Category: YO News

Giedre Milkintaite SOE Educational Grant Observership Report from IRCCS G.B. Bietti Foundation, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni-Addolorata-Britannico

Posted on 19th August 2019 in Society News, SOE Grant Placement Reports, YO News

I spent most of my observership in Medical retina department, however I also had an opportunity to observe the work that was conducted in Vitreoretinal department. I also was able to witness some surgical techniques that was applied as a treatment of choice for anterior segment diseases. Below is brief description of my experience. To

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Cátia Alexandra Oliveira Azenha – Fellowship Grant Report from Univeritätsklinikum Essen, Germany

Posted on 05th August 2019 in Society News, SOE Grant Placement Reports, YO News

I was awarded a 3 months SOE Fellowship Grant that I used to visit the University Hospital of Essen, Germany. It is the biggest hospital in the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany, receiving around 195,000 outpatients and admitting 53,000 inpatients every year. With its wide campus and numerous buildings it is like a

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SOE Mini Exchange Program Matches YOs

Posted on 25th July 2019 in Society News, YO News

In 2015, during the European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) Congress in Vienna, an idea was born: a two-year mini-exchange program where young ophthalmologists are paired, then travel to each other’s home countries for a two- to three-day experience. At SOE 2019 in Nice, France, the program really got off the ground.  This year, the program matched

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