Oil upon troubled waters: A new look at Meibomian gland dysfunction
Thursday 11 November 2010
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
Meibomian gland dysfunction is a common cause of symptomatic tear dysfunction which is troubling for our patients and a source of diagnostic and management difficulty for ourselves. In 2007 the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society published the findings of the pivotal International Dry Eye Workshop (DEWS) which refreshed and restructured our thinking on all aspects of tear dysfunction. Last year the Society established a no less ambitious International Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD), whose findings and recommendations are to be published this year. Tonight, four key members of the Workshop summarise aspects of their work in a presentation aimed at helping our patients and easing the clinical burden presented by MGD.
Registration Details:
Consultant/GP: £20
RSM Student: Free of charge
RSM Trainee: Free of charge
RSM Fellow: Free of charge
Student: Free of charge
Trainee: Free of charge
AHP/Nurse: £10
Meeting ref: OPB02
CPD: 2 credits
5.30 am |
Registration with tea and coffee |
6.00 pm |
Introduction |
| Roger Buckley FRCOphth, HonFCOptom, Professor of Ocular Medicine, Vision and Eye Research Unit, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge | |
6.10 pm |
Introduction to the MGD workshop Epidemiology of MGD |
| Gary N Foulks MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Kentucky Lions Eye Center, Louisville, USA; Editor in Chief, The Ocular Surface | |
6.30 pm |
Anatomy and physiology of the Meibomian glands Definition and classification of MGD |
| Anthony Bron MD FRCOphth, Professor Emeritus, Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Oxford | |
6.50 pm |
Diagnosis and evaluation of MGD Severity scales |
| Alan Tomlinson PhD DSc FCOptom, Professor of Vision Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University | |
7.10 pm |
Management of MGD |
| Stefano Barabino MD PhD, Ocular Surface Research Center, University of Genoa, Italy | |
7.30 pm |
Questions to the panel |
7.55 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
8.00 pm |
Close of meeting |
| Followed by a drinks reception |
