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This annual event is designed to increase your knowledge of neuro-ophthalmology. We are privileged to host experts in the field. The course is especially suitable for ophthalmologists, optometrists, neurologists and nurse specialists.
2025 Meeting
You will never “work” alone
Wednesday 9th July 2025
Manchester Conference Centre & Pendulum Hotel
Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3BB
Programme
Theme: You Will Never “Work” Alone
Full timetable to be confirmed…watch this space!
Abstracts
Submission deadline: 23rd June 2025
Submission to: nwneuroophth@gmail.com. Acknowledgement of receipt will be sent.
Word limit: 250 words.
Candidates selected for oral presentation will be advised accordingly.
There will be a prize for the best oral presentation.
Registration
Please complete the registration form, then payment as per below.
Course Fees
Standard Delegates £100
MFT Employees & Trainees £50
Payment Method: BACS or Payment by Phone
BACS:
Account Name: Manchester University NHSFT 0580
Account No: 10010580 Sort Code: 60-70-80
Reference: neuroophthday
Please email receipt of payment to nwneuroophth@gmail.com
Payment by Phone:
Phone Number: 0161 720 2160 or 0161 720 2161 or 0161 291 2027 or 0161 2912117
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30-13:00, 13:30-15:00
Reference: Northwest Neuro-Ophthalmology Day
Venue
Pendulum Suite
Manchester Conference Centre & Pendulum Hotel
Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3BB
https://www.pendulumhotel.co.uk/
Nearest train station: Less than 10minutes walk from Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road stations
Car: NCP on Oxford Road, postcode M1 7ED - discounted price available from hotel
Mr Ali Yagan
MD. MSc. (Ophth) PGCert (Med Edu.)FRCOphth
Dr Greg Heath
BSc, MBBS, MRCP(UK), MRCOphth, MCOptom, DipClinOptom, FHEA
Mr Mandagere Vishwanath
FRCSEd, DOMS
Ms Revelle Littlewood
MBBS, FRCOphth
Ms Catherine McMahon
Mr Simon Freeman
Mr Omar Pathmanaban
Speakers
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Mr Yagan has been a consultant in neuro-ophthalmology and strabismus surgery at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital since 2015, performing complex squint assessments and surgeries and botulinum toxin injections.
He has authored several papers, posters and presentations, nationally and internationally, on ophthalmology in general and neuro-ophthalmology and ocular motility.
Mr Yagan is the Director of Medical Education and Associate Medical Director at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, North of England Ophthalmology Society, and a member of the UK neuro ophthalmology society and the British Isles Neuro Ophthalmology Club.
Consultant Medical Ophthalmologist, York Hospital
Greg originally qualified as an optometrist prior to obtaining his medical degree at University College, London. He undertook most of his postgraduate training within the Yorkshire deanery in which he spent a considerable time working in oncology and neurology before accepting a training post in medical ophthalmology. He completed his medical ophthalmology training in 2016 and undertook a Fellowship in uveitis and neuro-ophthalmology in Manchester.
Greg specialises in inflammatory eye disease and neuro-ophthalmology and has a keen interest in medical education. He is currently the TPD for Ophthalmology Education in Yorkshire, Deputy Director of Medical Education at York Hospital and an honorary Senior Lecturer for Hull and York Medical School. He is also the President of the Medical Ophthalmology Society and Curriculum Lead for the medical ophthalmology SAC.
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Mr Vishwanath was appointed Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital in January 2009. He specialises in neuro-ophthalmology, strabismus and cataract surgery.
In the field of neuro-ophthalmology he establishes the cause and provides treatment for many unexplained visual or eye problems related to nerves of the eye and brain. He is an expert in ultrasound diagnosis of eye diseases including different varieties of glaucoma, swollen optic nerves and eye cancers.
Mr Vishwanath is a clinical and educational supervisor, and trains doctors from the UK and abroad. He is also an honorary lecturer for the University of Manchester.
He is also an active researcher and has presented in many scientific papers in national and international meetings. He has more than twenty publications in peer reviewed medical journals. He is a reviewer for the strabismus section of the British Journal of Ophthalmology. He is an active member of International Strabismus Association, Societas Internationalis Pro Diagnostica Ultrasonica in Ophthalmologia and the British and Irish Neuro-Ophthalmology Club.
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Ms Littlewood was appointed consultant ophthalmologist at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital in 2022, specialising in neuro-ophthalmology and strabismus.
Ms Littlewood graduated from Newcastle University and completed her ophthalmic specialist training in South Yorkshire before she joined the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital in 2021 to undertake a subspecialty fellowship post in neuro-ophthalmology and strabismus.
Consultant Neuro-Surgeon, Salford Royal Hospital
Consultant ENT and Skull-based Surgeon, Salford Royal Hospital and Manchester Royal Infirmary
Consultant Neuro-Surgeon, Salford Royal Hospital
Please email with any queries
nwneuroophth@gmail.com