Category Archives: Cataract Surgery

Immediate Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS) during COVID Recovery: RCOphth/UKISCRS Rapid Advice Document
Jul 20th, 2020

July 20, 2020 This guidance has been developed by the RCOphth COVID-19 Review Team and the UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS) in response to the pandemic and may be subject to change. We are facing significant capacity challenges brought about by the COVID pandemic. We need to restore surgery for […]

Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS) – Key Points
Jun 4th, 2020

4 June, 2020 Preamble As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic all elective surgeries in Canada were stopped. This has resulted in a large backlog of deferred cataract surgeries. As elective surgery slowly resumes, procedures and policies need to be changed to minimize the risk of COVID which will reduce efficiencies. To address the issues […]

Université de Montréal’s Virtual Monthly Grand Rounds – Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS)
Jun 4th, 2020

Title: Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS)  Date: 9 June 2020 |7pm -8:15 pm EST Guest Speaker: Marie-Ève Légaré, Université Laval MOC Credits : The Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. It is […]

Webinar – McMaster Rounds: Cataract Surgical Teaching and COVID-19
May 6th, 2020

Webinar Details  Topic: McMaster Rounds: Cataract Surgical Teaching and Covid-19 Time: May 13, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Learning Objectives: Briefly recap cataract surgical teaching pre-covid. Explore challenges in resuming surgical teaching given covid restrictions. Explore strategies for resuming surgical teaching given covid restrictions. Following rounds, prepare a brief summary of proposed strategies […]

CSI: Cataract Surgery Investigation
Mar 1st, 2019

Symposium Resources The COS is pleased to provide access to the presentations from the co-developed symposium presented at the 2018 COS Annual Meeting, CSI: Cataract Surgery Investigation. Dr. Ike Ahmed, along with a team of forensic ophthalmologist investigators, presented three different and engaging cases, unveiling clues to analyze the causes of poor outcomes in cataract […]

Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is
Nov 1st, 2018

The Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is Annual Meeting provides cutting-edge education unrestricted by the current CME guidelines. It will take place from February 6-10, 2019 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida and expects to attract more than 600 attendees, 100 exhibitors and 60 meeting and wet lab sponsors. Target Audience The program is relevant […]

2019 ESCRS Congress
Oct 24th, 2018

The European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons’s (ESCRS) Congress will take place from September 14 – 18, 2019 at the Paris Porte de Versailles in Paris, France. This year will celebrate the 37th Annual Congress of the ESCRS. Target Audience The ESCRS Congress is intended for ophthalmological surgeons who specialize in cataract and refractive […]