Oxford Ophthalmological Congress

The Oxford Ophthalmological Congress is an annual meeting of ophthalmic surgeons which takes place at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England.[1] Results of the conference are regularly summarized in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. It has also been reported in the British Medical Journal.[2]

The Congress, one of the longest running gatherings of ophthalmic surgeons, was established in 1909 by Robert Walter Doyne.[3] who was also founder of the Oxford Eye Hospital.

History

In 1902, Robert Doyne was appointed the first Reader in Ophthalmology in the University of Oxford.[4] This was a new post: a chair instituted by a benefaction of Mrs. Margaret Ogilvie. Doyne held the chair for 11 years. Doyne was also consulting ophthalmic surgeon to the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford. In 1904 he presided over the section on Ophthalmology at the annual meeting of the B.M.A. British Medical Association when it was held at Oxford in the summer of that year. This meeting was such a success that he was asked to arrange a similar meeting the next year and this was repeated annually, typically in June. As a result of this the Oxford Congress was founded in 1909 - the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress - of which Doyne became the first Master in 1910. In 2014 Parul Desai became the first woman to be Master of the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Oxford Ophthalmological Congress". Oxford Ophthalmological Congress.
  2. ↑ Doggart, J. H. (1951). "Notes: Oxford Ophthalmological Congress Annual Report, 1951". British Medical Journal: 569–570.
  3. ↑ "Oxford Ophthalmological Congress 2012". EyePod. Nature. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences. Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU. "A brief history of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology". University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.optometry.co.uk/news-and-features/news/?article=6159

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