World Glaucoma Week - March 11-17, 2012 "Don't let Glaucoma Darken your live!"
Please begin your planning and thought processes for WGW-2012! It is never too early to start. Via www.wgweek.net you will find tools to assist you. Also, please consider activities at other times during the year that can always take place “in the spirit of” World Glaucoma Week. Please do not forget to record your accomplishments on the 2011 World Glaucoma Week website: www.wgweek.net.
8th Global Consensus Meeting on Glaucoma Progression
Tuesday, June 28, 10 AM – 6 PM, Paris Consensus Chair: Robert N. Weinreb
Section co-chairs: 1. Function: Joseph Caprioli, Ted Garway-Heath, Anders Heijl, Chris Johnson 2. Structure: Chris Girkin, Christopher Leung, Linda Zangwill 3. Structure and function: Balwantray Chauhan, Jeff Liebmann, Felipe Medeiros 4. Risk factors: Jonathan Crowston, Mingguang He, Fabian Lerner, Kuldev Singh 5. QOL, PRO: Dave Friedman, Rohit Varma, Thierry Zeyen
See meeting photos here. The 8th Consensus book will be for sale at Kugler Publications
World Glaucoma Congress 2011, June 29 - July 2, 2011, Paris, France
Thank you! The World Glaucoma Congress in Paris was a great success. Over 3,000 participants joined the congress from more than 95 different countries. The World Glaucoma Association thanks all delegates, faculty, industry members and exhibitors for their attendance and active participation.
Download WGC-2011 final program here. See meeting photos here
Guidelines on Design and Reporting of Glaucoma Surgical Trials
It is evident that in the last couple of years there has been a surge of interest in research in the field of glaucoma surgery. This includes research in the improvement of conventional glaucoma surgery; trabeculectomy, and glaucoma drainage devices, as well as research in more recently introduced surgical methods and their emplacement in our range of surgical therapeutic options. Modulation of wound healing, a factor of paramount importance, has also received its share of research interest.
More recently, research has embarked on identifying different surgical approaches and alternative surgical strategies. Read more on the website of Kugler Publications, or download the complimentary PDF of the report here