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Scientific Program
FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY
Hall Trianti
ESCRS/EuCornea Cornea Day
(Organised by ESCRS and EuCornea)
Friday 15 February | 09.30 – 16.30
Chairpersons: J. Güell SPAIN (EUCORNEA), R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS (ESCRS)
Topics will include:
• Ocular Surface Disease: What Worked and What Did Not
• Management of Corneal Complications after Refractive Surgery
• Tips and Pitfalls in Corneal Graft Surgery: DALK, DSEK, DMEK, PK
• Infectious Keratitis
The Cornea Day programme will be comprised of a number of expert keynote lectures and a
series of case presentations on the topics listed above.
Welcome Ceremony
Friday 15 February | 16.30 - 17.00
16.30 Welcome from the President
B. Cochener FRANCE (PRESIDENT, ESCRS)
16.35 Welcome from the local hosts
K. Koufala GREECE (PRESIDENT, HSIOIRS)
16.38 HSIOIRS Scholarship ‘Spyros Georgaras’ & HSIOIRS Sponsorship
D. Kyroudis (GENERAL SECRETARY, HSIOIRS)
E. Patsoura (TREASURER, HSIOIRS)
16.42 Presentation of HSIOIRS Kelman Award
M. Balidis (PRESIDENT ELECT, HSIOIRS)
16.45 HSIOIRS Kelman Lecture
Life behind the lens, D. Spalton UK
Main Symposia
New Advances in Glaucoma
Friday 15 February | 17.00 – 18.30
Chairpersons: V. Karampatakis GREECE, S. Morselli ITALY
17.00 New drugs and delivery modes, C. Schweitzer FRANCE
17.10 When and why MIGS?, M. Teus SPAIN
17.20 Discussion
17.30 Tubes and valves, A. Prinz AUSTRIA
17.40 Non-penetrating surgical procedures, A. Fea ITALY
17.50 Discussion
18.00 When and why trabeculectomy?, F. Topouzis GREECE
18.10 Non-invasive surgical procedures, A. Konstas GREECE
18.20 Discussion
18.30 End of session
HSIOIRS-EOS Symposium
Organized by the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery and the Egyptian
Ophthalmological Society
Friday 15 February |18.30 - 20.00
Keratoconus: Diagnosis and Management
Moderators: Ch. Siganos, GREECE, I.El Adawi, EGYPT
18:30 Femto-Keratoplasty for Keratoconus, Mahmoud Ismail, EGYPT
18:42 Current and future strategies for crosslinking in Κeratoconus, Miltos Balidis, GREECE
18:54 SMILE and Keratoconus, Ahmed Ghoneim, EGYPT
19:06 Two stages procedure in management of selected cases of Keratoconus, Tharwat Mokbel
EGYPT
19:18 Intracorneal Ring Segments for the correction of Keratoconus, Konstantinos Moschou,
GREECE
19:30 Management of Astigmatism after Cross Linking with Toric ICL, Konstantina Koufala,
GREECE
19:42 Discussion
20:00 End of Session
Hall Skalkotas
Young Ophthalmologists Programme
Friday 15 February | 09.00 – 12.30
Learning from the Learners: Interactive Session on Cataract Surgery for Trainees
Chairpersons: O. Findl AUSTRIA, S. Morselli ITALY
Panellists: R. Packard UK, N. Reus THE NETHERLANDS
09.00 R. Packard UK, The most common tips I give to my trainees
09.15 Learning from the learners: one of my first operations (Video cases submitted by young
ophthalmologists)
10.30 Break
Panellists: V. Pfeifer SLOVENIA, P. Rosen UK
10.45 P. Rosen UK, Things I tell my residents - phaco tricks to improve your surgery
11.00 Learning from the learners: tackling more risky cases (Video cases submitted by young
ophthalmologists)
12.15 Roundtable: summary
12.30 End of session
Didactic Courses
Cataract Surgery Didactic Course
Friday 15 February | 14.30 – 17.00
Chairpersons: R. Packard UK, P. Rosen UK
In the Beginning: Learning to Learn….
