Dear colleagues
On behalf of the WSOPRAS council, we are delighted to invite you to WSOPRAS 2025 at the Four Seasons Bosphorus Hotel and Convention Centre in İstanbul, Türkiye from April 10th to 12th 2025 with the WSOPRAS instructional course on Sunday 13th April 2025.
WSOPRAS 25 will continue the unique and highly successful format initiated at WSOPRAS 23 in Dubai, universally endorsed by the attendees. This format features focused brief presentations followed by moderated debates amongst experts with active delegate participation.
For WSOPRAS 25, we have over 150 international invited experts from every corner of the world!
Please log onto to ‘WSOPRAS25’ as we update our website in the coming months
Warm regards,
8.00 - 8.15 | Welcome Message |
08.15 - 09.15 | Eyelid 1: Large Upper Eyelid Reconstruction - Reverse Modified Hughes Procedure Session chairs: Michelè Beaconsfield, Santosh Honavar |
Reconstruction of Large Upper Eyelid Defect - Video session | |
Large upper eyelid reconstruction - Modified reverse Hughes, Tenzel semicircular procedure Wonkyung Viviana Cho |
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Large upper eyelid reconstruction - other source Laura Hughes |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Treatment of Lentigo Maligna - Debate | |
Treatment of large LM - surgery Vlad Kratky |
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Treatment of large LM - Imiquimod/radiation Hakan Demirci |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Advanced Eyelid Carcinomas - Panel discussion | |
Advanced Eyelid Basal Cell Carcinoma: When is medical treatment an option? Rebecca Ford |
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Advanced Squamous cell carcinoma. Bita Esmaeli |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Advanced sebaceous gland cell carcinoma Fairooz P Manjandavida |
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Merkel Cell Carcinoma : Merits and Misery of Managing This Rare Malignancy Tamara Fountain |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
09.15 - 09.45 | Eyelid 2: Treatment of Cicatricial Entropion in Conjunctival Disease Session chairs: Gerd Geerling, Saul Rajak |
Tarsotomy with marginal rotation and MM Mostafa Diab |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Entropion– Guidelines to prevent it in OCP Gerd Geerling |
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OCP- conj sparing surgery Rwituja Thomas |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Anterior lamellar recession and MM /Tarsal patch grafting Raman Malhotra |
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09.45 - 10.30 | Aesthetics 1: Upper Eyelid - Debates Session chairs: Audrey Looi, Karim Punja |
Asian Eyelid Nuances: Battle of Surgical Techniques | |
Suture vs Nonincisional Surgery TBA |
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Small-Incision vs Full-Incision Surgery Chai Teck CHOO |
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Epicanthal fold - flap vs simple technique Mike Yen |
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Epicanthal fold - flap vs simple technique Elaine Chee |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Tarsal vs levator fixation: pearls for crease formation Alice Goh |
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Orbicularis vs skin fixation, pearls for crease formation TBA |
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Medial fat debulking or tips? Stephanie Young |
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Revision Asian Blepharoplasty Challenges Vanessa Naseem Neoh |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee Break |
11.00 - 11.45 | Orbit 1, TED-1: Shifts & Directions in Medical Treatment - Debates Session chairs: Jimmy Uddin, Jennifer Sivak |
Medical Treatment in the Inactive Phase? | |
Medical Treatment Works in chronic phase Raymond Douglas |
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Medical treatment does not work in chronic phase Sandy Zhang Nunes |
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Combined immunosuppression/medical decompression Kelvin Chong |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Role of TSHR Antibodies in management of TED | |
TSH receptor Anibodies help in steering the treatment! Anja Eckstein |
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Role of TSH receptor Anibodies formulation of treatment is a myth! Kim Cockerham |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
11.45 - 12.30 | Lacrimal 1: PANEL DISCUSSION Session chairs: Lelio Baldeschi, Ivan Haefliger |
Endoscopic, Endonasal DCR? The New Gold Standard? Nikos Trakos |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
External DCR, The End of an Era? Yonica Özkan Arat |
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Endoluminal Dacryoplasty, Is This the Future of Lacrimal Surgery? Rey Javate |
