POA Educational Activities 2014-2015

APSORPS Meeting in New Delhi in 2014

2nd Orbital Symposium 7th May 2016

  • Venue: King Edward Medical University/COAVS, Lahore
  • Theme: Orbital Tumors
  • Well attended activity with 12 presenters from Peshawar, Islamabad, Armed forces and Lahore

POA symposium Multan, 29th Sept 2017

  • Organized by OSP Multan. Steered by secretary POA Prof RashadQamarRao: 7 presenters from Lahore, Rawalpindi & Karachi

Annual Congress of SAARC Academy of Ophthalmology 18- 21 Aug

  • Venue: Shereton Hotel, Karachi
  • Symposium
  • Great Debate: Ptosis repair
  • Instruction course
    • Botulinum Toxin for Facial dystonia
    • Acute dacryocystitis
    • Eyelid reconstruction

Guest Lecture: OSP Lahore Branch, Allama Iqbal Medical College, 14th May

  • Management of Ocular Surface Neoplasia: President POA

35th Lahore Ophthalmo: PC Hotel, Lahore 1-4 Dec 2016

  • Preconference workshop: The challenges in Orbit &Oculoplastic Surgery
  • Presentation by 9 speakers from Peshawar, Islamabad, Armed Forces, Lahore and Karachi
  • Live surgery: ptosis repair by Levator Resection
    • Symposium
      • Ocular trauma
    • Great Debate:
      • Eight aspects of Dacryocystorhinostomy debated by 15 presenters
      • Well attended: use of Audience Response System
    • Instruction course:
      • Lid trauma
    • Skills Lab: Instruction course on making flaps/graft
      • Techniques were demonstrated by 3 senior instructors on chicken skin
    • Young ophthalmologists grooming forum
      • Seven young Oculoplastic surgeons presented there work
    • President POA represented the Association at OSP Central Executive Council
  • Retinoblastoma Task Force: agreed at AGM
  • Annual Conference of Ophthalmolgical Society of Pakistan 11-13 Feb 2017 Peshawar
    • Symposium: Pearls in Orbital Socket reconstruction surgery
    • IC: Botox in facial Dystonia
    • Paediatric Ocular/Peri-ocular Trauma