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Agenda BEECS 5th Annual Scientific Meeting
Date: 20th September 2019 at the Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4EP
09:30 Registration and Coffee
10:00 Welcome & an Update on Emergency Ophthalmology - Ms Seema Verma, President of BEECS
10:15 The management of chemical eye burns - Mr. Saj Ahmed, Moorfields Eye Hospital
10:45 Blepharitis - Evidence based management - Prof. Christine Purslow, Honorary Professor at Cardiff University , Head of Medical Affairs, UK & Ireland Thea Pharmaceuticals
11:15 Tea & Coffee Break
12:00 Presentation competition
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Facial burns – the wider context – Mr. Sanjay Varma, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
14:20 GCA – the role of the rheumatologist and ultrasound – Dr Gary Reynolds, NIHR Clinical
Lecturer, Newcastle
14:40 Taking the fear out of acute angle closure – Mr. Paul Brogden, Bradford Royal Infirmary
15.00 Practical Video Presentations - ‘I wish I’d seen that before!’
15:15 Tea & Coffee Break
15:45 Hot Hat Traffic Light Debate
16:45 Prize Giving
16.55 Closing remarks
17:05 AGM in coffee area
4 C.P.D Points
3 C.E.T Points applied for
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BEECS 2019 Newcastle upon Tyne
BEECS 2019 was our fifth annual meeting after our inaugural meeting in 2015. This year the meeting was held at the Centre for Life in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Presentation Competition
Eight presenters took the stage this year, all of high quality, for the rapid fire presentation competition. After final deliberation the committee handed two first prize awards for two outstanding presentations delivered by Tejaswi Bommireddy and Jack Corkerry! Congratulations!
Presentation Competition
Find out more on our Presentation Competition page
Previous Meetings
York 2018 Highlights
4th annual scientific meeting 28th September 2018
Paediatric Emergencies
Double Trouble - Diplopia in Eye Casualty
Acute presentation of Ocular Oncology
Videos - ‘I wish I’d seen that before!’
‘Hot Hat Debate’
Birmingham 2017 Highlights
3rd annual scientific meeting 29th September 2017
Life threatening situations in Eye Casualty
Swollen discs
Vitreo-retinal management of trauma
Controversies in endophthalmitis treatment
Manchester 2016 Highlights
2nd annual scientific meeting - 7th October 2016
Emergency uveitis
Scan Masterclass
Corneas in crisis
Where ENT meets emergency ophthalmology
London 2015 Highlights
1st annual scientific meeting - 2nd October 2015
Medicolegal pitfalls – how to avoid being sued
“Sex and the Clinic” – Sexual Health and Emergency Eye Care
Debate: “It was better in my day” – the case for and against subspecialisation.
“How can we help?” : the role of the allied health professional in the emergency eye clinic
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