Moorfields International refractive symposium

The Moorfields International refractive symposium covers contemporary vision correction surgery to surgeons in the UK and around the world.

We are delighted to welcome our keynote guest speakers for 2026:

Professor Jesper Hjortdal - Aarhus University, Denmark

Professor Oliver Findl, Vienna Hanusch Hospital, Austria

The symposium will take place at The Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London W1G 9DT.

Symposium Overview

The symposium has been developed with the purpose of teaching how to approach vision correction patients, learning the options available including laser and non-laser refractive surgery. Attending this symposium will give you the confidence in offering your patients the best possible modern vision correction. It will also cover key themes for surgeons in training to understand refractive surgery in preparation for the CertLRS RCOphth (UK) and FEBOS-CR ESCRS exams.

Lectures from world leading experts and interactive discussion will enable in-depth learning for all attendees. All lectures will be based on the most up-to-date medical evidence and safe practice, unbiased from marketing and commercial interests. The symposium aims to cover the different approaches to patients’ management of refractive errors detailing the different laser modalities (Femto-LASIK, surface ablations, KeratoLenticule Extraction), as well as refractive lens exchange with discussion of the most advanced IOL implants, including presbyopic correction.

The symposium will cover several hot topics such as ocular surface evaluation and management before and after vision correction surgery, modern corneal tomography and anterior segment evaluation with the CSO MS39 for laser vision correction surgery, ICL and refractive options for irregular corneas such as keratoconus.

The Moorfields International refractive symposium aims to cover the different approaches to the management of refractive patients along with how they might be implemented in best practice.

Featured topics

This year's topics are:

  • Ocular Surface: Pre-operative and post-operative evaluation
  • Treatment of Dry Eye Disease before and after LVC
  • Laser vision correction: Treatment planning basics
  • Interpreting corneal tomography: corneas to laser and not to laser
  • Surface laser treatments
  • Femto-LASIK
  • Kerato-Lenticule Extraction (KLEx)
  • Laser vision correction complications and management
  • Customised laser treatments for irregular/scarred corneas
  • Dry eye risks in surface versus Femto-LASIK, versus KLEx
  • Phakic intraocular lens surgery: when to choose ICL and pitfalls to avoid
  • Refractive Lens Exchange: when to do it and how to avoid problems
  • Refractive Lens Exchange: do we downplay the risks and the Myopred ESCRS study
  • Navigating the world of premium lenses: IOL classification/terminology and choices
  • Laser vs RLE in presbyopic patient: how to choose and what to do
  • Cardinal sins of refractive surgery

Click here to see the full programme

Symposium faculty

The symposium is led by the Moorfields Corneo-Refractive Department including Professor Bruce Allan, Mr Vincenzo Maurino, Mr Daniel Gore and colleagues.


This symposium is generously supported by Thea Pharmaceuticals, enabling us to offer a great ticket price to you.

 

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Date Location Time Seats Price
18 April 2026 Cavendish Conference Centre, London Consultant 08:30 - 17:45 £200.00
18 April 2026 Cavendish Conference Centre, London Trainees, Nurses & Optometrists 08:30 - 17:45 £100.00
 

Course fees

 

Taught by

 

Vincenzo Maurino

Vincenzo Maurino is an Italian-British ophthalmologist who is a Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist and Director of the Cataract Services at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. He is also Visiting Professor for Corneal and Refractive surgery at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. His special areas of specialist interests are cataract surgery and corneal surgery as well as refractive surgery. He graduated with magna cum laude in Italy and after a four-year ophthalmology residency, he won a scholarship to move to London to further his surgical ophthalmic training at the world-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital. At Moorfields Eye Hospital he completed fellowships in paediatric ophthalmology, glaucoma, cataract, refractive surgery, and corneal transplant surgery. Vincenzo Maurino research interests are in the fields of cataract and corneal refractive surgery, and he has published in several peer reviewed international journals. He has been invited to lectures nationally and internationally. He served on the scientific committee of the Italian Society of Ophthalmology (SOI) for longer than a decade and on the board of the SICCSO (The International Society of Corneal, Stem Cells and Ocular Surface). He was awarded the SOI Medal Lecture in 2016 and invited to give the Cataract Update Lecture at the RANZO Congress in 2023 to mention few. He received the title of Officer of the Order of “The Star of Italy” by Mr Sergio Mattarella, the President of Italy, in 2015. He is passionate about surgical training and has trained hundreds of eye surgeons from all over the world in cataract and corneal surgery and he regularly holds training surgical courses nationally and abroad. Outside work, he enjoys sport and especially running, tennis and skying. Professional activities include NHS practice specialising in cataract, refractive and corneal surgery. Private practice specialising in refractive surgery (laser vision correction, ICL implantation, lens surgery), cataract surgery and corneal graft surgery.

