WAEH is pleased to announce its sponsored projects aimed at improving eye care around the world. These are the following projects:
1. Assessing Evidence-based Management Practices and variations within WAEH member hospitals. This project was submitted by The Maastricht University Clinic for...
Oriel celebrates breaking ground milestone
News from our full member the Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
A special breaking ground celebration has been held today (Tuesday 11 July) to mark the start of construction to build Oriel, a new eye care, research and education centre in Camden.
The integrated centre will be the...
EYEXCEL GLOBAL | Excellence in eye care training | July 25 – 28, 2023
This course will help you apply a structured and scientific approach to training. This course is for you if you want to improve the effectiveness of your training programme – to truly empower your learners to be prepared to contribute meaningfully in the clinic or in the field.
Course Content
Adult...
Patient perspective: Georgia Hall
Georgia Hall was diagnosed and treated for choroidal melanoma in 2021 at Sydney Eye Hospital when she was 31 years old. She successfully received eye sparing plaque radiation therapy and now follows a rigorous scanning protocol at the Kinghorn Cancer Centre.
She is passionate about sharing...
Johns Hopkins and Wilmer Eye Institute – Retinal Degeneration and Visual Electrophysiology 2023 Conference
Date & Location
Friday, September 15, 2023, 8:00 AM – Saturday, September 16, 2023, 5:00 PM, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Turner Bldg., Baltimore, MD
Target Audience
Specialties – Ophthalmology, Optometry
Overview
This two-day conference is designed...
Managing Outpatient Cycle Times in Hospitals Using Integrated Closed-Loop Approaches
Ganesh-Babu B Subburaman, Jyoti R Munavalli, Thulasiraj Ravilla, Helen Mertens, Carroll Webers, Shyam Vasudeva Rao, Frits van Merode.
Abstract
Long waiting times in outpatient clinics have multiple adverse effects on patients and their attendants, staff and hospital management. Several approaches...
Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital: new full WAEH Member
A warm welcome to the Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital from Pakistan as a full member of the WAEH!
Al-Shifa Trust was established in 1985. It is a non-governmental, non-political, charitable organization. The board of trustees comprises retired service men, businessmen, bureaucrats and professionals.
The...
LV Prasad Eye Institute: new full WAEH Member
A warm welcome to the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) from India as a full member of the WAEH!
Established in 1987, LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness, is a comprehensive eye health facility. LVPEI’s mission is to...
WAEH 17th Annual Meeting – Theme Sustainability in eye hospitals
What are the steps you have taken to develop your eye hospital into a sustainable eyehospital? From waste minimisation to saving water we all have a role to play in this addressing the threats related to global warming. What impact will climate change have on global eye health?
Sustainability...
Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild: new full WAEH member
A warm welcome to the The Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild from Paris as a full member of the WAEH.
The Adolphe de Rothschild Foundation Hospital, founded in 1905, specializes in all Head and Neck pathologies (ophthalmology, neuroscience, ENT) in adults and children. This non-profit...
Rotterdam Eye Hospital exchanges knowledge with Paris Eye Hospital
On Friday 2 June, a delegation from l’Hôpital national de la Vison 15-20 (an eye hospital from Paris), visited The Eyehospital Rotterdam. The purpose of the visit was to compare practices, structure and strategy and see where we, as eye hospitals in Europe, can learn from each other.
The...
Congreso Pasteur June 16 – June 17 2023
News from our associate member Clinica Oftalmologica Pasteur (Vitacure, Chili)
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AI Used to Advance Drug Delivery System for Glaucoma and Other Chronic Diseases
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News from our full member the Wilmer Eye Institute – Johns Hopkins
Researchers from Wilmer Eye Institute and the University of Maryland used AI models and machine-learning algorithms to predict which components of amino acids that make up therapeutic proteins are most likely...
Experimental Drug Inhibits or Prevents Diabetic Eye Disease in Wilmer Eye Institute Study
Artistic rendition of diabetic eye disease highlighting vascular changes (i.e., retinal neovascularization) observed in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Credit: Isabella S. Sodhi, McDonogh School
News from our full member the Wilmer Eye Institute – Johns Hopkins
Research from...
