It’s the first day at VisionPlus EXPO 2022 and the sessions hosted as part of the VP Academy clearly emerged as the big attraction
The VP Academy was another added attraction. The day kickstarted with a session on contact lenses by Nilesh Thite, Executive Manager of Educational Programs International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE). This was followed by a session on importance of corneal topography interpretation in optometry practice by Irene Sophia JosephM.Optom, FIAOMC, MBCLA, Research Scholar. The highlight of the first half was followed by a panel discussion on inter professional collaboration between optometry and ophthalmology. The panel featured stalwarts like Dr.Yazan Gammoh,Chair of Education Committee World Council of Optometry, Chair of Optometry Department Al Ahliyya Amman University; Nilesh Thite, Executive Manager of Educational Programs International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE) and Zachary Cairns, Deputy Head Optometrist, Moorfields Eye Hospital UAE.
Dr. Nisreen Hassan Alwan, Associate dean of Academic Affairs, Associate professor of Environmental Heath and SafetyCollege of Health Sciences Abu Dhabi University will be moderating the discussion.
Post lunch break, Dr.Yazan Gammoh, Chair of Education Committee World Council of Optometry, Chair of Optometry Department Al Ahliyya Amman University, conducted a session on myopia management. Devakani Suresh Kumar,Optometrist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, spoke about methods to make primary optometry interesting. The day concluded with a session on keratoconus refraction by Zachary Cairns, Deputy Head Optometrist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, UAE. 
Here is a glimpse of the line-up for day 2 at the VP Academy that YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
Multifocal Contact lenses
Nilesh Thite,Executive Manager of Educational Programs International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE)
Effectiveness of iPad application in Vision Rehabilitation for Children with vision impairment
Maisa Obeid, Msc Vision Rehabilitation, UAE Country Representative For G3ict, Accessibility Consultant
Myopia Management
Dr. Christian Lappe, Zeiss Vision Care
Why colored lenses?
Mona Kazim, Special Needs & Learning Disabilities Consultant
more details:
https://events.fourplusmedia.com/VPAcademy
