P R O G R A M
15th Congress of Bulgarian Society of Ophthalmology
“Light Matters”
27 September 2023 Wednesday
Sky Hall Maritim conf center
13.00 – 14.45 ICO exam preparatory course
13.00 – 13.45 Part 1
14.00 – 14.45 Part 2
15.00 – 17.45 MSQ test
15.00 – 15.45 MSQ test Modul 1
16.00 – 16.45 MSQ test Modul 2
17.00 – 17.45 MSQ test Modul 3
28 September 2023 Thursday
Sea Hall Maritim conf center
YO international program
7.30 – 18.00 Registration (desk Marea Medical, Maritim Hotel)
8.30 – 10.00 Anterior segment – from problems to solutions…
8.30 – 9.00 (1) Dry Eye 360: A Comprehensive Journey | Oksana Vitovska (Ukraine)
9.00 – 9.30 (2) UBM – INTERACTIVE…. | Helena Filipe (Portugal)
9.30 – 10.00 (3) EDOF versus multifocal lenses | Cristina Nicula (Romania)
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 13.15 New therapeutic opportunities in ophthalmology
10.30 – 11.00 (4) Regenerative medicine in treatment of Dry eye disease | Edit Toth-Molnar (Hungary)
11.00 – 11.30 (5) Един ден в спешното | Радина Киркова
11.30 – 12.00 (6) Ocular Surface Case Presentations | Afsun Sahin (Turkey)
12.00 – 12.30 (7) How to approach keratitis patient? | Afsun Sahin (Turkey)
12.30 – 12.55 (8) Ménage à trois: Sex, sex steroids and dry eye disease | David A Sullivan (USA) – video presentation
12.55 – 13.15 (9) Eyes Are The Story | Amy Sullivan (France) – video presentation
13.15 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 14.20 (10) Anterior PVR – contemporary approaches | Borislav Dabov (BG language)
14.20 – 15.10 (11) Ocular trauma | Ilian Shandurkov (BG language)
15.10 – 16.00 (12) Ocular emergencies | Borislav Kuchukov (BG language)
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Challenges of cataract surgery
16.30 – 17.00 (13) Anterior capsule the “front door”… Ivan Tanev (BG language)
17.00 – 17.30 (14) Worst complications of cataract surgery, posterior capsular rupture: preventing and management | Izzet Can (Turkey)
17.30 – 18.00 (15) Secondary IOL Implantation today | Claudette Abela-Formanek (Austria)
18.00 – 19.00 YO presentations (Rapid fire poster presentations of participating young ophthalmologists)
29 September 2023 Friday
Sea Hall Maritim conf center
8.00 – 18.00 Registration (desk Marea Medical, Maritim Hotel)
9.00 – 11.00 CATARACT – Free presentations
Panel: Andrey Andreev, Dimitar Taskov, Alec Topov
9.00 – 9.07 (16) Monovision after Femto-LASIK – an alternative to CLE with multifocal intraocular lenses | Dimitar Dimitrov
9.08 – 9.15 (17) Modern correction with monofocal EDOF IOL | Plamen Hubanov
9.16 – 9.23 (18) Analysis of contrast sensitivity in patients implanted with E-DOF intraocular lenses | Boriana Irinkova
9.24 – 9.31 (19) EDOF and quality of vision | Tosho Mitov
9.32 – 9.39 (20) Corneal Incision- Factors for Hermetic Seal and Stability | Vladimir Petkov
9.40 – 9.47 (21) Monofocal vs. premium monofocal IOL?! | Rubie Hayrula
9.48 – 9.55 (22) Results after implantation of TORIC Sulcus fixated IOL AddOn | Antoaneta Sabeva
9.56 – 10.03 (23) Cataract extraction in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) | Anna Petkova
10.04 – 10.11 (24) One-year experience with CAPSULASER | Silvia Stoyanova
10.12 – 10.19 (25) More precise surgical procedure – light matters | Alec Topov
10.20 – 10.35 (26) Bikomed – company presentation: Functional Intermediate Vision with Premium monofocal | Dimitar Taskov, Alec Topov
10.36 – 10.56 Key Note (27) Intrascleral IOL fixation in the absence of a capsular bag: Carlevale lens and the Canabrava technique – step by step | Claudette Abela-Formanek (Austria)
10.56 – 11.00 Discussion
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Joint symposium of BSO and BRS: “Current problems in managing retinal ablation”
Panel: Iva Petkova, Yani Zdravkov
11.30 – 11.40 (28) In the beginning is the vitreous body | Iva Petkova
11.40 – 11.55 (29) Choise of operative technique in primary retinal ablation | Irina Kuneva
11.56 – 12.03 (30) Exstraocular surgery for regmatogenous retinal ablation | Vesela Mitkova–Hristova
