SOE Highlights

Marie Louise Roed Rasmussen, YO Chair, invites you to the next YO meeting in Brussels in July 2020. Read more about the SOE YO’s here.

Gerald Zaidman discusses the challenges of paediatric keratoplasty and optimising outcomes with surgical techniques. Questions: 1. What are the most common indications for paediatric keratoplasty? (0:04) 2. What are the most challenging aspects of treating corneal diseases in children? (0:40) 3. In what paediatric patients would you consider deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty surgery as opposed […]

Thomas Fenech (Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta) shares his thoughts on the most recent developments in diabetic retinopathy and the most promising areas of research for the future. Questions: 1. What have been the most significant recent developments in diabetic retinopathy? (0:04) 2. Discuss the current unmet needs and/or the challenges you face when treating […]

Jan Tjeerd de Faber, outgoing SOE President, discusses his aims for preventing fireworks related eye injuries, and what the SOE has achieved in the last two years to raise awareness of this important issue. Questions: 1. What are the take-home messages from your presentation on preventing fireworks related eye injuries? (0:04) 2. What have been […]

Christina Vidinova talks about her highlights from SOE 2019, including photoablation therapy, which has been under research for 20 years and imaging technologies in DME that can predict risk factors. Sessions for young ophthalmologists are important and gives them the opportunity to learn new skills. Filmed in partnership with the European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) […]

Anthony Khawaja (Moorfields, UK) talks about the unmet needs in glaucoma including late detection due to insufficient screening methods along with limited understanding of how well a patient will respond to treatment. Research into genetic factors is an exciting area of current and future research. 1. What have been the most significant recent developments in […]

Matteo Piovella, Director of the Center for Outpatient Microsurgery, Monza, Italy discusses the latest updates in presbyopia correction adopting multifocal IOLs at SOE 2019. Part 1: 1. What are the major causes of patient dissatisfaction with presbyopia-correcting multifocal IOLs? (0:04) 2. What are the advantages of small aperture pinhole IOLs to correct presbyopia and astigmatism? […]

Prof. Leonardi discusses his experiences working on educational programs for Santen, his experiences with cyclosporine, and the highlights from the Santen-sponsored satellite symposium at the SOE 2019, ‘Long-term solutions in dry eye disease.’ 1. Describe your experiences working with Santen’s Educational Programs. (00:03) 2. What have been your experiences with IKERVIS® (ciclosporin 1 mg/mL) eye […]

Béatrice Cochener (University Hospital of Brest, France and President, ESCRS) discusses her keynote lecture From Premium to EDOF IOLs: Race for Progress presented at SOE 2019. 1. What were the take-home messages from your keynote lecture “From Premium to EDOF IOLs: 2. Race for Progress”? (00:06) 3 .Which other areas of refractive surgery are likely […]