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Endonasal Laser DCR, Is it Effective? Mohammad Moin |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Revision DCR Daniel Ezra |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch |
13.30 - 14.30 | Aesthetics 2: Upper Eyelid - Debates Session chairs: Rob Fante, Ahmed Ben Said |
Blepharoplasty in the TED patient | |
Upper Lid Malposition And Blepharoplasty: Anterior Approach Miguel Gonzalez-Candial |
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Upper Lid Malposition And Blepharoplasty: Posterior Approach Milind Naik |
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Lower Lid Malposition Management Option 1 Fernando Procianoy |
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Lower Lid Malposition Management Option 2 Grant Moore |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Surgical Correction of Asymmetrical Upper Eyelid Volume | |
Managing asymmetrical upper eyelid volume: Differential skin crease placement Yvette Santiago Gatmaitan |
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Managing asymmetrical upper eyelid volume: Orbicularis resection vs retention Tammy Osaki |
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Managing asymmetrical upper eyelid volume: Fat release, repositioning, fat graft Jun Yang |
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Managing asymmetrical upper eyelid volume: Browplasty, subbrow blepharoplasty Audrey Looi |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
14.30 - 15.00 | Aesthetics 3: Managing Aesthetic Surgery Complications: Cases and Panel discussion Session chairs: TBA, Alemnew (Alex) Kassahun |
Intro | |
Case 1- Postblepharoplasty Lower Eyelid Retraction Angelo Tsirbas |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Case 2- Fat Granulomas after Repositioning or Fat Transfer Cameron Nabavi |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Case 3- Surgical Management of Lateral Canthal Anomaly / Webbing Silvia Carvalho Rodrigues |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Case 4- Surgical Debulking of Retained Filler (after hyaluronidase) Jeremiah Tao |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
15.00 - 15.30 | Coffee Break |
15.30 - 16.15 | Orbit 2: Challenging Situations in Orbit: Case presentations and panel discussion Session chairs: Bob Kersten |
Introduction | |
Case 1 Mark Lucareli |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Case 2 TBA |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Case 3 Kelsey Roelofs |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Case 4 Honey Teo |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Case 5 Tamer Gawdat |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Case 6 Mohammed el Belhadji |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Case 7 Akshay Nair |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
16.15 - 17.00 | Orbit 3: Challenging Situations in Orbit Necrotizing Fasciitis and Sockets Session chairs: Hatem Tawfik, Christoph Hintschich |
Introduction | |
Case:1 Necrotizing Fasciitis Louise Mawn |
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Case 2 : Necrotizing Fasciitis Saj Ataullah |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Case 1 Recurrents socket reconstruction failure 1 Zurina Zainal Abidin |
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Case:2 Recurrent socket reconstruction falilure 2 Dyonne Hartong |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Case 3: A Challenging Case of Dry Anophthalmic Socket Syndrome Mary Rose Pe Yan |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
17.00 - 17.45 | Eyelid 3: Congenital ptosis with poor levator function – controversies debates Session chairs: Ramon Medel, Richard Collin |
Suspension: Silicone sling Mpopi Lenake |
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Suspension Sling: Sling with preserved dura or pericardium strips Dilshodkhuja Khodjaev |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Suspension: Frontalis flaps Ivana Cardoso Pereira |
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Combine Frontalis flap and Whitnall sling Mehdi Fendi |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Muscle technique: Is conjoint fascial sheath suspension the new thing? Ming Lin |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
18.00 | Welcome Reception |
20.00 | Faculty Dinner |
7.30 - 8.00 | Coffee with Experts |
8.00 - 9.00 | Eye openers Moderator: Wendy Lee, Santiago Ortiz Perez |
3D Printed Camera Holder for Stabilized Filming? Paul Phelps |
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Tuberculosis in the oculoplasty area Delfitri Lutfi |
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Virtual Reality for Surgical Teaching Pete Setabutr |
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Highly unusual presentations of ocular tumors Tayyab Afghani |