Bridging the Gap
News from our full member the Wilmer Eye Institute – Johns Hopkins
Working with CASA and the Maryland Optometric Association, Bryce St. Clair, OD, FAAO has established a single point of service for immigrants and refugees in the Baltimore community to receive essential eye care.
More...
Newsletter Wilmer Eye – Johns Hopkins
Dear friends and colleagues,
A multi-center effort harnesses AI to develop a model for sustained drug delivery in the eye. A team of talented clinicians pools their expertise to address a particularly complex case. An intrepid optometrist partners with a community-based organization to provide...
Consultation hour WAEH Members
Want to know more about the WAEH and meet your fellow-members? Join the WAEH Consultation hour!
This consultation hour is especially for WAEH members to get to know the WAEH a bit better. During this consultation hour, you can pop up all your questions about the WAEH activities like the WAEH Annual...
Bilateral cataract surgery can save millions in healthcare costs
News from our full member the University Eye Clinic Maastricht
Operating on cataracts in both eyes on the same day instead of two weeks apart is equally safe but cheaper and more patient-friendly. Patients need to use eyedrops for a shorter period and they no longer experience inconvenience due...
Training by Aravind Eye Care System: EYEXCEL GLOBAL | Excellence in eye care training
Note change in dates! Register now!
July 25 – 28, 2023, In-person course at LAICO, Madurai
This course will help you apply a structured and scientific approach to training. This course is for you if you want to improve the effectiveness of your training programme – to truly empower your...
WAEH Newsletter – April 2023
17th Annual Meeting – Invitation
Dear all,
The WAEH 17th Annual Meeting is coming up from Tuesday October the 10th till Saturday October the 14th! The 17th Annual Meeting will be hosted by the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital from Melbourne, Australia, and the Sydney Eye Hospital...
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Beirut Eye & ENT Specialist Hospital: new full WAEH member
The Beirut Eye & ENT Specialist Hospital (BESH) is the reference eye specialty hospital in the Middle East that aspires to provide excellence in both medical and surgical eye care while operating in line with the highest international standards.
In 2022 BESH accommodated over 5,500 surgeries...
Rotterdam Eye Hospital expands Optometrist Center for influx of patients with low-complex eye complaints
Rotterdam – April 18, 2023 – From April 19, Het Oogziekenhuis Rotterdam will expand the Optometrists Center with the possibility for the influx of new patients with non-acute and low-complex eye complaints.
All over the world we are seeing an increase in patients with ophthalmic complaints...
News from Wilmer Eye – Johns Hopkins
Arevalo Receives Alvaro Rodriguez Medal
Congratulations to J. Fernando Arevalo, M.D., Ph.D., the Edmund F. and Virginia Ball Professor of Ophthalmology, on receiving the 2023 Alvaro Rodriguez Medal in Bogata, Colombia Jan. 21. Dr. Avevalo gave the accompanying lecture, “From Hypotheses to Clinical...
Register now for the Community of Practice – Human Resources on 20 April 2023!
REMINDER!
Register now for the Community of Practice – Human Resources on 20 April 2023!
Are you a Human Resources professional and working in a WAEH member eye hospital? Join the Community of Practice about Human Resources. This is a meet up via zoom of one hour in which we share ideas,...
Invitation from AIER during ARVO
This invitation is included on the website on behalf of Mr. Li LI, CEO and co-founder of AIER Eye Hospital Group, board member of WAEH.
On behalf of AIER Eye Hospital Group, we cordially invite you to join us for the AIER Alumni and Friends Party, which will be held on 25 April 2023,...
Book Launch Treatment of Dry Eye
News from Aier – Full Member of the WAEH
The English version of Treatment of Dry Eye is the first joint-work book by Aier China mainland and Aier Southeast Asia, now it has officially published internationally!
The Chinese version was first written by Prof. Qingyan ZENG, vice president of...
