Dr Somdutt Prasad is one of the distinguished speakers at the 31st Malaysia-Singapore Joint Ophthalmic Congress 2016 to be held from March 4-6, 2016 at Pullman Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The programme is being organized by the Malaysian Society of Ophthalmology (MSO) and supported by the Sarawak Convention Bureau. Dr Somdutt Prasad will conduct a presentation on cataracts on 6th March 2016 at 9:10 am along with a nature photography master class later in the day at 2 pm. Apart from the main programme, where several aspects of eye care and other nitty-gritty will be discussed, MSO is also offering several social programmes where participants can enjoy bird watching, golf and subsidised tours among others.

1. Joint Ophthalmic Congress 2016
Malaysia-Singapore
4-6 March 2016
Pullman Kuching,
Sarawak, Malaysia
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2. Joint Ophthalmic Congress 2016
Malaysia-Singapore OVERVIEW OF
PROGRAMME
Concurrent Session A
4 March 2016
7.30 am Registration
8.15 am – PARAMEDIC PROGRAMME
5.30 pm – see programme on page 6
10.00 am Tea break
12.00 pm Lunch
UPDATES ON PTERYGIUM AND CORNEA ECTASIA
Chairpersons: Dr Kursiah Mohd Razali and
Adj Assoc Prof Lim Li
2.00 pm Clinical management of cornea ectasia
- Assoc Prof Jod S. Mehta
2.30 pm Current treatment modalities of cornea ectasia
- Adj Assoc Prof Lim Li
3.00 pm Contact lens option in managing cornea ectasia
- Encik Nazirin bin Arsad
3.30 pm Tea break
4.00 pm Recurrent pterygium: options in management
- Dr Kursiah Mohd Razali
4.30 pm Current research and role of anti Vegf in
recurrent pterygium
- Assoc Prof Mohtar Ibrahim
5.00 pm End of day 1
Concurrent Session B
4 March 2016
9.00 am – SECRETS FOR ENTERING
12.00 pm AND SURVIVING
THE Ophthalmology
MASTERS
PROGRAMME
Chairperson: Dr Muiz Mahyudin
FREEPAPER PRESENTATIONS
Chairpersons: Dr Wong Hon Seng,
Assoc Prof Dr Tengku Ain
Kamalden and Dr Nazri Omar
2.00 pm –
3.30 pm
Programme Schedule 4 March 2016
© MSJOC 2016. MSO reserves the right to make changes in the programmes due to unforeseen circumstances.

3. Joint Ophthalmic Congress 2016
Malaysia-Singapore OVERVIEW OF
PROGRAMME
Concurrent Session A
5 March 2016
OPENING CEREMONY
8.30 am Opening Presentation
8.35 am Opening Remarks
- Dr Tiong Tung Hui
8.40 am MSO President’s Welcome Address
- Dr Fang Seng Kheong
8.45 am Keynote Address - Femtoscience in Cornea,
Refractive and Cataract Surgery
- Assoc Prof Jod S. Mehta
9.10 am Plenary Lecture 1 – The Cataract free zone
project
- Dr Mohamad Aziz Salowi
9.30 am Tea break
UPDATES ON GLAUCOMA
Chairpersons: Assoc Prof Dr Jemaima Che Hamzah and
Adj Assoc Prof Shamira Perera
10.00 am Face-off between POAG & NTG
- Dr Lim Boon Ang
10.15 am Imaging technologies for diagnosis
- Assoc Prof Dr Norlina Ramli
10.30 am Monitoring progression: Structure vs. function
- Prof Dr Liza Sharmini
10.45 am Screening: when will we be ready
- Assoc Prof Dr Jemaima Che Hamzah
11.00 am Is Angle surgery ready for primetime?
- Dr Chelvin Sng
- Adj Assoc Prof Shamira Perera
11.15 am Phaco vs. LPI in angle closure
- Adj Assoc Prof Rahat Husain
11.30 am Anti-VEGF Agents as an Adjunct to
Trabeculectomy
- Assoc Prof Dr Sushil Vasudevan
11.45 am Q & A
Concurrent Session B
5 March 2016
RETINAL IMAGING
Chairpersons: Dr Kenneth Fong and
Assoc Prof Lee Shu Yen
10.00 am Basics of retinal OCT
interpretation
- Assoc Prof Dr Tengku Ain
Kamalden
10.20 am Advances in OCT interpretation
- Assoc Prof Lee Shu Yen
10.40 am Common errors in retinal OCT
interpretation
- Prof Mark Gillies
11.00 am Fluorescein and ICG angiography
- Clin Assoc Prof Caroline Chee
11.20 am Multimodal imaging in diagnosis
of cases
- Dr Adrian Koh
11.40 am Case discussion
- Prof Mark Gillies
- Dr Kenneth Fong
- Clin Assoc Prof Caroline Chee
- Assoc Prof Lee Shu Yen
Programme Schedule 5 March 2016