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9.00 - 9.45 | Lacrimal 2: Challenging Cases Session chairs: Suat Hayri Ugurbas, Pallavi Singh |
Congenital Abnormalities of the Lacrimal System Hachemi Nezzar |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Conventional Approach for complex cases of NLDO Kamoun Hela |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Pediatric DCR Sri Gore |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Which surgery for canalicular obstruction? Francesco Quaranta Leoni |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Novel Interstitial Brachytherapy Treatment for Lacrimal Sac Squamous Cell Carcinoma Kadi Palumaa |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
9.45 - 10.30 | What's New and Hot for All Oculoplastics Session chairs: Francesco Quaranta Leoni, Ania Buigues |
AI assessments of eyelid and orbital disease Justin Karlin |
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Facial assessment with artificial intelligence Swan Kang |
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3D Oculoplasty Surgery Mehdi Fendri |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Optimizing Photography/Videography in Oculoplastics Alex Gungab |
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Augmented Reality Surgery Bobby Korn |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee Break |
11.00 - 11.45 | Eyelid 4: Complex/recurrent eyelid retraction- post-trauma Session chairs: Gangadhara Sundar, Uli Schaudig |
Post-traumatic retraction: Middle lamella management Priti Udhay (Ketan) |
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Post-traumatic retraction: Anterior lamella management Altuğ Çetinkaya |
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Retraction after floor fracture repair Yasser Khan |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Free flaps Dongmei Li |
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Umbilical amniotic membrane Mary Stefanyszyn |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
11.45 - 12.30 | Orbit 4 TED 2: Orbital Surgery - Controversies/debates Session chairs: Michael Burnstine, Lelio Baldeschi |
Endoscopic vs Trans-carancular Medial Wall Decopression | |
Endonasal Endoscopic Orbital Decompression Farzad Pakdel |
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Trans-caruncular orbital decompression Diego Strianese |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Balanced Decompression vs Medial and Floor Decompression | |
Balanced Orbital Decompression Bob Goldberg |
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Medial and Floor orbital Decompression Tim Sullivan |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Fat vs Bone Decompression | |
Fat Decompression Honglei Liu |
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Bone Decompression Peerooz Saeed |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch & Industry Symposium |
13.30 - 14.15 | Orbit 5: Orbital Tumors: Controversies/debates Session chairs: Sachin Salvi, Bita Esmaeli |
Lacrimal gland carcinomas | |
Globe sparing tumor resection + RT in ACC Kaveh Vahdani |
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Intra-arterial chemotherapy in ACC Tom Johnson |
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Early Radical Surgery-Exenteration Tong Wu |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Basal cell carcinoma with orbital Invasion: Targeted therapy or Surgery Controversies/Debate | |
Tumor Resection Dinesh Selva |
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Targeted Therapy Santosh Honavar |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
14.15 - 15.00 | Poster Session Moderators: Flora Levin, Yvonne Chung, Senthil Nathan, Stijn van der Meeren, Rachel Kalmann and Joon Kim |
15.00 - 15.30 | Coffee Break |
15.30 - 16.15 | Aesthetics 4 : Forehead and Brow Debates Session chairs: Kristin Tarbet, Dan Georgescu |
Forehead rejuevation options | |
Direct supraciliary is best Nathalia Kassis |
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Temporal pretrichial is best David Samimi |
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Minimally invasive (threads/fat) is best Ramzi Alameddine |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Subperiosteal endoscopic approach is best Salvatore Pacella |
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Pretrichial approach is best Benjamin Burt |
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Subcutaneous gliding plane approach is best Ken Morgenstern |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
16.15 - 17.00 | Aesthetics 5: Lower Eyelid Debates Session chairs: Bijan Beigi, Michael Migliori |
Transconjunctival Debate | |
Transconjunctival fat resection Jorge Corona |
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Transconjunctival fat repositioning TBA |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Transcutaneous Debate | |
