Eye Care in Focus Conference 2024

The Irish College of Ophthalmologists Eye Care in Focus Conference 2024 takes place on Tuesday, 1st October at The Gibson Hotel, Dublin from 8am-4pm.

The 1-day clinical education meeting is organised by the College for the multi disciplinary team working across community and hospital care, providing an excellent forum for knowledge sharing amongst those involved in the delivery of eye care in Ireland.

View programme and register your place here 

Programme Overview

Cataract Clinical Session

Mr Tim Fulcher, Ophthalmologist, Mater Hospital and Beaumont Hospital

Ms Lisa McAnena, Ophthalmologist, Mater Hospital and Beaumont Hospital,

Dr Margaret Morgan,  Ophthalmologist, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and CHO7

Ms Tania Constable, Clinical Optometrist CHO7 and President of Optometry Ireland 

Ms Chriosa O’Connor, Clinical Optometrist, Mater Hospital, Dublin

Paediatric Ophthalmology Clinical Session 

Dr Ger Comer, Ophthalmologist, University Hospital Galway and CHO2West

Dr Christine Bourke, Paediatric Ophthalmology Clinical Fellow, Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street and Crumlin Hospitals

Ms Tania Constable, Clinical Optometrist CHO7 and President of Optometry Ireland

Making your Practice more Sustainable 

Dr Alison Green, Ophthalmology SpR, University Hospital Waterford 

Ms Louise Doyle, Theatre Nurse, University Hospital Waterford

Ms Helen Curran, Head of Sustainability, Specsavers Ireland & UK 

Update from the National Clinical Programme in Ophthalmology 

Ms Aoife Doyle, Ophthalmologist, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and St James’s Hospital; Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology

Ms Sarah Spain, Senior Orthoptist, Roscommon Primary Care Services and Social Care Professions (HSCP) Lead for the Clinical Programme for Ophthalmology 

Ms Cathríona Ennis, Director of Nursing, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin

The Role of Nutrition in Protecting Vision – the evidence for targeted nutrition to improve visual function

Founder and Director, Nutrition Research Centre Ireland; Howard Chair in Human Nutrition and Principal Investigator of the Macular Pigment Research Group,  South East Technological University Prof Nolan will also outline the plans for a New School of Optometry at South East Technological University

Case Based Discussion

Chaired by Dr Emer Doolan, Ophthalmologist, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, CHO6 and CHO7