ICO Leader Letter:
News and Resources for Ophthalmologic Leaders

April 2004, Volume 1, Number 1

In This Issue:

1. Please Send Me Your Comments on this First ICO Leader Letter (Fritz Naumann, MD)

2. ICO Leaders Visit Residency Programs in Nigeria (Bruce Spivey, MD)

3. Evaluation of Sutureless Cataract Surgery for Reducing World Blindness

4. ICO Symposium on Managing Cataract Blindness at American Academy (Mark Tso, MD)

5. Improving Women's Eye Health

6. Sixth ICO Newsletter Available for Printing and Distribution (Pran Nagpal, MD)

7. More News from the ICO Eye Site

8. Request for Other News and Resources

9. In the April ICO Leader Letter:
ICO Guidelines for Education of Residents and Subspecialists

10. Comments, Change of Address, Privacy Policy, Subscribe and Unsubscribe

1. Please Send Me Your Comments on this Prototype ICO Leader Letter

Dear Colleagues:

Fritz Naumann, MD

The ICO Leader Letter is intended to provide news of ophthalmology and the ICO and resources that hopefully will be valuable to international leaders.

Please let me know how you think we could improve this letter by replying to this e-mail or sending a note to me at mailto:leader@icoph.org. Thank you very much in advance for your comments and criticisms.

– Fritz Naumann, MD, ICO President

2. ICO Leaders Visit Residency Programs in Nigeria

Bruce Spivey, MD

ICO Council Member Adenike Abiose has organized our visit, which will include stops in Abuja, Kaduna, Calabar, Lagos and Ibadan. Among those participating are Drs. Naumann, Gloor, Abiose and myself and ICO Council Members Daniel Etya’alé, Hannah Faal and Akef El Maghraby.

We were scheduled to meet with the Nigerian Minister of Health and participate in an April 3 symposium of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria on “Improving the Quality and Relevance of Ophthalmological Training in Nigeria.”

– Bruce Spivey, MD, ICO Secretary General

3. Evaluation of Sutureless Cataract Surgery for Reducing World Blindness

"Small Incision Cataract Surgery" is the focus of the latest issue of the Journal of Community Eye Health. The issue features articles on the principles and steps for sutureless cataract surgery, a report on a clinical trial of manual small incision surgery and a discussion of complications, management and learning curves.

In an editorial, Albrecht Hennig, MD, discusses the potential role of sutureless non-phaco cataract surgery in reducing world blindness.

Published by the International Centre for Eye Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Journal is available online at http://www.jceh.co.uk/.

4. ICO Symposium on Managing Cataract Blindness at American Academy

Mark Tso, MD

The symposium will report on medical, technological, operational, and manpower innovations in managing cataract blindness from around the globe.

Speakers from different parts of the world will present the next generation of cataract techniques and discuss how to organize an efficient cataract surgery team to reduce costs.

– Mark Tso, MD, ICO Vice President and Education Coordinator

5. Improving Women's Eye Health

In every part of the world, women have twice the risk as men of losing their vision.

To understand why, and to find remedies to begin to change this situation, the Boston-based Women's Eye Health Task Force hosted a symposium in November on "Improving women's eye health: Strategies to address the greater burden of blindness in women."

A report on the symposium is now available at: http://www.icoph.org/pdf/WEHTFSympSum.pdf

For more information, contact:
Dr. Ilene K. Gipson
Chair of the Executive Committee
Women's Eye Health Task Force
Schepens Eye Research Institute
20 Staniford Street
Boston, MA, 02114
USA
mailto:WEHTF@vision.eri.harvard.edu
http://www.eri.harvard.edu/wehtf

6. Sixth ICO Newsletter Available for Printing and Distribution

Pran Nagpal, MD

The Council has encouraged ophthalmologic societies to seek grants to cover the cost of printing and distributing the ICO Newsletter to all ophthalmologists in their countries, particularly where many do not have Internet access.

– Pran Nagpal, MD, ICO Newsletter Editor mailto:manishad1@sancharnet.in

7. More News

For more news of the ICO and international ophthalmology, see the ICO's Web site at http://www.icoph.org/.

8. Request for Other News and Resources

Do you have other news of international ophthalmology or know resources (particularly on the Web) that would be valuable to society leaders? Please let us know at mailto:leader@icoph.org.

9. Coming in the May ICO Leader Letter:

Revised ICO Guidelines for Education of Residents and Subspecialists

10. Comments, Change of Address, Privacy Policy, Subscribe and Unsubscribe

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