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UKPGS 2025 Programme 
24th January 2025

CPD = 8 self-accredited points (Royal College for Ophthalmologists)

08:00 - 09:00  

Registration & Refreshments

Ready yourself for a day of being immersed in paediatric glaucoma research and clinical topics 

08:00 - 09:00  

President's Welcome

Peng T. Khaw, London, UK

09:10 - 10:03

SESSION 1 - RESEARCH

Session introduction

1 - Assessment of a novel ultrasound biomicroscopy-based classification of corneal changes in paediatric glaucoma as a prognostic tool
Shrushti Hunashyal, Chandigarh, India.

2 - Phacomatosis pigmentovascularis versus Sturge-Weber syndrome: Comparative outcomes of primary combined trabeculotomy with trabeculectomy in early onset glaucoma
Gowri Pratinya Kolipaka, Hyderabad, India.

 

3 - Visual and surgical outcomes of childhood glaucoma following cataract surgery
Brenda Bohnsack, Chicago, USA.

 

4 - Evaluation of swept-source anterior segment OCT as an in-office non-contact procedure for diagnosing early-onset childhood glaucoma
Sushmita Kaushik, Chandigarh, India.

5 - Visual field abnormalities in Sturge-Weber syndrome and phacomatosis pigmentovascularis: Clinical implications
Sirisha Senthil, Hyderabad, India.

6 - Integrating clinical and UBM perspectives for the classification of Peters anomaly with glaucoma
Manik Sardana, Chandigarh, India.

 

09:47 - 10:03: Discussion Panel

10:03 - 10:55

SESSION 2 - CLINICAL

Session introduction

7 - Efficacy and safety of the PRESERFLO™ MicroShunt in paediatric glaucoma
Susana Duarte, Lisbon, Portugal.

8 - Influence of CYP1B1 variants on phenotypic characteristics and therapeutic outcomes in primary congenital glaucoma patients from Northern Portugal
David Alves, Porto, Portugal.

9 - Children with primary congenital glaucoma and failure to thrive
Rizwan Malik, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

10 - Outcomes of gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy in juvenile glaucoma
Serhat Imamoglu, Istanbul, Turkey.

11 - Long-term paediatric glaucoma outcomes in a different world
Deep Sarode, Glasgow, UK.

12 - Exudative retinal detachment without choroidal effusion following glaucoma surgery in a child with Sturge-Weber syndrome
Alejandro M. Perez, Miami, USA.

10:40 - 10:55: Discussion Panel

10:55 - 11:20 TEA/COFFEE, POSTERS, EXHIBITION

11:20 - 12:15

SESSION 3 - ANGLE SURGERY SYMPOSIUM

Session introduction

13 - Intermediate outcomes of GATT in paediatric glaucoma: A promising surgical approach?
Hussain Aluzri, Birmingham, UK.

14 - Gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy in specific severe paediatric glaucoma cases
Murat Gunay, Trabzon, Turkey.

15 - Efficacy of gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) in paediatric glaucoma
Anchal Gera, Chandigarh, India.

16 - Trabeculotomy outcomes in paediatric patients with steroid-induced ocular hypertension and glaucoma - a case series
Mathilde von Arenstorff, Copenhagen, Denmark.

17 - Bimanual circumferential canaloplasty and goniotomy (BCCG) technique with illuminated microcatheter: Reporting clinical outcomes in a paediatric population
Alejandro Marin, Miami, USA.

18 - Intraoperative real-time OCT-guided Ab externo trabeculotomy
Daniel M. Vu, Boston, USA.

19 - Illuminate the concealed; an innovative method for identifying Schlemm's canal
Bhawesh Saha, Patna, India.

20 - A Simple step made the journey great
Shahinur Tayab, Assam, India.

12:01 - 12:15: Discussion Panel

12:15 - 12:35

Invited Lecture: Glaucoma-surgical retina case studies

Chetan K. Patel

Oxford, UK.

12:25 - 13:25 LUNCH, POSTERS, EXHIBITION               

UKPGS AGM - 12:40 - 13:20

13:25 - 14:06

SESSION 4 - TUBE SYMPOSIUM

Session introduction

21 - Initial results of the Paul Ahmed Comparison (PAC) study in refractory childhood glaucoma
Mohamed Sayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

22 - The Paul glaucoma implant in a paediatric cohort
Clarissa Fang, Manchester, UK.

23 - Long-term outcomes of glaucoma drainage devices following failed initial combined trabeculotomy and trabeculectomy in refractory primary congenital glaucoma
Sirisha Senthil, Hyderabad, India.

24 - Long-term outcomes of tube shunt surgery in aniridia-related glaucoma
Jeremy Tan, London, UK.

25 - Factors associated with early tube revision surgery in paediatric glaucoma patients
Alejandro M. Perez, Miami, USA.

