Courses

Ophthalmology

JUNE TUBE BLEB LAB

Date: Monday 2 June 2025

Venue: ICENI Centre, Colchester Hospital

Suitable for: East of England Deanery Trainees

Course Details: 

Baeveldt, ClearPath & EyePlate, EyeWatch, EyeTube, PAUL GI Tube, Preserflo and XEN45 video analysis.

Practice using Tube implants for peritomy/dissection, MMC micro-sponges, muscle hooks for S+L recti, anchoring techniques and sutures, intraluminal prolene tubes, removal of resealable stent sutures in theatre and on slit lamp and perioperative care and management of complications.

Surgical instructors:

  • Mr Georgios Chatzithanasis
  • Mr Dimitios Lolos
  • Mr Nuwan Nyadurupola
  • Mr Anthimos Vlavianos
  • Mr Chrys Dimitriou

This course will be open for booking soon.

Mr Chrys Dimitriou

Mr Chrys Dimitriou

Course Director

iGLEAMS in 3D – East of England Glaucoma Microsurgical Symposium

DATE: Next Date TBC

SUITABLE FOR: Ophthalmic Surgeons, Nurses, Trainees & Theatre Staff, & Optometrists.

EXAMPLE PROGRAMME FROM 2024- Day One

  • ‘The Battle of Schlemm’s Canal: Which MiGS, Who, Why and When.’
  • ‘Real World 24 Month Results of MINIject Surgery and Early Experience with MiMS.’
  • ‘Target IOP?  Poor Thing!’
  • ‘The Future of Lasers in Glaucoma.’
  • ‘Pioneering a Simulation Lab for Eye Surgery: Top Tips.’
  • ‘MiGS for Kids.’
  • ‘Trabecular Imaging Techniques post-MiGS.’
  • ‘Do You Believe in MiGS after MiGS.’
  • ‘New Horizons and Latest Discoveries in Aqueous Angiography and Outflow Imaging.’
  • Cinema 3D Session of NGenuity MiGS Cases.
Delegate Quotes from iGLEAMS 2024:
  • “Excellent and informative day.  Really enjoyed and will be back next year!”
  • “Would highly recommend.  The second day was great and really interactive.”
  • “Loved listening to experts in the field.  The 3D surgeries were the highlight of the day.”
Mr Chrys Dimitriou

Mr Chrys Dimitriou

Course Director and Consultant Ophthalmologist

Mr Dimitriou is an award-winning substantive consultant ophthalmic surgeon, specialising in modern cataract surgery and glaucoma therapy, as well as all general eye conditions. He regularly performs small-incision phacoemulsification and femto-laser assisted cataract surgery (>33-40 operations per week) both routine and advanced in near-sighted and short-sighted eyes with small pupils, angle closure, narrow chambers, and co-existing glaucoma.