MCLOSA Annual Meeting
1st December 2023
Cavendish Conference Centre, London
The Medical Contact Lens and Ocular Surface Association (MCLOSA) will hold their 29th Annual Meeting on 1 December 2023 at the Cavendish Conference Centre, London, W1G 9DT.
CPD self-accredited by RCOpth – 5.5 points
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2023 PROGRAMME
08:00 - 09:00 - Registration and refreshments
09:00 - 09:05
Welcome from the President
Andrena McElvanney - MCLOSA President
London, UK
09:05 - 09:15
30 years of Contact Lenses and the Ocular Surface
Andrena McElvanney - MCLOSA President
London, UK
09:15 – 09:45
BRON Award Presentations
Chairs: Fiona Carley, Manchester, UK and Scott Robbie, London, UK
Steroid response in Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK): A 7-year longitudinal study of 993 non-glaucomatous eyes
Yan Ning Neo, London, UK
Delayed presentation of bilateral interface deposits 6 years after Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty
Waseem Sarfraz, Huddersfield, UK
Bilateral aggressive Mooren’s ulcer in pregnancy - A unique case
Harathy Selvan, Coventry, UK
Fungal keratitis from nail infections: a case series
Radhika Patel, London, UK
09:45 - 10:25
Contact Lenses for the Irregular Cornea Symposium
Chairs: Ourania Frangouli, London, UK and Sophie Jones, London, UK
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The transformation of speciality contact lens fitting
Brian Tompkins
Northampton, UK
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Can’t stand the Pressure?
Rory McClenaghan
Southampton, UK
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Scleral lenses, it's like night and day...
Ken Pullum
London, UK
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Session Q&A's
All session speakers
10:25 - 10:50
Sponsor's Snapshots
Chairs: Chris Hemmerdinger, Macclesfield, UK and Yan Ning Neo, London, UK
Contributions by:
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Gold Supporter – Scope Ophthalmics
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Silver Supporter – Nordic Pharma
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Silver Supporter – Santen
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Silver Supporter – Théa
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Silver Supporter – VISUfarma
10:55 - 11:25 - Coffee, Posters & Exhibition
11:25 - 13:00
Atopy and the Eye Symposium
Chairs: Parwez Hossain, Southampton, UK and Scott Robbie, London, UK
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Immunology of atopic eye disease
Virginia Calder
London, UK
Atopic eye disease and the child
Ömür Uçakhan - Gündüz
Ankara, Turkey
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Atopy and the eye – a dermatologist’s perspective
Andrew Pink
London, UK
Management of ocular complications of atopy
Scott Robbie
London, UK
Session Q&A's
All session speakers
13:00 - 14:15 - Lunch, Posters & Exhibition
13:00 - 13:20 - MCLOSA AGM (Members-only)
14:15 - 15:00
Kersley Lecture
Introduction by: Andrena McElvanney
London, UK
Keratoconus
Professor Carina Koppen
Head of Department, Antwerp University Hospital. Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
15:00 - 15:30
Invited Lecture
Microbial keratitis – a current perspective on diagnosis and management
Stephen Kaye
Liverpool, UK
15:30 - 16:00 - Coffee, Posters & Exhibition
16:00 - 16:45
Dry Eye Symposium
Chairs: Parwez Hossain, Southampton, UK and Artemis Matsou, East Grinstead, UK
The dry eye patient journey
David Lockington
Glasgow, UK
Dry eye in the aqueous deficient patient
Parwez Hossain
Southampton, UK
Dry eye and the menopause
Nikolina Budimlija
Dublin, Ireland
16:45 - 16:50
MCLOSA Prizes
Presentation of the Bron Award and Poster Prizes
MCLOSA Council
16:50 - 17:00
Closing Remarks
Andrena McElvanney, London, UK
17:00 - 18:30 - MCLOSA Drinks Reception: Members only
POSTERS
Located in the Whittington Suite
P-1: No time to monkey around: A case of cicatricial conjunctivitis and limbal epithelial stem cell deficiency in a patient infected with the monkey pox virus
Priya Udani, Epsom, UK
P-2: A prospective, single centre case series assessing efficacy of the in-clinic application of amniotic membrane (Omnigen®) in reducing signs and symptoms of dry eye disease in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome: Interim (1 month) results
Saadia Razzaq Chaudhry, Sheffield, UK
P-3: A survey of intraocular lens preferences of UK refractive surgeons for cataract surgery and refractive lens exchange
Jamil Kabbani, Guildford, UK
P-4: Correlation between subjective and objective symptoms in individuals with mild dry eye disease and control group
Marianne Lindenberg, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
P-5: Corneal Neurotization for Neurotrophic Keratopathy: A case presentation of supraorbital nerve transplantation
Wessam Mina, Romford, UK
P-6: Case series: Surgical management of fungal keratitis
Rania Rawashdeh, Southampton, UK
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P-7: Re-audit of cyclosporine eye drops prescribing at Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS Trust
Munazzah Chou, London, UK