4. Joint Ophthalmic Congress 2016
Malaysia-Singapore OVERVIEW OF
PROGRAMME
Concurrent Session A
5 March 2016
12.00 pm Lunch Symposium
Sponsored by Bayer Co (M) Sdn Bhd
1.30 pm Annual General Meeting
RARE RETINAL DISEASES
Chairpersons: Dr Adrian Koh and Dr Wong Hon Seng
2.45 pm Macular telangiectasia and it’s latest
development
- Prof Mark Gillies
3.05 pm Macular telangiectasia: Malaysia experience
- Dr Nor Fariza Ngah
- Dr Shelina Oli Mohamad
3.25 pm Adult retinal dystrophies
- Dr Adrian Koh
3.45 pm White dot syndrome
- Dr Wong Hon Seng
4.05 pm Paediatric retinal dystrophy
- Assoc Prof Gopal Lingam
4.25 pm Panel discussion on rare macular/retinal diseases
4.45 pm Tea break
7.00 pm –
10.00 pm Welcome Dinner @ Grand Margherita Hotel
Concurrent Session B
5 March 2016
NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY –
BACK TO BASICS
Chairpersons: Prof Dr Wan Hazabbah Wan
Hitam and Assoc Prof Dr Tan
Woon Teck Clement
2.45 pm Neuro-ophthalmic history taking
& examination
- Assoc Prof Dr Tan Woon Teck
Clement
3.00 pm Approach to abnormal pupil
- Assoc Prof Dr Goh Kong Yong
3.15 pm Approach to swollen disc
- Prof Dr Wan Hazabbah
Wan Hitam
3.30 pm Approach to Diplopia
- Assoc Prof Dr Tan Woon Teck
Clement
3.45 pm Approach to Visual Field Defect
- Prof Dr Wan Hazabbah
Wan Hitam
4.00 pm Emergency In Neuro-
ophthalmology
- Assoc Prof Dr Goh Kong Yong
4.15 pm Neuroimaging in diagnosing
Neuro-ophthalmic conditions
- Assoc Prof Dr Tchoyoson Lim
Choie Cheio
4.35 pm Q & A
4.45 pm Tea Break
Programme Schedule 5 March 2016

5. Joint Ophthalmic Congress 2016
Malaysia-Singapore OVERVIEW OF
PROGRAMME
6 March 2016
8.30 am Plenary Lecture 2 – Vitreomacular interface:
Structure and function assessment for the
surgeon
- Dr Andrew Chang
8.50 am Plenary Lecture 3 – Tracing real world
data for eye diseases: The flight retinal
blindness project
- Prof Mark Gillies
9.10 am Video Symposium of Eye Surgery
Complications
Chairpersons: Dr Ronald Yeoh and
Assoc Prof Dr Tengku Ain
Kamalden
Presenters – Cataract
- Dr Ronald Yeoh
- Dr Cesar Espiritu
- Dr Somdutt Prasad
- Clin Assoc Prof Caroline Chee
Programme Schedule 6 March 2016
10.30 am Tea break
11.00 am Video Symposium of Eye Surgery
Complications (continued)
Presenters – Retina
- Assoc Prof Gopal Lingam
- Dr Andrew Chang
- Dr Mano Shunmugam
- Dr Kenneth Fong
- Prof Dr Mae-Lynn Catherine
Bastion
12.30 pm Lunch
2.00 pm Nature Photography Master Class
- Dr Ronald Yeoh
- Dr Somdutt Prasad
- Dr Cesar Espiritu
3.00 pm End of Congress
Hotel Accommodation
• Special room rates are available at
Pullman Kuching.
The booking form is downloadable
at MSO’s website.
• Alternative hotels are also available
from Catcity Holidays Sdn Bhd.
• Please visit website:
www.mso.org.my/MSJOC
for further details.
• MSO welcomes the submission of abstracts for
Free Papers and Posters.
• For abstract guidelines, please visit : www.mso.org.my/MSJOC or email: majmin8@gmail.com
Call for
Free Papers / Posters

