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Eye emergencies for the non-ophthalmologist

October 3, 2024

Workshops by Moorfields Education – Learn the knowledge, skills and confidence to evaluate and where appropriate to manage common ocular ophthalmology emergencies, in this half day course. Register here.

New Associate WAEH Member: Saigon Eye Hospital!

October 2, 2024
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The World Association of Eye Hospitals warmly congratulates Saigon Eye Hospital from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with their associate membership of the WAEH! We are looking forward to the valuable cooperation ahead! As we look ahead, the WAEH is excited about the potential and contributions that...

News from our member L V Prasad Eye Institute

October 1, 2024
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50k Corneal Transplants This month, L V Prasad Eye Institute achieved a significant milestone when we touched the mark of performing 50,000th corneal transplant at our Institute. It is possibly the highest number ever by a single organisation/Institute anywhere in the world. We are excited that...

Cao Thang Eye Hospital in Vietnam: Renewed WAEH Membership!

September 30, 2024
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The World Association of Eye Hospitals warmly congratulates Cao Thang Eye Hospital from Vietnam with the renewal of their associate membership of the WAEH! We are looking forward to the valuable cooperation ahead! Cao Thang Eye Hospital is proud to be the only eye hospital in Vietnam to have continuously...

New Associate Member Alert: Shenyang Sinqi Eye Hospital

September 30, 2024
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The World Association of Eye Hospitals warmly congratulates Shenyang Sinqi Eye Hospital from China with their associate membership of the WAEH! We are looking forward to the valuable cooperation ahead! Shenyang Sinqi Eye Hospital, established in 2019, is a specialized hospital focused on ophthalmic...

Mumm and Colleagues Find Context-Specific Genetic Regulation of RGC Regeneration

September 16, 2024
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Wilmer Eye Institute Johns Hopkins Jeff Mumm, Ph.D., the Helen Larson & Charles Glenn Grover Professor of Ophthalmology, and colleagues identified 18 genes that regulate retinal ganglion cell regeneration in zebrafish. Their work suggests that the mechanisms regulating regeneration are context-specific....

Collins and Colleagues Explore Association of Sociodemographic Characteristics with Pediatric Vision Screening and Eye Care

September 16, 2024
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Wilmer Eye Institute Johns Hopkins An analysis of the 2021 National Survey of Children’s Health by Megan Collins, M.D., M.P.H., the Allan and Claire Jensen Professor of Ophthalmology, and colleagues concluded that targeted strategies are needed to increase vision screening and access to eye...

Wilmer Grand Rounds

September 16, 2024

Join Wilmer for virtual Grand Rounds, Thursday mornings from 7:30am – 8:30am. CME credit is available for Johns Hopkins affiliates. Click here to join these upcoming sessions: • Sept. 26: Glaucoma • Oct. 3: General •...

AI Innovation Center at Wilmer

September 16, 2024
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Wilmer Eye announced on September 12 the establishment of the James P. Gills Jr., M.D. & Heather Gills Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center. The center will function as a hub for investigating and implementing the use of artificial intelligence in clinical research, scientist and...

Moorfields cornea focus 2024

September 16, 2024

Workshops by Moorfields Education – This year’s meeting with focus on Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid (MMP). This is a hybrid event that you can join in-person at the RSM or virtually via live stream. Register here!

Fundoscopy training programme

September 16, 2024

Workshops by Moorfields Education – Brand new course! Limited spaces. This is your chance to develop your knowledge and skill in fundus biomicroscopy assessment using relevant diagnostic lenses. Register here!

Wilmer’s 26th Annual Technician Course

September 10, 2024
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Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce the Wilmer Eye Institute’s 26th Annual Technician Course will take place Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm. This is a great opportunity for ophthalmic technicians — at all levels — to discover new...

Watch the recording of the Community of Practice for Nurses and Allied Health Personnel

September 10, 2024
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Watch now: recording of the WAEH Community of Practice for Nurses and Allied Health personnel about Opthalmic nurse education / professional development!! This meetup was led by Tendai Gwenhure, Clinical Educator (Lead for Student Nurse’s/ RTP Nurses), Moorfields from London, The United Kingdom,...

