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Cambridge Ophthalmological Symposium
54th COS Programme
Old Divinity School, St John’s College, Cambridge, UK
3-4th September 2026
18 CPD self accredited points
Topic: Abnormal Proliferation of the Eye
Chairs: Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, Stanford, USA, Mandeep Sagoo, London, UK
Academic Organiser: Patrick Yu Wai Man, Cambridge, UK
Registration opens: 08:00 Thursday and Friday.
Friday
Thursday 3rd September 2026
Time | Topic | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Time | Topic | Speaker | |
08:45 | Welcome | Patrick Yu Wai Man | Cambridge, UK |
UNDERSTANDING MECHANISMS - COMPARATIVE DISEASES | |||
09:00 | Proliferation: understanding cancer mechanism | TBC | |
09:30 | Check-mate? Selective immune stimulation | Sapna Patel | Denver, USA |
10:00 | Pathologic insights into ocular proliferations | Alexandre Moulin | Lausanne, SW |
10:30 | Coffee | ||
11:00 | GNAQ associated ocular diseases | David Zecchin | London, UK |
11:30 | Comparative ocular oncology - from eyelid carcinomas in cats to retinoblastoma in rats | David Williams | Cambridge, UK |
12:00 | Intraocular proliferation and wound healing: PVR as a model | Leo Kim | Harvard, USA |
12:30 | Lunch | ||
MINIMALLY INVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS |
Friday 4th September 2026
Time | Topic | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
OCULAR MELANOMA | |||
09:00 | Ocular melanoma genetic drivers | William Harbour | Dallas, USA |
09:30 | Neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatments in melanoma | Paul Nathan | London, UK |
10:00 | Optic nerve tumours | Brinda Muthusamy | Cambridge, UK |
10:30 | Coffee | ||
11:00 | Eyelid Tumours | John Bladen | London, UK |
11:30 | Ocular surface neoplasms | Mandeep Sagoo | London, UK |
12:00 | Approaches to conjunctival scarring | Cynthia Yu Wai Man | London, UK |
12:30 | LUNCH | ||
ORBITAL AND NEUROPROLIFERATIVE DISEASES | |||
14:00 | Orbital fibrosis and infiltrative diseases | Prem Subramanian | Denver, USA |
14:30 | Von Hippel Lindau: targeted therapies and ocular impact | Scot Shepherd | London, UK |
Thursday
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