Specialist contact lens practitioners meeting

73 Railway Street
Hertford
Herts
SG14 1RP
Hertford Optometry
and
Contact Lens Practice
Tel:
Fax:
01992 551762
01992 501903
Internet: www.kenpullum.co.uk
Specialist contact lens practitioners meeting
Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th February 2014
Managing keratoconus
The expanding role for sclerals
Presented by Hertford Optometry and Contact Lens Practice
Sponsored by
Innovative Sclerals Ltd and Jack Allen Contact Lenses
Day 1. Venue: The Salisbury Arms, Fore Street Hertford
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Taking on the challenge of keratoconus management with contact lenses
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Imaging
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RGP corneal and hydrogel lens fitting for keratoconus and post transplant
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Contact lenses beyond the limbus: current trends
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Interaction with ophthalmology and surgical the surgical options for keratoconus
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Scleral lenses for keratoconus and post transplant
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Traditional and modern RGP scleral lens fitting clinical methods
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Practical session: putting on the eye and removal
Day 2. Venue: Hertford Optometry and Contact Lens Practice
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Focussing in on sclerals
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Indications and fitting principles for scleral lenses
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Longer term management: the lenses and the pathology
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Advanced practical session
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Fitting assessment
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Demonstration: scleral lenses in action
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Addressing the difficult cases and problem areas
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Impression techniques
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Course delegates’ rapid fire presentation of case studies
Registration and contact details
Registration fee:
Day one only
Day one only
Day two only
Both days
£165.00 +VAT
£60.00 + VAT, pre-reg optometrists and optometry students
£255.00 + VAT
£400.00 + VAT
IBAN
GB78NWBK
60103907005601
Swift Code
NWBKGB2L
For further information contact:
Ken Pullum, 73 Railway Street,
Hertford Optometry & Contact Lens Practice
Hertford, Herts, SG14 1RP, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1992 551762
E mail:
Website:
Fax: +44 (0) 1992 501903
[email protected]
www.kenpullum.co.uk
Specialist contact lens practitioners meeting
Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th February 2014
Managing keratoconus
The expanding role for sclerals
Presented by Hertford Optometry and Contact Lens Practice
Sponsored by
Innovative Sclerals Ltd and Jack Allen Contact Lenses
Wednesday 5th February
Venue: The Salisbury Arms, Fore Street Hertford
Taking on the challenge of keratoconus management with contact lenses
9.00 – 10.00 am
REGISTRATION
10.00 – 10.30 am
Keratoconus and keratoconus indicated corneal transplant:Topography and imaging in the diagnostic and management processes
Paula Hedges
10.30 – 11.00 am
Corneal RGP lens end points and reaching them using the axial profile
Ken Pullum
11.00 – 11.30 am
TEA / COFFEE
11.30 – 12.00 am
Contact lenses post transplant
Vijay Anand
12.00 – 12.15 am
Hydrogel lenses for keratoconus: Where do they fit in?
Paula, Ken
12.15 – 12.45 am
Visual applications for scleral lenses in keratoconus
Ken, Allon Barsam
12.45 – 1.00 pm
Summary and discussion
Ken, Vijay, Paula
1.00 – 1.30 pm
Scleral lens practical session: Putting in and removal
Ken, Paula, Vijay
1.30 – 2.45 pm
LUNCH
Afternoon session
Introduction
2.45 – 3.45 pm
3.45 – 4.15 pm
4.15 – 6.00 pm
to scleral lens clinical practice
Preformed non fenestrated scleral lens fitting methods
The scleral bearing surface
The cornea and limbus
Ken
Surgical options for keratoconus and their interaction with contact lens
management
Allon
Scleral lens practical session: Elementary assessment
Ken, Paula Vijay
Refreshments available all afternoon
Specialist contact lens practitioners meeting
Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th February 2014
Managing keratoconus
The expanding role for sclerals
Presented by Hertford Optometry and Contact Lens Practice
Sponsored by
Innovative Sclerals Ltd and Jack Allen Contact Lenses
Thursday 6th February
Venue: Hertford Optometry and Contact Lens Practice
Focussing in on sclerals
9.00 – 9.30 am
9.30 – 10.00 am
10.00 – 10.15 am
Presenting the fitting process with case studies
Scleral lens indications and fitting processes - recap
Jen McMahon
What’s next after issue of the lenses?
Managing the problems and complications
After care issues
Paula Hedges
Scleral lens therapeutic applications and their use in the management
of ocular surface disorders
Ken
10.00 – 10.30 am
TEA/ COFFEE
10.30 – 11.00 am
Visual outcomes and expectations
Minimising mishaps and mistakes
Is a re-fit necessary?
Ken, Jen, Paula
Non-co-axial scleral lens fitting:
Toroidals
Eye impressions: The process and the materials
Ken
11.30 – 11.45 am
Scleral lenses: the wearer’s viewpoint
Mike Oliver
11.45 – 12.15 pm
The delegates time slot …. Presentation of rapid fire case studies
12.15 – 1.30 pm
LUNCH
1.30 – 4.00 pm
Demonstration and practical
11.00 – 11.30 am
Scleral lenses in action
Assessment of the fit of lenses
Taking an impression
Instructing the techniques of putting in and removing scleral lenses
4.00 to close
Guests
Ken, Jen Paula
Tracy Partridge
Lesley Parsell
Innovative Sclerals laboratory tour
Mike Plastow
Steve Bloss
Final discussion and summary
Ken, Jen Paula
Presenters and contributors
Ken Pullum
Principal optometrist, Scleral Lens Service Moorfields Eye Hospital and
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Founding partner, Innovative Sclerals Ltd, Hertford
Principal, Hertford Optometry and Contact Lens Practice, Hertford
Jennifer McMahon
Lead optometrist, Great Western Hospital, Swindon
Clinical consultant, Innovative Sclerals Ltd Hertford
Allon Barsam
Cornea and External Disease Consultant, Luton and Dunstable Hospital
Paula Hedges
Specialist optometrist, Oxford Eye Hospital
Vijay Anand
Principal Optometrist, Contact Lens Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital
Mike Oliver
Specialist legal executive and scleral lens wearer for 48 years
Mike Plastow
Technical director, Innovative Sclerals Ltd, Hertford
Steve Bloss
Specialist scleral lens technician, Innovative Sclerals Ltd, Hertford
Lesley Parsell, Tracy Partridge
Contact lens clinical assistants, Hertford Optometry and Contact Lens Practice
Scleral lens wearers, our guests for the day