New Treatment for Macular Disease
26 January 2011 - 26 February 2011
Whitfield Clinic, 26thFebruary 2011
9.00am – 9.15am Registration
Session 1
Opening remarks: Professor Stephen Beatty
9.15am – 10.00am Recent Advances in Optimisation of Diabetic Control
Professor Brendan Buckley, Consultant Endocrinologist, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork
10.00am – 10.45am The Role of anti-VEGF Therapy in Diabetic Maculopathy
Professor Stephen Beatty, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Institute of Eye Surgery, Whitfield Clinic, Waterford
10.45am – 11.30am AMD Treatment and the Practice Management in the era of anti-VEGF Therapy
Mrs Geeta Menon, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Director of Medical Education, Frimley Park Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London
11.30am – 11.50am: Coffee Break
Session 2
11.50am – 12.15pm: Treatment Options in Retinal Vascular Disease
Professor Stephen Beatty, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Institute of Eye Surgery, Whitfield Clinic, Waterford
12.15pm – 12.35pm: Nutrition and AMD
Dr John Nolan, Macular Pigment Research Group and Institute of Vision Research, Waterford Institute of Technology, Cork Road, Waterford
12.35pm – 13.35pm: Lunch
13.35pm – 14.30pm Workshop: Practical Aspects of Intravitreal Injections: Practicalities of establishing and running an injection service which is safe, sustainable and efficient
Professor Stephen Beatty/ and Mrs Geeta Menon
14.35pm Close of meeting