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European Veterinary Ophthalmology Conference - May 13-16th 2010 in Malahide, Dublin |
Welcome
May I extend an Irish welcome and promise you a memorable visit to the Emerald Isle. The European Veterinary Ophthalmology conference is being held from May 13-16th 2010 in Malahide, Dublin, a coastal village close to Dublin city centre. It is a beautiful and intimate location allowing easy access to the city, yet peacefully located ensuring a relaxed atmosphere.
The conference presents high-calibre continuing education, practical workshops, state-of-the-art lectures and the very popular ESVO hereditary eye disease session. We hope that you come to Ireland for the quality of our scientific program but we also want to welcome you, to visit our beautiful country and to enjoy its culture and its people.
Within the social programme, we will introduce you to one of Ireland’s famous exports: Jamesons’s whiskey. The visit to the Jameson’s whiskey museum will explain the creation of this delight and then you will be treated to a night of Irish music and dance.
The following night will be the gala dinner, followed by a ‘Ceili’ (pronounced Kaylee) - this is traditional Irish dancing which was exported to the world as ‘Riverdance’.
You may then decide to explore the the city of Dublin or choose to venture further afield and take a trip to see Ireland\'s wild atlantic coastline and its world-famous scenery immortalized in song and in verse. Or maybe you would like to play our world famous golf courses. We are privileged in Ireland to have an abundance of world class golf courses one of which can be seen from the conference hotel, the historic Portmarnock golf links. Ireland has a great history of music and literature, from James Joyce to Roddy Doyle.
Ireland’s greatest jewel is its people, do come and enjoy a memorable visit.
Looking forward to meeting you in Dublin
Mike Woods
Chairperson of the Organising Committee and ESVO President.
Day 1 – Thursday 13th May – Workshops
Day 2 – Friday 14th May – VICAS CE Day
08.00 Registration opens
09.00 EYELIDS Prof Peter Bedford
The kinked, the bent, the loose and the grossly deformed - all the product of our human desire to produce a particular appearance to what the irresponsible Breed Standard liberally calls the \"eye\". Fortunately these man-made deformities lend themselves to surgical correction, some of which can be really successful in alleviating discomfort and disability. Sadly not all our therapy can be truly effective in all our patients and it must be obvious not only to the Bateson Enquiry that major changes to Breed Standards are essential. We\'ll discuss treatment in terms of success and in this first session we\'ll deal mainly with the problems due to macrophthalmos.
10.30 Break & Exhibition
11.00 Breeders breed them, Vets fix them Prof Peter Bedford
such as inherited eyelid conditions distichiasis, extopic cilium, trichiasis - In this session we\'ll discuss some of the other inherited eyelid conditions in the dog such as distichiasis, its second cousin labelled descriptively as the ectopic cilium and trichiasis. Again its surgery that provides the answers and \"they make them, we fix them\" underlines the significant role that today\'s breeder has to play in improving the lot of the pedigree dog.
11.30 LARGE ANIMAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
Dr Terry Grimes
Congenital Conditions, Eyelid Repair, Tumour Removal
12.30 Lunch & Exhibition
14.00 Enucleation of the Bovine Eye Dr Terry Grimes
14.30 EYELIDS Prof Peter Bedford
Acquired eyelid disease. Tumour resection in the dog and cat - In this post-prandial session we\'ll discuss various aspects of acquired eyelid disease and describe some techniques to repair the eyelid after tumour resection in the dog and cat. Fortunately both species often have a sufficiency of skin to repair the largest of surgical and traumatic wounds, with perhaps the most ingenious of techniques employing the Mustarde approach to repair the upper eyelid or our use of tissue from the upper lip to replace the lower eyelid.
Day 3 - Saturday 15th May – Cataract Surgery
08.00 Registration opens
09.00 CATARACT SURGERY Prof David Wilkie
Pre operative considerations – What do we worry about prior to surgery? - Patient selection and assessment of pre-operative issues prior to surgery is critical to the success of small animal cataract surgery. Issues such as stage of cataract, presence of lens-induced uveitis, diabetes associated issues, congenital ocular abnormalities, lens instability, elevated intraocular pressure, risks for retinal detachment and many other variables must be evaluated and used to plan a cataract surgery and determine outcome.
10.30 Break & Exhibition
11.00 Management of intra operative complications Prof David Wilkie
What do we worry about during and after surgery - Management of intra-operative complications is critical to ensuring a successful outcome in cataract surgery. Situations such as a miotic pupil, anterior and posterior capsular tears, vitreous presentation and hard lenses can and will occur during surgery. How the surgeon handles these will determine outcome. Post-operatively, immediate and long-term issues and complications will be discussed. Differences in the post-operative management of the diabetic and non-diabetic, frequency of follow-up and post-operative medications will be covered.
12.30 Lunch & Exhibition
14.00 HEREDITARY EYE DISEASE Stuart Ellis
Interesting Eye Cases – Is it inherited – how do I record it?
Is there a genetic test?
15.30 Break & Exhibition
16.00 CATARACTS
Equine Cataract Surgery – the good, the bad and the ugly. Prof David Wilkie
Should we perform surgery in the horse? - Should we perform cataract surgery in the horse? Is there a difference based on the age of the horse? Is there a difference based on the etiology of the cataract or the presence of Equine Recurrent Uveitis. Should I implant an intraocular lens in the horse? Can I perform cataract surgery in the horse using my small animal equipment? The answers to these and other questions regarding equine cataract surgery will be discussed.
18.00 Awards & Next Meeting Presentation
Day 4 - Sunday 16th May - Genetics
08.00 Registration opens
GENETICS
09.00 Genetics Overview, Mutation & Disease Dr Cathryn Mellersh
A leader in genetics research who is based at the Animal Health Trust in England This promises to be a practical session informing the ophthalmology practitioner of the practical aspect of genetics, when a condition can be considered inherited, and what role; genetic testing plays. Within this session there will be a 30 minute clinical genetics consultation.
10.00 DNA Tests
10.30 Break & Exhibition
11.00 Current Research - Limitations of DNA Tests
11.30 How Breeders Should Use DNA Tests
12.00 Treatment & Therapies
12.30 The Clinical Genetics Consult Dr Marie Abitbol
13.00 Conference Closes
Contact Us
For information on the EVO 2010 Conference please contact;
European Veterinary Ophthalmology Conference Secretariat
C/O Keynote PCO
Suite 26, Anglesea House
63 Carysfort Avenue
Blackrock
Co. Dublin
Ireland
Tel: + 353 (0) 1 400 3626
Fax: + 353 (0) 1 400 3692
Email: info@evo2010.com
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