13:51 - 14:06: Discussion Panel

14:06 - 14:45

SESSION 5 - GENETICS SYMPOSIUM

Session introduction

26 - CYP1B1 variants in Indian primary congenital glaucoma: Genetic profiling and clinical outcomes
Gowri Pratinya Kolipaka, Hyderabad, India.

27 - Genetic screening and counselling for families with primary congenital glaucoma (PCG): Three years of experience at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH) in Saudi Arabia
Areej Alizary, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

28 - Unravelling genotype-phenotype correlations in primary congenital glaucoma: Whole exome sequencing insights from North India
Vyshak As, Chandigarh, India.

29 - Decoding the genotype-phenotype relationship in aniridia-associated glaucoma
Manik Sardana, Chandigarh, India.

30 - CYP1B1 keratopathy in neonatal congenital glaucoma: Genetic insights and clinical implication
Sirisha Senthil, Hyderabad, India.

14:32 - 14:45: Discussion Panel

14:45 - 15:26

SESSION 6 - RAPID FIRE

Session introduction

31 - Turning the tide: Vitreous management can prevent vision loss in young with angle closure glaucoma and inherited retinal dystrophies
Sirisha Senthil, Hyderabad, India.

32 - Exuberant steroid response after angle surgery in juvenile open angle glaucoma patients
Sebastian Lacau, Miami, USA.

33 - Phenotypic variability in monozygotic twins with familial Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome and FOXC1 mutation
Kasem Seresirikachorn, Miami, USA.

34 - Sirolimus and Sturge-Weber syndrome: Early glaucoma outcomes in two patients
Ray Areaux, Minneapolis, USA

35 - From oversights to insights: Neonatal-onset glaucoma in neurofibromatosis
Sushmita Kaushik, Chandigarh, India.

36 - Glaucoma tube shunt removal as primary surgical intervention for improved cosmesis of tube-related strabismus
Tolgahan Uyar, Boston, USA.

37 - From eyes to kidneys: Exploring the PAX2 connection in congenital primary aphakia and papillorenal syndrome
Gowri Pratinya Kolipaka, Hyderabad, India.

15:14 - 15:26: Discussion Panel

15:26 - 15:36

CGRN Update

​Alana L. Grajewski, Miami, USA.

15:36 - 15:55 TEA/COFFEE, POSTERS, EXHIBITION

15:55 - 16:37

SESSION 7 - RAPID FIRE

Session introduction

38 - Screening childhood glaucoma with an automated, offline, artificial intelligence algorithm deployed on a smartphone-based fundus camera – Pilot study
Sirisha Senthil, Hyderabad, India.

39 - Exam under anaesthesia for paediatric glaucoma: A simulation-based training
Harita Abraham, Miami, USA.

40 - Comparison of visual acuity and strabismus pre- and post-Baerveldt 350 glaucoma drainage device placement in refractory childhood glaucomas
Brenda Bohnsack, Chicago, USA.

41 - Effect of trabeculodescemetic window perforation in deep sclerectomy on intraocular pressure in primary congenital glaucoma
Nouf Alzendi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

42 - Differences in intraocular pressure measurements by tonometer type in children with glaucoma and suspected glaucoma
Yeabsira Mesfin, San Francisco, USA.

43 - A unique intersection: Congenital onset glaucoma in neurofibromatosis type-1
Gowri Pratinya Kolipaka, Hyderabad, India.

44 - Prognostic significance of early post-operative choroidal detachment in patients with congenital glaucoma operated on with non-penetrating deep sclerectomy
Nouf Alzendi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

16:24 - 16:37: Discussion Panel

16:37 - 17:18

SESSION 8 - VIDEO SYMPOSIUM

Session introduction
 

45 - Ultrasound B-scan in paediatric glaucoma: A non-invasive solution to complex diagnoses
Gowri Pratinya Kolipaka, Hyderabad, India.

46 - Surgical resection for capsular ingrowth of valved drainage devices in paediatric uveitic glaucoma patients
Matthew Javitt, Boston, USA.

47 - A novel surgical technique: Management of chronic Baerveldt Glaucoma Implant hypotony using a thermal cauterised ball-tip prolene suture to occlude aqueous flow
Jay Richardson, Birmingham, UK.

48 - Gonioscopy assisted transluminal trabeculotomy as a surgical option for acute hydrops secondary to primary congenital glaucoma
Vyshak As, Chandigarh, India.

49 - Paul glaucoma implant operation in a familial aniridia case with severe limbal stem cell deficiency
Alev Ozcelık Kose, Istanbul, Turkey.

 

17:03 - 17:18: Discussion Panel

17:18 -17:25

Prizes and acknowledgements  

UKPGS Committee

17:25 -18:10

NOEL RICE LECTURE

Can we “cure” paediatric glaucoma – lessons from half a century of clinical treatments and research

Peng T. Khaw

London, UK

18:10 - 18:15

President's closing comments  

Peng T. Khaw London, UK

18:15 - 20:00

 Drinks and Dinner (Ticket entry only)

 Drinks and and a 2-course buffet dinner

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