International Presentations

Our NHS consultant surgeon Ali Mearza has a keen interest in clinical research and has presented his work at numerous National and International meetings.

He has presented the LASIK results from Focus at the American as well as the European Society of Cataract and refractive surgery meetings with the results being amongst the best in the world. As Mr Mearza is subspecialty trained in cornea and cataract as well as refractive surgery, he has also conducted clinical research in these related topics and has presented to a worldwide audience.

Mr Mearza presenting Focus LASIK results at the European Society of Cataract & Refractive surgeons (ESCRS), Paris, France. September 2010.

4th – 8th September 2010
ESCRS Meeting, Paris, France. Oral Presentation: Six month results of myopic LASIK with the Ziemer LDV Femtosecond laser and Wavelight ALLEGRETTO Eye-Q excimer laser.
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9th-14th February 2010
ASCRS Meeting, Boston, USA. Course presentation: Management of Severe Ocular Trauma for the anterior segment surgeon.
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9th-14th February 2010
ASCRS Meeting, Boston, USA. Video Presentation: Cosmetic Iris Implants: Serious complications and removal technique.
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9th-14th February 2010
ASCRS Meeting, Boston, USA. Poster Presentation: Six-month results of myopic LASIK using femtosecond laser combined with excimer laser.
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12th - 16th September 2009
ESCRS Meeting, Barcelona, Spain. Poster Presentation - Outcomes of corneal transplantation surgery: a 6 year review and quality of life assessment.
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8th - 12th September 2007
ESCRS Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden. Oral Presentation: Corneal collagen cross linking in the management of Keratoconus - A Pilot Study.
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2nd - 4th February 2007
Winter ESCRS Meeting, Athens, Greece, Oral Presentation: Schwind Vs Wavelight 400Q - 6 month visual and refractive outcomes.
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2nd - 4th February 2007
Winter ESCRS Meeting, Athens, Greece. Poster Presentation: Retreatment using the Schwind ESIRIS Platfrom- 6 month follow up data.
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11th - 14th November 2006
American Academy of Ophthalmology, Las Vegas, USA. Poster Presentation: Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty-12 month data.
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11th - 14th November 2006
American Academy of Ophthalmology, Las Vegas, USA. Poster Presentation: Comparative study of astigmatic change after cataract surgery.
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14th - 18th October 2005
American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago, USA. Poster Presentation: Deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty using a small incision technique.
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10th - 14th September 2005
ESCRS, Lisbon, Portugal. Oral Presentation: Experience and early results of deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty using a small incision technique.
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24th - 27th September 2004
EVER, Portugal. Poster Presentation: Clinical Experience with the Ahmed Valve implant in a non-tertiary ophthalmic unit.
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17th - 22nd September 2004
ESCRS, Paris. Poster Presentation: Visual Outcomes in Complicated Cataract Surgery.
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4th - 8th May 2003
ARVO, Fort Lauderdale, USA. Poster Presentation: Aqueous levels of ofloxacin following oral administration using capillary zone electrophoresis.
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14th December 2002
COSSOM Meeting, Sydney, Australia. Oral Presentation - Case Presentation - An unusual case of lattice dystrophy.
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5th - 10th May 2002
ARVO, Fort Lauderdale, USA. Poster Presentation: The penetration of oral ciproflaxacin into the aqueous humour.
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28th Feb - 2nd March 2002
ISOPP, Seville, Spain. Poster Presentation: Capillary zone electrophoresis to measure ciprofloxacin levels in the aqueous humour
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25th - 27th January 2002
ESCRS -Winter Meeting, Barcelona, Spain. Oral Presentation: The value of the first post-operative day review following routine penetrating keratoplasty.