12.04 – 12.19 (31) Bayer company presentation – 360 view of aflibercept | Miltiadis Tsilimbaris
12.20 – 12.30 (32) Recurrent retinal detachments – when and why? / Yani Zdravkov
12.31 – 12.38 (33) PVR after vitreo-retinal surgery | Elena Maksimova (7 min)
12.39 – 12.54 (34) Special retinal detachments | Daniela Mitova, Neviana Veleva, Iva Petkova
12.55 – 13.00 Discussion
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 16.00 Cornea and anterior ocular surface – free presentations
Panel: Snejana Murgova, Bisera Samsonova, Ralitsa Kermedchieva
14.00 – 14.07 (35) “Ordinary” blepharitis – when and why can conventional therapy fail | Stela Dikova
14.08 – 14.15 (36) Dryness in the eyes? The diagnosis crystalizes | Yordanka Basheva-Kraeva
14.16 – 14.23 (37) First results from Dry eye treatment with REXONEYE | Bisera Samsonova
14.24 – 14.31 (38) Beta-radiation therapy for superficial conjunctival lesions | Vladimir Staikov
14.32 – 14.39 (39) DMEK – results and problems | Raina Angelova, Ivo Borshukov
14.40 – 14.47 (40) Nightmares in the OR – Episode 4/New Hope/Corneal perforation after refractive surgery | Ilian Shandurkov
14.48 – 14.55 (41) Surgical approach in the treatment of keratitis – what can and what can’t | Snejana Murgova
14.56 – 15.03 (42) Clinical Approach in the Treatment of Corneal Ulcus | Petrana Stoycheva
15.04 – 15.11 (43) Keratoconus progression after PKP. Clinical approach | Galina Fileva
15.12 – 15.19 (44) Clinical application of Brillouin spectroscopy to evaluate the corneal bioelasticity in patients with low grade topographic irregularity | Yavor Angelov
15.20 – 15.35 (45) Thea Pharma – company presentation: Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease | Andrzej Grzybowski (Poland)
15.36 – 15.43 (46) Laser vision correction in patient with retinitis pigmentosa | Aleksandra Stefanova
15.44 – 15.51 (47) Refractive correction in Keratoconus | Maria Slavova
15.52 – 15.59 (48) Femtosecond laser astigmatic correction – our experience in cataract surgery | Neli Bodurova
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
Key note: Scientific highlights with practical applications
16.30 – 16.45 (49) Macular atrophy evolution in neovascular AMD eyes under anti-VEGF treatment | Miltiadis Tsilimbaris
16.45 – 18.30 Joint symposium of BSO and BGS
Panel: Stanislava Kostova, Marin Atanasov
16.45 – 16.52 (50) Are structural and functional findings in glaucoma always in direct proportional relation? | Bissera Samsonova
16.53 – 17.00 (51) Pseudophakic malignant glaucoma-various surgical solution | Denitsa Cholakova
17.01 – 17.16 (52) World Medicine company presentation – The importance of NSAI drops in cataract surgery | Emrullah Tasindi
17.17 – 17.24 (53) Therapeutical and sugical management of secondary glaucoma, as an outcome of infectious endocarditis | Milen Lazov
17.25 – 17.32 (54) Selective laser trabeculoplasty in pregnancy and lactation – clinical cases | Nikolay Dakov
17.33 – 17.40 (55) Advantages of surgical treatment of glaucoma | Botio Angelov
17.41 – 17.48 (56) Comparative study on the effectiveness of the Preserflo and XEN glaucoma implants in the surgical treatment of primary open-angle glaucoma | Veselin Daskalov
17.49 – 17.56 (57) Hydrus Implant in Glaucoma therapy- is it worth it? | Georgi Yordanov
17.57 – 18.04 (58) The role of Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) treatment in glaucoma patients with ocular surface disease | Monika Dimitrova
18.05 – 18.12 (59) First treatment results with the ‘Stop and Go’ technique of micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (MP-TSCPC) | Tz. Dimitrov, T. Zlatkov, D. Petkova, M. Georgieva
18.13 – 18.20 (60) Primary prophilaxys in socially significant diseases | Vasil Katsarov
18.20 – 18.30 Discussion
Sky and Wind Halls – Maritim Conf Center
International Program
9.00 – 10.30 Symposium of the Romanian CL Society
Led by Adriana Stanila
Persistent Epithelial Defect with different approaches?
