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Past President's Report on Activities 1998 - 2006

G.O.H. Naumann, MD, FRCOphth. (Hon.)

ICO/IFOS President, 1998 - 2002 - 2006

For all the Officers of the International Council of Ophthalmology

A. Annual Council Meetings and General Assembly of IFOS

1998	XXVIII World Ophthalmology Congress : Amsterdam/NL (A. Deutman), with ICO Meeting and IFOS General Assembly
1999	ICO Meeting: Cairo/Nile/Egypt
2000	ICO Meeting: Jerusalem/Israel
2001	ICO Meeting: Buenos Aires/Argentina
2002	XXIX World Ophthalmology Congress : Sydney/Australia (P. Hardy Smith, F. Martin) – "World Meeting of Ophthalmologists," with ICO Meeting and IFOS General Assembly
2003	ICO Meeting: New Dehli/India
2004	ICO Meeting and IFOS General Assembly: New Orleans/USA
2005	ICO Meeting: Firenze/Italy
2006	XXX World Ophthalmology Congress – World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC): São Paulo/Brazil (R. Belfort), with ICO Meeting and IFOS General Assembly

B. Revision of Statutes of IFOS and Regulations of the Council, Congresses and Awards

• Selection of the Gonin Medal, International Duke-Elder Medal and Jules François Golden Medal for 2002 and 2006
  
  
• Establishment of additional Awards: ICO Ophthalmic Pathology Award, Bietti Medal and Tadeusz Krwawicz Gold Medal (www.icoph.org/ic/regsaward.html)

C. Official Registration of Statutes in Zürich/Switzerland

• Publication of Statutes and Regulations in the Amer J Ophthalmol 2000¹ and Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd 2005² (see footnotes)

D. ICO/IFOS Programs, Initiatives and Services

1. Primary Programs for Ophthalmologists

• ICO International Basic Science and Clinical Science Examination Test (www.icoph.org/assess) since 1996 (P. Watson/Great Britain)
  
  
• IFOS/ICO 3-month International Fellowship (www.icoph.org/fellow) since 2000 (B. Gloor/Switzerland)
  
  
• ICO International Clinical Guidelines (www.icoph.org/guide) (R. Abbott/USA)
  
  
• World Ophthalmology Congresses (International Congresses of Ophthalmology) (www.icoph.org/congress)

2. Other Initiatives in Ophthalmic Education

• Education Committee and International Clinical Task Forces: (www.icoph.org/ed/icoed.html) (M.O.M. Tso/USA)
  
  
• Curriculum for Residency Training: (www.icoph.org/ed/icoresident.html)
  
  
• Curriculum for Education  of Medical Students (www.icoph.org/ed/icomed.html)
  
  
• Curriculum for training allied eye care personnel (under development)
  
  
• Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (under development)
  
  
• Pilot project on residency training in Nigeria (www.icoph.org/ed/nigerianews.html)
  
  
• Courses for directors of residency programs (www.icoph.org/ic/programs.html#direct)
  
  
• Atlas of Ophthalmology ("endorsed by the ICO") (www.atlas-of-ophthalmology.com)

3. Research and Standards

• Research Agenda for Global Blindness Prevention ("endorsed by WHO")  (www.icoph.org/research) (A. Sommer/USA)
  
  
• Resolution on "Visual Standards – Aspects and Ranges of Vision Loss" (www.icoph.org/standards/visionres.html) (J.J. deLaey/Belgium)
  
  
• "Vision Requirements for Driving Safety" (www.icoph.org/standards/driving.html)

4. Advocacy, Representation and Policies

• Vision for the Future: International Ophthalmology Strategic Plan to Preserve and Restore Vision (www.icoph.org/prev/plan.html) (B. Straatsma/USA)
  
  
• Advocacy for preservation of vision (www.icoph.org/prev) (H. Taylor/Australia)
  
  
• Participation in "VISION 2020: The Right to Sight" (www.icoph.org/prev/2020.html)
  
  
• Representation of ophthalmology internationally (www.icoph.org/ic/moreprog.html#rep)
  
  
• Policies and positions on medical school curricula, landmines, twinning and other issues related to vision and eye care (www.icoph.org/ic/moreprog.html#pol)

5. Support for Ophthalmologic Societies and other Services

• The ICO Eye Site (www.icoph.org) (B. Spivey/USA and W. Felch/USA)
  
  
• The monthly ICO Leader Letter (www.icoph.org/news/letters.html)
  
  
• ICO Newsletter (printed once a year) (www.icoph.org/news/newsletter.html) (P. Nagpal/India)
  
  
• Database of Societies and Residencies (www.icoph.org/soc/database.html)
  
  
• Directory of International Ophthalmology (contents of database, printed once a year)

6. International Council of Ophthalmology Foundation

• ICOFoundation (formed in 2002 in the USA) (www.icofoundation.org) (B. Straatsma/USA)

E. Standing Committees

Committee	Chair, 2002-2006
Advisory Committee	D. Hoskins
Advocacy	H. Taylor – interim
Examination	P. Watson
Communication	B. Spivey
Congress	R. Belfort
Education	M. Tso
Fellowship	B. Gloor
Foundation	B. Straatsma
Guidelines	R. Abbott
Research	A. Sommer
Standards	J-J. DeLaey

F. Ad Hoc Committees

• Subspecialty Society Membership in IFOS (E. Campos/Italy)
  
  
• Countries with Minimal Ophthalmic Presence (J. Peer/Israel, H. Faal/The Gambia, D. Khan/Pakistan)
  
  
• Eligility for ICO Awards (P. Lichter/USA, J.P. Adenis/France, P. Nagpal/India)

G. Intensify Relationships with

• WHO: "Official Relationship"
  
  
• IAPB (co-founded by IFOS and WBU in 1975) and NGOs:
  VISION 2020: The Right to Sight
  
  
• Advice from Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis: International Ophthalmology's Vision for the Future

H. Attendence at Meetings:

Supranational Meetings by ICO Officers:

• Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology
• European Ophthalmological Society (SOE)
• Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO)
• Pan Arab African Council of Ophthalmology (now the Middle-East African Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO)

Annual National and Regional Meetings by ICO Members

I. Selection of Sites for International Congresses/World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) and Annual Council Meetings – following invitations by national Societies (IFOS members)

2007	ICO Meeting: Cape Town/South Africa
2008	World Ophthalmology Congress/ XXXI World Ophthalmology Congress : Hong Kong/China – D. Lam
2009	ICO Meeting: San Francisco/USA
2010	World Ophthalmology Congress/ XXXII World Ophthalmology Congress : Berlin/Germany – G.K. Lang
2011	ICO Meeting: open
2012	World Ophthalmology Congress/ XXXIII World Ophthalmology Congress : Chicago/USA

 

For all the Officers of the International Council of Ophthalmology:

References:

¹  Am J Ophthal 2000;130: 224-231

²  Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd 2005; 222: 665-673

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