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1 22 March, 2012 Fairmont Towers Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt

2 Welcome Dear Colleagues, It is a great pleasure to invite you to the Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society which will be held at Fairmont Towers Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt on 22 March, Over the past few years, this meeting has become one of the most important vitreoretinal meetings in the Middle East. Our previous meetings have combined a high scientific standard with an exciting social program. The scientific program is clinically oriented with emphasis on extensive discussion and points of practical significance. We look forward to welcome you in Cairo where you will enjoy the stimulating scientific program and the unforgettable stay. CONFERENCE BOARD President Professor Dr. Omar Rashed Vice President Professor Dr. Sherif Sheta General Secretary Professor Dr. Hany Hamza Treasurer Professor Dr. Mustafa Nabih BOARD MEMBERS President Professor Omar Rashed General Secretary Professor Hany Hamza Professor Dr. Amin Zayed Professor Dr. Abdellatif Siam REGISTRATION FOR SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS Professor Dr Khaled ElRakhawy Members of EOS Non members Non-Egyptians Lunch Free LE 100 US$ 100 LE 100 Professor Dr. Magdy Morshed Professor Dr. Samir ElBaha Professor Dr. Magdy Mussa Professor Dr. Hassan Mortada Instruction Courses Morning Courses: 09:30 am - 02:30 pm WetLab 23 Gauge Vitrectomy & Membrane Peeling OCT Update: Hands on technique how to operate the OCT Afternoon Courses: 03:30 pm - 06:00 pm Scleral Buckling Indications & Techniques Fluorescein Angiography Interpretation Tips & Tricks Limited to Candidates 30 Pre-registration is mandatory

3 General Information Organizing Office in Charge R&M Solutions Information Technology Support Address: Albert El Awal Street, Smouha, Alexandria, Egypt. Barons Towers, Building #1, Flat #204 Phone: , FAX: Mobile: Web: Audiovisual Instructions Congress halls will be equipped with: A laptop with Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Office Internet access will NOT be available inside the meeting rooms. To ensure that the meeting progresses smoothly, please follow the following instructions: All presentations should be recorded on a USB flash memory (preferred) or CD-R. Please save presentations in PowerPoint 2003 or later format for PC. Upload your presentation early to the Audiovisual Center (RM Solutions) as we will load the presentations to the hard drive of our systems before the sessions by one hour. No personal laptops are permitted for presentations. In case you have problems with your presentation(s), please do not hesitate to contact the IT support team (RM Solutions). Instructions for Chairpersons: Please attend the session rooms 10 minutes prior to the beginning of time of the sessions you chair. Please introduce the speaker, state the presentation title for each speaker and remind him/her of the duration of his presentation. 12:55 00:55 A computerized count-down timer will monitor speakers time, which will turn RED near the end of the presentation. So make sure that you are able to present during the given time, as NO EXTRA TIME IS ALLOWED 12:55

4 9:00 10:30 Session (I) Free Papers Chairperson Ashraf Shaarawy Magdy Elbarabary Omar Mohamed Ali 2 Minutes discussion after each presentation 9:00 Correlation between Visual Acuity and Spectral Domain High Resolution OCT Findings in Myopic Choroidal Neovascular Membrane Mohamed Elbaradey 9:10 23 G Sutureless Vitrectomy for Advanced PDR: Techniques and Outcome Sherif Embabi 9: Retinotomy Samir El-Baha 9:30 Central Serous Detachment with Optic Disc Pit : Pathogenesis and Management Abdel Latif Siam 9:40 A Proposed Algorithm for Diabetic Macular Edema Osama Raslan 9:50 Timing of Vitreoretinal Intervention in Gunshot Perforating Eye Injuries Hammouda Ghoraba 10: Patterns of Ocular Trauma during the January Events Mahmoud Soliman 10:10 Overview of Retinoblastoma in Children s Cancer hospital Adel Alydin 10:30 COFFEE BREAK 11:00 12:30 Session (II) Panel Discussion Retinal Detachment Decision Making Moderator Hassan Mortada 2 Panelists Hammouda Ghoraba, Mahmoud Genedy, Mahmoud Soliman Mostafa Nabih, Omar Rashed

