OSI Symposium and Dry Eye Masterclass March 2023 – Itinerary

OSI Symposium and Dry Eye Masterclass 2023 - Itinerary
OSI Symposium and Dry Eye Masterclass 2023 – Itinerary

OSI Dry Eye Master Class

Friday 24th of March

Course Directors: Mr Samer Hamada, Mr Arthur Cummings, Prof Rohit Shetty

08:00-9:00Coffee & Registration
08:50-09:00Welcome & Introduction
09:00-11:50Dry Eye Masterclass – Theory & Discussions
09:00-09:10Classification and Subclassification
Miss Sonia Trave-Huarte
09:10-09:20  How to make the right diagnosis?
Prof. James Wolffsohn
09:20-09:30Dry eye Masquerades
Mr. Ankur Barua
09:30-09:50Discussion/Round Table
Moderator: Mr. Arthur Cummings
Panel: Prof. James Wolffsohn
Miss Sonia Trave-Huarte
Mr. Ankur Barua
09:50 – 10:00At home therapies
Mr. Connan Tam
10:00-10:10  In-Office therapies
Mr. Brian Tompkins
10:10-10:20Rosacea blepharitis
Miss Nikolina Budimjila
10:20-10:30Biologics and Beyond: When and how
Mr. Arthur Cummings
10:30-11:00Discussion/Round Table
Moderator: Prof. Rohit Shetty
Panel: Miss Nikolina Budimjila
Mr. Brian Tompkins Arthur Cummings
Mr. Connan Tam
11:00-11:30Coffee Break
11:30-11:50Top Tips by the Experts
Moderator: Mr. Samer Hamada
Panel: Prof. James Wolffsohn
Mr. Arthur Cummings
Prof. Rohit Shetty
Mr. Ankur Barua
Miss Nikolina Budimjila
11:50-17:10Dry Eye Masterclass – Interactive Workshops
11:50-12:00Introduction 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

12:00-13:00Workshops Session1
12:00-12:30Workshop 1
12:30-13:00Workshop 2
13:00-14:00Lunch Break
14:00-15:30Workshops Session2
14:00-14.30Workshop 3
14:30-15:00Workshop 4
15:00-15:30Workshop 5
15:30-16:00Coffee Break
16:00-17:30Workshops Session3
16:00-16:30Workshop 6
16:30-17:00Workshop 7
17:00-17:10Close

OSI 5th Annual Symposium

Saturday 25th of March

Course Directors: Mr Samer Hamada, Mr Arthur Cummings, Prof Rohit Shetty

08:00-8:50Coffee & Registration
08:50-09:00Welcome & Introduction
09:00-09:50Best Practice: Show me the evidence!
09:00-09:10Impact of diet & nutrition in ocular surface inflammation
Dr. Pooja Khama & Dr. Swaminathan Sethu
09:10-09:20Tear biomarkers in clinical practice
Prof. Rohit Shetty & Dr. Swaminathan Sethu
09:20-09:30Vitamin D receptors & it’s impact on ocular surface health
Dr. Swaminathan Sethu & Dr. Pooja Khamar
09:30-09:50Discussion/Round Table
Moderator: David Lockington
Panel: Prof. Rohit Shetty
Dr. Swaminathan Sethu
Dr. Pooja Khamar
09:50-10:45Ocular surface disease in the community
Lead by Miss Sonia Trave-Huarte
09:50-10:00Prosthetic CL for amblyopia or trauma, High-power soft CL for aphakia, BCL for wound healing/epithelial protection
Ms. Silvia Gallo
10:00-10:10Scleral lenses for keratoconus, Therapeutic BCLs after corneal debridement
Mr. Alberto Recchioni
10:10-10:20Modern empirical methods of scleral fitting including impression moulding
Miss Jennifer McMahon
10:20-10:30Management of anterior surface conditions
Ms. Sarah Farrant
10:30-10:45Discussion/Round table
Moderator: Miss Sonia Trave-Huarte
Panel: Mr. Alberto Recchioni
Ms. Silvia Gallo
Ms. Jennifer McMahon
Ms. Sarah Farrant
10:45-11:15Coffee Break
11:15-11:45Key Note Lecture 1 : “NOISE” in our judgment of ocular surface disease
Prof. Rohit Shetty
11:45-12:45What is new and innovative?
11:45-11:55MMP & Collagen nexus – Can we control it?
Dr. Swaminathan Sethu & Dr. Pooja Khamar
11:55-12:05Autophagy & Trehalose in inflammation modulation
Dr. Swaminathan Sethu & Dr. Pooja Khamar
12:05-12:15Desiccation model of dry eye & its translational implication
Dr. Swaminathan Sethu & Dr. Pooja Khamar
12:15-12:25Genes, ocular inflammation & gene therapy – The future!
Dr. Pooja Khamar
12:25-12:45Discussion/Round Table
Moderator: Mr. Arthur Cummings
Panel: Prof. Rohit Shetty
Dr. Swaminathan Sethu
Dr. Pooja Khamar
12:45-13:45Lunch Break
13:45-14:15Memorial Lecture for Prof. Michael O’Keeffe: Making a difference
Mr. Arthur Cummings
14:15-15:00Corneal neuropathy latest developments
14:15-14:25Corneal nerve tracking & it’s role in newer refractive procedures
Dr. Pooja Khamar
14:25-14:35Corneal hypothesia
Mr. Ankur Barua
14:35-14:45Aviation as a model for refractive surgery – The need for standardisation of training for refractive surgeons
Mr. Arthur Cummings
14:45-15:00Discussion/Round Table
Moderator: Mr. David Lockington
Panel: Mr. Arthur Cummings
Mr. Ankur Barua
Prof. Harminder Dua
Dr. Pooja Khamar
15:00-15:30Coffee Break
15:30–17:00Beyond DED
15:30-15:45How to set up a successful dry eye practice?
Mr. David Lockington
15:45-15:55A message from your patient
Ms. Shakira Elliott
15:55-16:10Holistic approach to dry eye
Mr. Samer Hamada
16:10-16:25The role of functional medicine
Dr. Sharief Ibrahim
16:25-16:50Discussion/Round Table : New horizons in DED managment
Moderator: Mr. Samer Hamada
Panel: Mr. David Lockington
Mr. Arthur Cummings
Dr. Sharief Ibrahim
Prof. Rohit Shetty
16:50-17:00CLOSING REMARKS

OSI Symposium & Dry Eye Masterclass is coming back!

By popular demand Ocular Surface Insight (OSI) is running another 2-day conference in London on the 24-25 March 2023. This event gives ophthalmologists and optometrists the chance to hear from world-leading experts in ocular surface disease at this new forum for eye health professionals.

Read moreOSI Symposium & Dry Eye Masterclass is coming back!