24th Bowman Club Annual Meeting
Scientific Programme
The Royal Society
Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall
22nd March 2024: 09:00 - 18:00
09:00 - 09:15
Welcome - Frank Larkin and Laura de Benito-Llopis, London, UK
09:15 - 10:05
Bowman Club fellow award presentations
Chairs: Jeremy Prydal, Leicester and Harry Roberts, Exeter
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Quantitative evaluation of radial keratitis in acanthamoeba keratitis using anterior segment optical coherence tomography: implications for a therapeutic end-point
Grace Kiew, Southampton, UK
Bowman's layer in health, keratoconus and other corneal conditions
Alfredo Borgia, Liverpool, UK
Deep-learning identification of stromal hyperreflectivity on AS-OCT and its influence on visual outcomes after DMEK surgery
Matteo Airaldi, Liverpool, UK
Characterising mirvetuximab-induced ocular surface disease
Yan Ning Neo, London, UK
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Increased incidence of adult gonococcal keratoconjunctivitis at two tertiary eye hospitals in Western Europe: clinical features, complications and antimicrobial susceptibility
Alice Milligan, London, UK
10:10 - 11:00
FREE PAPER session 1
Chairs: Bruce Allan, London and Emma Hollick, London
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The involvement of corneal nerves in the pathogenesis of keratoconus
Mouhamed Al-Aqaba, Rotherham, UK
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A comparison of keratoconus progression following collagen cross-linkage using standard or personalised keratometry thresholds
Olivia Li, London, UK
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Femtosecond laser assisted wedge resection for pellucid marginal degeneration
Thomas Poole, Frimley, UK
11:00 - 11:30 - Coffee
11:30 - 13:00
CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION
Chairs: Stephen Kaye, Liverpool and Frank Larkin, London
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
13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch
14:00 - 14:30
PROBLEM CASE PRESENTATIONS
Chairs: Stephen Tuft, London, UK and Martin Watson, London
Combined large-diameter anterior lamellar keratoplasty with ipsilateral posterior lamellar autograft for corneal reconstruction of advanced pellucid marginal degeneration
Angeli Christy Yu, Ferrara, Italy
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Conjunctival autograft with autologous blood sealant for limbal choristoma presenting as childhood pterygium in a low resource setting
Lana Fu, London, UK
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20-month-old child with a unilateral iris stromal cyst and corneal oedema
Sanjay V. Patel, Rochester, USA
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Mucosal neuroma syndrome
Laura de Benito-Llopis, London, UK
14:30 - 16:00
SYMPOSIUM ON CONJUNCTIVAL INFLAMMATION
Chairs: Frank Larkin, London and Daniel Sibley, London
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
16:00 - 16:30 - Tea
16:30 - 17:15
FREE PAPERS session 2
Chairs: Su-yin Koay, London and Laura de Benito-Llopis, London, UK
Surgical management of late complications in Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis (OOKP). The role and challenges of the multidisciplinary team at Moorfields Eye Hospital
Alfonso Vasquez-Perez, London, UK
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The rationale for the use of microbial keratitis drug delivery protocols
John Dart, London, UK
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Recurrent microbial keratitis due to Staphylococcus aureus
Stephen Kaye, Liverpool, UK
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 - Announcement of the Bowman Fellow's Prize and Close - Frank Larkin and Laura de Benito-Llopis, London, UK
18:45
Bowman Club Drinks and Dinner at The Athenæum
Drinks from 18:45