9.00 – 9.15 (61) What is PED and what managerial strategies do we adopt | Adriana Stanila
9.15 – 9.30 (62) Stem Cells in PED | Cristina Nicula
9.30 – 9.45 (63) When applying TCL in PED | Simona Radu
9.45 – 10.00 (64) Autotological therapy in the treatment of PED | Alina Stanila
10.00 – 10.15 (65) Recurrent epithelial erosion | Dan Stanila
10.15 – 10.30 (66) Crosslinking and DEP | Gabriel Vulpe, Loredana Vulpe
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 TFOS symposium: Lifestyle challenges – what, when and how?
11.00 – 11.10 (67) Video Introduction | Amy Gallant Sullivan (France)
11.10 – 11.22 (68) Contact Lens | Adriana Stanila (Romania)
11.23 – 11.35 (69) Cosmetics | Christina Grupcheva (Bulgaria)
11.36 – 11.48 (70) Lifestyle Challenges | Jun Feng (China)
11.49 – 12.01 (71) Societal Challenges | Afsun Sahin (Turkey)
12.02 – 12.14 (72) Elective Medications & Procedures | Helena Filipe (Portugal)
12.15 – 12.30 (73) Discussion and video overview by David A Sullivan (USA)
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.30 Symposium of the Turkish ophthalmological Society
Led by Izzet Can
13.30 – 13.45 (74) The effect of daylight on eye health | Ayşegül Mavi
13.45 – 14.00 (75) Should we refrain from blue light? | Banu Turğut Öztürk
14.00 – 14.15 (76) Femtosecond laser in refractive surgery | Emrullah Taşındı
14.15 – 14.30 (77) Recently Trifocal and EDOF IOLs | Izzet Can
14.30 – 15.30 Innovations in ophthalmology across Europe
Panel: Edith Toth-Molnar, Cristina Nicula, Helena Filipe
14.30 – 14.45 (78) Lacrimal gland ductal organoids: „arteficial” tears from „natural” source | Edith Toth-Molnar
14.45 – 15.00 (79) Modern management of keratoconus | Cristina Nicula (Romania)
15.00 – 15.15 (80) Cornea and Ocular Surface: the latest and the greatest… | Helena Filipe (Portugal)
15.15 – 15.30 (81) Myopia control in 2023 | Andrzej Grzybowski (Poland)
15.30 – 16.30 Symposium of the Polish ophthalmological Society
Led by Bożena Romanowska Dixon and Jacek Szaflik
15.30 – 15.40 (82) Differential diagnosis of intraocular tumors | Bożena Romanowska Dixon
15.40 – 15.50 (83) Femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery | Jacek Szaflik
15.50 – 16.00 (84) Alzheimer’s disease and glaucoma – comparison of retinal structure and microvasculature | Jakub Kaluzny
16.00 – 16.10 (85) The use of anti-VEGF preparations in glaucoma surgery | Iwona Grabska Liberek (video presentation)
16.10 – 16.20 (85.1) Secondary outcomes of lens and cataract surgery: More than just “best-corrected visual acuity” | Piotr Kanclerz
16.20 – 16.30 (85.2) Cyberaddiction and visual disorders | Piotr Wozniak
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 – 18.30 POSTERIOR SEGMENT – Free papers
Panel: Petia Vasileva, Desislava Koleva, Georgi Markov
17.00 – 17.07 (86) Pneumatic vitreolysis in the treatment of vitreomacular traction syndrome | Martina Milkovska
17.08 – 17.15 (87) Foveal microstructural changes after successful vitrectomy for macula-off retinal ablation | Desislava Koleva–Georgieva
17.16 – 17.23 (88) Double trouble: bilateral traumatic retinal detachment | Iveta Nedialkova
17.24 – 17.31 (89) Hidden danger behind the pupil | Elizabeta Yankova
17.32 – 17.39 (90) Pachychoroid: pathogenesis and clinical characteristics | Ralitza Kermedchieva
17.40 – 17.47 (91) Individual approach to uveitis treatment | Miroslav Dinkov
17.48 – 17.55 (92) Ocular toxoplasmosis: a retrospective study | Georgi Markov
17.56 – 18.03 (93) Nevus or melanoma malignum | Gabriela Georgieva
18.04 – 18.11 (94) The diagnostic challenge adult-onset vitelliform retinal dystrophy | Elena Mermeklieva
18.12 – 18.19 (95) Geographic atrophy of the macula – therapeutic challenges | Martin Litev
18.19 – 18.26 (96) Nonexudative Macular Neovascularization in Age-related Macular Degeneration | Milena Milkova