14.30 At the start: surgical simulation, L. Benjamin UK
14.45 What do I want from my trainer?, A. Prinz AUSTRIA
15.00 Efficient Cataract Surgery, P. Rosen UK
15.15 Biometry: Precision in IOL Calculations, D. Sculfor UK
15.40 Incisions: Creating the Perfect Wound, O. Muftuoglu TURKEY
15.55 Visco-elastics: Creating space - Protecting Tissue, V. Katsanevaki GREECE
16.10 The Capsule, A. Crnej SLOVENIA, V. Pfeifer SLOVENIA
16.30 New Age Phaco Dynamics, R. Packard UK
Room MC3
Free Paper Session – Refractive
Friday 15 February | 09.30 – 10.00
Free Paper Session – Cornea
Friday 15 February | 10.30 – 12.30
Didactic Courses
Refractive Surgery Didactic Course
Friday 15 February | 14.45 – 17.05
Moderators: D. Epstein SWITZERLAND, C. Roberts USA
Part 1 Diagnostic Techniques
14.45 Patient selection, D. Siganos GREECE
15.00 Corneal topography, F. Ribeiro PORTUGAL
15.20 Lasers in refractive surgery, G. Kymionis GREECE
15.40 Biomechanics of the cornea, C. Roberts USA
16.00 IOL calculation strategies, M. Morral SPAIN
16.15 Quality of vision evaluation, R. Applegate USA
16.35 Case reports, N. Hirnschall AUSTRIA
Room MC2
Basic Optics Course
Friday 15 February | 08.30 - 16.00
Chairpersons: I. Pallikaris GREECE, M.J. Tassignon BELGIUM
Part 1 Visual Behaviour (Visual Function)
Moderators: R. Applegate USA, I. Pallikaris GREECE
08.30 Retinal image quality, R. Applegate USA
08.50 Presbyoptics, I. Pallikaris GREECE
09.10 Straylight: importance of different domains of the point—spread function,
T. Van den Berg THE NETHERLANDS
09.30 State-of-the-art assessment of visual acuity and contrast sensitivity, S. Plainis GREECE
09.55 Visual function assessment using adaptive optics, P. Artal SPAIN
10.15 Modelling visual function, H. Ginis GREECE
Part 2 Visual Optics
Moderators: I. Pallikaris GREECE, M.J. Tassignon BELGIUM
10.35 Light propagation in the eye, F. Van de Velde BELGIUM
10.55 Aberrations of the optical system, S. Marcos SPAIN
11.20 Optics of the crystalline lens and accommodative response, A. Glasser USA
11.40 IOL optics, M.J. Tassignon BELGIUM
12.00 Epidemiology of the optical parameters of the eye, J. Rozema BELGIUM
12.20 IOL power calculation, W. Haigis GERMANY
12.45 Break
Part 3 Imaging the Human Eye
Moderators: B. Malyugin RUSSIA, A. Pallikaris GREECE
14.15 Confocal microscopy, from research to clinical practice, A. Pallikaris GREECE
14.35 Measuring the biomechanics of the cornea, C. Roberts USA
14.55 OCT imaging, from research to clinical practice, B. Malyugin RUSSIA
15.15 Corneal topography challenges, S. Panagopoulou GREECE
Banquet Hall
Instructional Courses
Friday 15 February
09.00 – 10.30
Intraocular lenses in the absence of capsular support,
V. Pfeifer SLOVENIA, S. Georgaras GREECE
11.00 – 12.30
Complex cataract surgery,
B. Malyugin RUSSIA, M. Balidis GREECE
15.00 – 16.30
Spectacle independence after cataract surgery,
B. Cochener FRANCE, P. Papadopoulos GREECE
Poster Area
Moderated Poster Session
Friday 15 February | 14.00 – 15.00
SATURDAY 16 FEBRUARY
Hall Trianti
Free Paper Session – Cataract
Saturday 16 February | 08.30 – 11.00
Main Symposia
Trends in Refractive Surgery
Saturday 16 February | 11.30 – 13.00
Chairpersons: V. Katsanevaki GREECE, T. Kohnen GERMANY
11.30 The transepithelial approach: a re-birth of PRK, D. Epstein SWITZERLAND
11.40 LASIK: the role of a mechanical keratome in the femto laser era, J. Guell SPAIN
11.50 Discussion
12.00 Evidence-based benefits of SMILE over LASIK, J. Hjortdal DENMARK
12.10 Phakic IOLs: are the posterior lenses gaining ground over the anterior ones?, R. Nujits THE
NETHERLANDS
12.20 Discussion
12.30 Refractive lens exchange: why should a clear lens be sacrificed?, K. Koufala GREECE
12.40 Corneal inlays: why bother with them after all the past failures?, I. Pallikaris GREECE
12.50 Discussion
13.00 End of session
Near Live Surgery
(Organised by the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery)
Saturday 16 February | 14.00 – 16.00
Moderators: P. Papadopoulos, GREECE, P. Smachliou GREECE
Discussion Panel: B. Cochener-Lamard FRANCE, O. Findl AUSTRIA, B. Malyugin RUSSIA
