THURSDAY 15 MAY 2014 FRIDAY 16 MAY 2014 SATURDAY 17

RANZCO 2014 Draft Programme
RANZCO NZ BRANCH ANNUAL MEETING 2014
Preliminary Programme as at 2 April 2014
THURSDAY 15 MAY 2014
10.00am - 1.30pm
1.45pm - 3.15pm
3.30pm - 5.30pm
BUSINESS MEETINGS
REGISTRAR PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINAR
Qualifications and Education Committee Executive Mee 9.30am - 10.00am
Arrival Tea and Coffee
10.00am - 11.00am
OSCE
Save Sight Society Committee Business Meeting
11.00am - 1.00pm
Glaucoma teaching
1.00pm - 2.00pm
Lunch
NZ Branch Executive Committee Business Meeting
2.00pm - 5.00pm
Complex cataract surgery
6.30pm
Registrar teaching (sponsored by AMO)
FRIDAY 16 MAY 2014
8.00am - 9.00am
SPECIALISTS
Registration, arrival breakfast and exhibition opens
Venue: Banquet Room, Rotorua Convention Centre,
Rotorua
SATURDAY 17 MAY 2014
6.45am - 8.00am
SPECIALISTS
Innovations in Cataract Technology
Alcon Sponsored Breakfast
9.00am - 9.15am
9.20am - 10.20am
9.20am - 9.40am
Whakatau
Combined Session 1
An introduction to the jargon of health economics
Ravi Thomas
8.00am - 8.30am
8.30am - 10.10am
8.30am - 8.50am
Registration opens
Session 5
Understanding of risk and its clinical application
Ravi Thomas
9.40am - 10.00am
8.50am - 9.10am
Big data and the fight retinal blindness project
Mark Gillies
9.10am - 9.30am
Screening for Angle Closure Glaucoma
Ravi Thomas
10.20am - 10.50am
Improving the cost-effectiveness of phaco-cataract
surgery
Larry Benjamin
Recent advances and controversies in the
management of diabetic retinopathy
Mark Gillies
Morning Tea and Exhibition Venue: Banquet Room
9.30am - 9.40am
Free Paper
10.50am - 12.50pm
10.50am - 11.10am
Combined Session 2
TBC
9.40am - 9.50am
9.50am - 10.10am
11.10am - 11.30am
TBC
10.10am - 10.40am
Free Paper
The MacTel project: searching for a cure for a common
condition
Mark Gillies
Morning Tea and Exhibition Venue: Banquet Room
11.30am - 11.50am
TBC
10.40am - 1.00pm
11.50am - 12.15pm
TBC
10.40am - 10.50am
12.15pm - 12.20pm
RANZCO Presidents Address
10.50am - 11.00am
12.20pm - 12.50pm
RANZCO NZ Branch AGM
11.00am - 11.10am
12.50pm - 1.50pm
Lunch and Exhibition Venue: Banquet Room
11.10am - 11.15am
1.50pm - 3.20pm
Session 3 - Medical retina and anti-VEGFs
11.15am - 11.20am
1.50pm - 2.10pm
Recent advances and controversies in the
management of age-related macular degeneration
Mark Gillies
11.20am - 11.25am
2.10pm - 2.20pm
Long term outcomes of anti-VEGF therapy for
neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Scott M McClintic, DM Squirrell, A Campain
11.25am - 11.30am
AS-OCT imaging in the comparison of the affected eye
and fellow eye in acute primary angle closure
Lucy M Lu , ME Nongpiur, M Baskaran, T Aung
2.20pm - 2.30pm
Diabetic retinal screening trends of the WDHB
Andrew F Riley, H Williamson
11.30am - 11.35am
2.30pm - 2.40pm
Improved CONNEXIN43 mimetic peptide delivery for
neuroprotection after retinal ischaemia
Ilva D Rupenthal, YS Chen, R Teague, J Perrett, HV
Danesh-Meyer, I Toth, CR Green
11.35am - 11.40am
At what cost? The role of neuroimaging in glaucoma - a
case series
H Danesh-Meyer, Kaliopy Matheos , S Ogra,
C Frampton
Evaluation of the potential therapeutic benefit of a
contemporary portable warm compress treatment for
meibomian gland dysfunction
