and trade exhibition
Join us for welcome refreshments, browse the exhibition stands and view the posters
08.50 Welcome and housekeeping
Mr. Lawrence Gnanaraj, Sunderland Eye Infirmary
Morning sessions
09.00
Session I (P) (S)
Workforce for the future
Moderated by Miss Neda Qurashi, Specialist Orthoptist, Middlesbrough
09.00 Current workforce state of affairs – Miss Neda Qurashi, Specialist Orthoptist, Middlesbrough
09.10 Extending the role of orthoptist from ACP and beyond – Mr Connor Beddow, Advanced Orthoptist, London
09.20 My Voyage in paediatric ophthalmology – Mr Alan Lok, Orthoptist, Coventry
09.30 Integrating eye health into child health – a Tanzania case study – Dr Aeesha Malik, London
09.40 Questions
09.45
Session II (S) (P)
Free Paper presentations
Moderated by Prof Kyle Arnoldi, Buffalo and Ms Cheryl McCarus CO, Baltimore
09.48 Survey of UK ophthalmologists into the workforce, recruitment and retention issues of paediatric ophthalmology – Neil Clough
09.57 Surgical Outcomes in Convergence Excess Esotropia Following Prism Adaptation – Tess Garretty
10.06 Symmetric versus Asymmetric Bilateral Lateral Rectus Recession in Management of Basic Intermittent Exotropia with Ocular Dominance – Mohamed Farid
10.15 Medial Transposition of the Split Lateral Rectus Muscle Used as a Primary Procedure for Treatment of Complete Third Nerve Palsy – Mohamed Farid
10.24 Early post-op squint surgery follow-up – Is it needed? – Helen Haggerty
10.33 BALANCE: Phase 2a randomised controlled feasibility trial of ‘balanced binocular viewing’ for unilateral amblyopia in children age 3–8 years – Annegret Dahlmann-Noor
10.42 Moderator’s round up
10.45 Refreshments at the posters and the trade exhibition
11.15
Session III (S)
Paralytic strabismus
Moderated by Miss Yevukai Jaya, Sunderland
11.20 How to get the most out of your orthoptic assessment pre-operatively – Mr John Somner, Cambridge
11.35 Surgical planning and management of third and sixth nerve palsies – Mr Saurabh Jain, London
11.50 6th nerve palsy: what to do when your first surgery fails – Miss Gill Adams, London
12.05 Discussion and questions
12.15 BIPOSA 2025 Cambridge – Mr John Somner, Cambridge
12.20 BIPOSA research awards and grants – Prof Chris Hammond, London
12.25 BIPOSA David Laws Fellowship grants – Mr Bob Taylor, President of BIPOSA
12.30 BIPOSA Annual General Meeting
BIPOSA members only. Please leave the lecture hall if you are not a member. BIOS membership does not count
12.45 Lunch at the posters and the trade exhibition
Afternoon sessions
13.45
Session IV (S) (P)
Rapid-fire presentations
Moderators: Mr Qasim Mansoor, Middlesbrough and Miss Kate Taylor, Newcastle
13.47 Introduction of Orthoptic Led Paediatric Squint Listing Clinics – Jenny Earl
13.52 Recession-Resection with Vertical Offset of Horizontal Rectus Muscles for Combined Head Turn and Head Tilt in Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome – Mokhalad Al-duhaimi
13.57 Self-healing sutureless conjunctival closure small incision strabismus surgery – Daisy Bassey-Duke
14.02 “Computer, why can’t this child look up?”: a machine learning approach to decode upgaze deficits in children – Bernardo Lopes
14.07 Surgical Outcomes for Acute Acquired Comitant Esotropia – Ahmed Wanas
14.12 Modified Nishida: Three stories – Hoda Amin
14.17 Ocular Splits – Hoda Amin
14.22 To tort or not to Tort: can Superior Oblique myokymia present without torsion? – Jian Chew
14.27 Orthoptic observation of ocular motility manifestations over time in a case of posterior fossa syndrome – Danielle Guy
14.32 Determinants of psychosocial adjustment outcomes of children and young people with visual impairment: a mixed-methods study – Ana Šemrov
14.37 Moderator’s round up
14.45
Session V (S) (P)
Controversies in paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus
Moderated by Miss Helen Haggerty, Head Orthoptist, Newcastle
14.45 Hess charts are useful addition to the orthoptic report: Prof Anna Horwood, Reading. Opposing view – Miss Tina Kipioti, Birmingham
15.05 Virtual reviews in ophthalmology are a waste of time: Mr Alan Connor, Newcastle. Opposing view – Miss Helen Haggerty, Newcastle
15.25 Testing for post-operative diplopia risk is important: Mr Bob Taylor, York. Opposing view – Mr Kevin Falzon, York
15.40 Moderator’s round up
15.45 Annual prize-giving
15.55 Closing remarks
16.00 END and fare thee well
