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ESOPRS membership annual subscription fees have not been increased for a very long time. From 2013 onwards the annual membership fees for Full members and International members will increase from 60.00 € to 80.00 €, for Candidate members from 25.00 € to 40.00 € and for Associate members from 35.00 € to 80.00 €. This was approved by the AGM. The membership fee can easily be paid on the ESOPRS website, using the PayPal system.The Committee has also decided to make... 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

ESOPRS is proud to provide partnership support to the first on-line International Symposium on Wartime Ophthalmic Trauma, organised by ASOPRS. The meeting is on May 7, 2022, with costs generously covered by ASOPRS. It will be a 2-hour session starting at 5pm CEST (8am PST / 4pm BST / 5pm CEST / IST 2030).More info here 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

Dear ESOPRS Colleagues,A message of support from your ANZSOPS colleaguesIn a breathtakingly short time the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the world bringing terrible loss of life, wreaking havoc with health services and threatening the livelihood of millions as businesses struggle to remain afloat during widespread lockdown of entire countries.Many of you, your families, friends and colleagues will already have been affected by these events. To those who have lost loved ones or colleagues, we extend our most heartfelt... 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 European Society of Ophthlmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has been recognized as a reciprocal society to the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. ASOPRS thanks ESOPRS’ for continued collegial relationship with ASOPRS. Reciprocal-Society-Certificate-ESOPRS.pdf (64 KB) read more

From June 13 till 16, 2019 the biannual meeting of the European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) will take place in Nice, France. The meeting’s venue will be the Acropolis Congress and Exhibition Centre in Nice, France.The European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (ESOPRS) will be represented at this event with courses on Blepharoplasty and Basics of Eyelid Surgery, and will run a symposium a joint Symposium together with the Asia Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (APSOPRS).Further information... 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

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