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APAO welcomes new member societies
Last month, we featured the Asia Pacific Ophthalmic Trauma Society in OSN APAO Edition. In this issue, we continue our introduction to the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology’s new member societies.
Joining APAO as a National Member is the Iranian Society of Ophthalmology (IrSO), currently under the leadership of President Dr. Mahmoud Jabbarvand Behrouz. Below, Dr. Siamak Zarei-Ghanavati, who will serve as regional secretary for IrSO on the APAO Council, has provided a summary of his society’s history and aims.
“The IrSO was founded by the late Professor M.G. Chams in 1947. All registered ophthalmologists, fellows and residents in training are members of IrSO. Non-Iranian board-certified ophthalmologists can also be registered as associate members.
“Currently, IrSO has more than 1,800 members and seven subspecialty societies including cataract and refractive surgery, vitreoretinal diseases, glaucoma, orbit and plastic surgery, strabismus, pediatrics and uveitis. In addition, 15 out of 31 states in Iran have their own state societies of ophthalmology.
“The mission of IrSO is to promote progress in ophthalmology and to improve eye care standards in Iran. The international IrSO Congress has been held annually since 1990.”
Stay tuned for details of APAO’s other new member societies. For more information about APAO membership, please visit http://www.apaophth.org/members/.
APAO 2018 Congress in Hong Kong
The 33rd APAO Congress, co-hosted by the Hong Kong Ophthalmological Society and the College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong, will take place from Feb. 8 to 11, 2018, in Hong Kong. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the 29th Hong Kong Ophthalmological Symposium.
Chaired by Prof. Dennis Lam, the Scientific Program Committee for APAO 2018 will organize invited symposiums in 17 subspecialty areas. New this year are two innovative sections entitled “Academia, Research, Training & Education in Ophthalmology” and “Translational Research in Ophthalmology,” led by Dr. Karl Golnik and Prof. Robert Ritch, respectively. For the complete list of scientific program conveners, please visit http://2018.apaophth.org/scientific-program-convener/.
This year, APAO is pleased to offer up to 10 Prof. Yasuo Tano Travel Grants for young ophthalmologists in the Asia-Pacific region to attend the 33rd APAO Congress. Priority will be given to ophthalmologists who are aged 40 years or younger from a developing country and whose presentations (free paper, poster or video) have been accepted by the Scientific Program Committee of the 33rd APAO Congress. Each successful applicant will receive US$1,000 if they live outside the host city of the 33rd APAO Congress (ie, Hong Kong), whereas those who live in the host city will receive US$300.
Interested young ophthalmologists should complete the online application available on the congress system at http://congress.apaophth.org/ from now through Aug. 14. Selection results will be announced by the end of September.
Inaugural APSPOS Congress in Hong Kong
The inaugural congress of the Asia-Pacific Strabismus and Paediatric Ophthalmology Society (APSPOS) will be co-organized by the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in conjunction with the 1st Hong Kong Paediatric Ophthalmology Congress, from Oct. 11 to 12 in Hong Kong.
With Prof. Frank Martin of Australia and Dr. Simon Ko of Hong Kong as co-chairs, the Scientific Program Committee of the inaugural APSPOS Congress has begun planning an exciting lineup of international experts in pediatric ophthalmology. Congress organizers are pleased to announce that the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) and the World Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (WSPOS) will present highlight symposiums on day 2 of the inaugural APSPOS Congress. In the morning, AAPOS will organize two back-to-back symposiums entitled “Common Problems in Pediatric Ophthalmology” and “Pediatric Cataract,” followed by the WSPOS symposium “Pediatric Glaucoma and Corneal Diseases” that afternoon.
Hotel reservation for the inaugural APSPOS Congress will open on Monday, July 17, for all paid delegates via the online Congress system. Conveniently located next to the Mong Kok East MTR Station, the five-star Royal Plaza Hotel is the official hotel of the inaugural APSPOS Congress. For more information, please visit http://2017.apspos.org/hotel-reservation/.
Additionally, the deadline to submit abstracts for the inaugural APSPOS Congress has been extended through Monday, July 24. Free papers, posters and video submissions related to pediatric ophthalmology and children’s eye care are welcomed. Further details and online submission are available at http://2017.apspos.org/abstract-submission/.