Watch the recording of the Community of Practice Human Resources!

September 10, 2024
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Watch now: recording of the WAEH Community Human Resources about Protecting employees against non-preferred behaviour from patients and colleagues!! This meetup was led by Jos Hubers, The Rotterdam Eye Hospital, The Netherlands, and Angela Smith, Moorfields Eye Hospital, United Kingdom.Watch the...

News from our member L V Prasad Eye Institute

September 2, 2024
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This month, we hosted Derek Hodkey, Orbis’ CEO, at the Institute. As our teams took Derek around, it was a good opportunity to revisit the decades of work Orbis and LVPEI have collaborated on together: training programs, treatments especially for children, and our partnerships in innovation, research,...

WAEH Newsletter

August 27, 2024
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WAEH 18th Annual Meeting Abstract Submissions Now Open: Share your innovative projects! The 18th annual meeting of the WAEH is getting closer and closer! From November 7 to 12, we will visit AIER Eye Hospital in Changsha and Shanghai Eye and ENT Hospital in Shanghai, China. Don’t miss...

Aravind Eye Care System: Webinar on Best Practices in Refraction

August 21, 2024

Stem Cell Solutions for Corneal Transplants

August 19, 2024
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News from our full member Wilmer Eye Institute Johns Hopkins Medicine Most people know the cornea is the outermost tissue of the eye — the part that you touch when you put in contact lenses. What people may not know is that the cornea has five layers, the innermost of which is the endothelium....

Online Course on Project Management for Eye Care

August 19, 2024

If you are in the process of writing a project proposal or implementing a project – this course will help you design, plan and execute projects effectively. This course is designed to help you to excel in planning and execution of projects. The course offers appropriate...

WAEH Webinar: Living with Facial Eye Disfigurement in 2024

August 19, 2024

Register now for the WAEH Webinar about Living with Facial Eye Disfigurement in 2024 on the 26th September 2024! With Dr Zali O’Dea, Founding Director and Principal Counsellor/Educator of Karibu Anawim as our presenter! In this introductory session Dr O’Dea explores the lived experience...

Oculplastic nursing and allied health professionals study day

July 24, 2024

Workshops by Moorfields Education – This in-person course has been designed to improve clinical practice and knowledge by highlighting new ways of working within this specialty. Suitable for nurses, optometrists, orthoptists, technicians and managers. Register here!

Paediatric glaucoma

July 24, 2024

Workshops by Moorfields Education – Brand new course! Open to nurses, optometrists, orthoptists, as well as ophthalmologists at all levels, including trainees and glaucoma fellows and consultants who are also involved in this condition. Register here!

Myopia control course

July 24, 2024

Workshops by Moorfields Education – Aimed at both community and hospital optometrists but also relevant for doctors, ophthalmic nurses and allied health professionals who wish to learn more around myopia in children. Register here!

Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision 2024

July 24, 2024

Workshops by Moorfields Education – The course is intended for clinicians who wish to practice in the field or expand their knowledge, to basic and clinical scientists and other paramedics who have an interest in clinical vision science and to technicians and clinical physiologists working in ophthalmological...

Lacrimal assessment for nursing & allied professionals study day

July 24, 2024

Workshops by Moorfields Education – Aimed at practitioners who wish to safely examine the eyelids, ocular surface and lacrimal system. This practical course will ensure delegates are able to demonstrate safe and effective lacrimal technique, whilst the patient’s perspective as a service user...

WAEH Webinar: Living with Facial Eye Disfigurement in 2024

July 23, 2024
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WAEH Newsletter 🌍

July 22, 2024
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WAEH 18th Annual Meeting Call for Abstracts open now! The 18th annual meeting of the WAEH is getting closer and closer! From November 7 to 12, we will visit AIER Eye Hospital in Changsha and Shanghai Eye and ENT Hospital in Shanghai, China. Don’t miss this exciting event!Topics...

