A Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust patient will be the first person in the world to be supplied solely with a fully digital 3D printed prosthetic eye on 25 November 2021. He first tried his eye on 11 November alongside a traditional acrylic prosthetic. By going home on 25 November...
WAEH 🌍 | Newsletter November 2021
WAEH Brainstorm MeetingCommunications in Eyehospitals worldwide
Date: 25 November 2021Time: 13.00 Central European TimeAre you a communication specialist and working in one of the member-eyehospitas? Please join and share ideas about patient communications, international communication,...
WAEH 🌍 | Newsletter October 2021
WAEH Webinar
BIG DATA? The Impact on Eyecare
Date: 14 OctoberTime: 13.00 Central European Summer TimeFrom 14.00-14.30 : Meet the ChairModerator: Maaike van Zuilen
Presenters
Aier Eye Hospital Group (China) – Professor ZhengWang
Chief Director of Aier Refractive...
Treatment for geographic atrophy (a major cause of vision loss in patients with ‘dry’ AMD) a step closer after artificial intelligence breakthrough by Moorfields/UCL
A team led by Dr Konstantinos Balaskas at Moorfields Eye Hospital Reading Centre has developed a fully automated, deep-learning model (algorithm) that can detect and quantify geographic atrophy using standard optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans. The algorithm will be hugely beneficial to clinicians...
WAEH 15th Annual Meeting September 2021
8 September 2021
During the annual meetings members have the opportunity to collaborate and exchange information and knowledge about all kinds of topics. Good examples of this include improving the efficiency in the service given to patients and continuous development...
Launch of the new Eye Care Hub website
The National Eye Care Recovery and Transformation Programme (NECRTP) brings together teams across NHS England and NHS Improvement, NHSX and NHS Digital to support delivery of whole pathway improvement and transformation of eye care for patients.
We aim to:
Support the immediate,...
WAEH Newsletter – July 2021
Call for Abstracts now open!
The 15th Annual WAEH meeting: 8 September 2021
Because of the ongoing global coronapandemic, the WAEH board has decided to organize The 15th Annual WAEH Meeting online. The meeting will be hosted by the St Erik Eye Hospital (Sweden) and the...
Game-Changer: How a Simple Quest Led to a Discovery That Promises to Change Lives the WAEH
Full member of the WAEH
If you’re one of millions of people who rely on eyedrops to safeguard your vision from the effects of diseases such as glaucoma, you know the hassles this can entail. Many drops must be administered multiple times a day. You may have to set an alarm to make sure you don’t...
Friday 10th December 2021 Webinar | The wider impact on people’s lives following the Covid 19 pandemic
Hosted by The WAEH
Moderator: Maaike van Zuilen, Global Lead, WAEH
What is a Schwartz Round?
Schwartz Rounds provide a structured forum where all staff, clinical and non-clinical, come together to discuss the emotional and social aspects of working in healthcare. The purpose of Rounds...
“Big Data Analysis Report on Myopia Surgery in China Market” by AIER Group”
Aier Eye Hospital is a Full Member of The WAEH
On May 23rd 2021, AIER School of Ophthalmology, Central South University and AIER Eye Research Institute jointly released “Report on Myopia Surgery in China Market” to the public.
The report sampled and studied 1.02 million eyes with...
WAEH Newsletter – June 2021
WAEH Webinar: Thursday 24 June
Pediatric Eye Care – Coping with The Covid Pandemic in Eye Hospitals worldwide
Moderated by:Dr. Christine C. Nelson, MD, Board member of the WAEH
Dr. Christine C. Nelson, MD, FACSKellogg Eye Center – Ann Arbor, USABartley R. Frueh, M.D. and...
2021 – Call for project proposals
Each year 2 to 3 projects are led by our member eye hospitals to help shape and improve ophthalmic care on a global scale. Each project can be budgeted with a budget of 7.500 euro. This is paid from the fees of the WAEH membership. We would like to invite you again to share your project ideas. Current...
Wilmer Eye Institute | Newsletter
Dear friends and colleagues, As the number one ophthalmology research program in the nation, Wilmer led last week’s annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) with more than 80 Wilmer and Johns Hopkins affiliates presenting – including Peter Campochiaro,...