Jennifer P Craig , Z Jaitley, S Lord
10.00am - 10.20am
Session 6 - General Ophthalmology Papers and Rapid
Fire Presentations
Crosslinking in New Zealand
Andrew Logan
Potential for a natural NZ asset to become an eyeopener
Jennifer P Craig , ID Rupenthal, A Seyfoddin,
G Watters
Automated perimetry at Eastmed General Practice, St
Heliers, 2005-2010
Mark Donaldson , S Thornley, H Winter
Current treatment practices and issues relating to
service provision for wet macular degeneration in New
Zealand
Yi Wei Goh , D Worsley
General practitioners' perspectives on specialist
clinical letters - a survey
Jessica PS Michaels , D Alexander
Collaborative care in glaucoma
Verona E Botha , P Wang, SK Taylor, J Ah-Chan
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2.40pm - 2.50pm
Characterising the genetic basis for inherited retinal
disease in a Maori and Polynesian population
Andrea L Vincent, N Abeysekera, D Sharp, GCM Black
11.40am - 11.45am
An investigation into the use of peripheral corneal
spheres as a defined transplantable element in limbal
stem cell deficiency (LSCD)
Jeremy J Mathan , S Ismail, T Sherwin
2.50pm - 3.00pm
Discussion
11.45am - 11.50am
3.00pm - 3.20pm
Why treat early in diabetic retinopathy - the evidence 11.50am - 11.55am
from recent clinical trials
Brendan Vote
11.55am - 12.00pm
3.20pm - 3.50pm
Afternoon Tea and Exhibition Venue: Banquet Room
12.00pm - 12.05pm
3.50pm - 5.10pm
Session 4 - Rapid Fire Presentations
12.05pm - 12.10pm
Outcomes of Descemet's stripping endothelial
keratoplasty (DSEK): A five year experience
Stuti Misra , R Ng-Waishing, D Patel, C McGhee
The impact of keratoplasty technique on the
biomechanical properties of the cornea
Hans R Vellara , NQ Ali, CNJ McGhee, DV Patel
Usage of international donor cornea in New Zealand in
2013
Dickson Wong , J Rawstron
Visually significant PCO in different IOL models: a
Christchurch experience
Ken K Ng , G Duff, R Stack
Profile of Endopthalmitis in Northland over 8 years
Kirthi KN Sugnanam , A Watts
3.50pm - 3.55pm
Orbital floor fractures: Management in a provincial
centre
Julia M Christie ,DR Sherwood, LE Meserve
12.10pm - 12.15pm
3.55pm - 4.00pm
Prognostic indicator of optical coherence tomography: 12.15pm - 12.20pm
the short and long-term visual outcome following
surgery for pituitary tumours
Siddharth Ogra , HV Danesh-Meyer, PJ Savino,
T Papchenko, A Nichols, S Stylli, C Frampton, AH Kaye
4.00pm - 4.05pm
21 year review on incidences of visually significant
retinopathy of prematurity in New Zealand
Cheefoong Chong , Z Tan, S Dai
12.20pm - 12.25pm
The spectrum of uveitis in Auckland
Aaron B Wong , J Sims
4.05pm - 4.10pm
Growing up Kapo Maori
Priya D Samalia , N Higgins, H Phillips, K Stobbs, H
Pasco, G Wilson
12.25pm - 12.30pm
4.10pm - 4.15pm
Acquired ocular toxoplasmosis presenting to uveitis
services: A case series
E Damato, Riyaz Bhikoo , S Guest, J Sims
An audit of intraductal meibomian gland probing for
symptomatic stage 4 meibomian gland dysfunction
patients
In-Jung Lee ,M Khalid, A Buller
Urrets-Zavalia sydrome and its management
Akilesh Gokul , CNJ McGhee
Effect of Molteno Implant tube positioning on corneal
endothelial density
Ammar B Bin Sadiq , LV Mitchell, GF Sanderson
PEHCR: What's happening outside the macula?
