Satellite Meetings

Saturday 12 September
12.45 - 14.00

ROP in 2009: Regional Solutions for Preventable Childhood Blindness

Room Number: 133
Host: Barry J. Linder

Speakers:

A. Serra Castanera SPAIN
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, SPAIN

A. Ells CANADA
Calgary Retina Consultants and Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

A. Vinekar INDIA
Narayana-Nethralaya Hospital, Bangalore, INDIA

D. Lepore ITALY
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, ITALY

Symposium Topics:

• Review the characteristics of successful ROP programs in different areas of the world
• Examine practical solutions to plan and implement an ROP management program
  
• Compare and contrast the use of indirect ophthalmoscopy and wide-field digital photography
  in screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Learn how to create an ROP screening telemedicine network

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Sunday 13 September
12.45 - 14.00

Managing Ocular Diseases in Paediatrics

Room Number: 111
Moderator: E. Silva PORTUGAL 

E. Silva PORTUGAL
Ocular surface infection: diagnosis and treatment in paediatrics

J. Montero SPAIN
Palpebral infectious disorders: diagnosis and treatment  

T. Karcher GERMANY
Dacryocystitis management  

D. Bremond Gignac FRANCE
Azyter, the first 3-day ocular antibiotic treatment

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