News & Events

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

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

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 2018 ESOPRS Annual Meeting in Bucharest. There are fifteen new Full Members, one International Member, four Associate Members and ten Candidate Members. FULL MEMBERSHIP Angelika Klein-Theyer Anna March, Spain Christine Eenhorst, Netherlands Daliborka Miletic, Croatia Malin Malmsjo Adeela Malik Parinaz Shams, United Kingdom Rachna Murthy, United Kingdom Rebecca Ford Stijn Genders, Netherlands Juan Carlos Sanchez Espana Guilherme Castela, Portugal Nikhil Carlo Cascone Zornitsa Zlatarova, Bulgaria Aylin Garip Kuebler, Germany Sylvia Green, Germany INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP Ivana Cardoso Pereira, Brazil ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP Carlos Ramos Andres Lozano Grégory Destruhaut, France Jae Woo Jang CANDIDATE MEMBERSHIP Huw Edward Oliphant, United Kingdom Ivan Tanev, Bulgaria Rob van der Veen, Netherlands Simon Dulz, Germany Gijsbert Hotte Vasily Yartsev, Russia Annemarie Klingenstein, Germany Sertaç... read more

The American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery announces that Mark J. Lucarelli, MD, FACS, has assumed the Presidency for 2020. The American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) was founded in 1969 to establish a qualified body of surgeons with excellence in the highly specialized field of oculofacial plastic surgery. ASOPRS has achieved this through its commitment to the advancement of education, research and the quality of clinical practice in the fields of aesthetic and... 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 forum If 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

The Organizing and Scientific Committees of the 37th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ESOPRS) can look back on a very successful event, organized –for the first time in the history of ESOPRS - in Bucharest. Focusing on functional and cosmetic (minimally invasive and surgical) oculo-facial topics, the multidisciplinary program reflected the sustained work of internationally renowned and distinguished scientists and clinicians from 42 countries. The keynote and Mustarde lectures, together with the scientific sessions, e-posters and video presentations... 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 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

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