Past International Events

ISMSICS sessions in ESIO Conference, Geneva, Switzerland

ISMSICS was invited to conduct a 4.5-hour session and a wet lab training at the prestigious ESIO 2024 conference in Geneva, Switzerland. This event marked the 4th Conference of the European Society for International Ophthalmology.

During the conference, Dr. Amulya Sahu, Dr. Jagannath Boramani, and Dr. Neeta Dodwad delivered an engaging 4.5-hour session, which included both wet lab training and lectures. They shared their expertise and best practices in Basic and Advanced Techniques of MSICS. Dr. Nitin Verma, the Chairperson of the Australian Chapter of ISMSICS and the head of the International Training Wing of ISMSICS, was also part of the faculty.

This conference was a significant milestone in the journey of ISMSICS and played a key role in generating global interest in MSICS.

Installation of LATAM Chapter and CPD on ‘Advanced MSICS’

The Latin America (LATAM) Chapter of ISMSICS was installed virtually on September 14, 2024. The installation ceremony was moderated by Dr Neeta Dodwad and Dr Aarti Heda.

The installation was also followed by CPD on ‘Advanced MSICS’. The speakers were DR Carlos Gomez Chavez, Dr Juan Alfonso Russo Negron, Dr Neeta Dodwad, Dr Nilutparna Deori and  Dr M S Ravindra. The webinar was moderated by Dr Purvi Bhagat and Dr Rajwinder Kaur.

Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology(PAAO) organised an ISMSICS webinar on 20th July. 2024. The speakers were Dr Neeta Dodwad, Dr Jagannath Boramani, Dr Amulya Sahu, Dr Nilutparna Deori and Dr M S Ravindra. The discussants were Dr Boris Malyugin (Russia), Dr Karla Pamela Gonzalez-Daher (Mexico), Dr Huda Al Dhaheri (UAE) and Dr D Enkhzul (Mangolia).

Dr Helena Filipe (Vice President of PAAO) co-ordinated the webinar. The moderators were Dr Neeta Dodwad and Dr Kimaya Chavan.

Installation of Mangolia Chapter of ISMSICS and Webinar 
The Mangolia Chapter of ISMSICS was virtually installed on 18th April 2024 and a webinar was held following the installation ceremony.

ISMSICS was invited to Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Conference 2024 (APAO2024) held during 23rd Feb to 26th Feb 2024 at Bali Indonesia, to conduct two MSICS wet lab training Sessions. There were a massive 263 registrations for the 20 seats available. The faculty were Dr Jagannath Boramani, Dr Neeta Dodwad and Dr Kimaya Chavan. Dr Boramani also held meetings with Dr Nitin Verma and other ISMSICS leaders from Asia-Pacific region.

ISMSICS was invited to Emirates Society of Ophthalmology Conference (ESO2024) held during 1st Feb to 3rd Feb 2024 at Hotel Hilton, YAS Island Abu Dhabi, UAE.  The faculty were Dr Jagannath Boramani, Dr Neeta Dodwad, Dr Kimaya Chavan, Dr Santosh Bhide, Dr Manisha Rathi and Dr Priyanka Boramani. ISMSICS was given a session, a workshop and a wet lab. Dr Jagannath Boramni and Dr Manisha Rathi were also interviewed for ESO Channel (https://eso-conferences.com/eso-studio/#1700385679301-01a45351-3b09)
Dr Boramani was felicitated by UAE minister His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, for his great support to ESO.

ISMSICS was invited for a session on MSICS for the 23rd International Scientific Practical Congress, at Moscow during 5th October to 7th October 2023. The faculty were Dr Amulya Sahu , Dr Ashok Nanda , Dr Neeta Dodwad , Dr Jatinder Bali and Dr Aarti Heda. Dr Amulya Sahu performed live surgery in the conference in the Fyodorov Eye Institute and demonstrated 2mm MSICS to the conference audience in the main hall. The RUSSIAN chapter of ISMSICS was launched during the Annual conference of the Russian Ophthalmology Society in Moscow, with Dr Boris Malyugin as Chairman and Dr Ivan Tkachanko as the secretary.

ISMSICS was invited to Emirates Society of Ophthalmology Conference (ESO2023) held during 1st Feb to 3rd Feb 2024 at Hotel Hilton, YAS Island Abu Dhabi, UAE. The UAE Chapter of ISMSICS was launched in this conference and a MOU was signed with ESO regarding this. The faculty were Dr Amulya Sahu, Dr Jagannath Boramani, Dr M S Ravindra, Krishnaprasad Kudlu, Dr Anil Shah, Dr Nilutparna Deori and Dr Priyanka Boramani. ISMSICS was given a session and a workshop. Our global partner, HelpMeSee had also arranged training on MSICS Simulators in this conference.

INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF CAMEROON CHAPTER
Wednesday, 18″ October 2023

MSICS – Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery WORKSHOP 2022
11th-12th June 2022

Emirates Society of Ophthalmology in collaboration with ISMSICS conducted ‘hands on’ surgical training at Grand Hyatt, Dubai on 11th & 12 June 2022. Dr. Jagannath Boramani (India) and Dr. Hossam Ziada(Egypt) were invited speakers. Though majority of delegates were from UAE, surgeons from Kuwait, Sudan, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and UK also attended the workshop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn0Gq3nW86o

ISMSICS Bangladesh Chapter Session at OSB Conference 2020
04-Feb-2020

Hall-A, Krishibid Institute Hall, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Organized By : Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh (OSB)

Panelists: Prof. Ava Hossain, Prof. Md. Sharfuddin Ahmed, Prof. Md. Shafiqul Islam, Prof. Hasan Shahid, Prof. Masum Habib, Prof. Md. Mizanur Rahman, Dr. Saiful Islam Bhuiyan, Dr. Dilip Kumar Debnath. Moderator: Dr. Mahziba Rahman Chowdhury. Speakers: Prof. Md. Sharfuddin Ahmed, Dr. Ashraful Huq Ridoy, Dr. Swapan Kumar Biswas, Dr. Md. Mostak Ahmed, Dr. Md. Shirajul Islam, Dr. Purobi Rani Debnath, Dr. Utpal Sen.

