The first issue of the 2022 Video Journal of Cataract, Refractive, & Glaucoma Surgery is now available for viewing.  It is entitled Great Lectures!  We were fortunate enough to obtain copies of these prestigious lectures featuring Dr. Ehud Assia from Israel who gave the ESCRS Binkhorst Lecture; Mr. Richard Packard from England who gave the Choyce Lecture to the UKISCRS; and Dr. Michael Snyder who recently delivered the Kelman Lecture at the 2021 AAO meeting.     

The VJCRGS is in its 38^th year of providing the highest quality of education to anterior segment surgeons around the world.  It is a free member benefit of COS in addition to educating residents, fellows, and private practitioners every quarter. 

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Volume 38, Issue 1, 2022

ESCRS Binkhorst Lecture………………………………………………………………………. Dr. Ehud Assia, Israel

UKISCRS Choyce Medal Lecture………………………………………………… Mr. Richard Packard, England

AAO Kelman Lecture………………………………………………………………………. Dr. Michael Snyder, USA

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The April 2022 CJO is now available online. Here are some of the highlights: 

Resident Perspectives + visual abstract: Our amazing team of residents have summarized 7 articles with a focus on what’s most relevant to ophthalmology learners here in Canada and around the globe, including the article featured in our April visual abstract, Frozen versus fresh corneal graft carriers in Boston keratoprosthesis surgery: 10-year outcomes.

Original research articles:

• SD-OCT assessment of macular and optic nerve alterations in patients recovered from COVID-19
• Sunlamp use is a risk factor for uveal melanoma: a meta-analysis
• Ocular manifestations of disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infection after cardiothoracic surgery
• Evaluation of dry eye disease in children with blepharokeratoconjunctivitis
• Reversible HER2 antibody-drug conjugate–induced ocular toxicity

Research letters and case reports:

• Features and management of strabismus from skull base chordoma [research letter]
• Clinical course and poor prognostic factors of Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease in a tertiary uveitis clinic [research letter]
• Making the most of what you have: improving patient and provider experiences at an eye clinic through interior design [case report]
• Building better education after COVID-19: the 2021 Canadian ophthalmology residency match [case report]
• Detection of Alcaligenes chronic endophthalmitis mimicking noninfectious uveitis with 16S ribosomal RNA PCR [case report]

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Date: June 2nd – June 5th, 2022

Jio World Centre
Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai

The society organises annual conferences in different parts of the country. In these conferences, a number of scientific activities that include instruction courses, symposia, lectures, post graduate refresher courses, booth lectures, wet labs, surgical skill transfer courses etc. are conducted for the promotion and mutual exchange of knowledge in the field of ophthalmic science.

The society also gives incentives to the members in the form of awards, orations, prizes and Fellowships in recognition of their services in the various specialties.

Click the link below to learn more and to register:

Date: September 28th–29th, 2022

IMPORTANT DATES
Jan 3 – Abstract Submissions Open for Scientific Papers and Electronic Posters
April 15 – Deadline for Abstract Submissions
May 3 – Early Registration Deadline
Jul 31 – Program Preview Available Online
Aug 12 – Advance Registration Deadline
Sept 28–29 – World Cornea Congress VIII

For more details visit the World Cornea Congress website

Date: September 16th-20th, 2022

We are pleased to inform you that the 40th Congress of the ESCRS will take place at the MiCo Milano Convention Centre, Milan, Italy from Friday 16 to Tuesday 20 September 2022.
The Congress will be a primarily face-to-face event, supported by a number of virtual elements. ESCRS is proud to have been among the first international healthcare societies to return to “live” meetings in 2021 and is excited to continue in this direction in 2022.

Registration information will be released here soon.

For more details visit the ESCRS website

March 11th, 2022

Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS)and Canadian Retina Society (CRS) Joint Position Statement on Polysulfate Sodium (Elmiron)

Pentosan Polysulfate sodium (PPS), also known as Elmiron, is an oral medication prescribed for the treatment of interstitial cystitis (IC). PPS has been used to treat IC since 1996.

A dose-related progressive retinal maculopathy is associated with the use of PPS. The retinal changes from PPS include macular edema, choroidal neovascularization and retinal pigment epithelial hyperpigmentation followed by atrophy. Severe vision loss is associated with late PPS maculopathy.

An article, entitled Re-visioning by Carol Yaple, which was included in the CMAJ, Vol. 194, Issue 97 Mar 2022

“On Dec. 1, 2011, I received a diagnosis of Stargardt disease, an inherited retinal disorder that affects central vision. Genetic testing showed that my mother carried the mutation, and my father contributed a common variant. One in 10 000 are afflicted with this rare condition, which often presents in childhood.”

Read the Full Article here:

Date: Tuesday, March 8th, 2022
Time: 8:00 – 9:00 pm ET

Imagine a gender equal health system. One that is free of bias towards women physicians, medical learners, health workers and patients. We must eliminate the double standard, and level the playing field. What would that look like? What could be achieved? Join Canada’s top women in medicine as they share their experience and discuss how to #BreakTheBias.

Moderated by: Dr. Katharine Smart, President, Canadian Medical Association

Dr. Gigi Osler, President, Federation of Medical Women of Canada

Dr. Modupe Tunde-Byass, President, Black Physicians of Canada

Dr. Deidre Young, President, Canadian Women in Medicine

Dr. Sarah Funnell, Founding Director, Centre for Indigenous Health Research and Education

Dr. Joanne Liu, Former President, Doctors Without Borders International

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This is a special supplement entitled Dialogues in Dry Eye focusing on perspectives and insights in the management of dry eye and ocular surface disease.

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