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The Leader Letter is intended to provide news of international ophthalmology and the ICO and highlight resources that we hope will be valuable to leaders. You can read previous letters at: www.icoph.org/news/letters.html. I would like to hear your feedback. We do need your echo and particularly your criticism:
Please send me your comments and criticisms by replying to this e-mail or sending a note to leader@icoph.org. Thank you very much in advance. - Fritz Naumann, MD, ICO President 2. Council To Meet May 11 in Florence
The Advisory Committee to the Council and other ICO Committees meet on May 10 and Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis on May 12, prior to the 3rd International Congress of the Italian Society of Ophthalmology (SOI) (www.soiweb.com/news_reader.php?id=296). Also on the agenda for the Council:
- Bruce Spivey, MD, ICO Secretary General 3. ICO To Define Subspecialty Society Membership in IFOS When it meets in Florence in May, the Council will also consider proposed criteria for accepting ophthalmologic subspecialty societies into the International Federation of Ophthalmological Societies (IFOS). (The ICO is the executive body of IFOS.)Because subspecialty societies play an increasingly important role in ophthalmology and eye care around the word, IFOS voted in 2004 to expand its membership. Previously only the primary national society of ophthalmologists in each country was eligible to join IFOS. Advisory Committee Member Emilio Campos, MD, chairs a committee that will recommend criteria for determining which societies should be eligible to join IFOS. We also hope to define an application process and timing that will allow new IFOS members to participate in the next IFOS General Assembly, February 20, 2006 in São Paulo, Brazil. We look forward to welcoming the new member societies of IFOS, so that they stimulate our activities to improve our profession! The new members shall have the same rights - and also obligations - as the old established membership. Future ICO and IFOS meetings are listed at www.icoph.org/lead/icomeet.html. - Fritz Naumann, MD, ICO President 4. CYBER-SIGHT: Online Ophthalmic Education from ORBIS
ORBIS has developed an impressive initiative in telemedicine and online educational resource for ophthalmologists called CYBER-SIGHT (telemedicine.orbis.org/bins/home.asp). CYBER-SIGHT offers educational materials on eye and vision related topics, an e-learning and e-consultation program, featured cases and a question of the week, with previous questions archived. There is also a feature called an "Ophthalmology Minute," brief, informal discussions of eye care topics, such as neuro-ophthalmology, ophthalmic nursing and pediatric low vision. Eugene Helveston, MD, ORBIS ophthalmologist in chief, leads the development of CYBER-SIGHT. - Mark Tso, MD, ICO Vice President and Education Coordinator 5. News from the Asia Pacific and Pan-American Congresses ICO Advisory Committee Member Yasuo Tano, MD, was elected President of the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology during its Congress, March 27 - 31 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Another Advisory Committee Member, Enrique Graue, MD, became President of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO) at the XXV Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology, March 18 - 21 in Santiago, Chile. Council Member Richard Abbott, MD, was named PAAO president-elect. Both "supranational" society Congresses featured a strong scientific base and were well run and attended, with wonderful social events, including a dinner in Kuala Lumpur with the King of Malaysia. There was also an excellent turnout for the ICO symposium on "Innovations in Managing Cataract Blindness Worldwide" on March 29 in Kuala Lumpur. Thanks to all those who participated. - Bruce Spivey, MD, ICO Secretary General 6. Community Eye Health Journal and VISION 2020 Courses
"What's new in trachoma control?" is the theme of the latest edition of the Community Eye Health Journal, available at www.jceh.co.uk/journal/52.asp. For the index and links to the contents of previous issues of the Journal, see www.jceh.co.uk/journal.asp. Subscription to Community Eye Health is free to eye health workers in developing countries. Visit www.jceh.co.uk/subscribe.asp to subscribe or sign up to receive e-mail notification when new issues are posted online. A five-week full-time course for eye health workers in Planning a VISION 2020 Programme is offered by the International Center for Eye Health (ICEH) in London, starting April 26. See www.iceh.org.uk/tea_sho2.asp. ICEH also offers a one-week short course in Planning for VISION 2020 starting July 4 (www.iceh.org.uk/tea_sho.asp). - Hugh Taylor, MD, Acting ICO Advocacy Coordinator
7. April 15 Early Bird Registration Deadline for São Paulo April 15 is the deadline for early bird registration for the World Ophthalmology Congress, scheduled February 19 - 24, 2006 in São Paulo, Brazil, the week before Carnival. For more information, visit the Congress Web site at www.ophthalmology2006.com.br or send e-mail to: info@ophthalmology2006.com.br. 8. Coming in the May ICO Leader Letter: Report from the VIII International Congress of the Pan Arab African Council of Ophthalmology in Dubai/Middle-East African Council of Ophthalmology (MACO) 9. More News For more news of the ICO and international ophthalmology and resources for ophthalmologic leaders, see the ICO's Eye Site at www.icoph.org. 10. 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 leader@icoph.org. 11. Forward the ICO Leader Letter to your Colleagues If there are other ophthalmologic leaders you think might be interested in seeing this ICO Leader Letter, please forward this issue to them by clicking on this link. 12. Comments, Change of Address, Privacy Policy, Subscribe and Unsubscribe Send comments and suggestions for the Leader Letter to leader@icoph.org. You are subscribed as recipient@youraddress.com. Change your address by sending e-mail to: leader@icoph.org. We do not share e-mail addresses with anyone else. Check our privacy policy at: www.icoph.org/ic/privacy.html. To subscribe to the Leader Letter, visit www.icoph.org/news/subscribe.html. To unsubscribe, reply to this e-mail and type “unsubscribe” (without the quotes) as the subject, click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of this page, or send an e-mail to leader@icoph.org. You can read this ICO Leader Letter online at www.icoph.org/news/leader0504.html. For previous issues, go to www.icoph.org/news/letters.html. Copyright © 2005 International Council of Ophthalmology. All rights reserved. |
