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TFOS Ambassador Meeting

By admin • 5 June 2019 • Dry Eye Disease, Ocular Surface Disease
TFOS is hosting a special one-day meeting on Saturday, September 21st, in Rome, Italy. The European TFOS Ambassadors will present what they consider the unmet needs for the management (e.g. diagnosis & treatment) of ocular surface disease in their country, as well as what they perceive as short and long term scientific/clinical solutions.This unique TFOS Ambassador Meeting is the first of many that we will organize throughout the world. The tentative program appears below.
European TFOS Ambassador Meeting

“Ocular surface disease: Unmet needs and future scientific/clinical solutions”
Rome, Italy
Auditorium Ara Pacis
September 21, 2019

Program

Moderators

• José AP Gomes, Deptartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Federal University of Sao Paulo/Paulista School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

• Piera Versura, Department of Specialized, Experimental, and Diagnostic Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

• Mark DP Willcox, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Opening Remarks

Amy Gallant Sullivan, Executive Director, Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society, Boston, MA, USA

TFOS: Global mission. David A Sullivan, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

TFOS Global Ambassador program: Clinical and scientific importance. Jennifer P. Craig, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Northern Europe

Denmark. Hadi Kjaerbo, Scandinavian Eye Center in Copenhagen, Copenhagen

Finland. Niko Setälä, Department of Ophthalmology, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä

Iceland. Gunnar Már Zoega, Department of Ophthalmology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík

Norway. Tor Paaske Utheim, Norwegian Dry Eye Clinic, Institute of Eye Health & University of Oslo, Oslo

Sweden. Fredrik Källmark, Källmarkskliniken, Stockholm

Southern Europe

Greece. Georgios Kontadakis, Institute of Vision and Optics, University of Crete, and in Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion

Italy. Stefano Barabino, Ocular Surface Center and Department of Ophthalmology, Sacco Hospital, Milan University, Milan

Italy. Edoardo Villani, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Milan & Ocular Surface Service, San Giuseppe Hospital Eye Clinic, Milan

Portugal. José Salgado Borges, Department of Ophthalmology, Private Hospital of Boa Nova & Prof. J. Salgado-Borges Clinic, Perafita

Portugal. José Manuel González, Optometry and Vision Science, & Department of Physics, University of Minho, Braga

Turkey. Afsun Sahin, Department of Ophthalmology, Koc University Medical School, Istanbul

Turkey. Ozlenen Omur Ucakhan, Cornea and Contact Lens Service & Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara University, Ankara

Vatican City. Stefano Bonini, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rome Campus Bio-Medico, Rome

Central & Eastern Europe

Bosnia and Herzegovina. Enesa Begovic, Poliklinika Oko dr Karcic, Sarajevo

Bulgaria. Christina Grupcheva. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical University of Varna, Varna.

Georgia. Nino Karanadze, Department of Ophthalmology, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi

Moldova. Valeriu Cuşnir, Ophthalmology Clinic, Saint Trinity Hospital, Chişinău

Poland. Malgorzata Mrugacz, Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Rehabilitation, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok

Poland. Zbigniew Zagórsk, Department of Ophthalmology, Lublin Medical University, Lublin

Romania. Adriana Stanila, Scientific Research Centre of Ocular Surface Diseases & Faculty of Medicine, University of Lucian Blaga Sibiu, Sibiu

Russia. Vladimir Brzheskiy, Department of Ophthalmology, St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, St. Petersburg

Russia. Sergey Golubev, Department of Ophthalmology, National Pirogov Medical and Surgical Centre, Moscow

Western Europe

Austria. Jutta Horwath-Winter, Dry Eye Unit & Corneal and Cataract Section, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Graz, Graz

Belgium. Peter Raus, Department of Ophthalmology/Eye Surgery, Free University of Brussels, Brussels

France. Serge Doan, Ocular Surface Unit, Fondation A de Rothschild Hôpital Bichat, Paris

Netherlands. Jelle Vehof, King’s College, London, UK, and Departments of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen

Switzerland. David Goldblum, Deparment. of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Basel University, Basel

United Kingdom. Sarah Farrant, Earlam and Christopher Optometrists and Contact Lens Specialists, Taunton

Synopsis

James S. Wolffsohn, Ophthalmic Research Group, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Closing Remarks

David A Sullivan, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Note: The TFOS Ambassadors from Germany, Ireland and Spain, who are unable to participate in this meeting, will submit abstracts addressing the unmet needs topic for their countries. Summaries of all presentations will be submitted for publication in an article in The Ocular Surface.

Sponsors include:
Santen
Allergan
SIFI
Entod International
Théa

Sponsorship opportunities are available. Please contact amy@tearfilm.org for more details.

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