18.27 – 18.30 Discussion
Hall Ara – Grand Hotel Flamingo
09.00 – 18.40 / Didactic course for public health specialists
9.00 – 9.10 (97) Ocular health, eye care and visual acuity perspective…. | Christina Grupcheva
9.10 – 9.40 (98) Sight as a public good – prevention, prophylaxis and treatment | Mladena Radeva
9.40 – 10.10 (99) Approach towards low-vision patients – modern treatment approaches | Ivelina Pitakova
10.10 – 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 12.30 Symposium “Myopia control”
10.30 – 11.00 (100) Myopia – epidemiology, social and health consequences | Tsvetelina Mihova
11.00 – 11.30 (101) Myopia control | Maxim Yanev
11.30 – 12.00 (102) Why contact lenses? | Anton Farladzov
12.00 – 12.20 (103) History and future of the pharmacological agents for control of myopia | Maria Boyadzieva
12.20 – 12.30 Discussion
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.30 Role and positioning of visual acuity specialists in the ocular health management
13.30 – 13.50 (104) Role of the nurse | Krasimira Dimitrova
13.50 – 14.10 (105) Role of the medical optician and optometrist | Dalia Stefanova
14.10 – 14.30 (106) Role of the ophthalmologist | Darina Koseva
14.30 – 16.30 Didactic program for medical specialist in the field of ocular health prevention
14.30 – 14.50 (107) Visual acuity | Vladislava Yotsova
14.50 – 15.10 (108) Good practices in optical correction | Petar Boranov
15.10 – 15.30 (109) Visual field | Kaloyana Shangova
15.30 – 15.50 (110) Optical coherent tomography | Darina Koseva
15.50 – 16.10 (111) Corneal topography | Nuster Shiho
16.10 – 16.30 (112) IOP measurement | Iva Getova
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 – 17.20 (113) Glaucoma | Evgeni Neshkinski
17.20 – 17.40 (114) Diabetic retinopathy | Lidia Zaduryan
17.40 – 18.00 (115) Macular degeneration | Silvia Nikolaeva
18.00 – 18.20 (116) Prophylactic programs for ocular health prevention | Krasimira Dimitrova
18.20 – 18.40 Discussion
For all participants:
19.30 – 23.00 Traditional Bulgarian medicine
Курсове / Courses
Practical course of Sopharma – Zeiss
Jaco Hall Grand Hotel Flamingo
9.00 – 18.00 Optical Biometry basics – practical solutions for improving IOL calculations | Scott McNamara
Practical course of Bikomed-Alcon
Bikomed presentation booth exhibition hall Maritim Hotel
10.00 – 18.00 Kатаракта с Fidelis VR Ophthalmic Surgical Simulator на Alcon / Cataract with Fidelis VR Ophthalmic Surgical Simulator by Alcon
Course Contact correction of astigmatism
Flamingo Grand Hall
17.00 – 18.30 Course Contact correction of astigmatism – step by step | Christina Grupcheva
Practical course for intravitreal injections of Bayer
Corella Grand Hotel Flamingo
9.00 – 18.00 Practical course for intravitreal injections
30 September 2023 Saturday
Sea Hall Maritim conf center
8.00 – 18.00 Registration (desk Marea Medical, Maritim Hotel)
9.00 – 10.30 My “cataract time capsule”….(Symposium of the young promising ophthalmologists)
Commander: Georgi Taskov, Pilots: Chakarov, Boyadjiev, Dimitrov, Surchev, Trajkovski
9.00 – 9.12 (117) My cataract time capsule | Chakarov
9.13 – 9.25 (118) Excessive myopia + cataract = now what? | Boyadjiev
9.26 – 9.38 (119) A young surgeon’s cataract capsule | Dimitrov
9.39 – 9.41 (120) On the minimalism and astigmatism in IOL explantation | Surchev
9.42 – 9.54 (121) Luxury inside the capsule | Trajkovski
9.55 – 10.07 (122) My multifocal time capsule | Taskov
10.08 – 10.30 Discussion
10.30 – 11.00 (123) Company presentation
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Cataract and refractive surgery – experience does matter
Panel: Lukan Mishev, Alec Topov, Aleksandar Angelov
11.30 – 12.00 (124) Today, which one is better? Trifocal IOLs vs EDOF IOLs | Emrullah Taşındı vs İzzet Can (Turkey)
