Programmes of 2023 - The Midland Ophthalmological Society

MOS President's 22nd Winter Meeting, 2023

Saturday 25th February to 4th March 2023

Organised by Mr Anthony O'Driscoll

Hotel Alex, Zermatt, Switzerland

For further details contact Anthony O'Driscoll on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.m who will put you on the group mailing list and will put your name down for the accommodation at the Hotel Alex if desired.

Click here to view the academic program, finalised close to the conference week, with up to 16 CPD points; sessions are committed to subspecialties depending on the number of talks offered - not yet available.

Everyone is encouraged to present but this is not essential.

Most folks stay at the Hotel Alex but this is not imperative.

Hotel Alex

Costs - CHF 536 per room, per night, for 2 people with half-board

- CHF 323 per room, per night, for 1 person with half-board

The tourist tax is included. We reserve a separate area in the restaurant. Guests contact Hotel Alex directly for the bookings, who do require a credit card from the participants to guarantee the booking and a deposit of 50 % 1 month prior to arrival. The price includes our delicious buffet breakfast in the romantic Le Jardin restaurant and if booked on half-board arrangement, gourmet dinner with culinary surprises in the Alex Grill.

The following spa and sport possibilities are at your disposal:

Swimming pool (20 x 25 m) with massage jets, air-bubble-couches, massage seat, waterfall showers and a separate whirlpool. Finnish sauna, tropical shower, infrared seat, steam bath, fitness studio with Technogym equipment, badminton, table tennis, squash court and indoor tennis court. Massage and cosmetic treatments can be booked in advance.

Zermatt has dynamic prices for the ski passes. You find more information regarding skiing at: www.matterhornparadise.ch

Meeting room with daylight from Monday to Thursday, from 15.00 to 19.00 hours has projector, screen, flip chart. We will as well prepare a coffee break corner with coffee, tea, mineral water, orange juice and pastries. The charge for the use of the meeting room inclusive of the coffee break is CHF 140 per person for the 4 days and the participants pay for it directly with us.

Cancellations are possible on the following terms:

up to 2 months prior, no charge, from 2 to 1 months prior 30 % of the full room amount, from 1 month to 15 days 50 % of the full room rates and less than 15 days 100 % of the full room amount.

MOS Spring Meeting, March 2023

Friday 24th March 2023

Subspecialty: Medical Retina/ Surgical videos

Chaired by Mrs Hannah Sharma and Mr Tarun Sharma

Stanbrook Abbey Hotel, Jennet Tree Lane, Callow End, Malvern, WR2 4TY

Please click here to view provisional programme.

Please click here for registration link.

MOS Cyprus Meeting, April 2023

Saturday 22nd to Sunday 23rd April 2023

Pantheo Annual Congress 2023

Under the auspices of Cyprus Ophth Society & University of Nicosia Medical School

At Amathus Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus

To register, telephone +35725735353 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or link.

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Confirmed speakers

Alistair Fielder, Professor of Ophthalmology, UCL, UK
Andreas Yiangou, Consultant Neurologist, Birmingham, UK
Antigoni Koukkoulli, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Pantheo Eye Center, Cyprus
Ash Sharma, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Birmingham, UK
Danilo Paulo, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Birmingham, UK
Humma Shahid, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Cambridge, UK
James Ball, Consultant Ophthalmologist, UK
Joe Abbott, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Birmingham, UK
Johannes P. Eisenack, MD, F.E.B.O,University of Nicosia Medical School Klinik Hirslanden, Zurich, SwitzerlandOphthalmology Lead
Katia Papastavrou, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Pantheo Eye Center, Cyprus
Loukiana Tsierkezou, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Pantheo Eye Center, Cyprus
Mandeep Sagoo, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK
Manoj Parulekar, Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust, UK
Maria Phylactou, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
Marina Syrimi, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Cyprus
Michalis Palos, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Pantheo Eye Center, Cyprus
Peter Cicatricis, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Cyprus
Petros Artistodemou, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Cyprus
Robert Taylor, Consultant Ophthalmologist, York, UK
Son Lett, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Birmingham, UK
Susan Downes, Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, UK
Tarun Sharma, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Worcester, UK
Theodoros Potamitis, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Pantheo Eye Center, Cyprus
Yianna Antoniou, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Cyprus

MOS Summer President's Meeting, June 2023

Friday 9th June 2023

Subspecialty: Paediatric Ophthalmology

Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB

Chaired by Mr Joe Abbott

Banqueting Suite, Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B1 1BB

Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB

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Includes Keynote speaker Dr Chris Turner, talking on 'Civility Saves Lives',

MOS AGM Meeting, October 2023

Friday 6th October 2023

Subspecialty: Uveitis

Chaired by Mr Rob Barry

IET Birmingham: Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street, Birmingham, B1 2NP

Also to include:

MOS Junior Awards 2023 - presentations for academic and clinical awards and poster exhibition.

Middlemore Lecture 2023 - delivered by Professor Peter Shah, QEHB.

MOS AGM.

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