News & Events

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

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

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

Dear Colleagues and Friends,Next year, in 2017, the local organisers Eva Dafgård Kopp, Elin Bohman and Sven Sahlin welcome you at the 36th Annual Meeting of ESOPRS. Excellent speakers from Europe and elsewhere will contribute to the Pre-Meeting Course (14 September) and the Annual Meeting (15&16 September), which will be held in the famous Karolinska Institute. In addition, they will organise a very attractive social program around the Meeting. Please have a look at their flyer for further information.Dion Paridaens, MD PhD Secretary... read more

Reflections on the 38th Annual Meeting of ESOPRS in Hamburg 12-14th September 2019 and a glance at the ESOPRS Winter Meeting in Val d’Isere in January 23-25, 2020 and upcoming events Over 700 colleagues from 60 countries attended the 38th Annual Meeting of ESOPRS in Hamburg. The feedback by various attendees was generally very positive, not only regarding the scientific sessions and the level of the various presentations, but also the venue and social activities. The keynote and Mustarde lectures... read more

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

A joint APSOPRS-ESOPRS WebinarSaturday 2nd July 2022More info herehttps://www.esoprs.eu/news/event/challenging-cases-in-oculofacial-plastic-surgery-5/ 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