News & Events

The Committee of ESOPRS strongly supports the initiative of Dan Georgescu who invites all young ESOPRS (candidate) members to join the YESOPRS group in Athens 2016.Dion Paridaens, Secretary ESOPRS  read more

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we must let you know of the passing of our colleague Tony Tyers.As many of you will know, Tony bore a progressive illness over the past few years with characteristic strength, resilience, and commitment both to his family and his work. He was a great teacher, a towering authority in ophthalmology, and a true friend to us all.Amongst his many contributions, Tony will be remembered for his colour atlas... 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

The European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ESOPRS) has been recognized as a reciprocal society to the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (APSOPRS).In 2013 ESOPRS was recognized as a reciprocal society to the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.APSOPRS thanks ESOPRS for continued collegial relationship with APSOPRS. read more

After two years of pandemic, with one ESOPRS meeting cancelled and one held virtually, we finally had the opportunity to see each other again face to face in Nice for the 40th ESOPRS Annual Meeting. The excellent scientific program combined with the opportunity to personally share clinical experiences, have lunch and dinner together, dance and share memories made this year’s Annual Meeting a great success. We had over 700 participants from 65 different countries that attended the scientific meeting... read more

The 3rd Challenging case in Oculofacial plastic surgeryMeeting Theme: Hot Points in Hot OrbitFebruary 6th, 2021More info herehttps://www.esoprs.eu/news/event/joint-apsoprs-esoprs-meeting/Register here https://iravo.org/regmeeting.aspxread more

We congratulate our new ESOPRS members, who were accepted at the 2021 ESOPRS Virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) of October 9th, 2021. There are 11 new Full Members, 1 International Members, 6 Associate Members and 2 Candidate Members, giving a total of 20 new members. New Full members 2021 Bazil Stoica , Spain Johanna V. Berggren , Sweden Josefine Bunke , Sweden Mehmet Serhat Mangan , Turkey Natasa Mihailovic , Germany Nina Jovanovic , Bosnia & Herzegovina Rob van der Veen , Spain Sarju Athwal , United Kingdom Sertaç Argun... read more

Updated: 5th April 2020 Dear ESOPRS Members,The current COVID-19 pandemic - caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – has caused an unprecedented international public health challenge.Having first spread in parts of China, it has subsequently spread to more than 100 other countries, with Italy, Spain, and Germany currently bearing the brunt of the disease and its complications in Europe.Although the great majority of individuals affected by COVID-19 will have mild to moderate symptoms, the virus is highly... read more

The Executive Council of ESOPRS is happy to announce the future collaboration of ESOPRS with the Associazione Italiana Medici Oculisti (AIMO) as partner societies. AIMO has about 1000 members, has a website and organizes Annual Meetings, which include oculoplastic symposia. ESOPRS looks forward to a fruitful exchange of scientific knowledge between the two societies and welcomes AIMO members to our Annual Meetings. www.oculistiaimo.it 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