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Last week our Treasurer David Verity has signed the contract with the professional congress organizer in Nice. Local organisers will be Jacques Lagier and Olivier Galatoire, assisted by Arnaud Martel and Jerome Delas. 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

We congratulate our new ESOPRS members, who were accepted at the 2016 ESOPRS Annual Meeting in Athens. There are fifteen new Full Members, four International Members, and two Candidate Members. FULL MEMBERSHIP Dr Carlo Graziani, Torino, Italy Dr Suresh Saygili, Shrewsbury, U.K. Dr Richard Scawn, London, U.K. Dr Luz Gonzalez, Barcelona, Spain Dr Gustavo Savino, Rome, Italy Dr Elin Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden Dr Andrea Sciscio, Rome, Italy Dr Dyonne Hartong, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Dr Alessandra Modugno, Rome, Italy Dr Jelena Mandic, Zagreb, Croatia Dr Ralf Ungerechts, Darmstadt, Germany Dr Guy Missotten, Louvain,... 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

Inna Vladimirovna Sasim was born and raised in Baranovitsji, a small town southwest of Minsk in the former Sovjet state of Belarus. She passed high school with high marks and studied medicine in Minsk with just as good results. Like her older sister, she specialized in ophthalmology and became a staff-member in Hospital 10 in Minsk. After completing a PhD at the University of Minsk, she developed an interest in orbitology and oculoplastic surgery and went to Utrecht, the... read more

Obituary Prof. Dr. Holger Busse, 1.1.1945 - 29.8.2020It is our sad duty to announce the unexpected passing of our friend and colleague Holger Busse last Saturday, 29.8.2020. As many of us will know, Holger was one of the founders of ESOPRS in the early eighties last century. He was the Chair of the University Eye Hospital in Münster for 24 years from 1986 - 2010. In 1998/99, Prof. Busse was President of the German Ophthalmological Society, DOG. In 2001-2003... 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

To increase the communication between members on the forum, each subscribed member now gets an email when new posts are added to the “All Case Discussions” forum. You can turn off the email notification from the forum.Click on the “All Case Discussions” to enter the specific forumIf you are “Subscribed” to get email notification it will have a yellow box to allow you to “Unsubscribe” if you wish.If you are not subscribed, you can click “Subscribe to this forum”... read more

Dear Colleagues,We are pleased to announce that we are in the last day for abstract submissions to the World Society of Ophthalmic, Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons (WSOPRAS 2023).With the support of over 30 major Oculoplastic societies, let us seize the opportunity to present your case-based discussions with experts alongside the traditional conference format.The deadline for submissions of abstracts is on January 25, 2023.Each submitter for E-videos and photographs must provide a link to the file when submitting the... 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