10thAnniversary ofBalkan
Ophthalmic
Wetlab3rd – 6th June 2020
Welcome Note
Welcome to Sofia!
On behalf of the organizing committee, it is our great pleasure to invite you to the 10th Anniversary edition of the Balkan Ophthalmic Wetlab Course, to be held June 3rd – 6th, 2020 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
It is an exciting time for us to look back and forward as we continue to grow and adapt, motivated and open to new ideas. Through the years of experience we constantly improved the programme and we have dedicated world leaders in the field of ophthalmology to share their knowledge, helping the delegates to learn and master the surgical skills necessary to perform their surgery safely on patients.
Thinking Differently about Teaching and Learning
Over the years, the Balkan Ophthalmic Wetlab Course has become both a premier wetlab course and a highly anticipated ophthalmology event. This year, the 10th BOW features an excellent scientific programme which includes several wetlabs in the field of modern Cataract Surgery, Vitreoretinal Surgery, Laser Refractive Surgery, Keratoplasty Surgery, Glaucoma and Oculoplastic Surgery. Each course is unique and provides knowledge to young ophthalmologists even without existing background surgical skills. Advanced sessions are also included to cover the latest techniques and procedures.
During these four intensive days, the focus lays on practical hands-on surgery training with different modules in the wetlabs, where state-of-the-art machines, instruments are provided and accepted as the best way for surgeons to familiarize themselves with the equipment. The programme contains many hours of wetlab sessions, lectures plus free practice with hands-on training. By the end, you will see the difference in your surgical skills and will have confidence as an ophthalmologist.
The world of ophthalmology is an exciting area in which to work, and we will continue to meet and bring inspired people together in wetlabs like this, to ensure our Balkan Ophthalmic Wetlab Course remains at the cutting edge of knowledge. We are convinced that interaction with colleagues from many different countries will stimulate a creative exchange of ideas and will be personally rewarding.
Why Balkan Ophthalmic Wetlab Course
The general concept of the Annual Balkan Simulated Surgical Laboratories (Wetlab) is to bring together experienced ophthalmic surgeons from the Balkan countries as well as colleagues from other European countries in the teaching process in assisting young ophthalmologists to improve their surgical skills.
The course is organized by Educational Center in Ophthalmology Resbiomed, Resbiomed Sofia Eye Clinic, together with MTS The Wetlab Company. We are also happy to have the support of the ophthalmic industry.
What is Wetlab and what to expect from the Balkan Ophthalmic Wetlab Course?
The Wetlab is a practical course with different modules using the most actual “state-of-the-art” wetlab technology as well as the MTS eye model with daily fresh porcine eyes. During this wetlab you will receive all necessary knowledge by your tutor. The wetlab stations will be fully equipped with machines, disposable and hand instruments.
There will be 2 participants at each station. When you are ”assisting“ you should help and assist your colleague to perform surgery and you will learn a lot by watching the monitors and listening to the instructor. When you are the surgeon your colleague will assist you. The assistant can also practice changing the various settings of the phaco or vitrectomy machine.
What is a workshop and what to expect from it?
The aim of the workshops is to enable you to build on the basic knowledge you have acquired in the wetlabs, in order to develop the surgical expertise you will require prior to performing these procedures on patients.
The workshop programs are shorter and less rigid then those in the wetlabs. This is to allow plenty of time for questions and supervised practice by the participants. Please remember that in addition to these workshops the free practice sessions offer a unique opportunity to perfect your technique.
Who?
Medicine moves forward constantly. With the assistance of quality Simulated Surgical Laboratories known as Wetlabs young ophthalmologists as well as experienced colleagues have the opportunity to improve their surgical skills with hands-on training enabling them to be better surgeons.
The 10th Balkan Ophthalmic Wetlab Course promises to deliver an excellent programme which includes five wetlab courses, presented by the world leaders in the field of ophthalmology. This represents unique opportunities to share experience with colleagues in other ophthalmic sub-specialties.
We are convinced that by the end of the course you will see the difference in your surgical skills and will have greater confidence in your abilities as an ophthalmology surgeon.
Where?
Grand Hotel Millennium Sofia is located in a stand-alone plot of the highest building in the city center offering undistinguished views of the city’s skyline and Vitosha mountain.
Grand Hotel Millennium Sofia is the city’s largest upscale conference hotel with 400 rooms and 5000 sq. m Convention Centre.
