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24th Bowman Club Annual Meeting

Scientific Programme

The Royal Society

Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall

22nd March 2024: 09:00 - 18:00

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09:00 - 09:15

Welcome 

09:15 - 10:05

Bowman Club fellow award presentations

The 5 presentations in this session to be revealed on the day

10:10 - 11:00

FREE PAPER session 1

To be revealed on the day - 3 presentations

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11:00 - 11:30 - Coffee

11:30 - 13:00 

CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION

Update on Eye Summit and UK Eye Donation Pathway
Parwez Hossain, Southampton

Eye donation and corneal transplantation trends in the UK

Cathy Hopkinson, Bristol

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How many corneal transplant surgeons does the UK need? 

Louisa Wickham, London

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GUEST LECTURE: Strategies to make DALK easier

Massimo Busin, Forli, Italy

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13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch

14:00 - 14:30 

PROBLEM CASE PRESENTATIONS

4 Problem cases to be revealed on the day

14:30 - 16:00 

SYMPOSIUM ON CONJUNCTIVAL INFLAMMATION

Stevens-Johnson syndrome / Toxic epidermal necrolysis: what corneal specialists need to know

Saaeha Rauz, Birmingham

 

Cicatricial pemphigoid management and treatment update

Sajjad Ahmad, London

 

Ocular graft-versus-host disease: what we know and don’t know

Lingyi Liang, Guangzhou, China

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16:00 - 16:30 - Tea

16:30 - 17:15 

FREE PAPERS session 2

3 presentations to be revealed on the day

17:15 - 17:55 

EASTY LECTURE: Innovation on ophthalmology: The evolution of corneal surgery
 

2024 Easty Lecturer

Kathryn Colby

Professor and Chair Department of Ophthalmology NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA

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18:00 - MEETING CLOSE

19:00 

Bowman Club Drinks and Dinner at The Athenæum

Drinks from 19:00

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