REPORT: OSWB MIDCON 2023
Ophthalmological society of West Bengal was organized MIDCON Conference 2023. The Organizing Chairman of this conference were Dr Jagadish Kuila and Dr Pravat Chakraborty and Executive Chairman was Dr Satyam Maiti. The Organizing Secretaries were Dr Supriya Dey, Dr Apurba Samanta, Dr Shibashis Das and Dr Swati Agarwal. The venue of this conference was at Lake View Village Resort, Tajpur.
Day: 1 (Friday)
11.00 AM- 1.00 PM Session for Check-in with welcome drinks. 1.00- 2.00 PM Lunch time. 2.00- 3.00 PM Cataract & Refractive Session Chairperson- Dr P. K. Bakshi, Dr Debasish Bhattacharya, Dr R. C. Paul, and The Moderator was Dr Priyansha Chatterjee, The Panelists were Dr Tejas Shah, Dr M. Vanati, Dr Arup Bhaumik, Dr Diptesh Das, Dr Meghnad Bhowmik. The Speakers were Severe Zonular Weakness Management- Dr Supriya De, Dry Eyes & Biometry- Dr Shibashis Das, Fishing for Pearls- Elschnig’s- Dr Tejas Shah, Achieving Clear Cornea after DM Detachment Following Cataract Surgery- Dr Sagnik Surya Das, Tips in Toric IOL Implantation- Dr M Vanathi, Refractive Surprises- Tips ‘n’ Tricks of Management- Dr Sudipta Mitra. 3.00- 4.00 PM Session Glaucoma Session Chairperson- Dr Shib Nath Das, Dr Niladri Saha, Dr Arup Chakraborty, and the Moderator- Dr Tulika Ghoshal, the panellists- Dr Pradip Ghosh, Dr Letisia Das, Dr Anupama Biswas the Speakers were Diagnostic Dilemma- What Should I Do? – Dr Arup Chakraborty, Phacotrab in a Patient with Small Pupil- Dr Swati Agarwal, Interesting Cases- Dr Soumya Ghosh Kundu. 4.00- 5.00 PM Debate “Cacophony” Chairpersons were Dr Manoj Hazra, Dr K. P. Saha, Dr Bijoy Kumar Banerjee, The Moderator was Dr Sudipta Mitra 4 mins + 2 mins rebuttal per speaker = 6 mins “LDP is a must for professionals “! For- Dr Swati Agarwal and Against- Dr Soumya Kundu, “Virtual conferences for science & physical conference for fun ‘n’ sports!” For- Dr Anupama Biswas and Against- Dr Shibashis Das, “Networking is the only key to success in private practice!” For- Dr Sagnik Surya Das and Against- Dr Priyansha Chatterjee. 5.00- 6.00 PM Inauguration and 7.00 PM onwards Cultural Feast- Rishi by the Poolside.
Day: 2 (Saturday)
5.45- 7.00 AM Session for Photo Walk, 7.00- 9.00 AM Session for Awareness Walk, and 9.00- 10.00 AM Breakfast 10.30 AM- 12 noon Retina Session Chairperson were Dr Pushpita Sahu, Dr Abhrajit Chatterjee, Dr Sourav Sinha The Moderator was Dr Aniruddha Maiti and The Panelists were Dr Rupak Roy, Dr Debmalya Das, Dr Sudipta Das, Dr Subijay Sinha, The Speakers were OCT Biomarkers in AMD- Dr Debmalya Das, CSR Varied Presentations- Dr Rupak Roy, Interesting Case (Medical Retina)- Dr Dinesh Rugta 4) Myopic Macular Surgeries and MHRD (Case Based)- Dr Sudipta Das, IOFB Management (Case Based)- Dr Sangeeta Roy, All is well- Dr Aniruddha Maiti. 12 noon- 1.30 PM Session for Pot Pourri Session Chairperson- Dr Md. Yasin, Dr R. K. Ghosh, Dr Sekhar Nath Sarkar, The Moderator was Dr Shibashis Das The Panelists were Dr Arkaprava Ghosh, Dr Amitabh Kumar, Dr Suparna Ghosh, Dr Somen Ghosh, Dr Indranil Deb, Dr Apurba Samanta, Dr Tulika Ghoshal and The Speakers were A Lurking Bug- Dr Amitabh Kumar, Childhood Glaucoma- Dr Anuradha Chandra, Lower Eyelid Fistula in a Case of Brain Granuloma- Dr Anupama Biswas, Novel Management of a Giant Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Palpebral Conjunctiva- Dr Md. Shahid Alam, Beyond Symptomatic Relief in Surgery Induced DED- Dr Priyangsha Chatterjee (Alcon Sponsored Talk), Unmasking the Maze of Neuro- Ophthalmology- Dr Tulika Ghoshal, Complete Dry Eye Management with Lipid & Mineral Oil based Nano- Droplet Technology- Dr Swati Agarwal (Alcon Sponsored Talk), A Case of Inflammatory CNVM- Dr Sangeeta Roy, How can it not be Hypertensive Retinopathy?- Dr Sudipta Das. After 1.30- 2.30 PM Lunch time, 2.30- 3.30 PM Session for Beyond Ophthalmology Chairpersons were Dr Satyam Kr. Maity, Dr Debashis Das, Dr Sunil Surana and The Convenor was Dr Saikat Jana Keynote Address- Dr P K Bakshi- My Travelogue- 15 mins, Dr Saikat Jana- Photography Analysis- 45 mins. 3.30- 4.30 PM Quiz, The Quiz Masters were Dr Debmalya Das, Dr Rupak Roy. 7.00 PM onwards Moonlight Forest Dinner with Baul at Lonachatar.
Day: 3 (Sunday)
8.00- 9.00 AM Breakfast. 10.00- 10.30 AM Checkout, and 10.30 AM- 12.30 PM Diabetic Eye Screening Camp at Contai.