3D Near Live Surgery
Expanding visualization frontiers in cataract surgery with NGENUITY® Digitally Assisted Surgery
3D technology & Centurion™ Vision System, implanting Clareon® AutonoMe® IOL
Surgeon: D. Siganos GREECE
3D Near Live Surgery
Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery using LenSx®Laser System & Centurion® Vision
System assisted by VERION image-guided system with implantation of PanOptix® Toric Trifocal
IOL
Surgeon: P. Papadopoulos GREECE
2D Near Live Surgery
Myopic Laser Correction with SMILE
Surgeon: K. Moschou GREECE
3D Near Live Surgery
Minimally Invasive Cataract Surgery leveraging the automated Clareon® AutonoMe® IOL delivery
system with INTREPID® BALANCED Tip in synergy with Active Fluidics™ technology
Surgeon: M. Balidis GREECE
3D Near Live Surgery
Femtosecond Laser Cataract Surgery using the VICTUS Femtosecond Laser Platform, the Stellaris
Elite vision enhancement system and implanting the EyeCee One Crystal Preloaded IOL
Surgeon: Luigi Caretti ITALY
2D Near Live Surgery
Secondary Insertion of Scleral Fixation (Carlevale) IOL in an eye after complicated Cataract
Surgery
Surgeon: P. Papadopoulos GREECE
3D Near Live Surgery
Surface Ablation with StreamLight™ - WaveLight®’s One Step Trans-Epi PRK
Surgeon: K. Koufala GREECE
Main Symposia
When the Unexpected Happens
Saturday 16 February | 16.30 – 18.00
Chairpersons: S. Georgaras GREECE, D. Spalton UK
16.30 The Argentinian flag sign, M. Amon AUSTRIA
16.40 The floppy iris syndrome, T. Kohnen GERMANY
16.50 Discussion
17.00 Zonular dialysis, S. Morselli ITALY
17.10 IOL damage on insertion, S. Srinivasan UK
17.20 Discussion
17.30 Posterior capsule rupture, K. Chalioulias GREECE
17.40 Postoperative infection, S. Ní Dhubhghaill IRELAND
17.50 Discussion
18.00 End of session
Hall Skalkotas
Didactic Courses
Cataract Surgery Didactic Course
Saturday 16 February | 08.00 – 12.30
Chairpersons: R. Packard UK, P. Rosen UK
Part 2: Next Steps…….
08.00 Managing the Nucleus, R. Packard UK
08.40 Complex Cases: Advanced Phaco Techniques, B. Malyugin RUSSIA, R. Packard UK, P. Artal
SPAIN, V. Pfeifer SLOVENIA, I. Dekaris CROATIA
10.00 Break
10.20 What is the Role of Femtosecond Lasers and Cataract Surgery?, Z. Nagy HUNGARY
10.40 Intraocular Lens Design, D. Spalton UK
11.00 Presbyopia Correction with Intraocular Lenses, F. Kretz GERMANY
11.15 Intraoperative Correction of Astigmatism: Toric Intraocular Lenses, S. Ní Dhubhghaill
IRELAND
11.30 Solutions for Post Cataract Surgery Refractive Error, M. Amon AUSTRIA
11.45 Corneal laser correction, P. Rosen UK
12.00 Complications Pre and Post-Operatively, L. Benjamin UK
12.20 Negative dysphotopsia , R. Packard UK
12.30 End of session
Room MC3
Cornea Didactic Course
Saturday 10 February | 08.00 - 16.15
Clinical Cornea
Moderators: B. Cochener FRANCE, G. Kymionis GREECE
08.00 Introduction, J. Güell SPAIN
08.05 Basic science: anatomy, physiology and biomechanics, G. Kymionis GREECE
08.20 Pathological responses of the cornea, M.J. Tassignon BELGIUM
08.30 Laboratory testing for ocular surface diseases, J. Merayo-Lloves SPAIN
08.50 Corneal imaging evaluation techniques, B. Cochener FRANCE
09.10 Non-infectious keratitis, M. Morral SPAIN
09.30 Break
Moderators: H. Møller DENMARK, D. Touboul FRANCE
09.45 Infectious keratitis, B. Frueh SWITZERLAND
10.05 Corneal dystrophies, H. Møller DENMARK
10.25 Ectasia disorders and degenerations, TBC
10.45 Dry-eye and ocular surface disease, T. Fuchsluger GERMANY
11.05 Immunological disorders of the cornea, U. Pleyer GERMANY
11.25 Clinical case report
11.35 Discussion
Surgical Cornea
Moderators: R. Bellucci ITALY, R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS
11.45 Corneal cross-linking, D. Touboul FRANCE
12.05 Anterior lamellar keratoplasty procedures, R. Bellucci ITALY
12.25 Penetrating keratoplasty, B. Allan UK
12.45 Break
Moderators: J. Hjortdal DENMARK, S. Moussa AUSTRIA
14.15 Management of postkeratopathy astigmatism, R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS
14.35 DSEK, TBC
