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Prof. Dr. Med. Charles Beyer-Machule passed away peacefully on July 9 after a brief illness. He was born in Berthelsdorf, Germany on June 4, 1927 and is survived by Janice, his wife of 38 years. After completing his preliminary degree in Biochemistry at the University of Göttingen, Germany, Prof. Beyer-Machule received a scholarship from the Institute of International Education as a graduate student in biochemistry at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where he subsequently he obtained his M.D. degree... 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 reconstructive... read more

ESOPRS winter meeting 2024 will be held from 24th to 28th January 2024 at Sportresort Alpenblick, Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria. Please note the meeting will be only open to FULL and INTERNATIONAL ESOPRS members. For registration, meeting and/or travel information, please contact esoprs@tauernklinikum.at ESOPRSwinter2024-270923-c 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” and... 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 have provided an... read more

We congratulate our new ESOPRS members, who were accepted at the 2015 ESOPRS Annual Meeting in Brussels. There are nine Full Members, five International Members, seven Candidate Members and six Associate Members. FULL MEMBERSHIP Dr. Eva Ayala, Barcelona, Spain Dr. Hans Olav Ueland, Bergen, Norway Dr. Marco Sales-Sanz, Madrid, Spain Dr. Renata Migliardi, Torino, Italy Dr. Zafer Onaran, Kirikkale, Turkey Dr. Meghana A. Varde, Hannover, Germany Dr. Isabelle Larré, Reims, France Dr Guiseppe Vadala, Ivrea, Italy Dr Kirsten Schebitz-Walter, Munich, Germany INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP Dr. Albert Wu, New York, U.S.A. Dr. Mohsen B. Kashkouli,... 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... read more

On the 5th of February the digital ESOPRS/ASOPRS symposium on ’Nuances in Periocular Reconstruction’ was held. The two hour interactive Meeting was well attended by more than 400 attendees from the US, Europa and other parts of the world. Regretfully, due to technical reasons not all who had wanted to register for the Meeting were able to. The recorded symposium is available here for ESOPRS members. The organizers were Dr Richard Allen, Dr Eva Dafgard Kopp, Dr Francesco Quaranta Leoni, Dr... read more

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In September this year we had the pleasure of meeting friends and colleagues in the ancient setting of Naples, during our 41st Annual Meeting of ESOPRS. The host, Diego Strianese had been a fellow to Prof Jack Rootman in Vancouver, Canada more than 20 years earlier and had invited his mentor to give a keynote during his Meeting. A tribute to his hero, who he owed so much. As Prof Rootman could not make it to Naples, he gave a... read more