10th International Congress on Glaucoma Surgery
February 6-8, 2020
London, England
WELCOME TO THE CONGRESS | 10th International Congress on Glaucoma Surgery
Dear friends,
It is a great pleasure to invite you to take part in the 10th International Congress on Glaucoma Surgery (ICGS), to be held at the historic Church House, London – UK on February 6-8, 2020. Over the last 20 years, the ICGS has emerged as the key scientific meeting in the field of Glaucoma surgery offering an opportunity for immediate skill transfer from some of the most gifted glaucoma surgeons across the globe. This unique scientific meeting generates great enthusiasm and is renowned for garnering widespread interest and enrolment.
The world of glaucoma surgery is fast evolving and requires keen cooperation and harmonization between research, device innovations, and technical refinements in the surgical management of glaucoma. The prime focus of the ICGS is glaucoma lasers and surgery; however it endeavours to incorporate all aspects of glaucoma care, including epidemiology, diagnostics and medical therapy in order to be increasingly relevant to the glaucoma practitioner.
We are expecting the who’s who of the world of glaucoma; a multinational cast of key glaucoma leaders, premier guest speakers and corporate representatives from all glaucoma-related fields. Our target audience includes glaucoma specialists, general ophthalmologists and related professionals from all over the world.
London is a city like no other. It is the best connected city on the planet and one of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities. It’s a city where heritage and technology collide; where historic venues steeped in history stand tall among towering skyscrapers; and where world-famous museums rub shoulders with Michelin-starred restaurants.
The congress venue is Church House Westminster, located in the heart of Central London, in the historic and cultural areas. It is a prime Central London location set within Dean’s Yard and offer a peaceful and green setting along with stunning views of Westminster Abbey whilst being only a few minutes’ walk from Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament and St James’s Park.
We offer you our warmest welcome and hope to make the 10th ICGS Congress in United Kingdom a memorable experience for you!
Tarek Shaarawy
ISGS President
Mark Sherwood
ISGS Vice President
Tanuj Dada
ISGS Secretary General
PROGRAM | 10th International Congress on Glaucoma Surgery
February 6
08.30
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GLAUCOMA
Moderators: Leon Au (United Kingdom), Shamira Perera (Singapore)
IOP assessment
Shibal Bhartiya (India)
Fundamentals of gonioscopy
Zeynep Aktas (Turkey)
Anterior segment imaging for the glaucoma surgeon
Shamira Perera (Singapore)
Laser for the glaucomatologist
Sylvia Groth (USA)
Perimetry essentials
Mohamed El-Malah (Egypt)
09.45
Tea break
Trabeculectomy – step by step
Lineu Shiroma (Brazil)
All you need to know about tubes
Arvind Neelakantan (USA)
Major glaucoma clinical trials
Ziad Khoueir (Lebanon)
Optical coherence tomography in glaucoma
Colin Clement (Australia)
Decision making and clinical scenarios in Glaucoma
Yasmine El Sayed (Egypt)
How to get ahead in ophthalmology
Stephen Cook (South Africa)
12.00
OPENING AND WELCOME
Welcome to the 10th ICGS
Tarek Shaarawy (Switzerland) – President
Tanuj Dada (India)- Secretary General
Sheng Lim (United Kingdom) – Chair Scientific Committee
Welcome to London!