12.01 – 12.15 (125) Challenging cases of cataracts with selective laser capsulotomy | Alec Topov
12.16 – 12.30 (126) A challenging cataract – my solution | Lukan Mishev
12.31 – 12.45 (127) Traumatic cataract | Borislav Kuchukov
12.46 – 13.00 (128) Evolution of ReLEx Smile – Clinical experience with Visumax 500 and Visumax 800 | Aleksandar Angelov
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 14.30 Awards ceremony
14.30 – 15.20 The big debate: “FOR and AGAINST 3D surgery”
15.20 – 16.00 Innovative therapeutic approaches
Panel: Christina Gupcheva, Iliyan Shandurkov, Ivo Borshukov
15.20 – 15.40 (129) Keynote: The role of femtolaser in treatment of open angle glaucoma | Zoltan Nagy (Hungary)
15.41 – 15.50 (130) Endothelial transplantation – 10 years’ experience with DMEK | Ivan Tanev
15.51 – 16.00 (131) DMEK – results and problems| Ivo Borshukov
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
Sky and Sea Halls – Maritim Conf Center
9.00 – 11.00 Joint symposium of BSO and Bulgarian society of Pediatric ophthalmology, Neuroophthalmology and Ophthalmogenetics (BSPNO) – “ Challenges in the clinical practice or when 2+2 does not equal 4”
Panel: Aleksandar Oscar, Neviana Veleva
09.00 – 09.15 (132) Non-infectious optic neuritis in children and adults – what do we need to know? | Aleksandar Oscar
09.16 – 09.23 (133) Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy in Bulgarian patients, differential diagnosis with other hereditary optic neuropathies | Silvia Cherninkova
09.24 – 09.31 (134) OCT in neuroophtalmology | Alina Levy
9.32 – 9.39 (135) Late appearance of concomitant esotropia | Nadejda Muneva
9.40 – 9.47 (136) Bilateral brown syndrome | Ognyan Mladenov
9.48 – 9.55 (137) Anomalous head posture | Galina Dimitrova
9.56 – 10.03 (138) Intermittent acquired Braun syndrome | Inga Kulaksis
10.04 – 10.11 (139) Myopia – modern diagnostic and therapeutic approaches | Gabriel Dimitrov
10.12 – 10.19 (140) Syndromic forms of myopia | Neviana Veleva
10.20 – 10.27 (141) Choroideremia – a family case | Yoanna Kaneva
10.28 – 10.35 (142) Sensoneurinal hearing loss in patients with inherited retinal dystrophies | Silvia Stoeva
10.36 – 10.43 (143) Clinical case of a 17-years old patient with right-sided homonym defects | Galina Gocheva, Bisera Samsonova
10.44 – 11.00 Discussion
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.00 “Dabov” prize for young ophthalmologists
Panel: Borislav Dabov, Sofia Yakimova
11.30 – 11.40 (144) Pneumatic vitreolysis in the treatment of vitreomacular traction syndrome: a comparison of pneumatic vitreolysis and combined pneumatic vitreolysis with simultaneous cataract surgery | Martina Milkovska
11.40 – 11.50 (145) Clinical correlates of congenital blepharoptosis or what have we learned over a five-year period? | Kremena Boyanova
11.50 – 12.00 (146) Swept-Source OCTA features of choroidal nevi and assessment of malignancy risks | Lilit Shahinyan
12.00 – 13.00 Plenary session dedicated to prof. Stoimen Dabov
12.00 – 12.05 (147) Short biography
12.05 – 12.25 (148) Vitreomacular disease: diagnosis, management and surgery | Claudette Abela-Formanek (Austria)
12.25 – 12.45 (149) A look from inside | Ivan Tanev
12.45 – 13.00 Discussion
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Retina
Panel: Zornitsa Zlatarova, Desislava Koleva, Irina Kuneva
14.30 – 14.37 (150) ОСТ, ОСТА and Computer perimetry in the diagnosis of myopic neuropathy | Teodora Cholakova
14.38 – 14.45 (151) Myopic Maculopathy | Daniela Mitova
14.46 – 14.53 (152) Myopic foveoschisis – rate of progression and indications for treatment | Eva Evartian
14.54 – 15.01 (153) Macular quantitative indexes in nonexudative age-related macular degeneration by optical coherence tomography-angiography | Vladimir Stavrev, Nely Sivkova
