The Medical Contact Lens and Ocular Surface Association (MCLOSA) will hold their 31st Annual Meeting on 28th November 2025 at One America Square Conference Centre, 17 Crosswall, City of London, London EC3N 2LB
CPD self-accredited by RCOpth – 7.5 points
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2025 PROGRAMME
08:00 - 09:00 - Registration and refreshments
09:00 - 09:05
Welcome from the President
Andrena McElvanney - MCLOSA President
London, UK
09:05 – 09:40
BRON Award Presentations
1: When antibiotics aren't enough: Globe preservation in infective scleritis
Yusuf Abdallah, Coventry
2: Investigating unexpectedly high primary graft failure rates with imported corneal tissue: Comparison across three tissue providers
Kirupakaran Arun, London
3: Femtosecond Laser-Assisted DALK: A retrospective analysis of visual and refractive outcomes
Cristina Cristian, Colchester
4: Remodelling the cone in the management of keratoconus
Francis Edozie, Colchester
5: The use of ciclosporin in a hospital eye services
Rajeevan Anantharanjit, Carshalton
6: Risk factors for graft rejection following endothelial keratoplasty: Focus on cystoid macular oedema
Raphael Kilian, London
09:40 - 10:25
Contact Lenses in Challenging Situations
Title TBC
Rory McClenaghan, Southampton, UK
Options for refractive complications
Brian Tompkins, Northampton, UK
A snapshot of scleral lens therapeutic applications: Why, when and occasionally when maybe not
Ken Pullum, London & Oxford, UK
Session Q&A's
All session speakers
10:25 - 11:10
Sponsor's Snapshots
Contributions by 2025 Sponsors:
- Bausch
- Sun Pharmaceuticals
- Ridge Pharma
- Santen
- Scope
- Théa
- VISUfarma
​​11:10 - 11:45 - Coffee, Posters & Exhibition
11:45 - 13:00
Microbial Keratitis Symposium
Topical antimicrobials in Microbial Keratitis
Keri McClean, Liverpool, UK
Corneal Microbiome and Microbial Keratitis
Tobi Somerville, Liverpool, UK
Non-antibiotic treatment of Microbial Keratitis
Stephen Kaye, Liverpool, UK
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Session Q&A's
All session speakers
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​​13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch, Posters & Exhibition
14:00 - 15:00
Kersley Lecture
Introduction by:
Andrena McElvanney, London, UK
From Discovery to Delivery: Navigating Barriers to Innovation in Ocular Surface Disease
KERSLEY LECTURER: Professor Saaeha Rauz
Professor of Translational Ophthalmology
Department of Inflammation and Ageing, School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham (UK)
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Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist
Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham (UK)
15:00 - 15:30
Dry Eyes – Current Challenges and Breakthroughs
Artificial Intelligence in dry eye
Paul Nderitu, London, UK
Intravitreal Injections and dry eye
Nikolina Budjmila, Dublin, Ireland
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​​​15:30 - 16:00 - Refreshments, Posters & Exhibition
16:00 - 16:45
Endothelial Keratoplasty Symposium
DSO
Naing L Tint, Edinburgh, UK
Mastering the details: A collection of surgical pearls for DMEK
Johnson Yan Ning Neo, London, UK
EndoArt​
Hatch Mukherjee, Colchester, UK
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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 - 17:30
MCLOSA Annual General Meeting
Members only