News & Events

Recording of "Challenging Cases in Oculofacial Plastic Surgery #5" is now available to view.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSzc87hV0ag  read more

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of one of the World’s finest oculoplastic surgeons, Dr Richard L Anderson.Dr. Richard Anderson (Rick) was a World-renowned professor, author and speaker. He has published over 300 scientific peer-reviewed articles, over 100 book chapters, and 3 books on eyelid, orbital and facial plastic and cosmetic surgery. He has delivered over 1,000 papers at scientific meetings. He was the founder of many modern-day techniques in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of... read more

The 28th Annual Meeting of ESOPRS was held from 9 - 11 September 2010 in Munich. Almost 450 attendees from more than 50 nations registered for this European meeting.Highlights of the meeting were two invited Guest lectures:Guest Lecture I on Friday, September 8 at 13.30 Prof. Jack Rootmann, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C), Diplomate A.A.O., Vancouver “Pearls and Pitfalls in Orbital Surgery – 37 Years of Experience”Guest Lecture II Dr. Petros Perros, M.D., MB, BS, Newcastle “Thyroidology for Ophthalmic Plastic Surgeons”The Mustarde-Lecture was given by Anthony Tyers... read more

We are sad to announce the sudden loss of two or our most senior and revered lacrimal surgeons, Professor Jeffrey Jay Hurwitz (Canada) and Professor Sergey Shkolnick (Russia). Jeffrey Jay Hurwitz Professor Hurwitz, International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye (ISD-DE) Councillor, passed away on 4th February 2022 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada, where he had been the Ophthalmologist-in-Chief for over three decades. He was the author of one of the original books on Lacrimal Surgery which has survived... read more

We congratulate our new ESOPRS members, who were accepted at the 2014 ESOPRS Annual Meeting in Budapest. There are nine Full Members, one International Member, six Candidate Members and one Associate Member.FULL MEMBERSHIPDr. Paul Stephen Cannon, MD/ United Kingdom Dr. Eva Dafgard-Kopp, MD/ Sweden Dr. Juliette Delmas, MD/ France Dr. George Kalantzis, MD/ United Kingdom Dr. Ioannis Kyprianou MBChB, MRCOphth, FRCSEd(Ophth)/ Cyprus Dr. Andre Litwin, MD/ United Kingdom Dr. Maria-Christina Miller/ Germany Dr. Vikesh Patel, MBChB, FRCSEd(Ophth)/ United Kingdom Dr. Didem Serin/ TurkeyINTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIPDr. Alan McNab/ AustraliaCANDIDATE... read more

The American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery announces that Mark J. Lucarelli, MD, FACS, has assumed the Presidency for 2020.The American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) was founded in 1969 to establish a qualified body of surgeons with excellence in the highly specialized field of oculofacial plastic surgery. ASOPRS has achieved this through its commitment to the advancement of education, research and the quality of clinical practice in the fields of aesthetic and... read more

The Executive Council of ESOPRS is happy to announce the future collaboration of ESOPRS with theSouth African Society of Oculoplastic Surgeons (SASOPS) as partner societies. SASOPS was formed in 2004 and held its first standalone annual meeting in 2007. Members of SASOPS are ophthalmic surgeons who have a keen interest in and perform oculoplastic surgeries. Fellowship training is not a mandatory requirement to become a member. Some of our members have overseas oculoplastic fellowship training though. We recently endorsed the... read more

Dear Colleagues and Friends,Next year, in 2017, the local organisers Eva Dafgård Kopp, Elin Bohman and Sven Sahlin welcome you at the 36th Annual Meeting of ESOPRS. Excellent speakers from Europe and elsewhere will contribute to the Pre-Meeting Course (14 September) and the Annual Meeting (15&16 September), which will be held in the famous Karolinska Institute. In addition, they will organise a very attractive social program around the Meeting. Please have a look at their flyer for further information.Dion Paridaens, MD PhD Secretary... read more

The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) is deeply committed to the health and safety of our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, due to escalating risks, a physical meeting of our international colleagues and partners at the World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC2020) in Cape Town 26–29 June, is no longer possible. While we are all disappointed that our face-to-face meeting is cancelled, the ICO remains devoted to bringing together the world's ophthalmologists to learn the latest from one another, and to advance... read more

We are pleased to announce the publication of the ESOPRS Textbook on Ophthalmic Plastic, Lacrimal and Orbital surgery, published by Springer.This two-volume book covers all aspects of oculoplastic conditions and surgery. Volume I explores functional eyelid disorders, rejuvenation of periorbital region and lacrimal disorders. Volume II includes chapters on socket surgery, diseases of the orbit and thyroid associated orbitopathy.This book will be an essential resource to colleagues preparing for the EBO-ESOPRS subspecialty examination, and of interest to all who... read more