5 12:30 14:00 Session (III) Rapid Fire presentations 3 Chairperson Amin Zayed Hany Hamza Osama Raslan 2 Minutes discussion after each presentation 12:30 Anti-VEGFs in the Treatment of Sickle Cell Retinopathy; A Case Report Omar Barrada 12:35 Intravitreal Bevacizumab in Diabetic Macular Oedema Yasser Sayed Saif 12:40 Intravitreal Bevacizumab Alone or Combined with Triamcinolone Acetonide as the Primary Treatment for Diabetic Macular Edema Amin Ellakwa 12:45 Doppler OCT for Diabetic Retinopathy Tarek Hemeida 12:50 Spectral Domain OCT Guided Regimen Versus Fixed Regimen For Intravitreal Bevacizumab In Diabetic Macular Edema Abdel Rahman Gaber Soliman 12:55 Role of Spectral Domain OCT in Optimizing the Visual Results of Phako Surgery in Diabetic eyes Ashraf Shaarawy 13:00 Diabetic Macular Hole Sherif Sheta 13:05 Combined vitrectomy and intravitreal injection versus combined laser and injection for the treatment of intractable diffuse diabetic macular edema Ahmed Mohamed Saeed 13:10 Combined Vitrectomy and Brachytherapy for Choroidal Melanoma Associated with Vitreous Hemorrhage Hany Hamza 13:15 Intraophthalmic artery melfalan for advanced retinoblastoma: 24 months follow up Ihab Saad Othman 13:20 Back to Buckle Why? Bahaa Abdalla Hassan 13:25 ILm peeling Ahmed Abdullah 13:30 The Magic 3rd hand In PPV Maged Mikhael 13:35 Do we need to stain the hyaloid in diabetic vitrectomy Ayman Khattab 13:40 Intravitreal Bevacizumab and Laser Photocoagulation versus Laser Photocoagulation alone in Stage 3 retinopathy of Prematurity Mohamed Sameh Elagha 13:45 Visual outcome and ocular Survival after Penetrating Trauma during the 25th Egyptian revolution Ahmed Mahmoud Abdelhady

6 14:00 14:30 Industry Symposium Main Main Hall Hall 4 14:00 Novartis Symposium 15 min. 14:15 Alcon Symposium 15 min. 14:30 LUNCH 15:30 17:00 Moderator Panelists Session (IV) Panel Discussion Diabetic Retinopathy Magdy Mousa Ahmed Magdy Bedda, Ayman Khattab, Samir El-Baha Sherif Embabi, Wael Soliman 17:00 18:00 Chairperson Session (V) Video Session Ahmed Abulenein Ahmed Shoeir Mohamed Sameh Al-Agha 6 17: Bilateral vitrectomy for candida endophthalmitis Mohamed Elbaradey 17:08 Chromovitrectomy Today Khaled El-Rakhawy 17:16 Vitrectomy without laser for optic disc pit maculopathy : between reality and illusion Wael Ewis 17:24 Recent trends in complicated Diabetic vitrectomy Hassan Mortada 17:32 Vitreoretinal Stain Bahaa Abdalla Hassan 17:40 Combined anterior and posterior segment procedure Ayman Al-Kawass 17:48 Novel Technique of Sutureless scleral fixation of a PC IOL in absence of capsular support Amr Azzab 17:56 Gunshot Injuries. Is there any hope? Ahmed Elsawy 18:04 Bimanual Vitrectomy using illuminated spatula in complicated vitreoretinal procedures Mohamed Zayed 18:15 18:45 Adjourn & Closing Remarks

7 9:30 14:30 Amber Instruction Courses (A) 23 g Vitrectomy Course Sponsored by A Instruction Courses Instructors Mohamed Sameh Al-Agha, Mohamed Moghazy, Noha Khater 9:30 14:30 Turqoise Instruction Courses (B) OCT Update B Instructors Karim Raafat, Magdy Mousa, Hazem Rashed Alaa Fathy, Mohamed Nawara, Ehab Abelaziz 1. Basic principles of OCT 2. OCT in macular edema 3. OCT in age related macular degeneration 4.OCT in vitreoretinal interface disorders 5. Enhanced depths imaging EDI 6. Interpretation of selected cases by course instructors 15:30 18:00 Amber Instruction Courses (C) Scleral buckling : Indications and Techniques Instructors Abdel Latif Siam, Amin Zayed, Mohamed Elbaradey 15:30 18:00 Instruction Courses (D) Fluorescein Angiography Inerpretation : Tips and Tricks Turqoise D Starting SEPTEMBER 2012 Moderators Laila Osman Osama Raslan Interpretation of Fluorescein Angiography Karim Adly Raafat Macroangiopathies Wael Adel Gomaa Microangiopathies Maha Osman Shaheen RPE disorders Saeed Desouky Choroidal disorders Alaa Fadel

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