15.02 – 15.17 (154) Novartis – company presentation
15.18 – 15.25 (155) ULTRA WIDEFIELD imaging methods of the eye fundus | Natalia Botsevska
15.26 – 15.33 (156) Combined Treatment in Patients with Chronic Recurrent and Resistant DME | Miroslava Nikolova
15.34 – 15.41 (157) Central retinal vein occlusion in a young patient with thrombophilia | Vesela Hristova, Nely Sivkova
15.42 – 15.49 (158) Role of electrophysiologal studies for detection of simulation and aggravation in ophthalmology | Elena Mermeklieva
15.49 – 16.00 Discussion
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.30 General meeting of BSO and presentation of novel techniques and new books
16.30 17.30 General meeting of BSO
17.30 – 18.00 Presentation of novel techniques and new books
17.30 – 17.45 (159) From the video library of a Bulgarian ophthalmologist | Christina Grupcheva
17.45 – 18.00 (160) The story of a sunken IOL | Denislav Troshev
18.00 – 18.15 (161) Bulgarian ophthalmological review | Zornitsa Zlatarova
18.15 – 18.30 (162) New books | Iliyan Shandurkov
Hall Ara – Grand Hotel Flamingo
9.00 – 11.00 Socially significant problems and clinical cases
Panel: Atanas Kalaidjiev, Georgi Yordanov, Atanas Georgiev
9.00 – 9.07 (163) Contemporary aspects of ophthalmopediatric health care | Krasimira Dimitrova
9.07 – 9.14 (164) Increased frequency of preschool myopia and muopia-induced amblyopia | Stefan Dragoev
9.15 – 9.22 (165) Myopia in Bulgarian school children: prevalence, risk factors, and health care coverage | Mila Dragomirova
9.23 – 9.30 (166) Myopia control – what and when? | Maria Stoeva
9.31 – 9.38 (167) The Long Journey of Healing, case report | Gergana Svetoslavova (video presentation)
9.39 – 9.45 (168) Changes in the anterior eye segment in children with retinopathy of prematurity | Silvia Krumova
9.46 – 9.53 (169) Tiny eye, huge problem! Case report of a patient with nanopthalmos and zonular instability | Atanas Georgiev
9.54 – 10.01 (170) Combined surgical and medical treatment for diabetic macular edema | Maria Yaneva
10.02 – 10.09 (171) Acute retinal necrosis – therapeutic approach and complications | Nadezda Stoyanova
10.10 – 10.17 (172) Differential diagnosis of serous retinal detachment | Krasimira Deneva
10.18 – 10.25 (173) A case of posterior scleritis with complications in an 11-year-old child | Nina Stoyanova
10.26 – 10.33 (174) When the ophthalmologist meets Gorlin-Goltz | Kalina Racheva
10.34 – 10.41 (175) Pupil in focus | Ramazan Salimehmedov
10.42 – 10.59 (176) Christmas miracles | Ivelina Pitakova
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30 Oculoplastics
Panel: Zornitsa Zlatarova, georgi Balchev, Milena Sredkova
11.30 – 11.45 (177) Clinical signs and surgical correcrtion of marginal entropion | Milena Sredkova
11.45 – 12.00 (178) Orbital tumours – surgical treatment for a period of 1 year | Georgi Balchev
12.00 – 12.07 (179) MESO sutures in Ophthalmology | Tsvetina Ivanova
12.08 – 12.15 (180) Cancerous formations of the palpebrae and periocular zone – a 5-year retrospective analysis of frequency, histology and surgical techniques | Tania Koleva
12.16 – 12.23 (181) Surgial reconstruction of medial defects | Georgi Balchev
12.24 – 12.30 Discussion
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.30 – 15.30 Electrophysiology of vision – a course | Elena Mermeklieva
15.30 – 16.10 Integrated care – free presentations
Panel: Yordanka Kirilova, Jeny Borisova
15.30 – 15.37 (182) What to expect in cases with Marfan’s syndrome – challenges in the OR | Yordanka Kirilova
15.38 – 15.45 (183) Sleep apnea and the eye | Jenny Borissova
15.46 – 15.53 (184) Obstructive sleep apnea in ophthalmology | Anita Ivanova
15.54 – 16.01 (185) Ocular manifestations in modern anticancer biological therapy | Radina Kirkova
