We are proud to present the Alistair Fielder Prize in Ophthalmology which will be held during the Pantheo Eye Center Annual Congress in conjunction with the Midland Ophthalmological Society UK on the 13th-14th of April 2019 at the Amathus Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus. The conference will be under the auspices of the University of Nicosia Medical School.
The prize is given to the best presentation given by a trainee in Ophthalmology during a rapid fire presentation session. There will also be a prize for the best poster. The theme of the conference this year is “Keep an Eye on systemic disease”
Early exposure to such events and your peers’ recognition of your ability to participate and stand up to scrutiny is invigorating and inspiring, whether you win or lose. If this prize is to be a form of inspiration then it is only fitting that it is named after someone who throughout his career has been a source of inspiration for so many, Professor Alistair Fielder.
To register as a candidate for the prize or for further enquiries, please contact Ms Nikoletta Georgiou at conference@pantheo.com or nikoletta@pantheo.com or by phone +35725735353 or fax +35725732
*ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION
The value of awarding a prize to the best presentation and poster
The value of awarding a prize to the best presentation given by a medical student or junior trainee is twofold.
Firstly, it gives an incentive for our younger members to contribute to the meeting. This is important for all participants. The approach of a younger mind is always refreshing and the level of contribution often surprising.
There is no doubt that the presentation skills of today’s juniors have improved tremendously. This is a reflection of the improved and structured training programs available to the current generation of medical professionals, making the future of medicine bright.
Secondly, it provides a healthy competitive platform. Competitiveness is a part and parcel of everyday medical training and it drives innovation and personal development. Early exposure to such events and your peers’ recognition of your ability to participate and stand up to scrutiny is invigorating and inspiring, whether you win or lose.
If this prize is to be a form of motivation then it is only fitting that it is named after someone who throughout his career has been a source of inspiration to so many.
Prof. Alistair Fielder
Alistair Fielder graduated from St George’s Medical School in 1966. He is currently an Emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology at City University, giving him the opportunity to continue his valuable work on amblyopia and retinopathy of prematurity as well as supervise and teach students.
Since becoming a consultant ophthalmologist in Derby in 1977, a post most people consider the ultimate target of their career, he has moved through ten different substantive posts, reflecting his restless and tireless character, so often displayed by great innovators.
He has given numerous eponymous lectures and participated in over forty National bodies and committees. He is perhaps best known for his work for the Royal National Institute for the Blind and the establishment of the screening guidelines for Retinopathy of Prematurity, recognition of which earned him the Spencer Walker Prize and the American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement award.
He has published over 250 pier reviewed articles, written or edited several books and contributed chapters in a number of well known publications.
Undoubtedly, however, what has touched every trainee who has ever had the good fortune to work with him has been his humble unassuming character. His insistence on treating one and all in the same manner, whether a first year medical student or a renowned Knighted Professor. During his close contact with his juniors in many of the courses he organised, he had only one simple rule, to call him Alistair not Prof.
Unknowingly he has had the greatest influence on the development of both Pantheo and its annual meeting. He has honoured us with his presence in every meeting since its inception in 2008. Our ethos and strive for perfection and improvement is modelled on nothing less than the principles instilled into us by his teaching and guidance throughout our careers. To know him is an inspiration in itself, to have him as a friend is simply a source of pride and joy.
It is therefore only appropriate and fitting to use as a source of inspiration for our next generation of ophthalmologists this man of great achievement, a great scientist and an even better friend.
she obtained a higher degree (MD, 2000) in inherited retinal degeneration (IRD) at the Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL, and Moorfields Eye Hospital. She is Lead for the AMD and IRD services and was awarded a gold medal by the Oxford University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust for outstanding achievement (2014). She is the Ophthalmology Clinical Research Network Lead for Thames Valley and South Midlands representing them nationally. Her main research interests include inherited retinal dystrophies and macular disease with significant collaborations within the University of Oxford, throughout the UK and internationally. She set up, and is the Clinical Lead for the Eye Research Group Oxford (ERGO), and is Principal Investigator (PI) and co-PI on projects with wide-ranging collaborations in retinal disease.