ISMSICS Bangladesh Chapter Installation
19-Jul-2019

Hotel Intercontinental, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Organized By : Bangladesh Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons

Installation program was organised by BSCRS at Collaborate 2019 conference. The meeting was attended by 400+ doctors from Bangladesh & West Bengal. Installation was inaugurated by Dr. Debasish Bhattacharya, President Elect, ISMSICS.

ISMSICS Egypt chapter installation
26-Jun-2019

Hilton Hotel ,Cairo

Organized By : IVISION

Installation was organised by IVISION in hotel Hilton ,Cairo , meeting was attended by 100+ doctors from different parts of Egypt. Dr Satanshu Mathur & Dr Parikshit Gogate conducted installation ceremony along with Dr Hossam ziada from Egypt Dr Lalit Verma & Dr Deepak Mishra were invited faculty from India.
Egypt chapter :
Names:
1- Honorary Chairman
Prof Magdy Khallaf
2- President
Prof Hossam Ziada
3- General Secretary
Dr. Mahmud Shafik
4-Chairman Scientific committee
Prof Hisham Fawzy

First ISMSICS PHILIPPINES ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
05-Dec-2018

Mall of ASIA, Manila

Organized By : Philippines Chapter of ISMSICS

The PHILIPPINES chapter of ISMSICS held its very first meeting in Manila. It was a well attended event with more than 50 msics eye surgeons from all over the nation. Eye surgeons from far off places like Mindanao, Visayas, Central Luzon. attended the meeting. Chairman Dr. Kadil Sinolinding and President Dr. Miguel Tomas S. Sarabia briefed the delegates about the purpose and motto of ISMSICS. It was decided to hold regular meetings in Philippines and to conduct MSICS training programmes across the country.

IC & Wet lab at WOC 2018, Barcelona
16-Aug-2018

Barcelona

Organized By : The International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons (ISMSICS)

ISMSICS eperts conducted an Instruction Course in World Ophthalmology Conference (WOC2018) in Barcelona, Spain. As a satellite program, an SICS wet lab was arranged in Barraquer Eye Institute Barcelona,

Invited to conduct Wet Lab, APACRS, KL, 2015
13-May-2015

Kuala Lumpur

Organized By : The International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons (ISMSICS)

ISMSICS experts were invited to conduct SICS wet lab during Asia Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons’ annual conference in Kuala Lumpur in 2015.

7th International Conference, South Africa, 2013
15-May-2013

South Africa

Organized By : The International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons (ISMSICS)

The 7th international conference of ISMSICS was held in South Africa in 2013. Free surgeries were also done by ISMSICS surgeons. The camp was organised by Kwa Zulu Natal Eye Care Coalition

4th International Conference, Egypt, 2009
20-May-2009

Egypt

Organized By : The International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons (ISMSICS)

The 4th international conference of ISMSICS was in Egypt, in 2009. This was jointly held with Egyptian Society Of Cataract and Corneal Disease and The Italian Refractive Surgery Society.

6th International Conference, Phillipines, 2009
20-May-2009

Phillipines

Organized By : The International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons (ISMSICS)

The 6th international conference of ISMSICS was at Manila, Phillipines jointly with annual conference of Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology in 2009

3rd International Conference, Indonesia, 2008
12-Mar-2008

Makassar, Indonesia

Organized By : The International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons (ISMSICS)

The 3rd international conference of ISMSICS was at Makassar, Indonesia in 2008. In fact this conference of Indonesian Ophthalmologists’ Association and Singapore Society of Opthalmology was held under the agies of ISMSICS. Again this was a conference with Wet lab, Live surgeries and scientific deliberations. The 2008 edition of Journal of ISMSICS was launched in the inaugural ceremony.

2nd International Conference, Malaysia, 2007
10-May-2007

Malaysia

Organized By : The International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons (ISMSICS)

The second international conference of ISMSICS was hoisted by Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. This was a 3 days’ event with Wet lab, Live surgeries and scientific deliberations. The second edition of Journal of ISMSICS was launched in the inaugural ceremony.

The formation of ISMSICS was first announced on 28 th August 2005 in Mumbai in a Live surgical CME
28-Aug-2005

Wockhardt Eye Hospital,Mumbai

Organized By : The International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons (ISMSICS)

The formation of ISMSICS was first announced on 28 th August 2005 in Mumbai in a Live surgical CME organised at Wockhardt Eye Hospital. Since then the organisation never looked back.

1st International Conference, China, 2005
19-May-2005

China

Organized By : The International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons (ISMSICS)

The 1st international conference of ISMSICS was organised in 2005 in Being China. Dr. Sahu took a delegation of about 30 surgeons, who enjoyed the warm hospitality of their chinese counterparts.

Installation of LATAM Chapter and CPD on ‘Advanced MSICS’

The Latin America (LATAM) Chapter of ISMSICS was installed virtually on September 14, 2024. The installation ceremony was moderated by Dr Neeta Dodwad and Dr Aarti Heda.

The installation was also followed by CPD on ‘Advanced MSICS’. The speakers were DR Carlos Gomez Chavez, Dr Juan Alfonso Russo Negron, Dr Neeta Dodwad, Dr Nilutparna Deori and  Dr M S Ravindra. The webinar was moderated by Dr Purvi Bhagat and Dr Rajwinder Kaur.