TBA
Honorary President Keynote Lecture
Sir Peng Khaw (United Kingdom)
13.00
EDUCATIONAL PARTNER LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
14.30
COURSE 1
TRABECULECTOMY
Moderators: Colin Clement (Australia),
Deborah Kamal (United Kingdom)
Arvind Neelakantan (USA)
Peter Shah (United Kingdom)
Julian Garcia-Feijoo (Spain)
Walid Tantawy (United Kingdom)
14.30
COURSE 2
DECISION MAKING WHEN THINGS FAIL
Moderators: Lineu Shiroma (Brazil), Jing Wang (Canada)
Akira Matsuda (Japan)
Mark Sherwood (USA)
Paul Sidoti (USA)
Nitin Anand (United Kingdom)
14.30
COURSE 3
MIGS/OTHERS OUTSIDE THE BOX, EVIDENCE-FREE
Moderators: Sidi Mohammed Ezzouhairi (Morocco),
George Spaeth (USA)
Microshunt in uveitic glaucoma
Nathan Kerr
XEN/Baerveldt
Franz Grehn (Germany)
KDB as primary therapy
Tarek Shaarawy (Switzerland)
AGV in eldery POAG
Andrew Crichton (Canada)
14.30
WETLAB 1
Preserflo (Educational Partner – Santen)
15.30
Afternoon tea
16.00
COURSE 4
NEW CILIARY BODY SURGERY
Moderator: Philip A. Bloom (United Kingdom)
Background
Sheng Lim (United Kingdom)
HiFu
Florent Aptel (France)
ECP
Philip A. Bloom (United Kingdom)
Micropulse
Ziad Khoueir (Lebanon)
16.00
COURSE 5
TUBE SURGERY
Moderator: Mark Sherwood (USA)
Paul Sidoti (USA)
Etsuo Chihara (Japan)
Xiulan Zhang (China)
Susana Duch (Spain)
16.00
COURSE 6
SCHLEMM’S CANAL STENTING
Moderator: Norbert Pfeiffer (Germany)
Overview
Randy Craven (USA)
iStent/hydrus
Antonio Maria Fea (Italy)
Istent
Gokulan Ratnarajan (United Kingdom)
iStent/hydrus
Imran Masood (United Kingdom)
16.00
WETLAB 2
Preserflo (Educational Partner – Santen)
February 7
09.00
SESSION 1
DEBATE
Moderators: Laura Crawley (United Kingdom),
Mario Economou (Sweden)
Debate: Congenital glaucoma
Trab/trabeculotomy – John Brookes (United Kingdom)
Others – Joseph Panarelli (USA)
09.00
COURSE 7
DEBATE: OLD VS NEW SURGERY
Moderator: Henny Beckers (The Netherlands)
New stuff
Leon Au (United Kingdom)
Tube & trab
Louis Cantor (USA)
09.00
WETLAB 3
Xen (Educational Partner – Allergan)
10.00
SESSION 2
WHAT’S NEW
Moderators: Makoto Aihara (Japan), Andrew Tatham (United Kingdom)
PGI
Paul Chew (Singapore)
iStar miniject
Philippe Denis (France)
PreserFlo – latest results from study
Tarek Shaarawy (Switzerland)
iStent
Gokulan Ratnarajan (United Kingdom)
Hydrus
Norbert Pfeiffer (Germany)
EyeWatch
Sheng Lim (United Kingdom)
10.00
WETLAB 4
Xen (Educational Partner – Allergan)
11.00
Morning tea
11.30
Thom J. Zimmerman Lecture
Intro: Mark Sherwood (USA)
Jeffrey Freedman (USA)
12.00
EXECUTIVE REVISION
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THE BIG TRIALS?