Dan Gore

Daniel Gore graduated from St. Mary’s Medical School, Imperial College London before undertaking resident ophthalmic training in London and a one-year fellowship at the university of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa with funding awarded by the Royal Society of Medicine. He completed 3 years specialist fellowship training at Moorfields Eye Hospital in advanced corneal and laser vision correction surgery, during which time he was awarded the prestigious Quality Care Award by Health Education England. Mr Gore spent two years as a research fellow at both the Institute of Ophthalmology and Imperial College London, during which time he investigated new laser eye surgery and cross-linking interventions for keratoconus as part of his doctorate (MD) from University College London. Building on this pioneering work, Mr Gore has lectured widely across the UK and overseas on developments in corneal cross-linking and safe laser treatments for keratoconus and other corneal ectasias, and is an opinion leader amongst colleagues. In 2019, Daniel Gore was appointed Director of Refractive Surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital.

 
 

Bruce Allan

Professor Bruce Allan qualified in medicine from Cambridge in 1985, and was appointed as a Consultant Surgeon at Moorfields in 1998 after advanced specialist training in the UK, South Africa, and Australia. He was Training Director for the Corneal Service at Moorfields for over 10 years, and Service Director for Refractive Surgery from 2012 to 2019. He is currently chairing the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Refractive Surgery Standards Working Group and the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) Digital Health Special Interest Group. He is an ESCRS Council and EU Cornea board member. He and his wife, Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Maria Teresa Casasus Borrell, live in North London with regular visits from their 3 daughters, Saskia, Sofia and Silvia. Outside work, He is a keen football fan and sailor. Professional activities include: • NHS practice specialising in cataract and corneal surgery • Private practice specialising in refractive surgery (laser vision correction, ICL implantation, RLE, restoring near vision) • Regular presentations at international research meetings, press, radio and television comment on developments in corneal transplantation, cataract and refractive surgery • Peer review for international medical journals and research grant funding bodies • Specialist advice for NICE and MHRA Current research interests include: • Applications of Deep Learning to anterior segment eye disease • Enhancing treatment accuracy in laser vision correction • Laser assisted corneal transplantation • Early intervention and visual rehabilitation in keratoconus.

Sajjad Ahmad

Sajjad Ahmad is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and the Lead for Experimental Medicine at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK. His expertise is in corneal and external eye diseases, particularly inflammatory ocular surface disorders and ocular surface reconstruction. He holds an honorary Associate Clinical Professor position at the Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, where he runs a laboratory group focusing on corneal stem cell biology and the development of cellular therapies for the eye. Dr Ahmad’s research also investigates translational medicine, analysing drugs, cell therapies and surgical devices for the eye through the regulatory pathway to first-in-human or first-in-eye clinical trials. He is currently running two Phase 1 clinical trials, including a Medical Research Council-funded trial. He is an Ophthalmic Advisor to the European Medicines Agency and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). He also works with the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) to evaluate ophthalmic therapies for National Health Service (NHS) application.

 

Su-Yin Koay

Su-yin is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital. She specialises in cornea and external disease, refractive surgery and emergency ophthalmology. She also serves as the lead for corneal infections at Moorfields Eye Hospital, and is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.

Marcello Leucci

Marcello is the lead optometrist of the Keratoconus service at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He is responsible for development of protocols on keratoconus monitoring and progression criteria and is actively involved in research and development of patient pathways, new tomography devices, and the effectiveness of new and existing treatments for the condition. He is also Clinical Director for Digital Safety at Moorfields, working with the Department of Digital Medicine on projects bringing health technology systems and devices to the patient pathway.

 

Alfonso Vasquez-Perez

Alfonso Vasquez-Perez is a consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital and is the lead for the Osteo-Odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP) Service; a highly specialised treatment for corneal blindness provided only in few centres around the world. His areas of expertise includes corneal surgery, keratoprosthesis (KPro), cataracts and refractive surgery. He took his initial training in Barcelona and later he completed two advanced sub-specialist training fellowships in Cornea and Refractive Surgery in the UK, first in Brighton and then at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He was awarded the Certificate in Laser Refractive Surgery (CertLRS) and he is one of the few UK surgeons who also obtained the Certification in Cataract and Refractive Surgery from The European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBOS-CR). As a consultant surgeon at Moorfields has trained many surgical fellows from the UK and all over the world and frequently present his research work in national and international conferences. His publications include 3 book chapter and over 40 articles in ophthalmic journals.

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