16.02 – 16.10 Discussion
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
Courses
Practical course of Bikomed–Alcon
Bikomed presentation booth exhibition hall Maritim Hotel
10.00 – 18.00 Kатаракта с Fidelis VR Ophthalmic Surgical Simulator на Alcon / Cataract with Fidelis VR Ophthalmic Surgical Simulator by Alcon
Perunika Hall
For all participants:
20.00 – 23.00 Past, present and future in ophthalmology – a video impression
1 October 2023 Sunday
Sea Hall Maritim conf center
9.00 – 12.00 Integrated care – interdisciplinary symposium
Panel: Christina Grupcheva, Iva Petkova, Zornitsa Zlatarova, Marin Atanasov, Aleksandar Oskar, Vesela Ivancheva, Desislava Koleva, Snejana Murgova, Kalina Trifonova, Mario Milkov, Silvia Cherninkova
9.00 – 9.20 (186) Neurosurgery and ophthalmology | Yavor Enchev
9.20 – 9.30 Discussion
9.30 – 09.50 (187) Neurology and ophthalmology | Michael Tsalta
9.50 – 10.00 Discussion
10.00 – 10.20 (188) ENT and ophthalmology | Nikolay Sapundziev
10.20 – 10.30 Discussion
10.30 – 10.50 (189) Cardiology and ophthalmology | Yoto Yotov
10.50 – 11.00 Discussion
11.00 – 11.20 (190) Endocrinology and ophthalmology – focus on TAO | Mira Siderova
11.20 – 11.30 Discussion
11.30 – 11.50 (191) Anesthesia – why, when, what, how…in the 21st century | V. Platikanov
11.50 – 12.00 Discussion
12.00 Congress Official closing
Program print version HERE | Program booklet HERE
Posters:
- Bilateral preceptal cellulitis as a complication of streptococcal pansinuatis – a clinical case | Vera Zeleva
- Surgically induced necrotizing scleritis | Petia Todorova
- Optic disc drusen – а case report | Kristina Petkova
- IOP follow-up in patients after Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy | Tanya Toneva
- Comparative analysis of two automatic methods for measuring the interpupilary distance for far | Elitsa Hristova
- A rare case of sarcoid granuloma in the anterior orbit presenting clinically as a tumor | Desislava Slavcheva
- A clinical case of infectious keratitis after COVID-19. Corneal leucoma | Teodor Daskalov
- A therapeutic approach for macular edeama diue to retinitis pigmentosa | Mihaela Zaharieva
- A study on the effects of of digital device usage on the vidion of adolescents | Tunjay Yozturk
- Atypical ocular manifestation of multipal sclerosis /a case report/ | Maria Djarova–Giosheva
- Combined trochlear paresis and contralateral ptosis | Kremena Boyanova
- Risk factors for low-tension glaucoma | Kalina Racheva
- Retinopathy of prematurity as а cause of severe visual impairment and blindness among students from school for visually impaired students “Prof. Dr. Ivan Shishmanov”– Varna | Anna Ilieva
- Summary of a four-year clinical experience with the application of subliminal laser therapy in relation to chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) | Stefan Nedev
- Microhook ab-interno trabeculectomy combined with Kahoo Dual Blade goniotomy | Nora Velikova
- The puzzle of one occlusion | Radina Kirkova
- Ptosis surgery – a modified minimally invasive procedure | Ivan Tanev
- Corneal involvement during robot surgery under general anesthesia | Vasilena Vasileva
- The enemy within” – presentation of 2 clinical cases of endogenous endophthalmitis | Luba Dimitrova
- VisualEyes: A multimodal online platform example | Zehra Bahar Gey
- Clinical case of proliferative hypertensive retinopathy | Milen Lazov
- Pseudoptosis caused by traumatic changes in the right frontal area | Greta Kircheva
Additional Morning Sports activities:
29.09.2023 @ 7.30am – morning Marathon EyeRUN (5 km). With additional fee of 20 BGN
30.09.2023 @ 7.30am – morning Tabata EyeJUMP (45 min). With additional fee of 20 BGN
01.10.2023 @ 7.30am – morning competition IRONEyeDoc (60 min). With additional fee of 20 BGN