Community of Practice – Human Resources
Are you a Human Resources professional and working in an eyehospital? Join the Communities of Practice about Human Resources. This is a meet up via zoom of one hour in which we share ideas, brainstorm about any topics related to Human Resources. Members: Human Resources professionals working in eyehospitals...
Research news from Wilmer Eye – Johns Hopkins
Deep Learning Models May Help Identify Visual Field Worsening
A study by Jithin Yohannan, M.D., M.P.H.; Jasdeep Sabharwal, M.D., Ph.D.; Chris Bradley, Ph.D.; Pradeep Ramulu, M.D., Ph.D., the Sheila K. West Professor of Ophthalmology and colleagues demonstrated that a deep learning model trained...
Newsletter Wills Eye – Full Member of the WAEH
Read more about the Wills Eye, in the newsletter below:
Eye Level – Winter 2023
Welcome to the Winter 2023 edition of Eye Level! We hope you enjoy reading about all of the wonderful people and meaningful stories that are coming out of Wills Eye Hospital.
Your generosity is enabling...
South Tyneside Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust: new full WAEH member
Sunderland Eye Infirmary provides a whole range of ophthalmic services for the population of Sunderland and the immediate surrounding area and is also a sub-regional centre, servicing the population of the North East of England seeing in the region of 100,000 attendances every year.
Nationally...
Happy 39th Anniversary to our full member JEC
To all JEC Doctors, management and staffs, it is a pleasure to wish JEC a Happy 39th Anniversary. Success comes with strong determination and with great hard work, which is what we see for sure in JEC. We wish you many more years of innovations and accomplishments! Once again, Happy 39th&nb...
2022 Wilmer Annual Report
The eye, which is more easily accessible than organs shielded by skin and muscle, often reveals insights into a patient’s overall state of health. The Wilmer Eye Institute’s Annual Report details stories of lifesaving discoveries, innovative educational initiatives, and groundbreaking research that...
WAEH – Deadline Projects January 2023
REMINDER: Call for Projects
Interested in funding for a project? The WAEH can finance two to three projects per year with 7.500,- euro. You can use the following WAEH project format to send in your project proposal: WAEH project proposal.Round 1 – Deadline 31 January 2023– Incoming...
Longitudinal Use of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Utility of Asynchronous Testing for Subspecialty-Level Ophthalmic Care
Publication by WAEH Member UCSF – Department of Ophthalmology
Importance: Telehealth in ophthalmology has traditionally focused on preventive disease screening with limited use in outpatient evaluation. The unique conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic afforded the opportunity to evaluate different...
The Victoria Cohen Scholarship 2023/24 – open for applications
The Victoria Cohen Scholarship is now open for applications from aspiring ocular oncologists in need of financial support throughout their fellowship.
The Victoria Cohen Eye Cancer Charitable Trust was established in 2021 in memory of the late Victoria Cohen, former president of ISOO. Victoria...
Saving lives, eyes and vision through education
Eye cancer is a terrible disease and there are not enough ocular oncologists in the world. Training takes time and money. The Victoria Cohen Eye Cancer Charitable Trust provides scholarships to support aspiring ocular oncologists through their training and education.
The deadline for applications...
The Year That Was
Dear friends and colleagues,
2022 saw us able to resume many in-person activities, including WRA Day, the Wilmer Research Meeting and the Annual Technician Course. We also had the option of attending, in person, events that included AAO and ARVO. We launched the rising professorships program to...
Call for projects – Information Session
Looking for funding for your project and want to brainstorm project ideas, international cooperation with other eye hospitals and the WAEH format? Register now for the information session on 16 January 2023!
In the last few years the WAEH has funded several projects, like the Patient Eye Drop...
Call for Projects
Interested in funding for a project? The WAEH can finance two to three projects per year with 7.500,- euro. You can use the following WAEH project format to send in your project proposal: WAEH project proposal.Round 1 – Deadline 31 January 2023– Incoming proposals reviewed by board in February...