27-28 March 2025
Copthorn Țara Hotel, Kensington, London
10 Interactive Workshops
Worldleading Experts
OSI
Navigating the Challenges of Private Practice
Challenges of Private PracticeCOMING SOON
OSI & SCOPE
Navigating the Challenges of Private Practice: Insights for Ophthalmologists – Glaucoma and Cataract
20 April 2024
Radisson Vanderbilt Hotel in London
PROGRAMME
Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery in Private practice
Ms Laura Crawley, Consultant at Imperial College and London Clinic
Private practice – Worth the Pain?
Ms Bita Manzouri, Consultant at Queen’s Hospital and the Holly private
Lessons learned in Private practice
Ms Masara Laginaf, Consultant at OCL Vision, London
Non surgical ocular surface treatments in private practice
Ms Nikolina Budimlija, Consultant at IOES, Waterford
Over coming challenges faced in Private Practice
Mr Samer Hamada, Consultant, Director Eye clinic London & Editor OSI
Patient Acquisition and Retention
Rod Solar, Founder and Fractional CMO of Livesey Solar
OSI Magazine – Spring/Summer 2023
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OSI Symposium and Dry Eye Masterclass March 2023 – Itinerary
OSI Dry Eye Master Class
Friday 24th of March
Course Directors: Mr Samer Hamada, Mr Arthur Cummings, Prof Rohit Shetty
08:00-9:00 | Coffee & Registration |
08:50-09:00 | Welcome & Introduction |
09:00-11:50 | Dry Eye Masterclass – Theory & Discussions |
09:00-09:10 | Classification and Subclassification Miss Sonia Trave-Huarte |
09:10-09:20 | How to make the right diagnosis? Prof. James Wolffsohn |
09:20-09:30 | Dry eye Masquerades Mr. Ankur Barua |
09:30-09:50 | Discussion/Round Table Moderator: Mr. Arthur Cummings Panel: Prof. James Wolffsohn Miss Sonia Trave-Huarte Mr. Ankur Barua |
09:50 – 10:00 | At home therapies Mr. Connan Tam |
10:00-10:10 | In-Office therapies Mr. Brian Tompkins |
10:10-10:20 | Rosacea blepharitis Miss Nikolina Budimjila |
10:20-10:30 | Biologics and Beyond: When and how Mr. Arthur Cummings |
10:30-11:00 | Discussion/Round Table Moderator: Prof. Rohit Shetty Panel: Miss Nikolina Budimjila Mr. Brian Tompkins Arthur Cummings Mr. Connan Tam |
11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30-11:50 | Top Tips by the Experts Moderator: Mr. Samer Hamada Panel: Prof. James Wolffsohn Mr. Arthur Cummings Prof. Rohit Shetty Mr. Ankur Barua Miss Nikolina Budimjila |
11:50-17:10 | Dry Eye Masterclass – Interactive Workshops |
11:50-12:00 | Introduction to workshops Mr. Samer Hamada |
Workshops:
• Diagnostics
• Treatment IPL
• Treatment Others (Plugs, Debridment and Probing)
• Case-Based Discussions
Workshops will be run by :
Prof. James Wolffsohn
Miss Sonia Trave-Huarte
Mr. Connan Tam
Miss Nikolina Budimjila
Mr. Arthur Cummings
Mr. Samer Hamada
Mr. Ankur Barua
Mr. Jack Gormley.
