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Eye surgeon behind destroyed Gaza hospital is honoured with a special recognition award
12 April 2024
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international, charity, awards, lifetime, achievement, Israel, Gaza, war, Palestine, Practice Plus
A Manchester-based eye surgeon who has made it his life’s mission to provide internationally-renowned eye care for the people of occupied Gaza, West Bank and East Jerusalem, has received a Health Champion Award from The Tropical Health & Education Trust (THET) at a special ceremony in London.
Haag-Streit launches Eyesi Indirect Ophthalmoscope ROP simulator for retinal examinations on preterm infants
5 April 2024
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Research & Development
The Eyesi Indirect ROP is a mixed-reality simulator that offers a highly immersive training environment for proper device handling, with an embedded, didactically structured simulator curriculum to teach the diagnostic skills required for correct ROP classification.
Doctor prints cornea on demand!
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: Doctor prints cornea on demand! Dr Hideo Kodama from the Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research Institute first...Digital eyecare – enabling better communication between primary and secondary care
Alexander Chiu and his co-authors highlight innovations influencing healthcare advancement and how trainees can get involved. Hospital eye services (HES) were under great pressure to meet demand, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. This pressure has increased with the cancellation and...Pharma chameleon
3 April 2024
| Peter Cackett
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EYE - General
One morning in September ’95, about a month into my first house job on the South Coast of England, I emerged from the ridiculously early ward round on the coronary care unit feeling a bit dazed and therefore headed off...
Enhancing glaucoma awareness and management in Nigeria – from grass roots to national policy development
5 June 2023
| Fatima Kyari, Oteri Okolo, Elizabeth Awoyesuku, Adedeji Akinyemi, Covadonga Bascaran, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - General
This is the second in a series (see Part 1 here) of three articles about strengthening eye health services in Nigeria through collaboration with the LINKS and Networks run at the International Centre for Eye Health, LSHTM. This article highlights...
Pioneering Moorfields and Guy’s and St Thomas’ study tackles visual snow
A new study by a team from Moorfields Eye Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ will examine the role of mindfulness in potentially helping people who have visual snow syndrome.UKISCRS to create series of webinars
9 April 2020
The first webinar, hosted by Professor David Spalton, will be held today Thursday 9 April, 6-7pm.
UK-EGG Seedcorn award call now open
The UK Eye Genetics Group is now accepting applications for a new Seedcorn Award, offering up to £5,000, to support early career researchers in conducting innovative projects focused on the diagnosis, understanding, prevention, management and treatment of genetic eye diseases....A unique case of macular burn from ‘toy’ laser
2 February 2024
| Paras Agarwal, Manoj Kulshrestha
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EYE - General
The first laser was created in 1960 and its name is an acronym for ‘light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation’. Laser technology has been used for medical, industrial, research and entertainment purposes in a variety of fields following extensive...
23rd Medical Ophthalmological Society Meeting
22 March 2023
09.00-17.00pm
Nurse-led Rapid Corneal Collagen Cross-linking / UKISOP Society Education Day
1 December 2013
| Dan Gore, Lorraine North
Nurse-led Rapid Corneal Collagen Cross-linking By Dan Gore Over the last decade, clinical trial data has accumulated for new interventions in keratoconus that promise to arrest disease progression, significantly reduce transplantation rates and save many patients from long-term reliance on...