Noor Q Ali , S Guest
12.30pm - 12.40pm
The detection of choroidal melanoma in the New
Zealand population
Aaron KW Yap , G Sanderson, A Molteno, T Bevin,
P Hadden
Discussion
12.40pm -12.55 pm
Ophthalmology New Zealand AGM
1.00pm - 2.00pm
Lunch and Exhibition Venue: Banquet Room
2.00pm - 4.00pm
Combined Session 7 - Anterior Segment
2.00pm - 2.20pm
No pen no paper no problem: Electronic consultation
notes in public
Alistair T Papali'i-Curtin, Dallas Alexander
A review of treatment adherence following corneal
transplantation in the Auckland region
A Crawford, Thiyaga Krishnan , C McGhee
2.20pm - 2.40pm
Incorporating structure cataract surgery training in
context of clinical and fiscal responsibility - the good
surgery guide
Larry Benjamin
The Blumenthal technique of cataract extraction
Ravi Thomas
Mortality of diabetic retinopathy patients requiring
surgical management
Bia J Kim , SE Guest, KL Lee
Audit of the entry criteria for treatment of diabetic
macula oedema with intravitreal bevacizumab at
ADHB; a follow up
Zak J Prime, DM Squirrell, TY Malik
Diabetes retinal screening in the CDHB: The
downstream impact of increasing frequency of
screening
Kelvin Ngan , A Morris
3.00pm - 3.20pm
4.15pm - 4.20pm
4.20pm - 4.25pm
4.25pm - 4.30pm
4.30pm - 4.35pm
4.35pm - 4.40pm
4.40pm - 4.45pm
4.45pm - 4.50pm
4.50pm - 4.55pm
4.55pm - 5.00pm
2.40pm - 3.00pm
3.20pm - 3.30pm
3.30pm - 3.40pm
Childhood cerebal form of X-linked
Adrenoleukodystrophy with visual deficit occurring
before MRI neurological changes
Samantha K Watkins , CNJ McGhee, S Dai
Quality of life of patients with thyroid eye disease in
Canterbury
Di Wang , PJ Hunt, R Stack, TJ Cawood
The learning curve and longer term clinical outcomes
of femto-second laser assisted cataract surgery: good,
bad, ugly
Brendan Vote
Update on CPAC - Cataract prioritisation and the
bigger picture
Dean Corbett
Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery: A
sensible step or an unnecessary risk?
Brian T Kent-Smith
The general eye evaluation and cataract EHR
interoperability standard from the Integrating the
Healthcare Enterprise Eye Care Committee
Michael Muir
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5.00pm - 5.05pm
5.05pm - 5.10pm
5.10pm - 6.30pm
New evidence on the mechanism of anterior chamber 3.40pm - 4.00pm
angle widening effect of diode laser peripheral
iridoplasty: A spectral domain optical coherence
tomography study
Clark Stevenson , JCY Leong, GS Ang, AP Wells
4.00pm - 4.00pm
Discussion
The cost-effectiveness of femto-second laser assisted
cataract surgery
Brendan Vote
4.30pm - 5.30pm
4.30pm - 4.40pm
Combined Session 8 - Cataract and Refractive
ICL in New Zealand: A decade of experience
Dean Corbett
Demographic and ocular biometric characteristics of
patients undergoing cataract surgery
Dipika V Patel , J Yoon, S Misra, CNJ McGhee
Implantation of a piggyback intraocular lens for
pseudophakic refractive error following keratoplasty
Jay J Meyer , A Duffin, CNJ McGhee
Welcome Function Venue: Banquet Room
Band: "Larry Benjamin and the Crosslinkers"
4.40pm - 4.50pm
4.50pm - 5.00pm
5.00pm - 5.35pm
5.35pm - 6.00pm
7.30pm - midnight
Afternoon Tea and Exhibition Venue: Banquet Room
Dealing with common complications of cataract
surgery I and II interactive video session
Larry Benjamin
Save Sight Society AGM and Awards
RANZCO NZ Branch Annual Meeting Dinner, The Blue
Baths, Government Gardens, Rotorua
Theme: Smart Casual
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As at 2/04/2014

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