14.55 DMEK, B. Bachmann GERMANY
15.15 Amniotic membrane, J. Guell SPAIN
15.35 Conjunctival surgery, J. Hjortdal DENMARK
15.55 Limbal transplantation and keratoprosthesis, S. Moussa AUSTRIA
16.15 Surgical case report
16.25 Discussion
16.35 End of session
Room MC2
Refractive Surgery Didactic Course
Saturday 16 February | 08.00 – 12.35
Part 2 Therapeutic Techniques: Intraocular Surgery
Moderators: J. Guell SPAIN, A. Marinho PORTUGAL
08.00 Phakic IOLs, A. Marinho PORTUGAL
08.20 Refractive lens exchange, P. Rosen UK
08.35 Toric IOLs, R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS
08.55 Multifocal and EDOF IOLs, O. Findl AUSTRIA
09.15 Refractive reoperations and enhancements, J. Guell SPAIN
09.35 Break
Part 3 Therapeutic Techniques: Corneal Surgery
Moderators: G. Grabner AUSTRIA, B. Cochener-Lamard FRANCE
09.45 Surface ablation techniques, J. Hjortdal DENMARK
10.05 Cross-linking and refractive surgery, D. Epstein SWITZERLAND
10.25 Topo- and wavefront-guided ablations, V. Katsanevaki GREECE
10.40 LASIK complications, V. Katsanevaki GREECE
10.55 Incisional corneal procedures, T. Kohnen GERMANY
11.10 LASIK: surgical technique, R. Bellucci ITALY
11.30 Small lenticule extraction, B. Cochener-Lamard FRANCE
11.50 Laser refractive surgery for presbyopia, TBC
12.05 Intracorneal ring segments, D. Touboul FRANCE
12.20 Intrastromal inlays (biologiocal and synthetic), G. Grabner AUSTRIA
Poster Area
Moderated Poster Session
Saturday 16 February | 14.00 – 15.00
SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY
Hall Trianti
Main Symposia
Pearls for the Young Cataract Surgeon
Organised by the Young Ophthalmologists Committee
Sunday 17 February | 09.00 – 10.30
Chairpersons: S. Palkovits AUSTRIA, C. Pedrosa PORTUGAL, N. Visser THE NETHERLANDS
09.00 My first rhexis and hydrodissection attempts, B. Bostanci Ceran TURKEY
09.10 The perfect rhexis and hydrodissection, Th. Neuhann GERMANY
09.20 Discussion
09.30 My first phaco complications, V. Qin BELGIUM
09.40 The dream phaco,R. Packard UK
09.50 Discussion
10.00 Thin ice: my first challenging cases, V. Diakonis GREECE
10.10 Mastering challenging cases, B. Malyugin RUSSIA
10.20 Discussion
10.30 End of session
Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery Symposium
Sunday 17 February | 11.00 – 13.00
Advanced Technology: Better Results?
Chairpersons: K. Koufala GREECE, M. Balidis GREECE
11:00 - 11:30 D. Kyroudis, LASIK vs SMILE, K. Moschou GREECE
11:30 – 12:00 D. Mikropoulos, Conventional phaco vs FLACS, P. Papadopoulos GREECE
12:00 – 12:30 P. Smachliou, Multifocal vs EDOF IOLs, E. Patsoura GREECE
12:30 – 13:00 V. Katsanevaki, Cross-linking classic protocol vs modern protocols, M. Balidis
GREECE
Surgical Skills Training Courses
http://www.escrs.org/athens2019/programme/surgical-skills-schedule.asp
ESONT Didactic Day 2019
http://www.esont.org/escrs-winter-meeting-athens-2019
EuroTimes Satellite Education Programme
Friday 15 February | 12:45 - 14:15 (Lunchtime Symposium) Location: Hall Skalkotas ESCRS Education Forum - Achieving Optimal Cataract Refractive Outcomes with Presbyopia and Toric Lens Technologies
Friday 15 February | 13:00 - 14:00 (Lunchtime Symposium) Location: Room MC3 ESCRS Education Forum - Implementing Ocular Surface Disease Treatment Strategies to Improve Surgical Outcomes
Saturday 16 February | 13:00 - 14:00 (Lunchtime Symposia) Location: Hall Skalkotas ESCRS Education Forum - Surgical Phaco Basics: Optimising Machine Settings for All Cases
Location: Room MC2 Johnson&Johnson Vision - New Concepts for Improving Patient Outcomes in Cataract Surgery Moderator: F. Carones ITALY Expanding treatment options for presbyopia-correcting IOL, O. Goslings THE NETHERLANDS Impact of MGD treatment on the cataract practice, F. Carones ITALY
Location: Room MC3 Thea Laboratoires - How Can Théa’s Innovations Improve…? Moderator: G. Kymionis GREECE Dry eye management, M. Labetoulle FRANCE Ocular surface inflammation, K. Boboridis GREECE Blepharitis caused by demodex, S. Doan GREECE Cataract surgery, G. Kymionis GREECE