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 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 the... read more
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 welcomed... read more
We are sad to announce the sudden loss of two or our most senior and revered lacrimal surgeons, Professor Jeffrey Jay Hurwitz (Canada) and Professor Sergey Shkolnick (Russia).
Jeffrey Jay Hurwitz
Professor Hurwitz, International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye (ISD-DE) Councillor, passed away on 4th February 2022 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada, where he had been the Ophthalmologist-in-Chief for over three decades. He was the author of one of the original books on Lacrimal Surgery which has survived the... 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 Annual... read more
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
ESOPRS winter meeting 2022 will be held from 10 to 13 march 2022 at the Sunstar hotel, Zermatt, Switzerland.Final deadline for registration is the 12th of January 2022, but places are limited and full is full.Please note the meeting will be only open to FULL and INTERNATIONAL ESOPRS members, AND note the venue only allows people with proof of double vaccination for corona.For registration, meeting and/or travel information, please contact us at winteresoprs@gmail.comread 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 he... read more
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
We congratulate our new ESOPRS members, who were accepted at the 2021 ESOPRS Virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) of October 9th, 2021.
There are 11 new Full Members, 1 International Members, 6 Associate Members and 2 Candidate Members, giving a total of 20 new members.
New Full members 2021
Bazil Stoica , Spain
Johanna V. Berggren , Sweden
Josefine Bunke , Sweden
Mehmet Serhat Mangan , Turkey
Natasa Mihailovic , Germany
Nina Jovanovic , Bosnia & Herzegovina
Rob van der Veen , Spain
Sarju Athwal , United Kingdom
Sertaç Argun Kıvanç... read more