Symposium on Orthoptics and Strabismus

Orthoptics d.e.c.o.d.e.d
A Symposium on Basics & Advances in STRABISMUS & NYSTAGMUS
October 31 & November 01, 2015
Aravind Eye Hospital – Madurai
Scientific Program Schedule

Day 1:31st October 2015, Saturday
Duration Session Faculty
08.00 - 08.30 am Registration  
08.30 – 09.00 am
  • Inauguration
  • Invocation to the almighty
  • Welcome Address
  • Lighting the traditional lamp
  • Inaugural Address
  • CME Overview
  
Session I –Binocular Vision
09.00 – 09.30 am Cover and uncover strabismus basic Ms. Daisy Godts
09.30 – 10.00 am Importance of Binocular Vision Ms. Jameel Rizwana
10.00 – 10.15 am Evaluation and various tests Mr. Premkumar Singh
10.15 - 10.45 am Tea Break
10.45 – 11.00 am Strabismus evaluation before LASIK Ms. Daisy Godts
11.00 – 11.15 am Postop Diplopia following LASIK Ms. Jameel Rizwana
11.15 – 11.45 am Our old friend synptophore Mr. Premkumar Singh
11.45 – 12.00 nn Thyroid Ophthalmopathy Ms. Daisy Godts
12.00 – 12.15 pm Tips & Tricks in Paediatric Refraction Ms. Muthulakshmi
12.30 – 01.30 pm Lunch
Session II – Esotropia
01.30 – 01.45 pm AC/A Ratio and its implications in Esotropia Ms. Daisy Godts
01.45 – 02.00 pm How much and when to give plus in Esotropia Mr. Prem Kumar Singh
02.00 – 02.10 pm Distance onset Esotropia Ms. Daisy Godts
02.10 – 02.20 pm Microesotropia Mr. Arnab Banerjee
02.20 – 02.30 pm Esotropia and high Myopia Ms. Jameel Rizwana
02.30 – 02.40 pm Discussion  
Session III – Exotropia
02.40 – 02.55 pm Patch and to look for what Mr.Zoran Pejic
02.55 – 03.10 pm Distance Stereopsis
03.10 – 03.20 pm Minus lens therapy for Exotropia Mr.Arnab Banerjee
03.20 – 03.30 pm Discussion  
03.30 – 04.00 pm Tea Break
Session IV – INCOMITANT STRABISMIS
Duration Session Faculty
04.00 – 04.30 pm Evaluation of Paralytic Strabismus Mr.Prem Kumar Singh
04.30 – 05.00 pm Supranuclear Gaze Palsies Mr. Matt J Dunn
05.00 – 05.30 pm Hess and Diplopia Charting Ms. Daisy Godts
05.30 – 05.45 pm Surgical correction for the paralytic Strabismus Dr. Shashikant Shetty
05.45 – 06.00 pm Discussion  
Day 2: 01st November 2015, Sunday
Session V –Nystagmus
08.00 – 08.20 am Evaluation of a patient with Nystagmus Ms. Daisy Godts
08.20 – 08.35 am Orthoptic treatment for Nystagmus Mr. Matt J Dunn
08.35 – 08.55 am Videoelectronystagmography& Clinical studies
08.55 – 09.10 am Surgical correction for Nystagmus Dr. Shashikant Shetty
09.10 – 09.20 am Discussion  
Session VI – Asthenopia
09.20 – 09.35 am How to evaluate accommodation insufficiency Ms. Jameel Rizwana
09.35 – 09.55 am Classification of accommodation disorders Ms. Jameel Rizwana
09.55 – 10.15 am Vision therapy for accommodation disorders
10.15 – 10.45 am Tea Break
10.45 – 11.00 am Newest applications on computer based therapy Mr. Zoran Pejic
11.00 – 11.15 am Evaluation of fusional and convergence insufficiency Mr. Prem Kumar Singh
11.15 – 11.30 am Beyond cat card and pencil push up exercise
11.30 – 11.40 pm Discussion
Session VII – Amblyopia
11.40 – 12.00 nn Drugs or patching and selection of patients Ms. Daisy Godts
12.00 – 12.15 pm Newer computer programme therapies for Amblyopia Mr. Arnab Banerjee
12.15 – 12.30 pm Should we treat adult amblyopic patients Ms. Jameel Rizwana
12.30 – 12.50 pm PEDIG studies Mr. Zoran Pejic
01.05 – 02.00 pm Lunch  
Session VIII – Prism Therapy
02.00 – 02.15 pm How to evaluate and to prescribe the patients for prism therapy Ms. Daisy Godts
02.15 – 02.30 pm Glass grinding or Fresnel Prism Mr. Matt J Dunn
02.30 – 02.45 pm For Complex Strabismus Ms. Daisy Godts
02.45 – 03.00 pm Prism Therapy other than Strabismus Mr. Zoran Pejic
03.00 – 03.10 pm Discussion  
03.10 – 04.10 pm Session IX – Round Table Discussion – Prescribing Glasses in Children
04.10 – 04.30 pm Quiz  
04.30 – 05.00 pm Tea Break