This year’s BIPOSA takes place
on Wednesday 01st – Friday03rd October, 2025
at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Wednesday 01st October
8.15 Registration with refreshments at the posters and trade exhibition
08.45 Welcome and housekeeping – Mr John Somner, Cambridge
08.55 Session I (P)
What’s new? an update on practice changing research
Moderated by Prof Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, London
09.00 D-CYPHR NIHR Bioresource: DNA, Children + Young People’s Health Resource – Dr Anna Moore Winter, Assistant Professor in Child Psychiatry, Cambridge
09.09 NIHR IBHO Bioresource: Improving Black Health Outcomes (pre-recorded) – Prof. Roxanne Crosby-Nwaobi, Professor of Ophthalmic Health and Care, UCL
09.18 Focus on eyes: D-CYPHR and beyond – Ms Samantha Malka, BRC Genomics Research Manager, London
09.30 Rapid fire presentations (P) (S)
Moderated by Prof Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, London
09.30 Why can’t we have nice things? The creation of a national strabismus audit tool – Prof Saurabh Jain, London (Abstract ID-130336)
09.35 At what age does strabismus impact quality of life in children? – Miss Aimee Cecil, Cambridge (Abstract ID-130249)
09.40 Binocular versus standard occlusion or blurring treatment for unilateral amblyopia in children aged three to eight years – Miss Rachel Grierson, Cornwall (Abstract ID-130056)
09.45 Can we trial interventions for homonymous hemianopia in children and young people? A pilot randomised control trial of peripheral prisms – Miss Sian Handley, London (Abstract ID-130109)
09.50 Redefining vision tests: Exploring novel child-friendly tests in CRB1-related retinal disease – Miss Ana Rodriguez-Martinez, London (Abstract ID-130356)
09.55 Low vs. high intensity occlusion therapy for mild/moderate amblyopia: Feasibility RCT outcomes – Mr Dipesh Patel, London (Abstract ID-130320)
10.00 Session II (P)
Oculoplastics
Moderated by: Mr Cornelius René, Cambridge
10:00 Congenital eyelid anomalies – Miss Sri Gore, London
10:15 Congenital lacrimal obstruction – Diagnosis and Management – Mr Geoff Rose, London
10:30 Eyelid and orbital trauma in children – Mr Cornelius Rene, Cambridge
10:45 Management of congenital ptosis – Mr Manoj Parulekar, Oxford/Birmingham
11:00 Orbital cellulitis in children – Miss Felicity Allen, Cambridge
11.15 Rapid fire presentations (P) (S)
Moderated by Mr Cornelius René, Cambridge
11.15 Why the “Frontalis Muscle Flap” is now the first choice for early paediatric ptosis repair – a case series – Mr Danny Morrison, London (Abstract ID-130227)
11.20 Ophthalmic findings in relation to fronto-orbital Advancement and remodelling surgery: a 6-year retrospective cohort study – Mr Ankur Raj, Alderhey (Abstract ID-130235)
11.25 Epiblepharon in paediatric glaucoma: a case series – Miss Alicia Canalejo Oliva, Newcastle (Abstract ID-130122)
11.30 Refreshments at the posters and the trade exhibition
12.00 Session III (P)
Claud Worth Lecture introduced by Mr John Somner, Cambridge
Navigating the waves of visual electrophysiology in children
Dr Dorothy Thompson, London
13.00 Lunch at the posters and trade exhibition
14.00 Session IV (P)
Hot Eyes
Moderated by Miss Brinda Muthusamy, Cambridge
14.00 The child presenting to the uveitis clinic, systemic considerations – Dr Kate Armon, Paediatric Rheumatologist, Cambridge
14.20 Advances in the therapeutics of childhood uveitis – Prof. Athimalaipet Ramanan, Paediatric Rheumatologist, Bristol
14.40 Findings from UNICORNS: the Uveitis in Childhood National Cohort study – Miss Ameenat Lola Solebo, London
15.00 Orbital inflammation – Miss Erika Damato, Cambridge
15.20 Discussion
15.30 Rapid fire presentations (P) (S)
Moderated by Miss Brinda Muthusamy, Cambridge
15.30 Impact of slit lamp variability on detection sensitivity in anterior uveitis – Mr Johnny Kwok, Sheffield (Abstract ID-130001)
15.35 Outcomes after pre and peri-operative Ozurdex implantation in paediatric uveitic cataract surgery – Miss Alice Thomas, London (Abstract ID-130025)
15.40 Escalation to weekly adalimumab injections in management of paediatric uveitis and the role of adalimumab antibodies – Miss Amelia Rees, Manchester (Abstract ID-130123)
15.45 A natural history study of paediatric Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-associated disease related optic neuritis (MOGAD-ON) – Mr Joshua Harvey, London (Abstract ID-130246)
15.50 Migratory Dark without Pressure: potential inflammatory marker in Paediatric Uveitis – Miss Laura Ramm, Birmingham (Abstract ID-130004)
15.55 Uveitis screening is still indicated in children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis on established Methotrexate therapy – Miss Nimesha Alex, Cambridge (Abstract ID-130215)
16.00 Refreshments at the posters and trade exhibition
16.30 Session V (P) (S)
Solving complex cases with teamwork
Moderated by: Dr Dorothy Thompson, London & Prof Chris Lloyd, London
16.30 Clinical Evaluation of Vision: Tests, Standards and Teams – Dr Ruth Hamilton, Glasgow
16.45 Piecing It Together: Cases of Teamwork and Diagnostic Testing – Miss Sian Handley, London
17.00 Realising the power of MDT working– Miss Sri Gore, London
17.15 Rapid fire presentations (P) (S)
Moderated by Dr Dorothy Thompson and Prof Chris Lloyd, London
17.15 Why can we feel stressed and what may help; perspective of staff in paediatric ophthalmology multidisciplinary team – Miss Richa Aspland, Cambridge (Abstract ID-130035)
17.20 Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in a paediatric cohort: A retrospective observational study in a single tertiary referral center – Mr Marco Piergentili, London (Abstract ID-130135)
17.25 Multidisciplinary retinoblastoma management in a low-to-middle income country: improved survival and eye preservation through team-based care – Miss Sidra Masud, Wakefield (Abstract ID-130145)
17.30 Strabismus in paediatric posterior fossa tumours: a Retrospective Review – Miss Helena Fawdry, Cambridge (Abstract ID-130202)
17.35 When uveitis isn’t: CRB1-associated maculopathy masquerading as inflammation in a paediatric patient – Mr Mustafa Al-Ghazi, Cardiff (Abstract ID-130221)
17.40 Characterization of Newly Diagnosed Ocular Myasthenia Patients: A Single-Centre Case Study – Mrs Devina Gogi, Leeds (Abstract ID-125940)