17^th Global Ophthalmology, Optometry and Glaucoma Conference November 2 - 4, 2017 Bangkok, Thailand

ConferenceSeries Ltd welcomes participants from all over the globe to attend 17^th Global Ophthalmology, Optometry and Glaucoma Conference during November 2-4, 2017 at Bangkok, Thailand which includes prompt keynote presentations, Oral talks, Poster presentations and Exhibitions.

Glaucoma 2017 is a global platform to discuss and learn about Ophthalmological Associated Diseases and their Treatment. Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems. Since ophthalmologists perform operations on eyes, they are both surgical and medical specialists. A multitude of diseases, vision defects and conditions can be diagnosed from the eye namely cataract, myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism and conjunctivitis. This annual gathering of Ophthalmologists and Optometrists at Bangkok aims to provide an insight about the latest advancement and treatment modalities in the field of ophthalmology and other associated prospects.

Track 1: Ophthalmology Practice and surgery:

As the world ends up being all the more confusing and data in every field ends up being more wide and bare essential, it's unyieldingly difficult to expert everything in any one territory. This is completely legitimate in the field of ophthalmology. Of course, this is emerging of various components adding to the development. Today, the substantial number of weights affecting ophthalmologists and broad ophthalmologists particularly has ended up being harsh to the point that various authorities ponder whether broad ophthalmology can survive.

There are a variety of conditions that may call for eye surgery; from remedial changes to vision-saving methodologies. Each treatment goes with its own favourable circumstances, risks, and signs for utilize. From remedial prescriptions to orbital supplements, today's degrees of progress can deal with any condition and give a compelling plan.

Track 2: Clinical, Surgical Ophthalmology and Diagnostics Tools:

Clinical Ophthalmology will upgrade your insight into regular visual sicknesses, ophthalmic surgery and laser techniques, clinical life structures and visual therapeutics. You will create explanatory aptitudes for tackling clinical case issues and assessing distributed research, and increase significant research encounter through the open door.

The examination incline revelations amplify the chances to research the issues minutely to diminish the danger of disappointment particularly amid surgical strategy like cataract and refractive surgery. The American academy Help Establishment, committed to killing age-related degenerative ailments, assesses that up to 11 million individuals in the Assembled States have some type of AMD. Assessments of the worldwide cost of visual disability AMD causes are $343 billion, incorporating $255 billion in direct social insurance costs, as indicated by the establishment.

Track 3: Neuro-Ophthalmology and Research:

Neuro ophthalmology is the combination of neurology and ophthalmology frequently managing complex systemic sicknesses that have indications in the visual framework. Cerebral Visual Disability incorporates every single visual brokenness brought on by harm to, or breaking down of, the retrochiasmatic visual pathways without harm to the foremost visual pathways or any real visual illness. Myasthenia gravis is brought on by a breakdown in the ordinary correspondence amongst nerves and muscles which prompts twofold vision, hanging eyelids and different muscles shortcoming which affecting the both neuromuscular action furthermore vision. Then again Nystagmus which is automatic eye development obtained in earliest stages or sometime down the road that may bring about lessened or constrained vision. Elements like cerebral macular degeneration and incessant dynamic outside ophthalmoplegia additionally the major affecting a portion of Neuro-ophthalmology. Analytic devices in Neuro ophthalmology are utilized to explore and to treat the different state of new born visual examination are basically performed to screen the nearness and movement of Retinopathy of Rashness. College of Pennsylvania is at present chipping away at Neuro-ophthalmology extending.

Track 4: Pediatric Ophthalmology and Novel Approaches:

Pediatric ophthalmology is a sub-forte of ophthalmology worried with eye illnesses, visual advancement, and vision mind in youngsters. The Pediatric ophthalmologist has extra preparing, background, and mastery in looking at youngsters, and has the best learning of conceivable conditions that influence the Pediatric patient and his/her eyes. Neurologic advancement of vision happens up until roughly age 12 years. Misalignment of the eyes (strabismus), uncorrected refractive mistake and asymmetry of refractive blunder between the two eyes can contrarily influence this advancement. On the off chance that these conditions are analysed and treated early, great vision can create and can be kept up. Certain ailments somewhere else in the body, for example, diabetes, can influence the eyes.

