

BOWMAN Club 2022 Programme
Friday 25th March, 09:00 - 17:30 6 CPD Points (RCOph)
Lecture Theatre - Old Divinity School
Registration open from 08:00
17:09 – close: Announcement of the BOWMAN prize and BOWMAN Club Member discussion
09:00 – 09:10: Introductions and welcome
Madhavan Rajan, Cambridge
09:10 – 10:00: Trainee Presentations: BOWMAN prize 2022
Co-Chairs: John Sharp, Cambridge & Kirithika Muthusamy, London
09:10 – 09:20
Conjunctival genetic 'fingerprinting' in ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid
Jesse Panthagani, Birmingham
09:20 – 09:30
Long-term outcomes of rebubbling and graft detachment in Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty using a standardised protocol
Lana Fu, London
09:30 – 09:40
Personalised model to predict keratoconus progression from demographic, topographic and genetic data
Olivia Li, London
09:40 – 09:50
Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty patching (DMEP) - selective endothelial replacement in eyes with localised endothelial dysfunction
Luis García-Onrubia, London
09:50 – 10:00
Discussion
10:00 – 10:45: Corneal infection
Chair: Frank Larkin, London
10:00 – 10:15
Antimicrobial resistance – Should we be worried?
Stephen Tuft, London
10:15 – 10:30
iCAM array – A one stop diagnostic test for all microbes
Martin Curran, Cambridge
10:30 – 10:45
Non-antibiotic treatment of microbial keratitis
Stephen Kaye, Liverpool
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee & Tea Break - HALL St John's College with BAOP
11:15 - 13:00
JOINT MEETING - BAOP & BOWMAN Club
Lecture Theatre Old Divinity School
11:15 – 11:30: Pathological correlation of severe corneal diseases: Rituximab for severe Mooren’s ulcer
Erika Damato, Dominic O’Donovan, Mayen Briggs, Madhavan Rajan, all Cambridge
11:30 – 12:00: Pathology & genetics of corneal dystrophies
Dr Caroline Thaung, FRCOphth FRCPath DPhil
Consultant Ophthalmic Pathologist, Moorfields Hospital & University College London (UCL), London, UK
12:00 – 13:00: Professor David Easty Annual Lecture: SARS-CoV-2 and the eye
Professor James Chodosh, MD MPH
Edith Ives Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch - HALL St John's College
BOWMAN Club Programme Friday 25th March, continued
Lecture Theatre - Old Divinity School
14:00 – 15:18: Surgical cornea
Co-Chairs: Emma Hollick, London & Tom Poole, Frimley
14:00 – 14:13
Femtosecond enabled keratoplasty techniques for keratoplasty
Hatch Mukherjee, Colchester
14:13 – 14:26
Preloaded Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty grafts with endothelium outward
Vito Romano, Liverpool
14:26 – 14:39
Our experience of DMEK wet lab-training course as a precursor to starting DMEK service at NHS Trusts during COVID-19 pandemic in UK
Tina Khanam, London
14:39 – 14:52
Corneal neurotisation using the greater auricular nerve: A novel solution for congenital trigeminal anaesthesia
Nicola Lau, London
14:52 – 15:05
Subconjunctival silicone oil - Presentation, histology and surgical management
Melanie Corbett, London
15:05 – 15:30
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) - An update to all corneal surgeons
Jeremy Prydal, Leicester, Cathy Hopkinson, Bristol & Shaminie Shanmugaranjan, Bristol
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee & Tea Break - HALL St John's College
16:00 – 16:30: Boston K-pro TYPE 1 – clinical experience and an update
James Chodosh, Boston, USA
16:00 – 17:09: Corneal research
Chair: Stephen Kaye, Liverpool
16:30 – 16:43
Keratoconus in the young - KERALINK study results
Frank Larkin, London
16:43 – 16:56
Gut microbiota dysbiosis as a driver of inflammation in ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid
Saaeha Rauz, Birmingham
16:56 – 17:09
Topical insulin in the management of persistent corneal epithelial defects
Sajjad Ahmad, London
19:00 for 19:30: BOWMAN Club Gala Dinner accompanied by music from the Cambridge Rose Quartet: Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Drinks Reception from 19:00, sit-down to Dinner 19:30.
POSTERS
1: A case of Descemet's membrane detachment following penetrating keratoplasty for keratoconus
Nadeem Ahmad, Bradford
2: Trans-epithelial phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) for Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome (RCES)
Mukhtar Bizrah, London
3: Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty versus Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty: 5-year graft survival and endothelial cell loss in patients with Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy
Lana Fu, London
4: Utilising endothelial migration to perform Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty in eyes with deep posterior corneal scarring typically treated with penetrating keratoplasty
Luis Garcia-Onrubia, London
5: Predicting ablation spherical equivalent of prior LASIK treatment from corneal pachymetry map
Arthur Hammer, London
6: Cornea guttata in transplanted donor tissue, is there a need of improvement in the eye bank screening?
Arthur Hammer, London
7: Impact of fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides on P. aeruginosa virulence factor production and cytotoxicity
Stephen Kaye, Liverpool
8: Transepithelial PTK / limited non topoigraphic PRK combined with corneal crosslinking for keratoconus
Hatch Mukherjee, Colchester
9: Galilei topography vs Anterion topography. Same patient, different results?
Mustafa Yusuf, Halifax