24 June 2021 Webinar | Pediatric Eye Care – Coping with The Covid Pandemic in Eye Hospitals worldwide
Hosted by The WAEH
Moderator: Maaike van Zuilen, Global Lead of the WAEH / Support Team
Co-moderator:Dr. Christine C. Nelson, MD, FACS from the Kellogg Eye Center, Board member of the WAEH
Dr. Christine C. Nelson, MD, FACSBartley R. Frueh, M.D. and Frueh Family Collegiate Professorin...
WAEH Webinar: Thursday 20 May – Education in Eye Hospitals – Patient Centered Design
“Moorfields Education has designed six educational experiences to empower patients living with AMD, glaucoma and uveitis. They have been developed using patient centered design, where input from patients has been included from beginning to end.Three advisory boards consisting of medical and non medical...
Tele-ophthalmology Takes Hold
Adrienne Scott, M.D.
During the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve all had to modify the way we do things in order to minimize exposure to the virus. At the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine, clinicians and researchers have found that some of these modifications have brought unexpected benefits....
Get to Know Dr. Mona Kaleem
One way or another, Mona Kaleem has been caring for glaucoma patients all her life. Growing up, Kaleem witnessed how glaucoma affected multiple generations of her paternal family. Seeing the effects of the disease on her family members inspired her to pursue a career as an ophthalmologist with a...
Setting Sights Higher: 50,000 Vision Tests and the Impact on Baltimore’s Children
Pediatric ophthalmologist Megan Collins
On Jan. 28, the Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology hosted a webinar featuring Megan Collins about the impact of the Vision for Baltimore program. The Dana Center is a multidisciplinary coalition of faculty, staff and students dedicated to the prevention...
Open position | UCSF Department of Ophthalmology Administrative Director
– Vacancy –
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Department of Opthalmology has opened a position for an Administrative Director for the UCSF Health Ophthalmology and Optometry practices that will be located at their new San Francisco downtown eye center, the UCSF Wayne...
WAEH Newsletter – May 2021
Call for Abstracts now open!
The 15th Annual WAEH meetingStockholm, Sweden5 – 8 September 2021 Looking far and beyond – Learning from other industries and from our peersHost: St. Erik Eye Hospital
WAEH 15th Annual Meeting themes: 2021 – Forward together – Developing...
Moorfields appoints new chief executive
Dr. Martin Kuper has been appointed as the New Chief Executive of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Martin will join Moorfields from London Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust, where he is currently deputy chief executive for transformation and chief medical officer.
Martin...
Multi-stakeholder perspectives in defining health services quality indicators and dimensions
Multi-stakeholder perspectives in defining health services quality indicators and dimensions: a concept mapping based comparison for cataract care between Singapore and The Netherlands
Abstract
Objective This study aims to advance understanding of globally valid versus country-specific...
UK Government’s aid budget cut puts Orbis’ sight-saving work at risk
Orbis has just received the difficult news that cuts in the UK Government’s aid budget puts our sight-saving work at risk.
Orbis projects are facing an estimated 22% decrease in funding in the current financial year which will have serious consequences for people facing vision loss and visual...
Open position | UCSF Department of Ophthalmology Photography position
– Vacancy –
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Department of Opthalmology has opened two ophthalmic photographer positions that will be located at their new San Francisco downtown eye center, the UCSF Wayne and Gladys Valley Center for Vision.
The UCSF Department...
WAEH Newsletter – April 2021
The University Eye Clinic (Maastricht, The Netherlands) – Full member
Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary (Chicago, USA) – Associate Member
Triemli City Hospital, Department of Ophtalmology (Zürich, Switzerland) – Associate member
WAEH...
WAEH Chair Talks – Episode 3
WAEH Meet the Chair
With University Eye Clinic Maastricht (The Netherlands).
Prof. Dr. Carroll Webers, Head & Chairman at the University Eye Clinic – part of the Maastricht University Medical Center from Maastricht, The Netherlands and Frank Biggelaar (University Eye Clinic Maastricht)...
WAEH Chair Talks – Episode 2
WAEH Meet the Chair
With The Orenburg branch of S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution (Russia). Dr. Alexander Chuprov from Orenburg branch “Eye Microsurgery” (Russia) met with Anders Boman (WAEH Chair), Wim Oosterom (Advisor to the WAEH board) and Maaike van Zuilen (Global lead...