Transcutanous fat resection or fat pearls, and septal management Vanessa Neoh |
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Transcutaneous fat repositioning : arcuate release/ position of re-drape Dan Georgescu |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
The Layers Debate | |
What to do with excess skin laxity? When surgery is needed Gorka Martinez |
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What to do with the orbularis muscle? How you can make the orbicularis your friend Robert Fante |
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What to do with the lateral canthus? Proactive canthal management Petrina Tan |
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What to do with the orbital septum? Close or tighten it Cameron Nabavi |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
17.05 - 18.00 | General Meeting |
Gala Dinner |
7.30 - 8.00 | Coffee with Experts |
8.00 - 9.00 | Eye openers Moderator: Ana Carolina Victoria, Femida Kherani |
9.00 - 9.45 | Aesthetics 6: Midface and Canthal Debates Session chairs: Shubhra Goel, Ken Morgenstern |
Midface | |
Midface Best Approach #1 John Bareno |
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Midface Best Approach #2 Karim Punja |
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Midface Supra Vs Subperiosteal Glenn Vallicellos |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Canthal | |
Medial Epicanthal Surgery Tomoyuki Kashima |
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Medial Canthal Tendon Surgery Maryanne Romero |
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Lateral Canthal Fixation Tips for Recurrence (implants, drill holes) Seal Paul |
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Panel Discussion Q&A | |
9.45 - 10.30 | Eyelid 5: Facial nerve palsy Session chairs: Richard Allen, Cornelius René |
Upper lid weight loading | |
Pretarsal Kasturi Bhattacharjee |
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Supratarsal Raman Malhotra |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
How to best address medial paralytic lagophthalmos Midori Osaki |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Lower lid retraction | |
Middle lamellar implant Ayşe Dolar Bilge |
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Middle lamellar tendon sling Salvatore Pacella |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee Break |
11.00 - 11.45 | Lacrimal 3: Debates Session chairs: Reynaldo Javate, Ashok Grover |
Monocanalicular Intubation in Canalicular Obstruction and Stenosis? Khaled Abuhaleeqa |
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Bicanalicular Intubation in Canalicular Obstruction and Stenosis? Raghavan Sampath |
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Panel Q&A Discussion | |
Conventional CDCR Rong Liu |
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Minimally invasive CDCR Suzana Matayoshi |
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Panel Q&A Discussion | |
Why operate, Botulinum toxin works as well Peter Dolman |
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Jones Tube is the Way to go Colin Vize |
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Panel Q&A Discussion | |
11.45 - 12.30 | Lacrimal 4: Debates Session chairs: Saul Rajak, Chris Schulz |
Dacryoendoscopy and Cone beam CT Dacryocystography, Is this the best way to diagnose NLDO? Toru Suzuki |
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Radiologic Diagnosis in the Lacrimal Drainage System, an option? Ulrich Lachmund |
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Panel Q&A Discussion | |
DCR with anti-metabolites (5FU and Mitomycin C) Rohit Saiju |
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DCR without anti-metabolites Ben Limbu |
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Panel Q&A Discussion | |
Sutureless Endonasal DCR? Elin Bohman |
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Suturing Flaps in Endonasal DCR? Nattawut WanumKarng |
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Panel Q&A Discussion | |
13.30 - 14.00 | Eyelid 6: Corneal neurotization –Short video talks with discussion Session chairs: Ilya Leyngold, Cat Burkat |
Which candidates and when? Essam Ettoukhi |
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Tips for getting started & Choosing the donor nerve Andrea Kossler |
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Implant vs autogenous graft: Can we do this in other parts of the world? Michael Yen |
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When can PK be performed? Jin Li |
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Panel Q&A Discussion | |
14.00 - 14.15 | Eyelid 7: Challenging cases Session chair: Linda Guakil |
Young man with static and ptotic upper eyelid Pari Shams |