Systems to convey medicine typically after some time are not new to Ophthalmology. The novel research refers to approaches, formulations, technologies, advances and frameworks to accomplish the craved helpful impact. The novel approach is appropriate to Hostile to IL-6 treatment, Treatments in battling visual impairment, translational research for periocular basal cell carcinoma and sebaceous cell carcinoma and overhauls in administration of thyroid eye ailment. Conditions like corneal reshaping and transplantation, choroidal imaging corneal neovascularization can be dealt with by utilizing novel vision adjustment techniques. The normal gross charges for ophthalmology cases performed in the ASC are $5,385. The normal case income is $1,226, as indicated by VMG Wellbeing's 2009 Intellimarker. Charles Waterway, Ora, CombinatoRx and Fovea Pharmaceuticals attempting to presented novel methodologies in ophthalmic research.

Track 5: Primary and Secondary Glaucoma:

Glaucoma is a gathering of eye maladies which result in harm to the optic nerve and vision misfortune. A noteworthy hazard figure is expanded weight the eye. The scatters can be generally partitioned into two principle classes: "open-angle" and "closed angle" (or "edge conclusion") glaucoma. Open-angle incessant glaucoma is effortless, has a tendency to grow gradually after some time and regularly has no side effects until the ailment has advanced essentially. Shut point glaucoma is generally perpetual and asymptomatic however can display out of the blue too. This includes sudden eye torment, obscured vision, mid-widened understudy, redness, queasiness and heaving, coming about because of a sudden spike in intraocular weight from iridotrabecular contact. Glaucoma can for all time harm vision in the influenced eye, first by diminishing fringe vision (lessening the visual field), and afterward possibly prompting visual impairment if left untreated.

Auxiliary glaucoma is brought about because of the impact of different ailments in our body. In the event that we add up to up every one of those with glaucoma on the planet, the auxiliary ones are still a reasonable number, possibly 10% of all glaucoma. They considerably more regularly influence one eye and not both eyes, dissimilar to essential open edge or edge conclusion that influence both eyes. Presumably the most well-known auxiliary glaucoma in the created world are those that originate from having fresh recruits vessels develop in the meshwork and square surge of fluid the neovascular glaucoma’s. This for the most part happens when the retina does not have enough blood supply. This prompts generation of a substance called vascular endothelial development consider (VEGF) that buoys around within the eye, making new vessels to get blood streaming. The issue is that the new vessels develop the wrong places, fouling up vision, segregating the retina and creating glaucoma.

Track 6: Causes, Symptoms and Diagnosis of Glaucoma:

Glaucoma is a condition that causes harm to your eye's optic nerve and deteriorates after some time. It's frequently connected with a development of weight inside the eye. Glaucoma has a tendency to be acquired and may not appear until some other time in life. The expanded weight, called intraocular weight, can harm the optic nerve, which transmits pictures to the cerebrum. In the event that harm to the optic nerve from high eye weight proceeds with, glaucoma will bring about perpetual loss of vision. Without treatment, glaucoma can bring about aggregate perpetual visual deficiency inside a couple of years. .Since a great many people with glaucoma have no early indications or agony from this expanded weight, it is imperative to see your eye specialist routinely so glaucoma can be analysed and treated after a short time term visual misfortune happens.

Open-angle glaucoma (OAG), the vast majority with OAG have no side effects when they are analysed. You may have some side vision misfortune, yet you may not see it until the vision misfortune gets to be serious. This is on the grounds that the less influenced eye compensates for your vision misfortune. The loss of sharpness of vision (visual keenness) may not get to be obvious until late in the sickness. Closed angle glaucoma (CAG) may bring about no manifestations. On the other hand side effects may go from mellow to extreme. They normally influence one and only eye at once. Indicative devices which help in figuring out if or not you have glaucoma even before you have any side effects. Measuring intraocular weight (tonometry), Testing for optic nerve harm checking for zones of vision misfortune (visual field test), measuring corneal thickness (pachymetry) examining the waste edge (gonioscopy).

Track 7: Treatments and Medications for Glaucoma:

Conjunctivitis antibacterial eye drops cure bacterial conjunctivitis. Antihistamines, as eye drops, or a pill or syrup, can regularly enhance unfavourably susceptible conjunctivitis. Corneal scraped areas these recuperate all alone with time yet regularly are treated with anti-infection balms. Glaucoma eye torment is dealt with critically with eye drops and every so often with pills to lessen eye weight. On the off chance that these don't work, surgery might be required. Diseases of the cornea require antiviral or antibacterial eye drops. Iritis can be treated with steroids, anti-toxins. Optic neuritis can be treated with corticosteroids. Eye blisters are normally cured by applying consistent warm packs at home for a couple days.

