About this event

  • Date and time Thu 15 Dec 2022 from 6:00pm to 7:50pm
  • Location Online
  • Organised by Ophthalmology

Join this meeting to learn about historical aspects and current and future trends in surgery for the world’s most commonly performed surgical procedure.

The aim of this meeting is to provide an in depth look at the history, current trends and the possible future progress in cataract surgery.  

Benefits of attending: 

  • Learn some of the historical aspects of cataract surgery
  • Hear about current trends in surgery and training
  • Participate in the discussion of possible future directions for cataract surgery and its management

This event is only available to attend virtually. Please register to secure your place on the webinar. 

 

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Key speakers

Mr Larry Benjamin

Retired Consultant Ophthalmologist, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and Immediate Past President, Ophthalmology Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Speaker's biography

Mr Larry Benjamin trained in Brighton, The Western Eye Hospital, Moorfields and The Oxford Eye Hospital. He was appointed as a Consultant in 1990 and since then has developed interests in cataract surgery, the management of diabetic retinopathy, including the use of early vitrectomy and surgical training.  He was the first Chairman of the Surgical Skills Sub-committee at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists during which he helped to develop the college microsurgical skills courses and chaired the committee which updated the latest college cataract surgical guidelines. He has served as the Chairman of the Education Committee and Senior Vice President of the College.

 

He has also served as the Programme Secretary to the Ophthalmic Section of the Royal Society of Medicine and is the Immediate Past-President for this section (October 2020-2022). He was, until recently, the chair of the microsurgical skills committee at the The Royal College of Ophthalmologists. He has served on the council of UKISCRS and is a Past- President.  He has been a volunteer faculty member for Orbis, the flying eye hospital charity, and is chairman of its programme committee for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

 

He was recently co-awarded the inaugural Jack Kanski Prize for an outstanding educator by the The Royal College of Ophthalmologists and also an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

Miss Jennifer Kirkby

Ophthalmology Speciality Registrar, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Speaker's biography

Miss Jennifer Kirkby qualified from Edinburgh University in 2011, and has since trained in Newcastle, Leeds and Hull, before continuing her Ophthalmology Specialty Training in the Oxford Deanery. She is an active member of the Glaucoma team in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust where she is building experience of the wide variety of Minimally Invasive Surgery procedures performed. She is commencing her Glaucoma TSC next year. Miss Kirkby supervises new trainees in their cataract surgery training, has the Senior Trainee role representing the local Ophthalmology trainee body, and is a member of the Trainee Leadership Board at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

Mr Christopher King

Locum Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Speaker's biography

Mr Christopher King qualified from Trinity College Cambridge in 2013, graduating with Distinction and a prestigious William Harvey Studentship. He completed his foundation training in the Oxford Region and went on to complete his Ophthalmology Specialty Training in the same School. He was awarded honours in the Ulster University Postgraduate Diploma in Cataract and Refractive Surgery before being appointed as a Locum Consultant at Buckinghamshire Healthcare where he leads the high volume Bucks Cataract Suite.

Agenda

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Welcome and introduction

Mr Larry Benjamin, Retired Consultant Ophthalmologist, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and Immediate Past President, Ophthalmology Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Mr Graham Duguid, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Western Eye Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and President, Ophthalmology Section

Cataract surgery: Where are we now?

Mr Larry Benjamin

Cataract and glaucoma - who cares?

Miss Jenny Kirkby, Ophthalmology Speciality Registrar, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Cataract surgery: The future

Mr Christopher King, Locum Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Panel discussion
Close of meeting

Location

Online

Registration for this event will close at 5:00pm on Thursday 15 December 2022. Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.