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Report on the Innsbruck Module of the EuLDP Class 2011/2013
The EuLDP Class 2011/2013 completed its first module on leadership from 5.-7.3.2012 in Innsbruck, in conjunction with the Management Center Innsbruck (www.mci.edu/en).
23 participants from 13 European countries as well as Israel and Jordan attended the module.
The first day focused on interactive lectures on the essential elements of leadership and strategic management held by Hans Hinterhuber. Siegfried Walch talked on Time- and Self Management and the first day concluded with a lecture and extensive discussion on taking responsibility, strategic planning and leadership from Wolfgang Nairz, the leader of the first Austrian Mount Everest Expedition in 1978.
On the second day of the module Stelios Stavridis a successful manager of several large companies and currently CEO of a private company talked interactively on how to build a great place to work, having himself founded and chairing a company that has been awarded several times as being the Best Workplace in Europe for many consecutive years. Julian Hadschieff, a visually impaired founder and CEO of the largest Austrian private Hospital and Rehabilitation consortium, as well as former Member of the Austrian Paralympics Team, talked on Entrepreneurship and leading large Organisations even having a handicap himself being visually impaired by a macular dystrophy. All lectures where reflected by the participants during the last day of the Innsbruck module, by whole group interaction tools and by developing guidelines and a prototype for a great place to work in ophthalmology.
We are delighted to announce that the following Ophthalmologists have been accepted to participate in the EuLDP class of 2011-2013.
Gertrud Haas Austria
Daniela Tosheva Mitova Bulgaria
Lukan Pavlov Mishev Bulgaria
Anders Kruse, MD Denmark
Marko Kataja, Finland
Juha Hagman Finland
Christos Haritoglou Germany
Yannors Yandiev Germany
Stamatina A. Kabanarou MD PhD Greece
Dimitrios Karagiannis Greece
Gabor Mark Somfai Hungary
Gabor Nemeth Hungary
Gunnar Zoega Iceland
Elad Moisseiev Israel
Ahmed Shishi Jordan
Melvin Gouder Malta
Ivan M Gan Netherlands
Jana Stefanickova, M.D Slovakia
Marek KÁČERIK Slovakia
Andrea Cizmarova – Izakova MD. Slovakia
Petra Líšková, MD. Slovakia
Barbara Tratnik Jakljič Slovenia
Nenad Špička Slovenia
Fredrik Ghosh Sweden
Maria Kugelberg Sweden
Berit Byström Sweden
Kristina Teär-Fahnehjelm Sweden
Mustafa Ünal Turkey
Abdullah Özkiriş Turkey
It was agreed at the 2005 Council meeting by SOE Council Members that a special SOE Lecture would be presented at each annual meeting of each European Ophthalmological Society by the most promising young Clinician/Researcher.The following the list is of the SOE lectures that took place in 2011. If you wish more details on any of these lectures please email the SOE Secretariat at; secretariat@soevision.org
| Country | Lecturer | Title of Lecture | |
| First name | Family name | ||
| Croatia | Ivanka Petric | Vicković | Clinical Outcome with the Crystalens HD Accommodation Intraocular Lens |
| Denmark | Marie Louise | Roed Rasmussen | The Eye Amputated Patient |
| Estonia | Maarja | Villemson | Acanthamoeba Keraitis |
| Greece | Paris | Tranos | Macular Oedema and ocular inflammatory diseases. |
| Hungary | Illes | Kovacs | Corneal Sensory Nreve Sensitivity in Dry Eye |
| Italy | Michele | Reibaldi | Treatment of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy State of the art |
| Latvia | Ieva | Kire | Imaging in Ophthalmology |
| Lithuania | Saulius | Kusleika | The Role of Surgery in Uveitis Treatment |
| Netherlands | CC W | Klaver | Succes van anti-VEGF tharpie voor maculadegeneratie: de praktijk |
| Norway | Cecilie | Bredrup | The use of deep sequencing to identify genetic error in a family with syndromic retinitis pigmentosa |
| Portugal | Andreia | Martins Rosa, MD | SAANA classification for the treatment of keratoconus with intrastromal ring segments” |
| Slovenia | Dr.Ingrid | Rahne | Is a child Squinting? |
| Sweden | Dr Charlotta | All Eriksson | Molecular mechanisms in uveal melanoma |
| Ukraine | Zhekov | Olexiy | Intracapsular IOL Implantation in paediatric congential Posterior Lenticonus |
The Professor Dr Harold E. Henkes Foundation proposed to SOE to establish a Henkes Medal for Leadership in Ophthalmology. The proposal was agreed at the SOE Board meeting in Geneva 2011. The medal will be awarded every four years to the ophthalmologist for the greatest achievement in the field of leadership in ophthalmology.
Prof. Henkes was born in Scheveningen in 1918 and studied medicine in Utrecht. He obtained his PhD with a thesis titled “Some applications of histological and micro-chemical vitamin C research”.
After his training as an ophthalmologist in Utrecht he started his career at The Rotterdam Eye Hospital. In 1961 he succeeded Prof. Flieringa as Medical Director. After the foundation of “Higher Clinical Education” he was appointed associate professor in 1961 and full professor of ophthalmology in Rotterdam in 1967. Professor Henkes worked at The Rotterdam Eye Hospital and brought it to full bloom. After an apprenticeship in Sweden and America he studied electro-ophthalmology. He became the founder of electro-ophthalmology in Holland.
As secretary and treasurer during many years and later on as chairman of the SOE he particularly promoted the development of ophthalmology in Eastern Europe. Ophthalmology outside of Europe also had his attention; for instance, he encouraged his students to work in Africa.
Professor Henkes has held several management positions, both national and International. Among others, he was the founder and chairman of the International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision. He received the prestigious Von Helmholtz prize for his efforts in ophthalmology. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Science and of many other organizations.
Prof. Dr. Harold E. Henkes passed away in 2010.
Applications for the SOE Educational and Teacher Grants 2012 are now closed. Successful and unsuccessful applicants will be notified before the end of 2011.