Moderators: Tanuj Dada (India), Anthony King (United Kingdom)
TVT
Leon Herndon (USA)
ABC/AVB
Yvone Buys (Canada)
PTVT
Saurabh Goyal (United Kingdom)
Independent prospective on all 3 studies
Randy Craven (USA)
12.00
WETLAB 5
Masterclass Trabeculectomy
13.00
EDUCATIONAL PARTNER LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
14.30
COURSE 8
CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA SURGERY
Moderator: Rolando Fernández (Peru), Sayeh Pourjavan (Belgium)
Zeynep Aktas (Turkey)
Albert Khouri (USA)
John Brookes (United Kingdom)
Tuba Atalay (Turkey)
14.30
COURSE 9
CANAL SURGERY CUTTING
Moderator: Julian Garcia-Feijoo (Spain)
Gatt
Zeynep Aktas (Turkey)
KDB
Saurabh Goyal (United Kingdom)
ABic
Patrick Gooi (Canada)
Trabectome
Arthur J. Sit (USA)
14.30
COURSE 10
INNOVATIVE SURGERY FOR DEVELOPING WORLD
Moderator: Shibal Bhartiya (India)
William Sponsel (USA)
Stephen Cook (South Africa)
Seng Chee Loon (Singapore)
14.30
WETLAB 6
Masterclass GDD Implants
15.30
Afternoon tea
16.00
COURSE 11
THE MONEY IN GLAUCOMA SURGERY
Moderator: Yvonne Buys (Canada)
Practicalities of starting a new venture
Cherry Khoo (Singapore)
The last frontier in the business of surgery glaucoma
Greg Kunst (USA)
Omar Sadruddin (USA)
iKey: catching the silent thief
Kate Coleman (Ireland)
Developing eyewatch: current and future business perspectives
Nikolas Stergiopoulos (Switzerland)
16.00
COURSE 12
NPGS
Moderator: Paul Harasymovicz (Canada)
Tarek Shaarawy (Switzerland)
Saleh Obeidan (Saudi Arabia)
Karl Mercieca (United Kingdom)
16.00
COURSE 13
HOW TO READ A PAPER
Throw away p values: use thresholds
George Spaeth (USA)
Anthony King (United Kingdom)
Makoto Aihara (Japan)
Yoshiaki Kiuchi (Japan)
16.00
WETLAB 7
A Fresh Look and a new implant
17.00
Clive Migdal Lecture
Intro: Seng Chee Loon (Singapore)
Paul Chew (Singapore)
Congress Social Dinner
February 8
09.00
SESSION 3
DEBATES
Moderator: Frances Meier-Gibbons (Switzerland)
Debate: Hypotony post surgery: to intervene or not
Yes – Jim Kirwan (United Kingdom)
No – Stephen Vernon (United Kingdom)
Debate: SLT primary treatment
Yes – Gus Gazzard (United Kingdom)
No – Catherine Birt (Canada)
09.00
WETLAB 8
iStent (Educational partner: Glaukos)
10.00
SESSION 4
DEBATES
Moderators: Franz Grehn (Germany), Aung Tin (Singapore)
Debate: Glaucoma surgery – Early vs Late
Early – Anthony King (United Kingdom)
Late – Philippe Denis (France)
Debate: Primary tubes – For and Against
For – Leon Herndon (USA)
Against – Michael Coote (Australia)
10.00
WETLAB 9
iStent (Educational partner: Glaukos)
11.00
Morning tea
11.30
Doug Johnson Lecture
Intro: Franz Grehn (Germany)
Norbert Pfeiffer (Germany)
12.00
London War Room – Combatting Complications
13.00
Moderator: Stephen Vernon (United Kingdom)
Shamira Perera (Singapore)
Colin Clement (Australia)
Syril Dorairaj (USA)
Sylvia Groth (USA)
Vital Costa (Brazil)
13.00
EDUCATIONAL PARTNER LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
14.30
COURSE 14
FREE PAPERS – RAPID FIRE
Moderators: Michael Coote (Australia), Tina Wong (Singapore)
Mid-term clinical results of ab interno trabeculotomy using trabecular
hooks with phacoemulsification in Japanese glaucoma patients
Takashi Omoto, Takashi Fujishiro, Kimiko Asano-Shimizu,
Koichiro Sugimoto, Rei Sakata, Hiroshi Murata, Ryo Asaoka,
Megumi Honjo, Makoto Aihara (Japan)
Initial outcomes of combined phacoemulsification with
endocyclophotocoagulation with and without ab interno
trabeculotomy in open angle glaucoma
Natalia Agudelo, Juan C. Izquierdo, Barbara Rubio, Jorge
Camargo (Peru)
Two-year outcomes of ab interno trabeculectomy with the
Trabectome for Chinese primary open angle glaucoma: a
retrospective multi center study
Chun Zhang1, Wanwei Dai1, Ningli Wang1, China Trabectome
Study Group1, Nils A. Loewen2 (1China, 2USA)
Prevalence of endophthalmitis after aqueous shunt implants and
related procedures in an eye service
Fernanda N. Susanna1, Renata Puertas2, Suzanne Turner2, Nadine
Grant-McKenzie2, Catherine Wagland2, Maria Papadopoulos2
(1Brazil, 2United Kingdom)
Combined 25-gauge (25G) endoscope-assisted pars plana Ahmed
glaucoma valve placement and vitrectomy for advanced glaucoma
with anterior segment abnormalities
Taisuke Matsuda, Sho Yokoyama, Takashi Kojima, Mitsunori
Watanabe, Tatsushi Kaga, Kazuo Ichikawa (Japan)
Impact of preoperative topical difluprednate on trabeculectomy
outcomes: a randomised controlled trial
Jyoti Shakrawal, Shahnaz Anjum, Rima Dada, Ramanjit Sihota,
Tanuj Dada (India)
14.30
COURSE 14 (cont.)
