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Saturday 30 AUGUST 2025

 

Subspecialty

Time

Topic

Title

REGISTRATION & COFFEE

8:00-8:25

 

 

Welcome

8:25-8:30

 

 

 

Oculoplastics

Richard C. Allen

Moderator: Krishna Tumuluri

8:30-8:42

Common condition

Oculoplastics Surgical Videos

8:50-9:02

Frontier

Medical Therapies for Thyroid Eye Disease

9:10-9:22

Cases

 

Cataract

Ben LaHood

Moderators: Tanya Trinh, Chameen Samarawickrama, Simon Fung

9:30-9:42

Common condition

Ocular Dominance (TBC)

9:50-10:02

Frontier

Spherical Aberration (TBC)

10:10-10:22

Cases

 

MORNING TEA

10:30-10:55

 

 

Medical Retina 1

Jay Sridhar

Moderators: Amy Cohn, Adrian Fung

11:00-11:12

Common condition

Diabetic Macular Oedema
11:20-11:32

Frontier

Photobiomodulation for AMD
11:40-11:52

Cases

 

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Sui Wong

Moderators: Clare Fraser

12:00-12:12

Common condition

Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
12:20-12:32

Frontier

Lifestyle Interventions in Neuro-ophthalmology
12:40-12:52

Cases

 

LUNCH

1:00-1:55

 

 

Pregnancy and Ophthalmology

Moderators: Adrian Fung

2:00-3:00

Panel Discussion (5min talks plus Q&A)

Pregnancy and:

  • Diabetic retinopathy (Amy Cohn)
  • Anti-VEGF therapy (Jay Sridhar)
  • Thyroid Eye Disease (Richard Allen)
  • Uveitis (Jo Sims)
  • Medications (Jennifer Fan-Gaskin)
  • Ophthalmic Surgery (Ben LaHood)
  • PRES and IIH (Sui Wong)

Cornea 

Simon Fung

Moderators: Tanya Trinh, Chameen Samarawickrama, Parth Shah, Ben LaHood

3:00-3:12

Common condition

Cataract surgery in corneal patients
3:20-3:32

Frontier

Paediatric corneal transplantation
3:40-3:52

Cases

 

AFTERNOON TEA

4:00-4:25

 

 

Industry and Ophthalmology

Moderators: Adrian Fung

4:30-5:30

 

  • Regulation (Medicines Australia Code of Conduct)
  • Medical vs Commercial
  • Bioethics
  • Physician incentives
  • Disclosure

 

Conference Dinner:

Shellhouse Dining room and Terrace

6:30-9:30pm

 

37 Margaret Street

Sydney, 2000

Entry to Levels 9 & 10 via Wynyard Lane

Phone: (02) 9148 4000

 

 

 

Sunday 31 august 2025

 

Subspecialty

Time

Topic

Title

REGISTRATION & COFFEE

8:00-8:25

 

 

Welcome

8:25-8:30

 

 

Paediatrics

Parth Shah

Moderators: Caroline Catt, Krishna Tumuluri, Ben LaHood, Simon Fung

8:30-8:42

Common condition

Nasolacrimal duct obstruction

8:50-9:02

Frontier

Paediatric cataract surgery and IOLs

9:10-9:22

Cases

 

Vitreoretinal Surgery

Jay Sridhar

Moderator: Gaurav Bhardwaj, Adrian Fung

9:30-9:42

Common condition

Ocular Trauma

9:50-10:02

Frontier

Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy

10:10-10:22

Cases

 

MORNING TEA

10:30-10:55

 

 

Uveitis

Jo Sims

Moderator: Richard Symes

11:00-11:12

Common condition

Differentiating Infectious from Immune Uveitis
11:20-11:32

Frontier

Birdshot Chorioretinopathy
11:40-11:52

Cases

 

Glaucoma

Jennifer Fan-Gaskin

Moderators: Emily Gregory Roberts

12:00-12:12

Cases

A Glaucomatologists Guide to NTG
12:20-12:32

Cases

WTF is MIBS?
12:40-12:52

Cases

 

LUNCH

1:00-1:55

 

 

 

Medical Retina 2

Amy Cohn

Moderators: Jay Sridhar, Adrian Fung

 

2:00-2:12

Common condition

PAMM!
2:20-2:32

Frontier

Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 and CNTF
2:40-2:52

Cases

 

Is the Textbook Dead? New Avenues for Learning in 2025: Podcasts, Websites, Social Media and More

3:00-4:00

 

  • Straight from the Cutter's Mouth (Jay Sridhard)
  • OculoSurg (Richard Allen)
  • Ophthalmology Against the Rule (Ben LaHood)
  • Social Media (Tanya Trinh)
  • Patient-Facing Education (Sui Wong)
    WestmeadEye and VRSurgeryOnline (Adrian Fung)

CLOSE & FEEDBACK

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