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GREEK GLAUCOMA SOCIETY
BOARD OF GGS
PRESIDENT
GEORGE MANGOURITSAS
VICE-PRESIDENT
ANASTASIOS G. KONSTAS
GEN. SECRETARY
FOTIS TOPOUZIS
TREASURER
ANDREW DIAGOURTAS
ADJOINT SECRETARY
THEMIS KARMIRIS
MEMBERS
DIMITRIS PAPACONSTANTINOU
JOHN CHALKIADAKIS
21
INTERNATIONAL
GLAUCOMA
CONGRESS
st
MARCH 26-28, 2015
G G S We b s i t e :
w w w. g r e e k g l a u c o m a s o c i e t y . o r g
ATHENS
GGS Congress Secretariat:
greekglaucomasociety@gmail.com
FINAL PROGRAM
FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2015
09.30 - 10.30
OPENING CEREMONY coordinated by the President of GGS George Mangouritsas
Honorary Lecture: A. Kandarakis
«Management of hypotony maculopathy»
10.30 - 11.30
ROUND TABLE
«Applying innovating methods for glaucoma diagnosis into clinical practice»
Coordinator:
I. Chalkiadakis
Speakers:
G. Dalianis, K. Karabatsas, G. Labiris
SATURDAY MARCH 28, 2015
09.30 - 10.30
ROUND TABLE
«Current management of a glaucoma patient»
Coordinator:
D. Papaconstantinou
Speakers:
S. Giannikakis, E. Karmiris, N. Matheou
10.30 - 11.30
LECTURES
M. Irkec
F. Goni
B. Cvenkel
Coffee Break
11.45 - 13.00
13.00 - 14.00
SYMPOSIUM THEA
«First choice treatment and long-term glaucoma management»
Coordinator:
F. Topouzis
Speakers:
Α. Labbe, Ν. Pfeiffer, E. Anastasopoulos
LECTURES
J. Jonas
S. Miglior
L. Quaranta
«Risk factors for developing glaucoma»
Risk factors and structural features as clinical markers for glaucoma
How to apply risk factors for glaucoma onset and progression into clinical practice
Is IOP variability a risk factor for progression? How many IOP measurements
are needed to make clinical decisions?
14.00 - 15.30
Lunch
15.30 - 16.45
ROUND TABLE
«Dilemma cases in glaucoma»
Coordinator:
T. FIlippopoulos
Speakers:
E. Detorakis G. Kopsinis, P. Papapanos
16.45 - 17.45
LECTURES
L. Schmetterer
J. Jonas
C. Mocan
«What matters beyond IOP?»
The role of ocular perfusion pressure in glaucoma
Has the cerebrospinal fluid pressure any role in the pathogenesis of glaucoma?
Neuroprotection in glaucoma?
Coffee Break
11.45 - 12.45
LECTURES
Re-visiting target pressure in glaucoma
N. Pfeiffer
Update on imaging of the optic nerve for diagnosis and follow-up
A. Tuulonen
Anagnostakis - Trantas lecture:
Unmet needs in exfoliative glaucoma
G. Hollo
12.45 - 14.00
SYMPOSIUM VIANEX
«Current approach in the medical treatment of glaucoma»
Coordinator:
A. Konstas
Speakers:
Μ. Irkec, A. Katsanos, D. Mikropoulos, K. Boboridis
14.00 - 15.30
Lunch
15.30 - 16.30
LECTURES
J. Garcia-Feijoo
K. Barton
S. Melamed
16.30 - 17.45
SYMPOSIUM ALCON
«Optimized combined therapy in glaucoma»
Coordinator:
N. Mylopoulos
Speakers:
G. Hollo, A. Konstas, F. Topouzis
Coffee Break
18.00 - 19.00
19.00 - 20.00
LECTURES
W. Nolan
J. Salmon
J. E. Jacobsen
«Management of various glaucoma types»
Current approach to angle closure glaucoma
Update on pigmentary glaucoma
Managing pediatric glaucoma
SYMPOSIUM RAFARM
«Generics in glaucoma: Myths and reality»
Coordinator:
D. Papaconstantinou
Speakers:
Ι. Januleviciene, A. Diagourtas, P. Machairas
«Perspectives in glaucoma management»
Monitoring rate of progression in glaucoma
Do we need ophthalmologists or high tech machines for making a diagnosis?
Update on selective laser trabeculoplasty
«Perspectives in glaucoma surgery»
When glaucoma surgery is indicated? Factors to consider
Postoperative care for a successful glaucoma surgery
Cyclodestruction: an alternative to filtering surgery?
Ultrasound cyclodestruction
Coffee Break
18.00 - 18.30
LECTURES
S. Melamed
J. Vergados
«Beyond trabeculectomy»
Schlemm's canal manipulation
Twenty years' experience with the Ahmed valve
18.30 - 19.30
ROUND TABLE
«Management of secondary glaucoma»
Coordinator:
G. Mangouritsas
Speakers:
K. Barton, J. Salmon, P. Zafirakis, V. Kozobolis