6. Joint Ophthalmic Congress 2016
Malaysia-Singapore OVERVIEW OF
PROGRAMMEProgramme Schedule
Paramedic 4 March 2016
Workshop on Primary Eye Care
Workshop Co-ordinators: Dr Chin Pik Kee
and Dr Tan Niap Ming
7.30 am Registration
8.15 am Basic anatomy and physiology of the eye
- Dr Tan Niap Ming
8.45 am Examination of the eye
- Dr Chin Pik Kee
9.30 am Practical session – testing visual acuity
10.00 am Tea break
10.20 am Signs of eye disease
- Dr Kursiah Mohd Razali
10.45 am Red eye – infectious and non-infectious
- Dr Chin Pik Kee
11.10 am Eye injuries
- Dr Mohamad Aziz Salowi
11.35 am Poor vision – refractive errors
- Encik Nazirin bin Arsad
12.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm Cataract
- Dr Chieng Lee Ling
2.40 pm Glaucoma
- Dr Dennis Kong
2.55 pm Childhood eye problems
- Dr Shuaibah Abdul Ghani
3.20 pm Eye screening
• Newborns, infants and toddlers
• School-going children
• Diabetes mellitus
- Dr Mohamad Aziz Salowi
3.40 pm Tea break
4.00 pm Eye medications
- Dr Tan Niap Ming
4.30 pm Minor eye procedures
- Dr Tiong Tung Hui
5.00 pm Test
5.30 pm End of programme

7. Personal Particulars
Category (Please tick ) By 1 Feb 2016 After 1 Feb 2016
MSO members (subsidised rates)
Ophthalmologists RM450 RM650
Medical Officers/Trainees * RM350 RM500
Non-members
Ophthalmologists US$220 (RM900) US$250 (RM1,050)
Medical Officers/Trainees * US$170 (RM700) US$200 (RM850)
* Certification by Head of Department is required
Trade Delegates RM650 RM650
MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
TST 26, Pejabat Pos Damansara Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
GST Number : 00040217808
Tel : 603-42517032 Fax : 603-42517031
HP : 6017-8821680 Email : majmin8@gmail.com
Email Registration form and payment to : majmin8@gmail.com
Registration Form
Terms:
1. Complete this form in CAPITAL letters.
2. Registration will only be confirmed after payment has been received.
3. No refunds or cancellations. However, a substitute delegate may be
nominated upon secretariat approval.
4. Registration fees include tea breaks and lunches as per programme,
meeting materials, certificate of attendance and entry to Trade Exhibition.
Declaration
* Certification of Medical Officer / Trainee:
I,
(Name of Head of Department), hereby
certify that the above-named registrant is a
Medical Officer / Trainee / Resident in my
department.
Signature and Official Stamp
Title: Prof / Assoc Prof / Dr / Mr / Ms (Please indicate)
Name :
Institution / Company :
Address :
Tel : Fax : Email :
Please indicate whether vegetarian meals are required : Yes No
Joint Ophthalmic Congress 2016
Malaysia-Singapore
4-6 March 2016
Pullman Kuching,
Sarawak, Malaysia
Organised by:
Paramedics
1-day registration for
Workshop on Primary Eye Care
4 Mar 2016 only Free of Charge Free of Charge
Full Meeting – 4-6 Mar 2016 RM450 RM550
Note : All rates are inclusive of 6% GST
Copy of bank-in slip / TT advice for the sum of
paid to:
Payee : MSO Events
Bank a/c no. : 5641-9156-4328
Bank Address : Malayan Banking Bhd
No. 62-66, Jalan SS21/35
Damansara Utama
47400 Petaling Jaya
Selangor, Malaysia
Bank Swift Code : MBBEMYKL
Note : Online registration with payment by
credit card via Paypal may be done at
website: www.mso.org.my/MSJOC
Payment Details
Welcome Dinner on 5 March 2016 (Saturday) Yes No
By 1 Feb 2016 – RM50 per person (subsidised) • After 1 Feb 2016 – RM150 per person (cost)
Rates are applicable for delegates and family. Number of dinner seats required?