FREE PAPERS – RAPID FIRE
Intracameral bevacizumab versus mitomycin C as adjuncts to
Trabeculectomy; 3-year results
Gerasimos Kopsinis1, Dimitrios Tsoukanas1, Dimitra Kopsini2,
Theodoros Filippopoulos1 (1Greece, 2United Kingdom)
14.30
COURSE 15
NEW FILTERS (XEN/MICROSHUNT)
Moderator: Ali Hafez (Canada)
Xen
Dan Lindfield (United Kingdom)
MicroShunt
Ingeborg Stalmans (Belgium)
Xen ab externo
Joseph Panarelli (USA)
Slit-lamp Xen implantation
Sebastien Gagné (Canada)
Complications
Tarek Shaarawy (Switzerland)
14.30
COURSE 16
COMBINED PROCEDURES
Moderators: José Guajardo (Chile), Ali Hafez (Canada)
Paul Harasymovicz (Canada)
Ali Hafez (Canada)
Yasmine El Sayed (Egypt)
Susan Wakil (Canada)
14.30
WETLAB 10
Micropulse technology (Educational partner – Iridex)
15.30
Afternoon tea
16.00
SESSION 5
THE FUTURE?
Moderator: Tarek Shaarawy (Switzerland)
Future of wound healing in glaucoma surgery
Tina Wong (Singapore)
Big data in glaucoma surgery
Nathan Kerr (Australia)
Future glaucoma trials that will change practice
Stefano Gandolfi (Italy)
Future of devices and techniques in glaucoma surgery
Keith Barton (United Kingdom)
Artificial Intelligence in glaucoma management
William Sponsel (USA)
16.00
COURSE 17
SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS
Moderator: Mark Sherwood (United Kingdom),
Ahmed el Karmouty (United Kingdom)
Suprachoroidal haemorrhage – Glaucoma specialist perspective
Keith Barton (United Kingdom)
Suprachoroidal haemorrhage – VR perspective
Gabriele Thumann (Switzerland)
Corneal decompensation – Corneal perspective
Zsolt Varga (Switzerland)
Tube erosion
Sheng Lim (United Kingdom)
16.00
COURSE 18
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF ANGLE CLOSURE
Moderator: Paul Chew (Singapore)
Aung Tin (Singapore)
Gus Gazzard (United Kingdom)
Stefano Gandolfi (Italy)
17.00
Closing Ceremony & Prizes
WETLAB SUMMARY – ROBERT RUNCIE ROOM
Thursday, February 6 2020
14.30 WETLAB 1
Preserflo (Educational Partner – Santen)
16.00
WETLAB 2
Preserflo (Educational Partner – Santen)
Friday, February 7 2020
09.00
WETLAB 3
Xen (Educational Partner – Allergan)
10.00
WETLAB 4
Xen (Educational Partner – Allergan)
12.00
WETLAB 5
Masterclass Trabeculectomy
14.30
WETLAB 6
Masterclass GDD Implants
16.00
WETLAB 7
A Fresh Look and a new implant
Saturday, February 8 2020
09.00
WETLAB 8
iStent (Educational partner: Glaukos)
10.00
WETLAB 9
iStent (Educational partner: Glaukos)
14.30
WETLAB 10
Micropulse technology (Educational partner – Iridex)
