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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Thursday 14 May 2009
| 8am |
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Registration desk open - ground floor, Rutherford hotel |
| 9am |
12.30pm |
Qualifications and Education Committee Executive meeting
10.30am morning tea
- Heaphy room, level two |
| Noon |
1pm |
Lunch - Waimea foyer, level two |
|
12.30pm |
2pm |
Save Sight Society Committee business meeting - Riwaka room, ground floor |
| 2pm |
4pm |
NZ Branch Executive Committee business meeting - Heaphy room, level two |
| 6.30pm |
8pm |
Welcome cocktail function and wine tasting - Exhibition area, ground floor |
Friday 15 May 2009
| 8am |
8.50am |
Registration |
|
| 8.50am |
9am |
Welcome to the meeting and introduction to the first session |
Derek Sherwood |
9am
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9.20am
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Cataract morphology, image degradation and population
requirements for surgery |
John Sparrow |
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9.20am
9.30am
10.05am |
9.30am
10.00am
10.10am |
"The Waikato Hospital Cataract "direct to the waiting list" process
CPAC presentation
|
John Dickson
Alison Barbour, Ministry of Health
Ian Dunlop |
|
10.10am
10.40am
10.50am |
10.40am
10.50am
11am |
Graves orbitopathy: Presentation, Differential diagnosis and Assessment
Cicatricial ectropion repair using fibrin tissue glue and change in full thickness graft size post-operatively
Lacrimal sac tumours |
Jane Dickinson
Sarah Osbourne
Andrea Zarkovic |
| 11am |
11.30am |
Morning tea and exhibition |
|
11.30am
|
11.50am
|
The evidence base for Glaucoma therapy |
John Sparrow |
|
11.50am
Noon
12.10pm
12.20pm
12.35pm
12.40pm
|
Noon
12.10pm
12.20pm
12.30pm
12.40pm
1pm |
Otago Glaucoma surgery outcome study: Cell mechanisms regulating capsule permeability and update on the Molteno3 implant results
Otago Glaucoma surgery outcome study: Electron microscopy of capsules surrounding molteno implants
Anxiety induced by visual field testing in Glaucoma
Patient satisfaction with topical medications: The New Zealand glaucoma eye drop survey
GNZ
Blepharosplasty
|
Antony Molteno
Antony Molteno
Shenton Chew
Nathan Kerr
Mike O'Rourke
Paul Rosser
|
| 1pm |
2pm |
Lunch and exhibition |
|
| 2pm |
2.30pm |
Managing active Graves orbitopathy: Current options and future hopes |
Jane Dickinson |
|
2.30pm
2.40pm
2.50pm
3.05pm
3.15pm
|
2.40pm
2.50pm
3pm
3.15pm
3.25pm |
Surgery with flare - coping with the recession
Strabismus surgery in thyroid eye disease
Orbital decompression for thyroid eye disease
Does Amblyopia affect function?
The role of genetic testing in the management of Retinoblastoma |
Rob Weatherhead
Justin Mora
Rebecca Stack
Graham Wilson
Monika Pradhan |
| 3.30pm |
4pm |
Afternoon tea and exhibition |
|
|
4pm
4.20pm
4.30pm
4.40pm
4.50pm
|
4.20pm
4.30pm
4.40pm
4.50pm
5pm
|
Cataract surgery - benefit, risk and elevated complication rates
Novel model of Rodent Retrobulbar Optic Neuropathy
Selective laser Trabeculopasty as a primary or medication-sparing therapy in glaucoma
Microns from blindness
Treatment of chronic ocular hypotony with a surgically implanted programmable drug infustion pump to infuse blanaced salt solution intra-ocularly |
John Sparrow
Taras Papchenko
Albert Vosseler
James Borthwick
Keith Small |
| 5pm |
6.30pm |
Rapid fire presentations by poster presenters followed by cheese and wine |
|
Saturday 16 May 2009
9am
|
9.20am
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Clinical measurement, patient reported outcomes and clinical effectiveness |
John Sparrow |
|
9.20am
9.30am
9.40am
9.55am
10.25am
10.35am
10.45am
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9.30am
9.40am
9.50am
10.25am
10.35am
10.45am
10.55am |
Avastin: The Dunedin experience
Long term intravitreal Avastin results in AMD
A comparison of dosing regimens for Avastin (Bevacizumab) in treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration
Vision 2020
Factors affecting effective implementation of the national diabetes retinal screening greading system and referral guidelines: A multi centre analysis
Update on the establishment of a database for inherited retinal and optic nerve disorders
Optic nerve head haemorrhages associated with posterior vitreous detachment |
Anne-Marie Yardley
Archana Pandita
Rachel Neiderer
Edward Hutchins
Monika Pradhan
Philip Polkinghorne |
| 11am |
11.30am |
Morning tea and exhibition |
|
|
11.30am
11.45am
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11.40am
11.55am
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Topical Nexagon™ in the treatment of chemical and thermal ocular surface burns
PNG |
Chi-Ying Chou
Keith Maslin |
| 11.55am |
12.25pm |
|
John McKinnon
|
12.30pm
|
1pm
|
Modern cataract surgery: Society, the patient, the surgeon and the risks |
John Sparrow |
| 1pm |
2pm |
Lunch and exhibition |
|
|
2pm
2pm |
4.30pm
3.30pm |
Business Meetings
RANZCO NZ Branch Annual General Meeting |
|
| 3.30pm |
4.30pm |
Save Sight Annual General Meeting |
|
| 4.30pm |
|
CPAC Committee Meeting |
|
|
7pm |
11.30pm |
Combined Conference Dinner
at World of WearableArt and Classic Cars Museum
Entertainment: The Beat Girls |
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Sunday 17 May 2009
|
9am |
10.30am |
Common oculoplastics procedures:
"How I do it" |
|
| 9am |
9.06am |
Eyelid shortening |
Jane Dickinson |
|
9.06am
9.12am
9.18am
9.34am
9.40am
10am
10.06am
10.18am
10.24am
10.30am |
9.12am
9.18am
9.24am
9.40am
9.46am
10.06am
10.12am
10.24am
10.30am
10.36am |
Medical entropion correction
Cicatricial entropion correction
Involutional entropion
Investigate adult epiphora
Manage congenital NLD obstruction
Enucleation
Evisceration (free paper)
Levator aponeurosis repair
Mullers resection
Brow suspension |
Paul Rosser
Stephen Ng
Brian Sloan
Richard Hart
John Dickson
Paul Rosser
Rebecca Stack
Brian Sloan
Adam Watson
Rob Weatherhead |
| 10.45am |
11.15am |
Morning tea and exhibition |
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|
11.15am
11.45am
11.55am
12.05pm
12.15pm |
11.45am
11.55am
12.05pm
12.15pm
12.25pm |
Rehabilitation of complex sockets
Prolene frontalis suspension for severe ptosis
Congenital clinical anophthalmia: Practical Management aspects
Raising the roof: Surgical approaches to superior orbital tumours
Point-of-care test for adenoviral conjunctivitis with RPS adeno detector and its benefits over current detection methods |
Kent Chow
Logan Mitchell
Genevieve Oliver
Leo Check |
|
12.25pm |
12.55pm |
Guest lecture and rapid fire presentations |
Jane Dickinson |
| 12.55am |
1pm |
Award prize for best presentation
Closing comments |
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