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Our Next Meeting
The 7th annual scientific meeting
Friday 1st October 2021
At the Royal Society of Medicine, Wimpole Street, London
Following the Government's recent announcement and current guidance on
Covid-19, we are hopeful that our meeting will be face to face in London on
01st October (if not it will be virtual).
We will make a decision in May
when registration on Eventbrite will open.
Abstract submission is open
2021 Programme
09:00 Registration and Coffee at the trade exhibition
09.40 Welcome - Ms Seema Verma, President of BEECS
09.50 Update on Emergency Ophthalmology - Mr. John Buchan, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds
10:00 Session 1: Facial skin in the acute setting
Acute periocular and facial skin disease - Dr Calum Lyon, Consultant Dermatologist, York
Allergic eye disease – Mr Scott Robbie, St Thomas’s Hospital, London
11.00 Tea & Coffee Break
11.30 Session 2: Neuro-Ophthalmology Emergencies
Headaches - Dr Sui Wong, St Thomas's Hospital, London
Pupils & Swollen Discs- Miss Alison Rowlands from Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral
Double Vision – Mr. Ian Marsh, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Short free paper presentation competition chaired by Mrs. Sarah Anderson, York
15.00 "What would you do?” interactive voting session – Mr John Buchan, St James’s
University Hospital, Leeds & Mr Freddy Beer, Portsmouth
15:15 Tea & Coffee Break
15:45 Hot Hat Traffic Light Debate chaired by Miss Polly Dickerson, Scarborough
16:45 Prize Giving
16.55 Closing remarks
17:00 AGM
4.5 C.P.D Points & 3 C.E.T Points applied for
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Previous Meetings
The 1st BEECS Virtual Symposium
25th September 2020
Showcased innovation, accomplishments and discussion about overcoming challenges of delivering emergency eye care in 2020.
Newcastle upon Tyne - at the Centre for Life
5th annual scientific meeting 20th September 2019
The management of chemical eye burns - Mr. Saj Ahmed, Moorfields Eye Hospital
Blepharitis - Evidence based management - Prof. Christine Purslow, Honorary Professor at Cardiff University , Head of Medical Affairs, UK & Ireland Thea Pharmaceuticals
Facial burns – the wider context – Mr. Sanjay Varma, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
GCA – the role of the rheumatologist and ultrasound – Dr Gary Reynolds, NIHR Clinical Lecturer, Newcastle
Taking the fear out of acute angle closure – Mr. Paul Brogden, Bradford Royal Infirmary
Practical Video Presentations - ‘I wish I’d seen that before!’
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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