Cataract Surgery (Basic) Course
Cataract Surgery (Basic) Course - Summary
Programme Time Table - Cataract surgery course
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Day 1 (3 June 2020)
09:00 - 09:30 Welcome, opening remarks and introduction of the Faculty 09:30 - 10:30 The Incision
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Capsulorhexis
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Machine set up and parameters
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 Dismantling the Lens
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW) -
Day 2 (4 June 2020)
09:00 - 10:30 IOLs
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)10.30 - 11.00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Managing capsule rupture
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Microscopes, instruments
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 Surgical anatomy of the eye Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW) - Day 3 (5 June 2020)
09:00 - 10:30 Small pupils, hooks, rings and devices
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 IOL complications
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Strategizing complex cases
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 Review of Learning objectives
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)20:00 - 24:00 Gala Dinner - Day 4 (6 June 2020)
09:00 - 10:30 Putting what you have learned this week into practice in the human patient
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Free Practice 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
Cataract Surgery (Basic) Course - Faculty
- Mr. John Bolger FRCS DO FEBOS –CR My-iClinic United Kingdom
- Dr. Dušan Pušnik Pušnik-Novljan, okulistika, optika, zobozdravstvo d.o.o. Slovenia
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Dr. Nicola Vandemeulebroecke
Oberärztin Augenklinik
Marien Hospital Düsseldorf Germany - Prof. Dr. med. Norbert Körber Augencentrum Köln Germany
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Dr. Moreno Menghini, MD FEBO FICO
Clinical Research and Vitreoretinal Fellow Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Oxford University Hospitals United Kingdom
Cataract Surgery (Basic) Course - Prices
| Eearly Fee (until 31 March) | 1050 € |
| Late Fee (after 1 April) | 1200 € |
| Groups of 5 to 9 | 10% discount off the current fee |
| Groups of 10 or more | 15% discount off the current fee |
| * Fees are payable in 1 (one) or in 2 (two) installments. The first installment of 50% is payable at the time of registration. The second installment of 50% is payable by the end of April 2020. | |
| * Please note – All prices are in Euro inclusive of 20% VAT | |
| Registration | |
Cataract Surgery (Advanced) Course
Cataract Surgery (Advanced) Course - Summary
Programme Time Table - Cataract surgery course
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Day 1 (3 June 2020)
09:00 - 09:30 Welcome, opening remarks and introduction of the Faculty 09:30 - 10:30 Basic steps - pearls and pitfalls
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 The physics of phaco/different pumps
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Nuclear disassembly techniques and strategies
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 Understanding subtypes - key to removing cataracts
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW) - Day 2 (4 June 2020)
09:00 - 10:30 Identifying complex cases and planning strategies – small pupils
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Identifying complex cases and planning strategies – weak zonules
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Biometry/IOL calculations
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 IOL exchange
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW) - Day 3 (5 June 2020)
09:00 - 10:30 Complications
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Anterior vitrectomy
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Subluxated crystalline and intraocular lenses
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 Complication cases
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)20:00 - 24:00 Gala Dinner - Day 4 (6 June 2020)
09:00 - 10:30 Postoperative cataract surgery complications, final questions
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Free Practice 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
Cataract Surgery (Advanced) Course - Faculty
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Dr. Petra Schollmayer
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Clinic of Ophthalmology Slovenia - OÄ Dr. Beatrix Neumaier-Ammerer Kepler Universitätsklinikum Austria
Cataract Surgery (Advanced) Course - Prices
| Eearly Fee (until 31 March) | 1200 € |
| Late Fee (after 1 April) | 1350 € |
| Groups of 5 to 9 | 10% discount off the current fee |
| Groups of 10 or more | 15% discount off the current fee |
| * Fees are payable in 1 (one) or in 2 (two) installments. The first installment of 50% is payable at the time of registration. The second installment of 50% is payable by the end of April 2020. | |
| * Please note – All prices are in Euro inclusive of 20% VAT | |
| Registration | |
Vitrectomy Course
Summary - Vitrectomy Course
Programme Time Table - Vitrectomy Course
