Ophthalmological Society of Jamaica

PAST EVENT

OUR 7TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM 2017

in collaboration with

Conference Presentations

Corneal Pathology IN Diabetes

DIABETES: From vision to blindness: a preventable journey

Update on Management of Diabetes

Micropulse Laser in Diabetic Macula Oedema

Conference Highlights

Annual Conference 2017

Programme / Agenda

Time	Talk	Speaker
Friday, March 9th 2018
Session 1: Medical Research and Presentations Chair. Dr Lizette Mowatt
10.00-10.05am	Welcome
8.30-8.35am	How to prepare a case presentation - case based discussions and practical tip on how to present powerpoint slides	Dr Dawn Sim
10.50-11.30am	How to start and complete a research project. (interactive session)	Dr Dawn Sim
11.30-12.30am	How to write a paper: publish or perish
12.30-1pm	Lunch
Session 2. Ophthalmic Potpourri - Subspecialties Chair: Dr Claudine Green
1.00-1.10am	Welcome to Toronto Faculty
1.10- 1.30pm	OCULOPLASTICS Workshop Ptosis	Dr Harmeet Gill
1.30- 1.50pm	RETINA Workshop Diabetic Retinopathy	Dr Rajeevi Muni/ Dr Radha Kohly
1.50-2.10pm	PAEDIATRICS Amblyopia Studies	Dr Asim Ali
2.10-2.30pm	CORNEA Update on HSV	Dr Matt Bujak
2.30- 2.50pm	GLAUCOMA Seeing Red on OCT	Dr Matt Schlenker
2.50-3pm	Discussions
6pm	Cocktails (Talk of the Town)
7pm	President's Dinner: Honoree Dr Hugh Vaughan CD
Saturday, March 10th 2018 Grand Ballroom, Jamaica Pegasus
8-8.30am	Registration and coffee break (Visit the Exhibit Hall)
Opening Ceremony
8.30-8.40am	Welcome	Dr Lizette Mowatt
8:40- 8:50am	VISION 2020 Links
8:50- 9.00am	Prof Sherif El Defrawy, Professor and Chair, Ophthalmology Dept, University of Toronto
9am	Vote of Thanks	Dr Lisa Leo Rhynie
SESSION 3 Marriage of Medicine and Ophthalmology CHAIR: Dr Michelle Leighton
9.00-9.05	Introduction
9.05 - 9.20am	Updates on Diabetes	Prof Michael Boyne (Endocrinologist)
9.20-9:40am	Diabetic Retinopathy in Jamaica and DRS screening	Dr Lizette Mowatt
9.40-10.00am	Sickle Cell Disease; the approach in Jamaica in 2018	Prof Knight Madden (Director of Sickle Cell Unit)
10.00-10:15am	Sickle Retinopathy in Jamaica	Dr Hugh Vaughan
10:15-10:30am	Panel Discussion
10.30- 11.00am	Coffee Break
SESSION 4: Marriage of Medicine and Ophthalmology CHAIR: Dr Celeste Chambers
11:00- 11.15am	The Eyes: The window to the connective tissue disorders of the body	Dr Stacey Davis (Rheumatologist)
11.15-11:30am	OCT and Hydroxychloroquine Screening	Dr Lisa Leo Rhynie
11.30-11.45am	Updates on Cardiovascular disease in Jamaica	Dr Marilyn Lawrence (Cardiologist)
11.45-12.00	"Strokes in the eye" BRAO/ CRAO - Updates on Mx	Dr Claudine Green
12.00-12.15am	Dementia, Diagnosis and Treatment	Prof Morgan (Consultant Neurologist)
12.15-12.30pm	Optic Neuritis Updates/ Giant Cell Arteritis	Dr Edward Margolin
12.30-12.40pm	Panel Discussion
12.40- 1.40pm	Lunch (Visit the Exhibit Hall)
SESSION 5 : Dr Degazon Lecture CHAIR: Dr Hugh Vaughan
1:40- 1:45pm	Chair -Introduction of the Degazon Lecture
1:45-2.00pm	Anti Fragility	Dr Radha Kohly Degazon Lecture
SESSION 6: Ophthalmic Potpourri CHAIR: Dr Lizette Mowatt
2.00- 2.20pm	OCULOPLASTICS: Teary patient Orbital Cellulitis	Dr Harmeet Gill
2.20-2.40pm	CORNEA: Peripheral Corneal Ulcers	Dr Matt Bujak
2.40-2.50pm	PAEDIATRICS: Myopia in Kids	Dr Asim Ali
2.50-3pm	RETINA What to do when you drop a lens Endophthalmitis	Dr Rajeevi Muni/ Dr Radha Kohly
3-3.30pm	COFFEE BREAK (Visit the Exhibit Hall)
SESSION 7:Dr Donald Swaby
3.30-3.45pm	GLAUCOMA Cataracts and Glaucoma	Dr Matt Schlenker
3:45pm	Vote of Thanks
3:46-4.30pm	Annual General Meeting