Doctor prescribed medications to bring down the weight inside the eye (intraocular weight, or IOP) are utilized to treat a wide range of glaucoma. They work either by lessening the measure of liquid (watery funniness) that is created by the eye or by expanding the measure of liquid those channels out of the eye. These solutions might be given as eye drops, as pills, in fluid shape by mouth, or through a vein (in crisis circumstances). As a rule, eye drops are utilized first. In inherent glaucoma, drugs might be utilized to diminish the weight in the eyes and decrease the shadiness of the reasonable front surface (cornea) of the tyke's eye. Prescriptions are typically just utilized until eye surgery should be possible. At the point when glaucoma has as of now brought on vision misfortune, assist vision misfortune may happen even after the weight in the eye is brought down to the typical range with medication. Converse with your specialist about the objectives of treatment, to what extent the pharmaceutical will be attempted, and the conceivable symptoms. Eye meds can bring about manifestations all through the body. Prescriptions that lessening the measure of liquid created by the eye incorporate.

Track 8: Retina Disorders during Glaucoma:

The cornea and focal point concentrate light onto the retina, the straightforward, light-touchy structure at the back of the eye. The focal zone of the retina, called the macula, contains a high thickness of shading touchy photoreceptor (light-detecting) cells. These phones, called cones, create the most honed visual pictures and are in charge of focal and shading vision. The fringe zone of the retina, which encompasses the macula, contains photoreceptor cells called bars, which react to lower light levels yet are not shading delicate. The bars are in charge of fringe vision and night vision. The optic nerve conveys signals created by the photoreceptors (cones and bars). Each photoreceptor is joined to the optic nerve by a modest nerve branch. The optic nerve is associated with nerve cells that convey signs to the vision focal point of the cerebrum, where they are translated as visual pictures.

Track 9: Pediatric Glaucoma:

Adolescence glaucoma is an abnormal eye illness and huge reason for youth visual deficiency. It is brought on by infection related strange increment in intraocular weight. The numerous potential causes can be categorized as one of two classifications and might be essential or auxiliary to some other illness handle. Essential intrinsic glaucoma comes about because of irregular improvement of the visual waste framework. It happens in around 1 out of 10,000 births in the Assembled States and is the most widely recognized type of glaucoma in new born children. Auxiliary glaucoma’s result from clutters of the body or eye and might possibly be hereditary. Both sorts might be connected with other restorative maladies.

Track 10: Surgical Techniques and Novel therapeutics in Glaucoma:

The reception of new surgical methodologies into a doctor practice that treats a constant infection like glaucoma is no straightforward matter. The moderate course of the illness makes it troublesome for scientists and engineers of new surgical ways to deal with figure out whether patients admission better with the new intercession, regularly taking numerous years and a few expansive studies to accomplish a sensible level of sureness. Moreover, since the most widely recognized exemplary glaucoma surgeries shunts and trabeculectomy are connected with some conceivably unsafe results, when surgical mediation is considered for a patient the ailment is regularly sufficiently genuine that vision is debilitated.

The present creation gives benzothiadiazine and chroman subordinates and especially diazoxide and cromakalim subsidiaries for use in treating glaucoma, retinopathy and age related macular degeneration treating balancing out and/or restraining blood and lymph vascularization, and diminishing intraocular weight by managing a pharmaceutically powerful measure of a prodrug arranged in an ophthalmically satisfactory bearer to the eye, wherein the prodrug particularly tweaks a KATP channel to decrease an intraocular weight.

Track 11: Future of glaucoma treatment and management:

Numerous new improvements on the exploration front recommend the fight against glaucoma is turning. New medications are presently entering the centre, alongside better approaches to convey them. There is developing agreement that the eventual fate of glaucoma administration will be construct more in light of the optic nerve pathway from the retina to the visual cortex, and not entirely constrained to enhancing outpouring. EuroTimes investigates what glaucoma treatment may look like not long from now.

Glaucoma illness can be controlled even with viable treatment patients must have general eye examinations. Treatment frequently proceeds for the patient's lifetime. Albeit troublesome, long lasting treatment is desirable over vision misfortune. Bringing down the intraocular weight is the centre of treating patients with glaucoma. Bringing IOP is done down to a level that is not prone to bring on additional optic nerve harm; this level is alluded to as the objective weight and is controlled by the ophthalmologist. High IOP may harm the optic nerve, which can prompt vision misfortune. The level varies for every patient, and a patient's objective weight may change over the span of a lifetime. For open-edge glaucoma (the most well-known sort), the ophthalmologist may recommend pharmaceutical to lower IOP. Topical or oral pharmaceuticals, embeds (waferlike portions of medicine that are placed toward the edge of the eye), or eye salves can be utilized.

