28th MCLOSA Annual Meeting
25th November 2022
Cavendish Conference Centre, London
The Medical Contact Lens and Ocular Surface Association (MCLOSA) will hold their 28th Annual Meeting on November 2022 at the Cavendish Conference Centre, London, W1G 9DT.
CPD self-accredited by RCOpth – 5.5 points
CPD (previously CET), accredited by General Optical Council – pending 5.5 points
PROGRAMME
08:00 – 09:00: Registration, Coffee, Posters and Exhibition
Programme
09:00 – 09:10: Welcome
09:10 – 09:40: BRON AWARD presentations
Presenters TBC
09:40 – 10:20: Contact lenses for keratoconus Symposium
Title TBC
Dr Rory McClenaghan, Head of Optometry, Eye Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton
Minisclerals – 3D Printed CLs
Dr Brian Tompkins, Director, Tompkins Knight & Son Optometrists, Northampton
Sclerals
Dr Ken Pullum, Principal Optometrist of the scleral lens service, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
10:20 – 10:45: Sponsor’s Snapshots
Companies TBC
10:45 – 11:15: Coffee, Posters & Exhibition
11:15 – 13:00: Acanthamoeba Symposium
Risk factors for acanthamoeba keratitis
TBC
Diagnosis and imaging in acanthamoeba keratitis
Professor Parwez Hossain, Associate Professor & Clinical Lead for Corneal Services, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, University of Southampton
ODAK study and optimal treatment protocols
Professor John Dart, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London & Honorary Professor, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London
Surgical management of acanthamoeba complications
Mr Damian Lake, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Director, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch, Posters & Exhibition
14:00 – 15:00: Kersley Lecture - Tissue engineering the cornea
Professor Che Connon, Director of Business Development, Professor of Tissue Engineering, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle
15:00 – 15:30: Ocular Surface Insight (OSI) Symposium (Part 1)
Chair: Mr Samer Hamada, East Grinstead
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee, Posters & Exhibition
16:00 – 16:45: Ocular Surface Insight (OSI) Symposium (Part 2)
Chair: TBC
16:45 – 16:50: Presentation of the Bron Award and Poster Prizes
16:50 – 17:00: Closing remarks
17:00 – 17:30: MCLOSA Annual General Meeting
Members only