EPOS

European Paediatric Ophthalmological Society

Information

Main Topic

Trends in Paediatric Ophthalmology

Venue

Main Lecture Hall, Klinikum University of Regensburg

Program

  Friday, September 14th    
    12:00h Registration and technical exhibition
  Birgit Lorenz  14:00h Welcome and Introduction
  1. Session
The Status of Paediatric Ophthalmology 
14:10h  
01 David Taylor
London, England
14:10h Paediatric ophthalmology -  A European perspective
02 Elias Traboulsi
Cleveland, USA
14:40h Paediatric ophthalmology -  An American perspective
03 Marek Prost
Warsaw, Poland
15:10h Paediatric ophthalmology -  An Eastern European perspective
    15:40h Coffee Break
  2. Session
Genetics I
16:10h  
04 Thomas Rosenberg
Kopenhagen, Denmark
16:10h A national ophthalmic genetic database
05 Dietmar Lohmann
Essen, Germany
16:40h Modification of genotype-phenotype associations: Insights from retinoblastoma
06 Anthony T. Moore
London, England
17:15h EPOG: No strabismus please! But what about genetics of squint?
  Mayor Weber  19:00h Reception by the Mayor of Regensburg
    20:00h Bus transfer to Hesperiden Garten from the Cathedral
    20:30h Informal dinner at Hesperiden Garten
  Saturday, September 15th    
  3. Session
Genetics II 
08:30h  
07 Ulf Kretschmann
Regensburg, Germany
08:30h Clinical findings in a family with M. Best and a heterozygous mutation in the VMD2 gene
08 Guenther G. Rudolph
München, Germany
08:45h Choroideremia. Clinical and functional aspects in an affected male and three female carriers with a 1388delCCinsG mutation
09 Hossein Ameri
Dublin, Ireland
09:00h Ocular features of Apert syndrome
10 Sabine Schindler
Regensburg, Germany
09:15h Analysis of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors in syndromic and isolated craniosynostoses
11 Rita Sitorus
Regensburg, Germany
09:30h Mutational analysis in Leber Congenital Amaurosis
12 Hedwig Forster
Regensburg, Germany
09:45h Mutation screening of tyrosinase and P-gene in oculocutaneous and ocular albinism
    10:00h Coffee Break
  4. Session
Retinopathy of Prematurity
10:30h  
13 Birgit Lorenz
Regensburg, Germany
10:30h Telemedicine in acute ROP. A multicenter study using a digital retinal imaging system
14 Bert Massie
Dublin, CA, USA
10:55h New horizons in pediatric retinal imaging
15 Natalya Fomina
St.Petersburg, Russia
11:10h The treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity by transscleral and by transpupillar diode laser in the neonatal intensive care unit in St. Petersburg, Russia
16 Ann Hellström
Göteborg, Sweden
11:25h Insulin-like Growth Factor I is critical to Retinopathy of Prematurity
17 Jacqueline Termote
Utrecht, The Netherlands
11:40h Incidence of concomitant handicaps in children blinded by ROP
  Constitutional Session of EPOG 12:00h  
    13:00h Lunch Break
  5. Session
Interventions 
14:15h  
18 Sinead Byrne
Dublin, Ireland
14:15h Capillary haemangioma of the eyelids and orbit - a review of the clinical features and therapeutic results in 24 cases
19 Joaquim Murta
Coimbra, Portugal
14:30h Penetrating keratoplasty in children
20 Luis Amaya
London, England
14:45h Intraocular lens implantation after cataract surgery in infants under 18 weeks of age. Preliminary results
21 Raymond Radford
Manchester, UK
15:00h Intraocular lens implantation of infants with congenital cataract
22 N.F. Bobrova
Odessa, Ukraine
15:15h Intraocular correction with foldable IOL in paediatric traumatic cataracts
23 Joaquim Murta
Coimbra, Portugal
15:30h Cataract surgery in children with uveitis
24 Wolfgang Schroeder
Hamburg, Germany
15:45h Management of posterior pole cataract
25 Susmito Biswas
London, United Kingdom
15:55h Releasable suture technique in filtration surgery for congenital glaucoma.
26 Faye Barampouti
Athens, Greece
16:10h Should active CMV retinitis in non-immunocompromised newborn babies be treated?
    16:20h Coffee Break
  6. Session
Syndromes I 
16:50h  
27 Dorothea Besch
Tübingen, Germany
16:50h Bardet-Biedl syndrome: variability of clinical expression
28 Ruth Riise
Hamar, Norway
17:05h The phenotype Of Bardet-Biedl Patients with mutations in the BBS4 gene
29 Badia Fahad
Manchester, England
17:20h Screening for ocular manifestations in Marfan's syndrome families
30 N.F. Bobrova
Odessa, Ukraine
17:35h Congenital blepharophimosis syndrome in children (clinic, genetics, results of surgical treatment)
31 Hélène Dollfus
Villejuif, France
17:50h A family with trichothiodystrophy presenting with mild congenital cataract
32 Elvira Saidacheva
St.Petersburg, Russia
18:00h Persistent fetal vasculature syndrome in infants
33 Jose Schuil
Zeist, The Netherlands
18:15h A case of possible Revesz syndrome
    19:30h Formal Dinner at Haus Heuport
  Sunday, September 16th    
  7. Session
Syndromes II 
08:30h  
34 F.D. Koole
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
08:30h CHARGE association, a neural crest disturbance?
35 Robyn Jamieson
Manchester, United Kingdom
08:45h Chromosomal rearrangements and lens and anterior segment development
36 Paul Connell
Dublin, Ireland
09:00h Familial Heterozygous Hypobetalipoproteinaemia (FHH) and Christchurch Heamoglobinopathy (CH) in an 8 month old
37 Kristen Baggesen
Aalborg, Denmark
09:10h How do we prevent blindness in this patient?
  8. Session
Developmental Ophthalmology
09:20h  
38 Jochen Graw
Neuherberg, Germany
09:20h Developmental genetics in ophthalmology and its impact on paediatric ophthalmology.
39 Solon Thanos
Münster, Germany
09:50h Molecular control of the development of the visual system
40 Pascal Dureau
Paris, France
10:20h Optic Nerve Aplasia
    10:30h Coffee Break
  9. Session
Neuroophthalmology
11:00h  
41 John Grigg
Manchester, United Kingdom
11:00h Objective perimetry in a paediatric population
42 Susann Andersson
Göteborg, Sweden
11:15h Visual acuity and visual perception in children with hydrocephalus
43 Anna-Lena Hård
Göteborg, Sweden
11:30h Visual perception at school-age in preterm patients in a pediatric eye clinic.
44 F.N. Boonstra
Zeist, The Netherlands
11:45h A one year old boy with periodic alternating gaze deviation.
45 Marita Andersson Grönlund
Göteborg, Sweden
11:55h Visual function and ocular findings in children adopted from Eastern Europe
46 Tej Rane
Glasgow, Scotland
12:10h Probable impaired perception of movement in children with damage to the brain. A retrospective observational study
47 Aymen Saaed
Glasgow, Scotland
12:25h Impaired movement through 3D space and impaired simultaneous perception in children with cerebral visual impairment. A retrospective observational study.
  Birgit Lorenz  12:40h Farewell
  End of meeting  12:50h  
    14:30h Guided tour to Regensburg (optional)