The macula course
The 2025 Macula course will take place from 2 - 5 June 2025. Bookings are now open.
Retinal diseases are a major cause of blindness. Diagnostic investigations, understanding of disease mechanisms, new therapies, and the evidence base, have all evolved rapidly in recent years, with greater advances expected in the coming decade.
The Moorfields macula course has been running for over three decades with a pause during the COVID pandemic. The course restarted in 2022 as a 3-day hybrid course and was extended to 4 days in 2023 in response to delegate feedback.
The speakers are recognised experts, many having contributed to major advances in their fields, and there will be opportunity for interaction both on site and virtually.
The course aims to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date review of retinal and macular diseases and their management, including new developments.
You can hear more from Omar Mahroo, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Moorfields, by watching the short video below:
Learning outcomes
Attendees of the course will gain:
- An up-to-date overview of diseases affecting the retina, including medical retina, surgical retina, inherited retinal disease, uveitis and oncology, including their pathophysiology, clinical features and management
- An understanding of key diagnostic investigations and their interpretation
- Insights on approaches to challenging cases
- Knowledge of future developments including artificial intelligence, novel investigations, genomic diagnosis and new therapies (delivered by some of the people involved in bringing about these advances)
Programme
The 2025 course programme is not yet finalised but the content will remain as for 2024 . Please click here to view the 2024 programme.
The course will be recorded so you will be able to catch up on anything missed if you are unable to attend all sessions.
Who is this course for?
This course is appropriate for ophthalmologists (including consultants, trainees, fellows, staff and associate specialists) and will be at a level appropriate for general ophthalmologists as well as subspecialists. Allied health professionals with a specific interest in retinal disease might also find the course valuable.
Requirement
In order to take part in the course online you will need access to a computer (laptop or desktop) with a webcam and microphone and a stable broadband connection.
CPD Certification
The course carries 28 CPD learning hours/points with The CPD Certification Service.
Course fees - 2024
In-person (price includes lunch and refreshments):
- Consultant ophthalmologists £820
- Non-consultant ophthalmologists £630
- Allied health professionals £420
- Moorfields staff £368
Online:
- Consultant ophthalmologists £695
- Non-consultant ophthalmologists £550
- Allied health professionals 345
- Moorfields staff day rate £296
Booking your place - important, please read before booking your place
- Please ensure that you add the correct item to your cart from the options below, depending on your position and whether you wish to attend in-person or online.
- In-person places are restricted by the capacity of the venue. Once these places are filled it will only be possible to attend online. There is no limit to the number of online places available.
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| Date | Location | Time | Seats | Price | |
| 02/06/2025-05/06/2025 | The Education Hub, 15 Ebenezer Street, London, N1 7NH | In-person - Consultant ophthalmologist | 0 | Fully booked | Join Waiting List |
| 02/06/2025-05/06/2025 | The Education Hub, 15 Ebenezer Street, London, N1 7NH | In-person - Non Consultant ophthalmologist | 0 | Fully booked | Join Waiting List |
| 02/06/2025-05/06/2025 | The Education Hub, 15 Ebenezer Street, London, N1 7NH | In-person - Allied Health Professional | 0 | Fully booked | Join Waiting List |
| 02/06/2025-01/06/2025 | The Education Hub, 15 Ebenezer Street, London, N1 7NH | In-person - Moorfields Staff | 0 | Fully booked | Join Waiting List |
| 02/06/2025-05/06/2025 | Virtual - online | Online - Consultant ophthalmologist | £695.00 | ||
| 02/06/2025-05/06/2025 | Virtual - online | Online - Non Consultant ophthalmologist | £550.00 | ||
| 02/06/2025-05/06/2025 | Virtual - online | Online - Allied Health Professional | £345.00 | ||
| 02/06/2025-05/06/2025 | Virtual - online | Online - Moorfields Staff | £296.00 |
Course fees
Location
Taught by
Omar Mahroo MA, MB, BChir, PhD, FRCOphth, FHEA
Omar Mahroo is a consultant ophthalmologist and retinal specialist at Moorfields Eye Hospital and St Thomas’ Hospital, managing patients with inherited retinal disease. He is also Professor of Retinal Neuroscience at University College London. He completed his medical degree and PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2004. His PhD at Cambridge and his post-doctoral work at the Australian National University (both under the supervision of Trevor Lamb FRS) investigated light and dark adaptation of human retinal photoreceptors and bipolar cells in vivo using the electroretinogram. He completed his ophthalmology training in the London Deanery. He was appointed Academic Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London in 2011, setting up an electroretinogram research laboratory at St Thomas’ Hospital in 2012, investigating heritability and age-related changes in retinal responses in the TwinsUK cohort, and also retinal mechanisms driving myopia. He completed a retinal fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital (2014-16). He was awarded a £1.1 million Wellcome Trust research fellowship in 2017 to investigate retinal mechanisms in health and disease and is Principal Investigator for a number of studies. He was named “Rising Star of the Year” by the Macular Society in 2019, and received awards for teaching excellence and for patient and public engagement from the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and the Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre in 2020. He has co-authored numerous publications (including in the New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Genetics, Ophthalmology, Brain) and book chapters. He has lectured on the Moorfields Electrophysiology Course since 2018.