- Day 1 (3 June 2020)
09:00 - 09:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks 09:30 - 10:30 How the wetlab works
Lecture & Wetlab10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Indications and surpises in V-R surgery
Lecture & Wetlab13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Basic principles
Lecture & Wetlab15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 Insertion and removal of 23G
Instruments, dyes and tamponade
Lecture & Wetlab - Day 2 (4 June 2020)
09:00 - 10:30 Vitreo-retinal interface
Lecture & Wetlab10.30 - 11.00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Diabetes
Lecture & Wetlab13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Retinal detachment
Lecture & Wetlab15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 Endophthalmitis
Lecture & Wetlab - Day 3 (5 June 2020)
09:00 - 10:30 Combined surgery
Lecture & Wetlab10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Combined - traumatic cataract or subluxated
Lecture & Wetlab13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Dropped nucleus
Lecture & Wetlab15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 Dropped IOL
Lecture & Wetlab20:00 - 24:00 Gala Dinner - Day 4 (6 June 2020)
09:00 - 10:30 Trauma
Lecture & Wetlab10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Children
Lecture & Wetlab13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
Faculty - Vitrectomy Course
- Zlatko Slezak, MD County Hospital Cakovec Croatia
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Georgopoulos, MBA Medical University of Vienna Austria
Prices - Vitrectomy Course
| Eearly Fee (until 31 March) | 1200 € |
| Late Fee (after 1 April) | 1350 € |
| Groups of 5 to 9 | 10% discount off the current fee |
| Groups of 10 or more | 15% discount off the current fee |
| * Fees are payable in 1 (one) or in 2 (two) installments. The first installment of 50% is payable at the time of registration. The second installment of 50% is payable by the end of April 2020. | |
| * Please note – All prices are in Euro inclusive of 20% VAT | |
| Registration | |
Laser Refractive Surgery Course
Summary - Laser Refractive Surgery Course
Programme Time Table - Laser Refractive Surgery Course
- Day 1 (3 June 2020)
09:00 - 09:30 Welcome, opening remarks and introduction of the Faculty 09:30 - 10:30 Introduction to Laser Refractive Surgery
Lecture10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Diagnostic methods
Lecture13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Lasers in the ophthalmology
Lecture15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 17:00 First, Second and Third Generation of Laser Refractive Surgery
Lecture17:00 - 18:00 Practical tips and sessions
Lecture - Day 2 (4 June 2020)
09:00 - 10:30 Examination of refractive patients
Lecture10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Live Surgery 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Live Surgery 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) - Day 3 (5 June 2020)
09:00 - 10:30 Post-surgery follow up
Practice10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 PRK
Wetlab13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 LASIK / Femto LASIK 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 SMILE
Wetlab20:00 - 24:00 Gala Dinner
Faculty - Laser Refractive Surgery Course
- Dr. Alexander Angelov Resbiomed Sofia Eye Clinic Bulgaria
- Mr. Yavor Angelov Resbiomed Sofia Eye Clinic Bulgaria
Prices - Laser Refractive Surgery Course
| Eearly Fee (until 31 March) | 1200 € |
| Late Fee (after 1 April) | 1350 € |
| Groups of 5 to 9 | 10% discount off the current fee |
| Groups of 10 or more | 15% discount off the current fee |
| * Fees are payable in 1 (one) or in 2 (two) installments. The first installment of 50% is payable at the time of registration. The second installment of 50% is payable by the end of April 2020. | |
| * Please note – All prices are in Euro inclusive of 20% VAT | |
| Registration | |
Keratoplasty Surgery Course
Summary - Keratoplasty Surgery Course
Programme Time Table - Keratoplasty Surgery Course
- Day 1 (4 June 2020)
09:00 - 09:30 Keynote Speech - Prof. Dr. Georges Baïkoff 09:30 - 10:30 PKP – indications, surgical techniques, results, complication and aftercare
Lecture10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 DALK – indications, surgical techniques, results
Lecture13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 DSAEK / DSEK –indications, surgical techniques, result
Lecture15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 DSAEK / DSEK –indications, surgical techniques, result
Lecture - Day 2 (5 June 2020)
09:00 - 10:30 DSEK to DMEK – Why change? A smooth transition
Live Surgery10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 DMEK – Preparation and preservation of donor corneal tissue Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW) 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 DMEK – Insertion and manipulation
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 DMEK – Insertion and manipulation
Lecture, Demo & Wetlab (LDW)20:00 - 24:00 Gala Dinner
Faculty - Keratoplasty Surgery Course
- Prof. Dr. Georges Baïkoff Marseille, France
- Dr. Samer Hamada, MSc, DO(hons), FRCSEd, FRCOphth Eye Clinic London United Kingdom