Track 12: Eye-Sight and Vision: An Overview:

Ensuring your visual perception is a standout amongst the most essential things you can do to keep up your personal satisfaction. Some kind of sight-undermining eye issue influences one in six grown-ups age 45 and more seasoned. The hazard for vision misfortune just increments with age. Actually a late American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) report appraises that more than 43 million Americans will create age-related eye sicknesses by 2020. Since the main sources of visual impairment and low vision in the Assembled States are fundamentally age-related maladies. Securing your vision as you age is a key a portion of your medicinal services.

Track 13: Optometry and Vision Science:

Optometry and Vision Science manages the present improvements in optometry, visual optics, and eye and vision science. Counterfeit Vision and Biology of Shading manages the most recent improvements in retinal embeds; a sort that invigorates the retina with anodes additionally called a simulated retina. Biomedical Optics and Ophthalmic Lasers help in the advancement of optical frameworks for restorative symptomatic applications and the studies on the optics of the eye. Visual Neuroscience session focuses on comprehension neural movement brings about visual recognition. Refractive Blunder and Physiological Optics session manages the fundamental inquiries on the contemporary research in optometry and its physiological perspectives. Binocular Vision and Vision treatment can't be treated with glasses, contact focal points or fixing. This session examines the different arrangements of visual therapeutics given to those with binocular vision.

Track 14: Ocular Oncology and Pharmacology:

Tumour can create in a few structures in the eye zone. It happens when solid cells in or around the eye change and become wildly, shaping a mass called a tumour. A tumour can be favourable or destructive. A favourable tumour implies the tumour can develop however won't spread. A harmful tumour is dangerous, which means it can develop and spread to different parts of the body. Growth that structures in the eyeball is called an intraocular (inside the eye) threat. This incorporates sorts like retinoblastoma, which is the most regular kind of growth influencing the eyeball in youngsters, Ophthalmologic disease, in which on the off chance that it influences internal part of the eye intraocular. What's more, those influencing the outside of the eye are additional visual. Ophthalmologic Tumors can be dealt with by Chemotherapy, medication can be infused into the eye or they can be infused into a vein making this treatment exceptionally valuable for growths that have spread. Chemo can be valuable for treating intraocular (eye) lymphoma; however it is utilized less frequently for intraocular melanoma.

Visual Pharmacology theme manages the treatment calendar of the visual maladies.

Confinement of medication use for Optometrist

Track 15: Ocular Microbiology and Immunology:

A large number of the viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi that can attack the human body are likewise equipped for attacking the surface or inside of the eye. The regular propensity for immunologic sickness to influence the eye gets from various variables, for example, Counter acting agent subordinate and immunizer intervened illnesses, Uveitis, intraocular irritation and cell-interceded maladies. The immune system plays a critical role during transplantation and as this corneal transplantation has turned out to be progressively basic since the 1960s and more than 40,000 transplants were in 1990 in the United States and Canada. The 5-year disappointment rate for corneal unions is around 35%; corneal unite dismissal is the most well-known reason for join disappointment in the late postoperative period yet with the late improvement in Immunotherapy can be an achievement to overcome from every one of the impediments of the customary methods. The microbiological disease, for example, parasitic endophthalmitis can influence the vitreous and foremost assembly of the eye and subsequently the employments of anti-toxin in visual contaminations have been expanded to defeat these conditions. The consumables, gear and innovation advertises in the microbiology business totalled almost $7.7 billion in 2012. This aggregate is required to develop from $8.5 billion in 2013 to $11.4 billion in 2018, with a compound yearly development rate of 6.1% for the five-year time frame, 2013 to 2018.

