Obituary Prof. Dr. Holger Busse, 1.1.1945 – 29.8.2020
It 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 he served to ESOPRS as President and organized the marvellous, well-attended 20th meeting of ESOPRS in Münster in 2002.
In 2004 he was invited to give the Mustarde-Lecture entitled “Lacrimal Surgery – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”. Though being a General Ophthalmologist with many contributions to different subjects, oculoplastic and lacrimal surgery have been closest to his heart and so he has given a lot of contributions to these special topics, hence he is regarded as the Father of modern lacrimal surgery in Germany.
Holger Busse was a man of many talents in sports and especially in music. We all remember many songs, partially written and composed by him, entertaining us playing piano at the same time.
We will miss him enormously and our thoughts and warmest wishes go to his wife Sabine and the children.
For all the friends of ESOPRS
Karl-Heinz Emmerich
Hans – Werner Meyer-Rüsenberg
(photo: Past-President Holger Busse (left) meeting with Past-President Richard Collin (right) on one of the Society’s Annual Meetings.)
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Dear colleagues and friends of ESOPRS!
It was a pleasure to host the 38th annual ESOPRS meeting in Hamburg!
The meeting was attended by over 700 colleagues from 61 nations over three days. Four, for those who arrived early and participated in our trial “lacrimal Wednesday”.
In the invitational letter, we stated that “our society’s meetings have always been known to be an occasion to connect not only professionally but to make friends across borders throughout our careers”. We hope that Hamburg... 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.
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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
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Jeffrey Jay Hurwitz
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FULL MEMBERSHIP
Adriaan Coumou, Netherlands
Anja Eckstein, Germany
Edgard Farah, France
Elizabeth Hawkes, United Kingdom
John Bladen, United Kingdom
Marta Calsina, Spain
Matthew Edmunds, United Kingdom
Matthias Keserü, Germany
Milena Sredkova, Bulgaria
Nick Koutroumanos, United Kingdom
Gamze Ozturk Karabulut, Turkey
Roberto Secondi, Spain
Ronald de Keizer, Netherlands
Theodora Tsirouki, Greece
Miroslav Knezevic, Serbia
Ilke Bahceci Simsek,... read more
ESOPRS is involved in a number of sessions during the SOE 2017 Congress. A stimulating and exciting scientific programme includes a Keynote Lecture from former ESOPRS President Mr Anthony Tyers, but also other ESOPRS members and Committee Members will speak at various sessions.
It is once again expected that over 3500 delegates from over 100 countries will attend the Congress and promises to be another very successful SOE Congress.
For further information please visit: www.soe2017.org
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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
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.
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The American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery announces that Mark J. Lucarelli, MD, FACS, has assumed the Presidency for 2020.
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