Author: Jigowatt

EURETINA October 2021

Posted on 25th October 2021 in Society News

Atanas Bogoev– Young Ophthalmologist from Bulgaria, currently works at University Hospital Bochum, Germany. Email:atanasbogoev@gmail.comInstagram: @atanasbogoevBetween 9th and 12th September 2021, more than 8000 ophthalmologists and ophthalmology residents from across the globe tuned in to participate in the virtual event. You could tell that the organising committee did an amazing job with great attention to detail!

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ESCRS October 2021

Posted on 25th October 2021 in Society News

Jorge L. Alió del Barrio MD, PhD, FEBOS-CR-Consultant in Ophthalmology. Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Unit, Vissum (Miranza Group), Alicante, Spain. Between October 8th and 11th, I had the pleasure to be involved in the 39th congress of ESCRS in Amsterdam. It was great to have ESCRS back. It never actually really paused, as the

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YO Case Study July 2021

Posted on 27th July 2021 in YO Case Study

Ellie Bianchi – ST2 in OphthalmologyRoyal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, U.K. Hasan Naveed – ST5 in OphthalmologyRoyal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, U.K. A 72 year old Caucasian lady with a past medical history of rheumatoid arthritis on prednisolone and methotrexate presented with a 2-day history of pain and reduced vision in her left eye. She

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YO Interview July 2021

Posted on 27th July 2021 in YO Interview

With Danson Muttuvelu, MD FEBO, DENMARK Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Innovator. Chair for the Danish Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery, founder of the telemedical screening company “Mit Øje” (My Eye). Interviewer: Marie Louise Roed Rasmussen, Occuloplastic and Orbital consultant, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. Past- Chair SOE-YO.  The company has employed 12 ophthalmologists, who are licensed

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YO Training July 2021

Posted on 27th July 2021 in YO Training

I am Dr. Matthias Claeys, president of the Belgian Ophthalmological Association of Residents (OBAO). During basic medical training, I came into contact with ophthalmology through various humanitarian missions with the NGO See & Smile in Africa, which spiked my interest. I subsequently started a residency-in-training in the university hospital of Ghent (UZ Ghent), where I

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