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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

John Wright -- known affectionately to colleagues as “JW” -- was born in May 1933 and, with clouds of war brewing over Europe, he was evacuated and spent much of his childhood in North Wales. Learning was very much fostered in the family environment, his father being headmaster at a local school, and JW completed his grammar school years with award of the prestigious County Medical Scholarship. He attended Liverpool Medical School, where he graduated MB ChB in 1956,... 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

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 2022 ESOPRS Virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) of September 16th, 2022.There are 16 new Full Members, 4 International Members, 16 Associate Members and 11 Candidate Members, giving a total of 47 new members. New Full members 2022 Camille Yvon, East Grinstead, United Kingdom, FULL MEMBERSHIP Robert Peden, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, FULL MEMBERSHIP Ioana Pereni, Exeter, United Kingdom, FULL MEMBERSHIP Christopher van Issum, Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland, FULL MEMBERSHIP Matej Beltram, Ljubljana, Slovenia, FULL MEMBERSHIP Ana Fakin, Ljubljana,... read 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

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

We congratulate our new ESOPRS members, who were accepted at the 2023 ESOPRS Annual General Meeting (AGM) of September 15, 2023.There are 19 new Full Members, 5 International Members, 8 Associate Members and 3 Candidate Members, giving a total of 35 new members. New Full Members 2023 Pierre-Vincent Jacomet, France, FULL MEMBER Giorgio Albanese, Italy, FULL MEMBER Giovanni Cuffaro, Italy, FULL MEMBER Georgi Balchev, Bulgaria, FULL MEMBER Christiane Maria Loth (né Decker), Germany, FULL MEMBER Aaron Jamison, United Kingdom, FULL MEMBER Volkan Dericioglu, Turkey, FULL MEMBER Anne... 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

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