POA Educational Activities 2018-2019

36th Lahore Ophthalmo, 8 to 10th December, 2017. Orbital Oncology Symposium Aga Khan Hospital, 2nd Feb, 2018. Khyber Eyecon 22-24th February, 2018.

4th Orbital Symposium, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore 12th March, 2018. Hands On Cadaveric Dissection Course LGH, 31st March 2018.

20th Annual Islamabad Conference, Bhurban 27-29 April, 2018. 2nd Oculoplasctics & Orbit Workshop at LGH 9-11 Aug 2018 with international Faculty (Anne Barmettler) 39thKarophth 2ndto 4th August, 2018.

9th Annual Quetta Symposium 28-30th September, 2018 37thLahore Ophthalmo, 7 to 9thDecember, 2018.

Board Meetings

Ophthalmic Tumor Board Meetings under supervision of Irfan Jeeva in collaboration with Radiology, Pathology and Oncology departments: Fortnightly at Aga Khan University, Karachi.

Tumor Board Meetings under supervision of IbrarHussain in collaboration with Oncology and ENT departments: Monthly IRNUM, Peshawar.

Orbital Registry Software. Ocular Tumor Registry, 1st National POA conference in association with Peshawar Eyecon 22-24 Feb, 19.

Research Activities

A research project titled “Normal Range of Exophthalmometric values in Pakistani Population” has been planned.

Objectives Are:

  • To determine the normal exophthalmometric value for Pakistani pop ulation.
  • To calculate mean “Inter-orbital distance” for Pakistani population. Approval of Institutional Review Board has been taken. Practical work of data collection will start after Peshawar Ophthalmological Conference where standardization of principal investigators and equipment is planned.

Lahore Ophthalmo, 7th to 9th December, 2017



Orbital Oncology Symposium Aga Khan Hospital, 2nd Feb, 2018



Khyber Eyecon 22 - 24 February, 2018



4th Orbital Symposium, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore 12th March 2018



Hands on Cadaveric Dissection Course LGH, 31st March 2018



20th Annual Islamabad Conference, Bhurban 27 - 29 April, 2018



Al-Shifa Trust participation in POA Activities

3rd National Orbit Symposium was held at Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Rawalpindi on 28th April, 2017. Leading Oculoplastic surgeons from all over the country participated in this daylong symposium, where the theme was orbital inflammation.

A two days Oculoplastic Workshop was held at Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Rawalpindi on 7-8 August, 2018. Dr. Anne Barmettler, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences. Director, Oculoplastic Surgery Division, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York conducted the workshop. The Workshop included case presentations as well as interactive sessions on oculoplastic disorders.

A group of 18 doctors from different parts of the country interested in oculoplastics got together on the second day of the Lahore Ophthalmo at 5pm, Saturday 17th December, 2005 to form the oculoplastics interest group of the ophthalmological society of Pakistan. It was later transformed in Pakistan Oculoplastic Association (POA).

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