- Dr. Mohamed Elalfy, MBBCh, MSc, MD, DRCOphth, FICO, FRCSEd, FRCS Glas., FRCOphth Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust United Kingdom
Prices - Keratoplasty Surgery Course
| Eearly Fee (until 31 March) | 1200 € |
| Late Fee (after 1 April) | 1250 € |
| Groups of 5 to 9 | 10% discount off the current fee |
| Groups of 10 or more | 15% discount off the current fee |
| * Fees are payable in 1 (one) or in 2 (two) installments. The first installment of 50% is payable at the time of registration. The second installment of 50% is payable by the end of April 2020. | |
| * Please note – All prices are in Euro inclusive of 20% VAT | |
| Registration | |
Glaucoma Course
Summary - Glaucoma Course
Time Table - Glaucoma Course
- Day 1 (3 June 2020)
09:00 - 09:30 Welcome, opening remarks and introduction of the Faculty 09:30 - 10:30 Viscocanalostomy
Lecture & Demo10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Viscocanalostomy
Wetlab13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Deep sclectomy
Wetlab15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 Deep sclectomy
Wetlab - Day 2 (4 June 2020)
09:00 - 10:30 Canaloplasty (ab interno and ab externo)
Lecture & Demo10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 13:00 Canaloplasty (ab interno and ab externo)
Wetlab13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Trabeculectomy
Lecture & Demo15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 Trabeculectomy
Wetlab
Faculty - Glaucoma Course
- Prof. Norbert Körber Germany
- Prof. Vytautas Jasinskas Lithuania
Prices - Glaucoma Course
| Eearly Fee (until 31 March) | 700 € |
| Late Fee (after 1 April) | 700 € |
| Groups of 5 to 9 | 10% discount off the current fee |
| Groups of 10 or more | 15% discount off the current fee |
| * Fees are payable in 1 (one) or in 2 (two) installments. The first installment of 50% is payable at the time of registration. The second installment of 50% is payable by the end of April 2020. | |
| * Please note – All prices are in Euro inclusive of 20% VAT | |
| Registration | |
Oculoplastic Surgery Course
Summary - Oculoplastic Surgery Course
Programme Time Table - Oculoplastic Surgery Course
- Day 1 (3 June 2020)
09:00 - 09:20 Welcome, opening remarks and introduction of the Faculty 09:20 - 10:10 Upper eyelid functional anatomy and evaluation 10:10 - 10:30 Clinical cases presentation 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 11:30 Upper eyelid malpositions 11:30 - 12:00 Clinical cases presentation 12:00 - 12:30 Upper eyelid ptosis 12:30 - 13:00 Clinical cases presentation 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 14:30 Upper eyelid retraction 14:30 - 15:30 Videofilms - child and adult ptosis operations 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 Clinical cases presentation, eyelid examination practice - Day 2 (4 June 2020)
09:00 - 09:30 Upper eyelid retraction 09:30 - 10:00 Videofilm – upper eyelid retraction surgery 10:00 - 10:30 The floppy eyelid 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 11:00 - 11:30 Principles of the upper eyelid reconstruction after tumor removal 11:30 - 12:00 Clinical cases presentation 12:30 - 13:00 Videofilms: direct brow lift, upper eyelid blepharoplasty 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00 - 15:30 Practice in the outpatient room, live surgery 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break (Networking) 16:00 - 18:00 Closing remarks, discussion
Faculty - Oculoplastic Surgery Course
- Dr. Milena Sredkova, PhD Resbiomed Sofia Eye Clinic Bulgaria
- Dr. Tanya Koleva Resbiomed Sofia Eye Clinic Bulgaria
Prices - Oculoplastic Surgery Course
| Eearly Fee (until 31 March) | 500 € |
| Late Fee (after 1 April) | 700 € |
| Groups of 5 to 9 | 10% discount off the current fee |
| Groups of 10 or more | 15% discount off the current fee |
| * Fees are payable in 1 (one) or in 2 (two) installments. The first installment of 50% is payable at the time of registration. The second installment of 50% is payable by the end of April 2020. | |
| * Please note – All prices are in Euro inclusive of 20% VAT | |
| Registration | |
Course Venue
A hospitality masterpiece, offering unprecedented setting for high-class business and private events, tempting variety of culinary pleasures, top-shelf SPA experiences and many more. That’s the essence of Grand Hotel Millennium Sofia – Bulgaria’s capital’s newest hospitality jewel.
You need only raise your sight to see Grand Hotel Millennium Sofia overlooking the National Palace of Culture and the entire city.
Grand Hotel Millennium Sofia welcome you with next-to-none bird-eye views and boutique experiences you are bound to recall time and again, long after your departure.
10 extraordinary restaurants, bars and lounges offering sweeping views over the city
32 storey tower, topped off by a private helipad
400 gracefully furnished rooms and suites revealing breathteaking mountain and city view
3200 square meters of nonpareil head-to-toe relaxation in Millennium Spa & Wellness
5000 square meters of 3 full floors Convention Centre surrounding a spectacular 6-story atrium
Organized by
136A Positano str., 1309 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel: +359 2 80 81 888
Email: registration@bow.bg