8. Joint Ophthalmic Congress 2016
Malaysia-Singapore
SOCIAL PROGRAMME
• Adrian Koh • Andrew Chang •
Caroline Chee • Cesar Espiritu •
Chelvin Sng • Chieng Lee Ling •
Chin Pik Kee • Dennis Kong •
Fang Seng Kheong • Goh Kong
Yong • Gopal Lingam • Jemaima
Che Hamzah • Jod S. Mehta •
Kenneth Fong • Kursiah Mohd
Razali • Lee Shu Yen • Lim Boon
Ang • Lim Li • Liza Sharmini •
Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion •
Mano Shunmugam • Mark Gillies
• Mohamad Aziz Salowi • Mohtar
Ibrahim • Muiz Mahyudin •
Nazirin bin Arsad • Nazri Omar •
Nor Fariza Ngah • Norlina Ramli
• Rahat Husain • Ronald Yeoh •
Shamira Perera • Shelina Oli
Mohamad • Shuaibah Abdul
Ghani • Somdutt Prasad • Sushil
Vasudevan • Tan Niap Ming •
Tan Woon Teck Clement •
Tchoyoson Lim Choie Cheio •
Tengku Ain Kamalden • Tiong
Tung Hui • Wan Hazzabah Wan
Hitam • Wong Hon Seng
CONGRESS SPEAKERSinclude:
SOCIAL PROGRAMME
A) SUBSIDISED TOURS
MSO is pleased to offer delegates the following subsidised tours.
Each registered delegate may register for one of the tours,
either morning of 4 Mar 2016 or afternoon of 6 Mar 2016
1) Sarawak Cultural Village 3 to 4 hrs
2) Sarawak River Cruise 1 ½ hrs
3) Matang Wildlife Centre 4 hrs
4) Crocodile Farm & Mini Zoo 3 hrs
B) BIRDING AND FROGGING IN SARAWAK
Aim to spot resident birds like Blue-banded pitta, Bornean
blue-flycatcher and many others.
1) Kubah frogging package 5 March 2016
1800 to 2300 hrs
2) Overnight Kubah frogging 5 March 2016 1800 hrs
and birding package to 6 March 2016 0900 hrs
3) 1D/1N Kubah frogging and 6 March 2016 1300 hrs to
birding package 7 March 2016 1200 hrs
C) OPTIONAL TOURS
Catcity Holidays Sdn Bhd has lined up many optional tours for
you to experience the many attractions that Borneo has to offer.
Visit website: http://www.catcityholidays.com/msjoc.php for
details and registration
D) CALLING ALL GOLFERS!
Enjoy this “green” adventure in Sarawak.
Stunning views await you and your golf
buddies.
Sign up for one or all of these sessions:-
1. 3 March 2016 at 1.00 pm at Damai Golf and Country Club
2. 4 March 2016 at 7.00 am at Kelab Golf Sarawak
3. 6 March 2016 at 1.00 pm at UNIMAS Golf Course
For details and registration, please contact Dr Muiz Mahyudin:
m1muiz@gmail.com
Organised by
MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
TST 26, Pejabat Pos Damansara Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
GST Number : 00040217808
Tel : 603-42517032 Fax : 603-42517031
Website : www.mso.org.my/MSJOC
HP : 6017-8821680 Email : majmin8@gmail.com