All workshops are supported by our industry sponsors:
Scope
Daybreak Medical
Hanson Instruments
Vision Matrix
Bodydoctor
Trukera
Rayner
12:00-13:00 | Workshops Session1 |
12:00-12:30 | Workshop 1 |
12:30-13:00 | Workshop 2 |
13:00-14:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00-15:30 | Workshops Session2 |
14:00-14.30 | Workshop 3 |
14:30-15:00 | Workshop 4 |
15:00-15:30 | Workshop 5 |
15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
16:00-17:30 | Workshops Session3 |
16:00-16:30 | Workshop 6 |
16:30-17:00 | Workshop 7 |
17:00-17:10 | Close |
OSI 5th Annual Symposium
Saturday 25th of March
Course Directors: Mr Samer Hamada, Mr Arthur Cummings, Prof Rohit Shetty
08:00-8:50 | Coffee & Registration |
08:50-09:00 | Welcome & Introduction |
09:00-09:50 | Best Practice: Show me the evidence! |
09:00-09:10 | Impact of diet & nutrition in ocular surface inflammation Dr. Pooja Khama & Dr. Swaminathan Sethu |
09:10-09:20 | Tear biomarkers in clinical practice Prof. Rohit Shetty & Dr. Swaminathan Sethu |
09:20-09:30 | Vitamin D receptors & it’s impact on ocular surface health Dr. Swaminathan Sethu & Dr. Pooja Khamar |
09:30-09:50 | Discussion/Round Table Moderator: David Lockington Panel: Prof. Rohit Shetty Dr. Swaminathan Sethu Dr. Pooja Khamar |
09:50-10:45 | Ocular surface disease in the community Lead by Miss Sonia Trave-Huarte |
09:50-10:00 | Prosthetic CL for amblyopia or trauma, High-power soft CL for aphakia, BCL for wound healing/epithelial protection Ms. Silvia Gallo |
10:00-10:10 | Scleral lenses for keratoconus, Therapeutic BCLs after corneal debridement Mr. Alberto Recchioni |
10:10-10:20 | Modern empirical methods of scleral fitting including impression moulding Miss Jennifer McMahon |
10:20-10:30 | Management of anterior surface conditions Ms. Sarah Farrant |
10:30-10:45 | Discussion/Round table Moderator: Miss Sonia Trave-Huarte Panel: Mr. Alberto Recchioni Ms. Silvia Gallo Ms. Jennifer McMahon Ms. Sarah Farrant |
10:45-11:15 | Coffee Break |
11:15-11:45 | Key Note Lecture 1 : “NOISE” in our judgment of ocular surface disease Prof. Rohit Shetty |
11:45-12:45 | What is new and innovative? |
11:45-11:55 | MMP & Collagen nexus – Can we control it? Dr. Swaminathan Sethu & Dr. Pooja Khamar |
11:55-12:05 | Autophagy & Trehalose in inflammation modulation Dr. Swaminathan Sethu & Dr. Pooja Khamar |
12:05-12:15 | Desiccation model of dry eye & its translational implication Dr. Swaminathan Sethu & Dr. Pooja Khamar |
12:15-12:25 | Genes, ocular inflammation & gene therapy – The future! Dr. Pooja Khamar |
12:25-12:45 | Discussion/Round Table Moderator: Mr. Arthur Cummings Panel: Prof. Rohit Shetty Dr. Swaminathan Sethu Dr. Pooja Khamar |
12:45-13:45 | Lunch Break |
13:45-14:15 | Memorial Lecture for Prof. Michael O’Keeffe: Making a difference Mr. Arthur Cummings |
14:15-15:00 | Corneal neuropathy latest developments |
14:15-14:25 | Corneal nerve tracking & it’s role in newer refractive procedures Dr. Pooja Khamar |
14:25-14:35 | Corneal hypothesia Mr. Ankur Barua |
14:35-14:45 | Aviation as a model for refractive surgery – The need for standardisation of training for refractive surgeons Mr. Arthur Cummings |
14:45-15:00 | Discussion/Round Table Moderator: Mr. David Lockington Panel: Mr. Arthur Cummings Mr. Ankur Barua Prof. Harminder Dua Dr. Pooja Khamar |
15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
15:30–17:00 | Beyond DED |
15:30-15:45 | How to set up a successful dry eye practice? Mr. David Lockington |
15:45-15:55 | A message from your patient Ms. Shakira Elliott |
15:55-16:10 | Holistic approach to dry eye Mr. Samer Hamada |
16:10-16:25 | The role of functional medicine Dr. Sharief Ibrahim |
16:25-16:50 | Discussion/Round Table : New horizons in DED managment Moderator: Mr. Samer Hamada Panel: Mr. David Lockington Mr. Arthur Cummings Dr. Sharief Ibrahim Prof. Rohit Shetty |
16:50-17:00 | CLOSING REMARKS |