EuCornea Message
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues unabated EuCornea offers our wholehearted support to our colleagues at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) in their campaign to bring much needed ophthalmic equipment and eyecare pharmaceuticals to Ukrainian ophthalmologists.
EuCornea are offering free registration and accommodation for any Ukrainians coming to our conference in Athens although we realise that travel may be impossible. Free registration will also be available for the Congress on Demand which will be online from July until December 2022.
In addition, our membership stands ready to fully collaborate with ESCRS on any educational or clinical assistance we can offer to our colleagues in Ukraine.
We would ask all of our Industry partners to consider contributing to this relief effort. For further information on contributing to the ESCRS campaign www.escrs.org
EuCornea Message
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues unabated EuCornea offers our wholehearted support to our colleagues at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) in their campaign to bring much needed ophthalmic equipment and eyecare pharmaceuticals to Ukrainian ophthalmologists.
EuCornea are offering free registration and accommodation for any Ukrainians coming to our conference in Athens although we realise that travel may be impossible. Free registration will also be available for the Congress on Demand which will be online from July until December 2022.
In addition, our membership stands ready to fully collaborate with ESCRS on any educational or clinical assistance we can offer to our colleagues in Ukraine.
We would ask all of our Industry partners to consider contributing to this relief effort. For further information on contributing to the ESCRS campaign www.escrs.org
EuCornea holds successful independent face-to-face conference in Grand Hyatt Hotel, Athens, Greece
George Kymionis
​​​​​​​President, The European Society of Cornea and Ocular Surface Disease Specialists
EuCornea is delighted to announce that over 400 delegates attended the 13th EuCornea Congress in Athens, Greece on June 25 – 26. This was the first face-to-face meeting of EuCornea after two successful virtual conferences during pandemic lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. In addition, the Athens event marked the first face-to-face stand-alone EuCornea conference since 2010.
The Scientific Programme was warmly received by the delegates and included three symposia:
Keratoconus – Managing Progression chaired by Ingemar Gustafsson, Sweden, Theo G, Seiler, Switzerland, and Miltos Balidis, Greece:
Endothelial Keratoplasty chaired by Harminder Dua, United Kingdom, Jose Guell, Spain, and AJ Kanellopoulos, Greece & USA
Complex Infectious Keratitis chaired by Jennifer Rose Nussbaumer, United States, Claus Cursiefen, Germany, and Miltos Papathanasious, Greece
In addition, the programme included Instructional Courses and Free Paper sessions. Hot Topic Roundtables featured discussions between EuCornea leadership and YO members of EuCornea.
The EuCornea Medal Lecture was given by Vincenzo Sarnicola, the University of Siena on Surgical Approach to Acanthamoeba Infection.
An Industry exhibition and Industry sponsored Satellite Symposia were warmly welcomed by the delegates.
EuCornea are very pleased that 15 Ukrainian ophthalmologists were able to avail of our offer of free registration and accommodation and join our Congress in Athens.
Symposia and sessions will be available to view shortly on the EuCornea website.
The 14th EuCornea Congress will be held from May 26-28, 2023 at the AXA Auditorium in Barcelona, Spain
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Educational Webinars
The EuCornea Society are delighted to host a series of Spring/Summer Educational Webinars for our community.