Department of Surgery and Radiology Mumbai Veterinary College
in association with
Kwanza and iCare
HOST

Everyday Ophthalmology for the Small Animal Practitioners

Eminent Speaker

Dr. James Oliver

BVSc PhD CertVOphthal DipECVO MRCVS
United Kingdom

James graduated from the University of Bristol with distinction in 2002. He spent 5 years in general practice where he developed his passion for veterinary ophthalmology. He achieved European Specialist status in 2011 and has worked as a Specialist in several referral hospitals in the UK and currently heads up the ophthalmology team at Dick White Referrals which is based just outside Cambridge, United Kingdom. James has extensive experience in research, is widely published in the scientific literature, and has completed a PhD in the genetics of canine glaucoma. James has also written a book on feline ophthalmology and has made contributions to other textbooks on various aspects of veterinary ophthalmology. He is actively involved in the teaching and training of vets in their pursuit of improved understanding and post-graduate qualifications in this field. James is past Chair of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists’ Education and Residency Committee.

Two-Full Day Course Program

(Breakfast, Lunch, and Tea are Included)

18th-19th of October 2024

Centre of Excellence of Veterinary Minimally Invasive and Diagnostic Imaging Center for Treatment, Research and Training, Department of Surgery and Radiology, Mumbai Veterinary College (MAFSU), Mumbai, India

Early Bird Fee: 49,900 INR till 26/08/2024 Afterwards: 54,900 INR

This 2-day course will provide the latest information on basic eye ophthalmology (theoretical lectures and practical training in a wet lab). The course will be limited to 25 attendees and the wet lab is set up with 8 workstations. Each station is fully equipped with equipment and instruments for the wet lab and with goat heads for each participant (total 25).

 

You will learn what drugs to use, discuss dry eye, corneal ulcerations, feline eye diseases, learn how to perform ophthalmic eye examination, third eyelid and eyelid surgeries, keratotomy, and enucleation. Lectures will focus on surgical techniques, instrumentation, and complications of surgery.

Day 1: Theoretical Ophthalmology

09:00 AM: Registration & breakfast
09:30 AM: Welcome and Introduction
10:00 AM:Ocular therapeutics: what drugs to stock and when to use them?
11:30 AM: Tea break
11:45 AM: ‘Dry eye’ – what do I need to know?
01:15 PM:  Lunch
02:00 PM: Approach to corneal ulceration in cats and dogs
03:30 PM: Tea break
03:45 PM: Letting the cat out of the bag: demystifying feline eye diseases
04:30 PM: Q&A
05:00 PM: End of the day

Day 2: Practical Ophthalmology

09:00 AM: Breakfast
09:30 AM: How to perform an ophthalmic examination
11:00 AM: Tea break
11:15 AM: Patient preparation, surgical instrumentation & keratotomy procedures
12:45 PM: Lunch
01:30 PM: Third eyelid and eyelid surgery
03:00 PM: Tea break
03:15 PM: How to perform an enucleation: the transconjunctival approach
04:30 PM: Certificate signing and distribution
05:00 PM: End of the day

 

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Centre of Excellence of Veterinary Minimally Invasive and Diagnostic Imaging Center for Treatment, Research and Training, Department of Surgery and Radiology, Mumbai Veterinary College (MAFSU), Mumbai, India

07709153661

courses@kwanzavet.com