About this event

  • Date and time Thu 11 Dec 2025 from 8:30am to 4:40pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Ophthalmology
This year’s meeting will be split into two parts. We will first examine paediatric brain tumours, neurosurgical management, impact in the visual system, management of cranial nerve palsies and support available for children and families. Afterward, we will look at Exotropias, an overview of management, an update on current research, and the ‘big debate’. 

Participants will also have the opportunity to present and discuss interesting cases with panel members.

By attending the meeting, you will

  • Learn about the impact of brain tumours in children – from the neurosurgeons perspective, the impact on visual system, management of cranial nerve palsies, and support available. 
  • Provide an update on the management of exotropias as well as an overview of current research 
  • Have the opportunity to present and discuss interesting cases with panel members. 

 

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Tickets

Early Bird pricing available until 30 October 2025.

Member

RSM Fellow RSM Associate RSM Retired Fellow RSM Trainee RSM Student
£77.00 £46.00 £46.00 £46.00 £24.00

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors AHP / Nurse / Midwife Trainee Student
£141.00 £84.00 £84.00 £44.00

Agenda

View the programme 11 December 2025

Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Session 1: Paediatric brain tumours

Paediatric brain tumours – a neurosurgeon's perspective

Professor Owase Jeelani, Professor of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children

Effect of brain tumours on vision/visual pathway/CVI

Richard Bowman, Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children 

Tea and coffee break 
Management of cranial nerve palsies in children

Naz Raoof, Consultant Neuro-ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital & Royal London Hospital 

Brain tumour support – ocular detection.

Lorcan Butler, Optical Engagement Manager/Optometrist, The Brain Tumour Charity

Panel discussion
Lunch

Session 2: Intermittent exotropias

Overview of intermittent exotropia and management

John Sloper, Honorary Consultant Moorfields Eye Hospital, London 

An update on research into intermittent exotropias

Vijay Tailor-Hamblin, Advanced orthoptist/research Orthoptist, UCL Experimental Psychology & Moorfields Eye Hospital

The big debate - to operate or not to operate

Ashwin Reddy, Honorary Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Lead Clinician for Paediatric Ophthalmology and Retinoblastoma Services, Royal London Hospital and Mahmoud Nassar, Consultant Ophthalmologist, The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Tea and coffee break

Session 3: Strabismus case presentations

Case presentations and discussion

Chaired by Saurabh Jain, Professor of Ophthalmology and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Royal Free Hospital 

Closing remarks
Close of meeting

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on Wednesday 10 December 2025. 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.