Watch back our second condition-specific webinar focusing on Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), optic atrophy and glaucoma.
These educational sessions are an extension of our Retina 2020 program and would normally, pre Covid-19, have taken place in person at Public Engagement Day.
Agenda
Welcome, Kevin Whelan, CEO, Fighting Blindness
Research update
Prof Jane Farrar, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin
Clinical update - LHON and optic atrophy
Prof Lorraine Cassidy, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital
Clinical update - glaucoma
Prof Colm O’Brien, Professor of Ophthalmology and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the UCD Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Capturing the prevalence and experiences of Charles Bonnet Syndrome in Ireland
Dr Alison Reynolds, University College Dublin
Overview of genetics and inheritance
Jackie Turner, Genetic Counsellor, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
This session was kindly sponsored by Roche.