JEDDAH: The fifth International Red Sea Ophthalmology Symposium (RSOS) will be inaugurated in Jeddah on Wednesday by Prince Abdul Aziz bin Ahmed, chief of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society.
Ali bin Mohammed Al-Khairi, chairman of the organizing committee and the representative of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society in the Western Region, said that the four-day forum was approved by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties and will include 30 hours of medical education for participants.
Almost 200 speakers and lecturers, including 78 international speakers and 116 speakers from the Kingdom, will take part in the forum.
“The symposium will include more than 120 scientific sessions distributed between medical seminars, courses, workshops, in addition to the Web Lab workshops on artificial and natural eyes for the purpose of training in advanced and new surgical procedures in the fields of glaucoma, cataract, and different corneal transplantation procedures,” said Al-Khairi.
More than 600 scientific work papers will be presented along with 50 courses, workshops, and more than 20 manual workshops for training in the operations of glaucoma, cataract and lamellar keratoplasty.
Courses will also be held in optics, contact lenses, and the treatment of double vision and severe visual impairment.
The symposium has been organized by the Saudi Ophthalmological Society and the National Guard Hospital in Jeddah represented by the Deanship of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences in Jeddah, in collaboration with King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah, the King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah Eye Hospital, the ophthalmology departments of King Abdul Aziz University, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, King Abdullah Medical City in Makkah, along with the American Academy and European School of Ophthalmology.
All eyes on Jeddah ophthalmology forum
All eyes on Jeddah ophthalmology forum
- The symposium will include more than 120 scientific sessions
