Eyelid function, lumps, bumps and cancer and the eye (webinar held on 10 March 2021)

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07/10/23

This webinar is for GPs to improve their knowledge and skills in the assessment and management of patients with conditions affecting their eyelids including ectropion, entropion, droopy lids, lumps and bumps- benign and malignant, as well as the assessment of children with leukocoria, systemic surveillance in those with ocular melanoma and the ocular complications of systemic cancer treatments.

SPEAKERS

Dr Jwu Jin Khong, Ophthalmologist
Dr JJ Khong is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, appointed at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and the Austin Hospital. Dr Khong graduated from the University of Melbourne with honours in Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 2001. She underwent general ophthalmology training in Adelaide, followed by subspecialty training in orbital, plastics and lacrimal surgery at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in 2011. She undertook a further international orbital fellowship in Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam in 2017. Her academic interest in thyroid eye disease leads to a PhD degree in the genetic study of thyroid eye disease in 2018, supported through the Australian Postgraduate Award. Dr Khong is a clinical supervisor for the Victorian eye registrar

Dr Roderick O’Day, Ophthalmologist
Dr Rod O’Day is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, Royal Children’s Hospital and University Hospital, Geelong and an Honorary Researcher at the Centre for Eye Research Australia. He specialises in ocular oncology, medical retina and general ophthalmology. His research interest is ocular oncology, in particular best practice management of choroidal naevi, advances in management of retinoblastoma and new diagnostic tools for intraocular lymphoma.