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WAEH 16th Annual Meeting

January 26, 2022
Annual Meetings

Tuesday October 4 – Friday October 7 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...

First Audio Book for Glaucoma Patients Available Free of Charge

January 20, 2022
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News from: Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine At Wilmer Eye Institute, glaucoma experts Harry Quigley and Mona Kaleem have published the first-ever audio book for glaucoma patients, with 25 chapters on everything from testing and treatments to vision rehabilitation. Access the...

WAEH 🌍 | Newsletter December 202

January 10, 2022
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Dear members and relations of the WAEH, On behalf of the board I would like to send to you our very best wishes for 2022. Never stop being amazed and forever express your creativity and imagination and keep innovating. Let’s hope that we will all be able to travel again in safety and discover...

News from Wilmer Eye Institute – Johns Hopkins

January 7, 2022
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Full member of the WAEHCathy Kowalewski – Chair of the WAEH, Administrator Wilmer Eye Wilmer Takes First-Place in Ophthalmology Times 2021 Survey of Program DirectorsWilmer Eye Institute was voted the #1 program in the country in the Ophthalmology Times Best Program...

WAEH New: Sponsored Member

December 16, 2021
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The WAEH wishes the Lusaka Eye Hospital from Zambia a warm welcome into the global network of eyehospitals. INTRODUCTION Lusaka Eye Hospital was established in 2001 and is a 40 bed medical institution that provides ophthalmology services in Zambia. The hospital also receives clients from...

Moorfields/UCL delivering innovative, rapid and safe NHS eye care at Brent Cross shopping centre

December 8, 2021
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Moorfields Eye Hospital has opened a new pop-up diagnostic hub at Brent Cross, in a space that was previously a retail shop, in a unique research collaboration with UCL. This enables some people to be seen closer to their homes, providing a convenient way for them to access diagnostic eye care. The...

WAEH 🌍 | Newsletter November 2021

December 2, 2021
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Warm welcome:Two new board members WAEH The executive board of the World Association of Eye Hospitals welcomes the following two board members: Dr. Abdulaziz AIRajhi, representing the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaMr. Li Li, representing the Aier Eye...

Warm welcome: Two new board members WAEH

December 1, 2021
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The executive board of the World Association of Eye Hospitals welcomes the following two board members: Dr. Abdulaziz AIRajhi, representing the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaMr. Li Li, representing the Aier Eye Hospital Group, China Per September 8, Moorfields...

Moorfields patient receives world’s first 3D printed eye

November 25, 2021
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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

November 8, 2021
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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

October 8, 2021
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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

September 11, 2021
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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

September 10, 2021
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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...

Eye Care Hub - FutureNHS Collaboration Platform

Launch of the new Eye Care Hub website

August 23, 2021
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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

June 29, 2021
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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

June 22, 2021
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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...

Topic: the wider impact on people’s lives following the Covid 19 pandemic

Friday 10th December 2021 Webinar | The wider impact on people’s lives following the Covid 19 pandemic

June 15, 2021
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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”

June 11, 2021
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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

June 11, 2021
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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

June 4, 2021
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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

May 21, 2021
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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

May 21, 2021
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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

May 17, 2021
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“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

May 14, 2021
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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

May 14, 2021
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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

May 14, 2021
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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

May 14, 2021
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– 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

May 12, 2021
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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

May 11, 2021
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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

May 10, 2021
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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

May 10, 2021
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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

May 7, 2021
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– 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

April 26, 2021
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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

April 26, 2021
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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

March 19, 2021
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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

March 12, 2021
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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

March 12, 2021
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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

March 8, 2021
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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!

March 8, 2021
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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

March 1, 2021
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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...