26th Bowman Club Annual Meeting
Scientific Programme
27th March 2026: 08.45 - 18.00 (CPD = 9 hours)
08.45 - 09.00
Welcome - Francisco Figueiredo, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
09.00 - 10.10
Bowman Club Fellow's prize award presentations
Chairs: Fiona CARLEY, Manchester, UK & Mohamed ELALFY, East Grinstead, UK
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Automated triage for new keratoconus referrals using multimodal deep learning
Shafi Balal, London, UK
Clinical and topographic comparison between CAIRS and TG-PRK combined with CXL in the management of keratoconic patients Federico Macario, Colchester, UK
A 10-year analysis of microbiological profiles of microbial keratitis: The Southampton Study
Shi Ian Soh, Southampton, UK
Impact of delayed treatment on disease progression of patients with keratoconus listed for collagen cross linking-CXL
Mohib Naseer, Middlesborough, UK
Partial thickness compression sutures without intracameral air tamponade for acute hydrops in corneal ectasia: a case series
Sam Myers, London, UK
GUEST LECTURE: The Future Role of RCOphth in Corneal Services
Mohamed Elalfy, East Grinstead, UK
10.10 - 11.15
INTERESTING CASE PRESENTATIONS
Chairs: Vito ROMANO, Brescia, Italy & Oliver BAYLIS, Sunderland, UK
“Case – not a good candidate for a corneal transplant”
Oliver Baylis, Sunderland, UK
Triple Reconstruction for Severe Ocular Trauma: Combined Scleral sutured Artificial Iris Implant, Secondary IOL, and Endothelial Keratoplasty
Harry Roberts, Exeter, UK
Simultaneous Double Lamellar Keratoplasty for Late Failure of Penetrating Keratoplasty
Harry Roberts, Exeter, UK
DALK in the management of descemetocoele
Swetha Ravichandran, Southend, UK
Artificial endothelial layer (EndoArt): complicated cases and surgical recommendations
Vito Romano, Brescia, Italy
GUEST LECTURE: TFOS DEWS III Report - the most updated summary
Jesus Merayo-Lloves, Oviedo, Spain
Discussion
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11.15 - 11.45 - Morning Coffee: Refreshments, Posters and Exhibition
11.45 - 13.05
FREE PAPER Session 1
Chairs: Parwez HOSSAIN, Southampton, UK & Ahmed HUSSIEN, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Deep Phototherapeutic Keratectomy for Painful Bullous Keratopathy
Arthur Okonkwo, Leeds, UK
Corneal crosslinking in thin corneas following the sub400 protocol
Teodor Stefanache, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Evaluating the safety and efficacy of PACK-CXL as an adjunctive treatment in infectious corneal ulcers: a clinical audit
Mohamed Hegab, Sunderland, UK
Belantamab-mafodotin keratopathy: what it is and what ophthalmologists need to do
Frank Larkin, London, UK
GUEST LECTURE: Novel option of antiangiogenesis at the cornea: CXL and more
Claus Cursiefen, Cologne, Germany​
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Discussion
13.05 - 14.05 - Lunch, Posters and Exhibition
14.05 - 15.00
NHS BLOOD & TRANSPLANT SESSION
Chairs: John ARMITAGE, Bristol, UK & Jeremy PRYDAL, Leicester, UK
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Eye donation and corneal transplantation trends in the UK
Cathy Hopkinson, Bristol, UK
Update on eye donation rates, eye banking, pre-prepared DSAEK and DMEK tissue and PDEK trial
Parwez Hossain, Southampton, UK
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Update on serum drops in the UK
Akila Chandrasekar, Liverpool, UK
GUEST LECTURE: Bristol Eye Bank 40 year on - where to now?
John Armitage, Bristol, UK
​Discussion​
15.00 - 16.45
FREE PAPER Session 2
Chairs: Frank LARKIN, London, UK & Madhavan RAJAN, Cambridge, UK
GUEST LECTURE: Update on endothelial replacement surgery
Claus Cursiefen, Cologne, Germany
Early experience of EndoArt in the United Kingdom: a case series of 10 eyes
Harry Roberts, Exeter, UK
DMEK safety net technique for eyes with aphakia and aniridia. Outcomes after six years of its development and introduction at Moorfields Eye Hospital
Alfonso Vasquez-Perez, London, UK
A time-dependent corneal graft survival calculator for personalised risk prediction
Daniel Gore, London, UK
Emerging role of iCam microarray PCR and metagenomics in the diagnosis of microbial keratitis
Madhavan Rajan, Cambridge, UK
GUEST LECTURE: Regenerative medicine of the ocular surface with platelets
Jesus Merayo-Lloves, Oviedo, Spain
Discussion
16.45 - 17.10 - Afternoon Tea: Refreshments, Posters & Exhibition
17.10 - 17.55
EASTY LECTURE: Neuropathic corneal pain: advances in diagnosis, mechanisms, and management
2026 Easty Lecturer
Pedram Hamrah, Tampa, USA
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Introduced by session Chair, Francisco Figueiredo, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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​17.55 - 18.00 - Announcement of the Bowman Fellow's Prize and Close - Francisco Figueiredo, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
18.45
Bowman Club Drinks and Dinner at the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead Hotel
Drinks Reception: from 18:45 & Sit down to Dinner: 19:15 (LIVE MUSIC - Jason Isaacs)
POSTERS
POSTER | Title | Presenter | Location |
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P1 | Investigating unexpectedly high primary graft failure rates with imported corneal tissue: comparison across three tissue providers | Kirupakaran Arun | London, UK |
P2 | Clinical impact of corneal impression membrane sampling: a service evaluation from a tertiary ophthalmic unit | Kirupakaran Arun | London, UK |
P3 | Short-term changes in bowman's layer thickness after corneal collagen cross-linking in keratoconus | Maria Laura Passaro | Liverpool, UK |
P4 | Clinical outcomes of traumatic graft dehiscence following penetrating keratoplasty and deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty | Khayam Naderi | London, UK |
P5 | Complications and management of cosmetic iris implants | Omer Jamall | London, UK |
P6 | Prescribing patterns of ocular lubricants: a retrospective audit | Navid Hakim | Liverpool, UK |
P7 | The sub-tenon trick for difficult DMEK: a simple solution for hyper-deep anterior chambers | Cristina Cristian | Colchester, UK |
P8 | Early postoperative unaided visualisation of an orientation mark after DMEK | Poonam Sharma | Luton, UK |
P9 | Further characterisation of epimax-related ocular surface toxicity | Bhagyashree Joshi | Southampton, UK |