THURSDAY 03rd OCTOBER 2024
07.00 BIPOSA Run
Release those endorphins.
Meet at the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead foyer. Route around the Quayside and banks of river Tyne
08.15 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. Alan Connor, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
Morning sessions
09.00
Session I (S)
Mechanical strabismus
Moderated by Miss Rafaela Schelle, Specialist Orthoptist, Sunderland
09.05 Strabismus surgical options in Thyroid Eye Disease – Mr Ian Marsh, Aintree
09.25 Orthoptic investigations and management in vertical strabismus – Dr Gemma Arblaster, Lecturer in Orthoptics, Sheffield
09.40 Between rock and a hard place – Mr Manoj Parulekar, Birmingham and Oxford
10.00 Discussion and questions
10.15
Session II (P) (S)
Rapid-fire paper presentations
Moderators: Mr Alan Connor and Miss Helen Haggerty, Newcastle
10.17 Do you see what I see? Confidence in Assessment for Cerebral Visual Impairment in children with Profound and Multiple Learning Disability – Louise Allen
10.22 Presenting features, assessment, progression rates and underlying aetiology in infants and young children presenting with high myopia – Katie Williams
10.27 Are Orthoptic Telephone Consultations an Effective Alternative? – Michelle Blyth
10.32 The architect’s apprentice: a readily available (Amazon), cheap, reliable tool for measurement of Abnormal Head Posture for nystagmus surgery – Aabgina Shafi
10.37 Central tenectomy as a useful surgical tool in re-do strabismus surgery: A case series – Fadi Ghazala
10.42 Botulinum toxin injections in patients with glaucoma drainage devices – Rathin Pujari
10.47 Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated uveitis and orbital inflammation: Another face of the masquerade – Ahmed Wanas
10.52 My baby has unusual eye movements – Reena Dave
10.57 Ocular manifestations of moyamoya disease – Elewys Hearne
11.02 Modified Augmented Nishida procedure: our initial experience – Rita Prajapati
11.07 Investigation of superior oblique tendon anatomy with respect to surgical approaches – Charles Talks
11.12 Moderators’ round-up
11.15 Refreshments at the posters and the trade exhibition
11.45
Session III (P) (S)
Roger Trimble Lecture introduced by Prof Anna Horwood, Reading
Associate Professor Kyle Arnoldi, Buffalo, New York
“Quantum Mechanics, Dark Matter, and a Unified Field Theory: examining the complex relationship between eye alignment and binocular vision”
12.45 Lunch at the posters and the trade exhibition
Afternoon sessions
13.45
Session IV (S) (P)
Medically unexplained visual loss and paediatric optic neuritis
Moderated by Mr Javid Suleman, Middlesbrough
13.50 Assessing and investigating functional visual loss in children – Dr Annegret Dahlman-Noor, London
14.05 Electrodiagnostic assessment of paediatric organic and non-organic visual loss – Prof Neil Parry, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Manchester
14.20 Paediatric optic neuritis – Prof Ming Lim, London
14.35 Functional/medically unexplained symptoms in paediatric ophthalmology – A Psychological Perspective – Dr Rosey Ferris, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Middlesbrough & Ms Yasmin Tanfield, Clinical Psychologist, Middlesbrough
14.55 Questions
15.00
Session V (P) (S)
Free Paper presentations
Moderators: Miss Yevukai Jaya, Sunderland and Miss Simranjeet Aulakh, Durham
-15.02 Why psychological support matters for young people with visual impairment (VI); parental voices – Richa Aspland
15.11 Paediatric Visual Impairment in England and Wales: A retrospective study (2009-2022) – Matthew Feyissa
15.20 Case series of Optic Neuropathy caused by Vitamin A deficiency in children – Christine Bourke
15.29 Is isolated inferior rectus weakness a strong indicator for myasthenia gravis? – Emma Butterworth
15.38 Retrospective review of features, investigation and management of acquired esotropia in high myopia (heavy eye syndrome) at Moorfields Eye Hospital – Aditi Das
15.47 Long term outcome of treatment of ROP and Changing trend in ROP treatment: Leeds teaching Hospital Experience – Ashish Kumar
15.56 Moderator’s round up
16.00 Refreshments at the posters and the trade exhibition
16.30
Session VI (P) (S)
My worst strabismus surgery complication
Moderated by Mr Mahmoud Nassar, Newcastle
16.35 PITS and PERF. How I got it wrong- so wrong! – Mr Bob Taylor, York
16.45 Quit when you are ahead – Mr Saurabh Jain, London
16.55 Strabismus Hokey Cokey – Mr John Somner, Cambridge
17.05 Discussion and questions
17.15 Closing remarks
17.20 END
19.00 Dinner and disco at the Biscuit Factory (ticketed event)
The Bicuit Factory, Stoddart Street, Newcastle upon Tyne – www.thebiscuitfactory.com
The Biscuit Factory is the UK’s largest independent contemporary art, craft & design gallery set in the heart of Newcastle’s cultural quarter. Housed in a former Victorian warehouse it is a beautiful gallery space are set over two floors, displaying a range of contemporary fine art, sculpture, original prints and jewellery.