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Panel Q&A Discussion | |
Eyelid coloboma Rosa Balcells |
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Panel Q&A Discussion | |
To be announced Hom Gurung |
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Panel Q&A Discussion | |
14.15 - 15.00 | Orbit 6: Orbital Inflammatory & Vascular lesions Debates Session chairs: Peerooz Saeed |
Lymphatic Malformations | |
Sclerotherapy: When & How Sri Gore |
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Targetted Therapy, When & How Catherine Liu |
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Endovascular Intervention When & How Gholam Haider |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
IgG4 management debate | |
Surgery: When & How? Dion Paridaens |
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Corticosteroids therapy Min Joung Lee |
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Rituximab Sunny Shen |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
15.00 - 15.30 | Coffee Break |
15.30 - 16.15 | Oculofacial Trauma & Emergencies Session chairs: Ganga Sundar, Vikram Duraraij |
Debate | |
Preferred Implant for Correction of Enophthalmos: Porous Poly Ethylene Michael Yoon |
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Preferred Material for Correction of Enophthalmos: Titanium Priti Ketan |
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Preferred Implant for Correction of Enophthalmos: Autologous fat graft Antonio Quintero |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Panel Discussion: Challenging Cases | |
Presentation Case-1 Shanti Boesoirie |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Presentation Case-2 Yunia Irawati |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Presentation Case-3 Tarjani Dave |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
Presentation Case-4 Maricruz Contreras |
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Panel Q&A discussion | |
16.15 - 17.00 | Poster Session |
17.00 | Closing Message |
Advanced Techniques for Orbitofacial Rejuvenation using Injectables and Suspension Devices Course Directors: R.A. Goldberg, P. Kaynak, J.R. Montes OR and injection coordinator: A. Çetinkaya |
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Morning session | |
8.00-8.30 | Registration |
8.30-8.40 | Opening |
8.40-8.50 | Neurotoxins Advanced concepts and techniques for outstanding results |
8.50-9.05 | Periorbita, face injections (pt 1), And beyond (Masseter and temporalis injections) (pt 2) |
9.05-9.15 | Deadly sins while injecting fillers and how to manage complications |
9.15-9.30 | Injecting the periorbita. Tear through, glabella and crows feet |
9.30-9.40 | Injecting temple hollows and sub brow fat |
9.40-10.00 | Injection Pearls for the Upper eyelid hollows |
10.00-10.30 | How to avoid complications when injecting the midface (2-3 patients at different stations mid face) |
10.30-11.00 | COFFEE BREAK |
11.00-11.10 | PRP and bio filler preparation |
11.10-11.30 | Bio filler injections (Forehead, Tear through. Midface and Neck) |
11.30-12.00 | Fat harvesting and Preparation, video stream from the O.R. |
12.00-12.30 | Orbitofacial fat injections |
12.00-13.00 | LUNCH BREAK |
13.00-13.15 | Basics of thread lifts. Anatomical points. Which thread? Where? Why? |
13.15-14.40 | Thread mini-seminar: Practical techniques for optimal results Lateral canthi, Midface, Temporal eyebrow, Associated Facial Regions Polyglactin threads: Spider web interventions |
14.40-15.00 | Snacks & coffee break, exhibitors |
15.00-16.10 | Exosomes in rejuvenation Myth or reality? |
16.10-16.30 | Stem cells How to harvest and cultivate? How do they work? |
16.30-16.50 | Mesotherapeutic agents HA, peptides, polymers and minerals & lypolitics |
16.50-16.20 | Injections of various rejuvenating and lypolytic agents |
16.20-16.30 | Closing remarks |
ONLINE REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATION FORM
Registration Fee |
Before 10 February 2025 |
After 10 February 2025 |
Onsite |
Conference registration | € 685,00 | € 785,00 | € 835,00 |
Live course registration for meeting delegates | € 225,00 | € 250,00 | € 350,00 |
Live course registration for Non meeting delegates | € 550,00 | € 650,00 | € 700,00 |
Gala Dinner |
90€ |
Cancellations and Refunds
Accommodation Fee |
Before 10 February 2025 |
After 10 February 2025 |
Four Seasons Hotel | € 575,00 | € 650,00 |
Swissôtel The Bosphorus Hotel |
€ 325,00 | € 400,00 |
Conrad İstanbul Bosphorus Hotel | € 300,00 | € 375,00 |
Radisson Blu Hotel Ortaköy |
€ 245,00 | € 320,00 |
Renaissance İstanbul Polat Bosphorus Hotel |
€ 205,00 | € 280,00 |
Cancellations and Refunds
Bank Name | QNB FİNANSBANK |
Account Name | Global Turizm Organizasyon Hizmetleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. |
TR IBAN | TR720011100000000064797734 |
EUR IBAN | TR790011100000000037925601 |
Swift Code | FNNBTRISXXX |