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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

Updated: 05/05/2021 On behalf of ESOPRS’ Executive Officers Francesco Quaranta-Leoni, David Verity and local organizers Diego Strianese and Adriana Iuliano, I would like to inform you that we have decided to postpone the anticipated Annual Meeting in September 2021 to 2023 due to the COVID pandemic.We feel that Naples is a splendid venue, which deserves a physical Annual Meeting with many attendees in 2023.We are organizing a 100% virtual Meeting in the fall of this year, 2021.The new venue-scheme of... read more

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of one of the World’s finest oculoplastic surgeons, Dr Richard L Anderson.Dr. Richard Anderson (Rick) was a World-renowned professor, author and speaker. He has published over 300 scientific peer-reviewed articles, over 100 book chapters, and 3 books on eyelid, orbital and facial plastic and cosmetic surgery. He has delivered over 1,000 papers at scientific meetings. He was the founder of many modern-day techniques in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of... 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

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. 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

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

An extraordinary Full Members Meeting (online) was scheduled to be held on January 15th on 09.30 CET.UPDATE: 6th December 2021The Council has just agreed to postpone the extraordinary AGM meeting that was going to be scheduled for January 15th, until further notice due to work in progress regarding the new CIO of ESOPRS and the ESOPRS book project.We will update this post when the date for the extraordinary AGM has been agreed. read more

The 28th Annual Meeting of ESOPRS was held from 9 - 11 September 2010 in Munich. Almost 450 attendees from more than 50 nations registered for this European meeting.Highlights of the meeting were two invited Guest lectures:Guest Lecture I on Friday, September 8 at 13.30 Prof. Jack Rootmann, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C), Diplomate A.A.O., Vancouver “Pearls and Pitfalls in Orbital Surgery – 37 Years of Experience”Guest Lecture II Dr. Petros Perros, M.D., MB, BS, Newcastle “Thyroidology for Ophthalmic Plastic Surgeons”The Mustarde-Lecture was given by Anthony Tyers... 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