Mr Simcock has instigated a study comparing a change in use of antibiotic drops before and after anti-VEGF injections and the findings will be presented at this meeting. Mr Simcock has also edited a video he filmed whilst he was operating on a patient referred to him...
This meeting was orgainsed by consultant colleaues Hirut von Lany, Tim Freegard and Indy Sian. The session that Mr Simcock chaired was on medical errors and the speakers were Brian Goldman an emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and Prof. Charles...
I will give a general introduction about macular degeneration and its treatment and then discuss some areas of research such as stem cell treatments, gene therapy and eye nutrition. I will also cover the STAR study which looks at stereotactic radiotherapy for wet AMD...
All current videos are to be replaced with new videos with better audio quality giving the most up to date managment of the conditions treated by Mr Simcock.
The annual BEAVRS meeting for UK vitreoretinal surgeon took place in Southampton in early November. As a member of this association Mr Simcock took the opportunity to attend and contribute to the discussions. The BEAVRS meeting is an informal forum to discuss cases...