Thursday 20 May 2021 Webinar | Education in Eye Hospitals
Hosted by The WAEH
Patient Centered Design
“Moorfields Education has designed six educational experiences to empower patients living with AMD, glaucoma and uveitis. They have been developed using patient centered design, where input from patients has been included from beginning to end....
22 April 2021 Webinar | Robotic Eye Surgery
Hosted by The WAEH
Date: Thursday 22 April Time:
7.00 AM CST – Mexico City (Mexico) 9.00 AM EDT – New York, Ann Arbor (USA) 10.00 AM CLST – Santiago (Chile) 2.00 PM BST – London (UK)3.00 PM CEST – Rotterdam (The Netherlands) 3.00 PM CEST – Stockholm (Sweden)8.00...
WAEH Newsletter – March 2021
WAEH Webinar: Thursday 25 March
WAEH Webinar: New Injection Facility Intravitreal Injections
Time:
06:00 AM Ann Arbor, Baltimore11.00 AM London12.00 AM Stockholm, Rotterdam19.00 PM – Singapore, Kuala Lumpur22.00 PM – Melbourne
In these extremely challenging and difficult...
Welcome to our New WAEH Members!
The WAEH welcomes three New Members!
The Maastricht University Clinic for Ophthalmology (Maastricht, The Netherlands) Full Member
Welcome: The Maastricht University Clinic for Ophthalmology from Maastricht, The Netherlands! The Maastricht University Clinic for Ophthalmology aims to...
25 March 2021 Webinar | Organising an Intravitreal Injection Facility
Hosted by The WAEH, with Speakers from Moorfields Eye Hospital, London (UK)
In these extremely challenging and difficult times, Ophthalmology teams all around the globe, have worked extremely hard to deliver ophthalmology care to their patients, in the safest and most innovative ways.
The...
WAEH Newsletter – February 2021
18 February 2021
WAEH Webinar – The Patient Voice
Patient Storytelling at MeetingsRenee Chmielewski, Manager Planning & Patient Experience, The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, AustraliaEvaluation of The Patient Experience within the Glaucoma and Medical Retina...
WAEH Chair Talks – Episode 1
WAEH Meet the Chair
Dr. Vinay from the Suraj Eye Institute met with us online to present and tell us all about the Institute’s wonderful work and ambitions! We’d like to invite all of our WAEH members to a one-on-one meeting with our new chair Anders Boman! Register for the WAEH Chair Talks with...
WAEH Newsletter – January 2021
New chairWAEH executive board
Anders Boman – CEO St. Erik Eye Hospital
The WAEH welcomes Anders Boman – CEO St. Erik Eye Hospital – Sweden as the new chair of the WAEH executive board! We would also like to share a HUGE THANK YOU to David Probert, CEO of Moorfields,...
Member meeting agenda Thursday January 21
Member meeting agendaThursday January 21
After the webinar about Different models of Eye Care – From Satellites to Community Outreach the Member Meeting will take place.
Date: Thursday 21 January 2021Time:
06:00 AM Ann Arbor, Baltimore
11.00 AM London
12.00 AM Stockholm, Rotterdam
19.00 PM – Singapore,...
WAEH Newsletter – December 2020
Webinar 21 January 2021
Different models of Eye CareFrom Satellites to Community Outreach
21 January 2021 – first webinar of 2021! Topic: Different models of Eye Care – From Satellites to Community Outreach. An Ly from the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital will tell you more about: An...
New Year Message
A virtual hug and warm wishes are coming to you! ? We hope to see you in 2021 ? – the WAEH team ?
Date: 24 december 2020
30 April 2021 Webinar | Schwartz Rounds: ‘Living on the Frontline’
Hosted by The WAEH
Moderator: Maaike van Zuilen, Global Lead, WAEH
Panelists:Tracy Siggins from The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (Melbourne, Australia), Dr. Fatemeh Rajaii and Dr. Meghan Berkenstock from Wilmer Eye Institute / Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, U.S.A.) and Alexander Ionides...
2.14% Rohingya Refugees aged 50 or above are blind: RAAB Study
As many as 2.14 percent of Rohingyas aged 50 years or above living in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps are suffering from blindness, says a study.
The findings were revealed from the Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) among the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (Rohingya refugees) which...