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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

Reflections on the 38th Annual Meeting of ESOPRS in Hamburg 12-14th September 2019 and a glance at the ESOPRS Winter Meeting in Val d’Isere in January 23-25, 2020 and upcoming events Over 700 colleagues from 60 countries attended the 38th Annual Meeting of ESOPRS in Hamburg. The feedback by various attendees was generally very positive, not only regarding the scientific sessions and the level of the various presentations, but also the venue and social activities. The keynote and Mustarde lectures... read more

Join the more than 1,200 ophthalmologists from 84 countries who have been granted ICO Fellowships. The ICO Fellowships program supports promising young ophthalmologists from low resource countries in improving their practical skills and broadening their knowledge of ophthalmology.Apply for three-month, six-month or one-year opportunities with top host organizations around the world. Once your fellowship is complete, you’ll take your learnings and experiences back to your home country to enhance vital programs that preserve vision and prevent vision impairment. read more

During these unprecedented times, with much of Europe in lockdown, we find ourselves in unchartered territory and unable to treat patients. Many of us now need to think innovatively about how we manage our patients and our practices. ESOPRS has created a dedicated discussion forum to share experiences; we will have much to learn from each other with different countries being in different phases of the pandemic surge. All ESOPRS members, will have access to this messaging area. This... read more

We congratulate our new ESOPRS members, who were accepted at the 2017 ESOPRS Annual Meeting in Stockholm. There are sixteen new Full Members, one International Members, one Associate Member and one Candidate Member.FULL MEMBERSHIPDr Paola Bonavolonta, Naples, Italy Dr Vladimir Kratky, Prague, Czech Republic Dr Thibaut Devogelaere, Oudenburg, Belgium Dr Peter Toft, Copenhagen, Denmark Dr Jonathan Roos, Norwich, U.K. Dr Evangelos Lindardos, Drosia, Greece Dr Daniele Lorenzano, London, U.K. Dr Andre Luis Borba da Silva, Lisboa, Portugal Dr Ayse Dolar Bilge, Istanbul, Turkey Dr Corina Ioana Butea-Simionescu, Bucharest... 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

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

Dear colleagues and friends of ESOPRS! It was a pleasure to host the 38th annual ESOPRS meeting in Hamburg! The meeting was attended by over 700 colleagues from 61 nations over three days. Four, for those who arrived early and participated in our trial “lacrimal Wednesday”. In the invitational letter, we stated that “our society’s meetings have always been known to be an occasion to connect not only professionally but to make friends across borders throughout our careers”. We hope that Hamburg... read more

We congratulate our new ESOPRS members, who were accepted at the 2015 ESOPRS Annual Meeting in Brussels. There are nine Full Members, five International Members, seven Candidate Members and six Associate Members.FULL MEMBERSHIPDr. Eva Ayala, Barcelona, Spain Dr. Hans Olav Ueland, Bergen, Norway Dr. Marco Sales-Sanz, Madrid, Spain Dr. Renata Migliardi, Torino, Italy Dr. Zafer Onaran, Kirikkale, Turkey Dr. Meghana A. Varde, Hannover, Germany Dr. Isabelle Larré, Reims, France Dr Guiseppe Vadala, Ivrea, Italy Dr Kirsten Schebitz-Walter, Munich, GermanyINTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIPDr. Albert Wu, New York, U.S.A. Dr. Mohsen B.... read more

 ESOPRS is involved in a number of sessions during the SOE 2017 Congress. A stimulating and exciting scientific programme includes a Keynote Lecture from former ESOPRS President Mr Anthony Tyers, but also other ESOPRS members and Committee Members will speak at various sessions. It is once again expected that over 3500 delegates from over 100 countries will attend the Congress and promises to be another very successful SOE Congress.For further information please visit: www.soe2017.org read more