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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

Dear Colleagues, CHALLENGING CLINICAL CASES As we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented public health challenge, and we were forced to postpone our Annual Meeting a full year. Hopefully we will physically meet again in Naples in September 2021. In the meantime, to serve our members and those interested in our teaching activities, we held several webinars on various topics relating to challenging cases in Oculoplastics, Lacrimal and Orbital Surgery: a live ESOPRS Academy. We will continue in 2021... 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

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

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

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

An extraordinary Full Members Meeting (online) was scheduled to be held on January 15th on 09.30 CET. UPDATE: 6th December 2021 The Council has just agreed to postpone the extraordinary AGM meeting that was going to be scheduled for January 15th, until further notice due to work in progress regarding the new CIO of ESOPRS and the ESOPRS book project. We will update this post when the date for the extraordinary AGM has been agreed. read more

Bruno FAYET February 1st, 1954 - August 18th, 2022. We would like to share the very sad news of the sudden death of Bruno FAYET on Friday August 18th, 2022. Bruno FAYET, MD, FACS, was undoubtedly among the very best French lacrimal surgeons we have known. First resident, in the eighties, at Paris University Hospital during five years, he then attended a four-year fellowship at the Hôtel-Dieu under the leadership of the well-known Professor Yves POULIQUEN, Member of the Académie française. During this time,... 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

Updated: 05/05/2021 On behalf of ESOPRS’ Executive Officers Francesco Quaranta-Leoni, David Verity and local organizers Diego Strianese and Adriana Iuliano, I would like to inform you that we have decided to postpone the anticipated Annual Meeting in September 2021 to 2023 due to the COVID pandemic. We feel that Naples is a splendid venue, which deserves a physical Annual Meeting with many attendees in 2023. We are organizing a 100% virtual Meeting in the fall of this year, 2021. The new venue-scheme of... read more