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Category Archives: For Ophthalmologists
CJO August 2022 Highlights
Aug 3rd, 2022
The August 2022 CJO is now available online. Here are some of the highlights: Resident Perspectives + visual abstract: Our amazing team of residents have summarized 7 articles with a focus on what’s most relevant to ophthalmology learners here in Canada and around the globe, including the article featured in our August visual abstract, Pretreatment […]
Virtual Retina Case Conference Canada (RCCC) 2022
Aug 3rd, 2022
The third fully virtual Retina Case Conference Canada will be held on Saturday, November 19, 2022. Last year’s meeting had the highest RCCC attendance to date with more than 80 retina colleagues logging in from across Canada!In keeping with the successful RCCC model, our live Zoom program will center around surgical and medical interactive cases […]
Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) Joint position paper calling for a complete ban on scleral tattooing and eyeball jewellery implantation in Manitoba
Jul 26th, 2022
September 2018 Context: There is a growing trend among body modification enthusiasts to tattoo their eyeballs (specifically the sclera of the eye) and also implant jewellery under the surface layer (conjunctiva) of the eyeball. This is being done unsafely by untrained artists under questionable conditions and leading to avariety of unfortunate complications, including loss of […]
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the periodic eye examination in children aged 0-5 years in Canada
Jul 26th, 2022
December 2019 Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the periodic eye examination in children aged 0-5 years in Canada The Position Stated is based on current evidence and expert medical opinion available at thetime and was endorsed by the COS in November 2019. Background: As eye disease before age 5 years is common, some form of […]
Canadian Glaucoma Society Evidence-Based Recommendations for the Risk of Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma with Routine Use of Hyoscine-n-Butylbromide (Buscopan) for Gastroenterological Procedures
Jul 26th, 2022
November 2019 Evidence-Based Recommendations for the Risk of Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma with Routine Use of Hyoscine-n-Butylbromide (Buscopan) for Gastroenterological Procedures. The Position Stated is based on current evidence and expert medical opinion available at the time and was endorsed by the COS in November 2019. Background: Hyoscine-n-butylbromide (Buscopan) is a commonly used anticholinergic medication […]
Advisory Statement: Regarding Light Therapy (Photobiomodulation) for Macular Degeneration
Jul 26th, 2022
July 21, 2022 Advisory Statement: Regarding Light Therapy (Photobiomodulation) for Macular Degeneration Discussion: Patients with early dry macular degeneration often have relatively normal vision. As the disease progresses to advanced stages, patients can have both a gradual and/or sudden loss of central vision. There are no proven pharmacologic treatments for dry ARMD, however age-related eye […]
Position statement by the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) Regarding Diversity and Inclusion
Jul 26th, 2022
April 2, 2019 Position Statement by the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) Regarding Diversity and Inclusion The Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) encourages inclusivity and opposes discrimination based on (but not limited to) religion, race, citizenship, country or ethnic origin, language, age, political affiliation or opinion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, cognitive or physical ability, […]
COS 2022 Breaking News – Video Now Available for Download
Jul 26th, 2022
Varun Chaudhary hosts three International Experts, Dr. Sunir Garg, Dr. Michael Ip, and Dr. Wai-Ching Lam with whom we will explore new surgical and non-surgical treatments for nAMD and DME, and will review the top five signs not to miss in imaging.
COS 2022 Lion’s Lair – Video Now Available For Download
Jul 26th, 2022
Do you Dare Enter the Lions’ Lair? COS 2022 The Lions of Canadian Ophthalmology gathered on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at the Halifax Convention Centre to judge three research presentations related to retinal disease. Dr. Steve Houston delivered a keynote lecture on The future is now: Advances in digital health and technology. The Innovation in […]