EYEXCEL GLOBAL | Excellence in eye care training

July 4, 2024

This 4-day workshop will help you design and deliver high quality training to prepare your trainees for the clinic. Be introduced to a structured and scientific approach to training. This course is for you if you want to improve the effectiveness of your training programme which will...

News from our member L V Prasad Eye Institute

July 3, 2024
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Monthly Note: Green LVPEI June is a very special month at LVPEI. 37 years ago, on June 1, we formally launched the organization by starting our patient services. Beginning from Banjara Hills–now known as the Kallam Anji Reddy campus–we have made great strides towards our mission of...

News from the Jerome Jacobson International Program at the Kellogg Eye Center: Major Bequest Supports Kellogg Collaboration With Kisii Eye Hospital in Kenya

June 20, 2024
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News from our member Kellogg Eye Center A $60,000 anonymous bequest has been made to support the Kellogg partnership with the Kisii Eye Hospital in rural Kenya. It will extend the capabilities of community-based vision centers to provide primary ophthalmic care. The vision centers are staffed...

News from the Jerome Jacobson International Program at the Kellogg Eye Center: Michelle Sun, MD, MPH Completes Kellogg Global Fellowship

June 20, 2024
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News from our member Kellogg Eye Center Michelle Sun, MD, MPH will come to the end of her 1-year fellowship in global ophthalmology at Kellogg in July 2024. The third fellow in that position, she has observed, taught, examined patients, and operated in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Rwanda,...

News from the Jerome Jacobson International Program at the Kellogg Eye Center: Ghanaian Pediatric Ophthalmologist Finishes Her Training With Observership At Kellogg

June 20, 2024
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Vera Beyuo, MD (left) with Lianqun Wu, MD, a visiting pediatric ophthalmologist from China (center), and Otana Jakpor, MD, pediatric ophthalmology fellow at Kellogg. News from our member Kellogg Eye Center Vera Beyuo, MD, a pediatric ophthalmologist from Ghana, completed a 3-month observership...

Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, China: new full member of the WAEH!

June 17, 2024
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The World Association of Eye Hospitals warmly congratulates Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University from China with their full membership of the WAEH! We are looking forward to the valuable cooperation ahead! The Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University has found its ways to thrive within the...

Inaugural Conference on Ophthalmic Nursing: Recognizing Excellence and Innovation

June 17, 2024

Join nurses from all over the world at the inaugural Conference on Ophthalmic Nursing, a pioneering event dedicated to recognizing ophthalmic nurses’ vital role and evolving contributions to eye care across the Asia Pacific region. This virtual conference, scheduled for 21st September 2024, aims to...

WAEH Newsletter 🌍

June 12, 2024
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WAEH 18th Annual Meeting Call for Abstracts open now! The 18th Annual Meeting of the WAEH is approaching! From November the 7 till November the 12 we will visit the AIER Eye Hospital from Changsha, and the Shanghai Eye and Ent in Shanghai in China. You do not want to miss this exciting...

Moorfields International Uveitis Symposium

June 12, 2024

Don’t miss this chance to hear from top national and international speakers and the Moorfields International Uveitis Symposium, taking place from 11-13 July at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. This unique three-day symposium will provide a forum for the exchange of information and new...

Moorfields international uveitis symposium

June 12, 2024
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Travel Exchange Programme by the World Association of Eye Hospitals

June 10, 2024
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The Community of Practice for Human Resources of the WAEH is delighted to announce the launch of their new Travel Exchange Programme, organized in close cooperation with the World Association of Eye Hospitals (WAEH). This initiative aims to foster the exchange of knowledge and expertise between leading...

Shaping the Future: Innovation in Ophthalmology (including cutting-edge research)

June 6, 2024
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Innovation is transforming ophthalmology through cutting-edge research and technological advancements. From novel imaging techniques to pioneering gene therapies, the field is making strides in diagnosing and treating eye diseases. However, these advancements bring challenges. What are the risks?...

Management Training & Systems Development for Eye Hospital Administrators & Managers

June 6, 2024

This four-week course, offered in April and August each year, is designed for those managing day-to-day operations and improvements in an eye hospital. Over the years, 441 eye hospital administrators from 35 countries have been trained. More...