Skip to main content

14th Annual WAEH meeting – 2020

2023-09-20 20:07:47

The Virtual 14th Annual meeting of the World Association of Eye Hospitals took place on 14 & 15 October and 11 & 12 November.

Would you like to know which topics have been discussed? Please see here to take a look at the graphic reports and to read about the presentations and presenters.

Dates & Themes of Phase II – 14th Annual Meeting of the WAEH

14th October
The Hospital of the Future
From AI to Telemedicine to Robotics – From Friction to Disruption

Moderator: Cathy Kowalewski, COO, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Institute, Board member of the WAEH

Co-moderator: Maaike van Zuilen


With a special keynote about Robotics by Prof. Dr. med. Matthias D. Becker, Director & Head of Department of Ophthalmology from Stadtspital Waid und Triemli – from Zürich

About: cooperating with the university of engineering (ETH) in Zurich about a robot that performs intravitreal injections.


Home Monitoring of Vision to Personalise and Titrate Intravitreal Therapy for Macular Disease


Dawn Sim, Ophthalmologist – Moorfields – UK


The Development of Secure Video-consultation Platforms to Facilitate Emergency Ophthalmic Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Stafford Sansome – Ophthalmologist – Caroline Kiduff – Specialty Trainee Ophthalmology doctor – Moorfields – UK


Remote Triage in Eye Emergencies: Ensuring Patient Safety

Olivia Li – Ophthalmology Registrar – Moorfields – UK


Project Panopia: cost-effective model for glaumcoma refferal refinement from community optometrists without the need of repeat testing

Mrs. Rashmi Mathew, Consultant Ophthalmologist – Moorfields – UK


Illustration from Rebecca Ossborne as a grphoic report of the WAEH Annual meeting 2020

15th October
Happy Healthy Workplace
Hiring and Retaining People / Physician burnout

Moderator: David Probert, CEO Moorfields, Chair Executive Board WAEH
Moderator: Maaike van Zuilen


Employees Health & Happiness: how to ensure healthy working in today’s ‘Covid ways of working’

Loretta Sheales, Executive Director of People and Communications, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia


WAEH project – Presentation: Clinician Burnout – update project

Ivonne van der Heijden, HR-Department, Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Netherlands
Marc Veldkamp, HR-Department, Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Netherlands


Exploring green spaces and mindfulness for wellbeing at work

Nima Ghadiri, Clinical Fellow, Moorfields, UK


Creating a psychological safety forum for the health and mental wellbeing of staf

Anita Aubrey, Service Improvement Manager, Moorfields, UK
Mrs. Rashmi Mathew, Consultants Ophthalmologist – Moorfields – UK


New Member presentation: Russia Alexander Chuprov – Professor, director Orenburg branch of S.Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution



11th November
Value Based Healthcare
Improving Quality when Coping with a Growing Patient Demand


Moderator: Mr. Brendon Gardner – CEO – Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia



Moderator: Mr. Igor Schillevoort – CEO – Rotterdam Eye Hospital


Improvement in Action – Specialist Clinics Recovery Approach – COVID-19
Orthoptic Cataract Post Operative Management Model

Mrs. Tracy Siggins

– Director Ambulatory Services – Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia


Utilization of COVID-19 comorbidity risk scores to aid in triage of ophthalmology patients

Mr. David Portney – Kellogg Eye Center – USA


WAEH project Medical Outcomes

Mrs Rachel Bakker, Rotterdam Ophthalmic Institute, The Netherlands


Cue cards: Optimising Learning in Clinics and Theatres

Zain Juma, Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK


Orthoptic Cataract Post Operative Mangement Model

Catherine Mancuso

– Manager Diagnostic Eye Services, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia


Value Based Care: Leading the Transformation

Mrs. Kristy Davidson, Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute TBC / prerecorded


New Member presentation: New Zealand

Mrs Deb Boyd

– CEO, the Auckland Eye Limited Institute – New Zealand



12th of November
Diversity in COVID-19 Pandemic Response, Lessons Learned and The New Normal: Global Perspectives


Moderator: Charity Wai, COO, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore


China
Aier Eye Hospital

Mrs. Elaine Zhang, Director of Global Strategy and Business Department and Assistant to Chairman


United Kingdom
Moorfields Eye Hospital
Mr. Declan W. Flanagan, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Deputy Director of Research of the Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre and Vice President of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists


Indonesia
Jakarta Eye Center

Prof Tjahjono D. Gondhowiardjo, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Director, Corporate Development and Education, JEC Eye Hospitals and Clinic, Chairman, Indonesian Eye Bank, Medical Expert Panel for the President of the Republic of Indonesia


Brazil
Hoftalon Eye Hospital

Mr. Rodrigo Sato Hasegawa, CEO


Philippines
Asian Eye Institute

Mr. Alwin Sta. Rosa, Vice-President and COO


Handover Ceremony
David Probert, CEO, Moorfields Eye Hospital, United Kingdom, Chair WAEH
Anders Boman, CEO, St Erik Eye Hospital, Sweden, Incoming Chair WAEH



Questions? Please do not hesitate to contact Maaike van Zuilen: maaike.vanzuilen@waeh.org
Also if you would like to present!!! See you soon!!!

Warm regards,
Maaike van Zuilen

Abstracts 2020

Want to present?

Submit Abstract

Media enquiries

Our communications team manages all media enquiries and requests for filming and photography of the upcoming 2020 meeting.

We can:

  • Help you find experts for a wide range of eye diseases and eye health issues from all over the world
  • Oversee filming and photography during the 2020 meeting
  • Provide the latest news about the WAEH

We are keen to promote the work being carried out by all our member eye hospitals in the media.

Contacting the WAEH team

Name: Maaike van Zuilen
Email: maaike.vanzuilen@waeh.org
Phone: + 31 6 456 32 117
Email: We look forward to hearing from you!

More news

Newsletter Wilmer Eye Institute – Full member of the WAEH

Dear friends and colleagues, September is always a busy time, with students returning to classes, the days growing shorter and ophthalmology meetings taking place with increasing frequency. In this issue, we look at some of the places our faculty members have been recently and some of the exciting research and knowledge they’ve been sharing. Don’t […]

Global eye hospital specialists converge on Melbourne

The 17th World Association of Eye Hospitals (WAEH) annual meeting 11 and 12 October The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (Eye and Ear) is gearing up to host a gathering of eye hospital professionals from around the globe as part of the WAEH annual meeting. Founded in 2007 by eight leading eye hospitals and departments, […]

Certificate Course on Community Outreach and Social Marketing of Eye Care

November 16 – December 4, 2023 – In-person course at LAICO, Madurai, India Course will help your outreach staff to learn how to conduct an effective outreach programme. Participants will learn to establish processes and systems for effective planning, execution and monitoring of an outreach programme This in-person course combines didactic sessions, field visits, community […]

Head of Lions Eye Donation Service – Victoria

The Lions Eye Donation Service (LEDS) is a world leading non-profit eye bank responsible for stewarding the end-of-life eye donations, of Victorian donors, toward transplantation, research and training.  We offer a comprehensive donation medical service, from referral and consent, to donation, medical suitability determination, surgical retrieval, evaluation, preservation and allocation of human ocular tissue. Since inception, […]

Gene Therapy: Tom Edwards

Meet Dr. Tom Edwards! He is a Melbourne-based vitreoretinal surgeon who also leads a research team investigating retinal gene therapy at the University of Melbourne affiliated Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) based at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. Dr. Edwards is working on a number of research projects, including an ongoing world […]