Track 16: Ophthalmic Research and Drug Delivery:

Advances in ophthalmic drug delivery systems, for example, Punctal Plugs, Ocular Therapeutics, Mati therapeutics and gel-shaping drops can be breakthrough in ophthalmic research and propel tranquilize conveyance framework to maximize the therapeutic effect of a particular drug. Topical mix of corticosteroid and against infective specialists, Drugs used in the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis, Oral and topical nonsteroidal anti inflammatory agents (NSAIDs) and Retinoblastoma chemotherapy are few created plan to treat ophthalmic sicknesses. Organizations like Allergan, Pfizer, Bausch + Lomb, Merck and Co. also, Regeneron are effectively taken an interest in ophthalmic research and medication advancement. As indicated by vision gain (Ophthalmic Drugs: World Market Prospects - 2013-2023; October 2013), the overall ophthalmic market was $17.5 billion in 2011 and is relied upon to develop to $34.7 billion by 2023, speaking to a 5.9% intensified yearly development rate.

Track 17: The Science of Orthoptics:

Orthoptics is a train managing the determination and treatment of flawed eye development and coordination, (for example, Nystagmus), binocular vision, and amblyopia by eye mind experts.

There are five ranges of treatment for Orthoptics issues:

Restorative focal points (circular, tube shaped focal point, kaleidoscopic and Fresnel focal points)

Strabismic-related Orthoptics as an "eye work out" is constrained to the treatment of eye coordination issues by expanding the scope of binocular fusion [citation needed]

Eye patching

Pharmaceuticals, for example, cycloplegics

Surgery

Track18: Ophthalmologists Career & Training:

Ophthalmologists are a particular sort of specialist who treats sickness, infections and conditions that influence the eye. While ophthalmologists can be considered blandly 'eye specialists' or ‘eye doctors’ and play out a portion of an indistinguishable obligations from optometrists, they contrast in that ophthalmologists perform eye surgery and treat eye maladies. Ophthalmologists additionally inspect eyes, screen for eye diseases, and endorse contact focal points and glasses.

Ophthalmic expert preparing is an extra seven years on top of the time it takes to finish your restorative degree and Establishment program. It is skill based and prompts a Testament of Consummation of Preparing (CCT). Ophthalmologists keep on training all through their vocations to hone their abilities and stay informed concerning new improvements in the field. Most have their hearts set on getting to be specialists, while others may hope to go down the scholarly course.

Track 19: Optometrists Courses & Education:

Optometrists are doctors who diagnose and treat vision issues. To rehearse as an optometrist, they have to pass a national examination and, now and again, a state examination keeping in mind the end goal to get permitting. Selected understudies must figure out how to look at patients, analyse vision issue, treat vision issues and instruct patients on normal eye-related concerns. Before graduating, understudies must finish clinical revolutions and entry level positions. The essentials for an optometry doctoral program incorporate a four year college education and consummation of the Optometry Confirmation Test given by the Relationship of Schools and Universities of Optometry. Understudies ought to ensure that they finish courses in science, calculus, laboratory science, physiology and science.

The initial couple of years of a Specialist of Optometry degree program cover fundamental human life structures, visual life systems, essential vision science and neuroanatomy. The second 50% of the degree program is made up predominantly of lab and clinical work, where understudies are relied upon to figure out how to oversee vision mind in a clinical situation. The fourth and last year of a Specialist of Optometry program is comprised of clinical turns and temporary positions at doctor's facilities and claim to fame eye centres.

 

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Conference series LLC invites all participants across the world to join the 17^th Global Ophthalmology, Optometry and Glaucoma Conference which is going to be held during November 2-4, 2017 at Bangkok, Thailand following the theme of “Enlightening the vision range in ophthalmology”. The conference will concentrate on latest and exciting innovations in field of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Glaucoma. This conference highlights on the areas of treating glaucoma, diagnostics and recent technologies towards glaucoma treatment and prevention. Glaucoma 2017 also acts as a platform to exchange information, new interventions and technologies that strengthen the collaboration among Ophthalmologists, Optometrists, Researchers, Associate Professors, and Scholars from both academia and ophthalmic Institutes along with the industrial professionals from biomedical companies and healthcare sectors.

Glaucoma is the real reason for visual deficiency around the world. With broad research being done for early conclusion and treatment of glaucoma can minimize and avoid optic nerve harm, accordingly restricting or forestalling vision misfortune. With the progressions in innovation, treatment is exceedingly viable, however harm brought on by this ailment can't generally be switched – early location is a key component to avert vision misfortune. This three day occasion incorporate the real sessions.

 

Glaucoma 2017 market research:

After a huge downfall of the market during economic drain in 2008-2009, ophthalmology market is catching up to get back to the normal as there is a rapid growth in population resulting in increased number of patients with eye diseases and the incidence of cataract and glaucoma are increasing every year.

According to a study it is estimated that around 48% of world population is blind because of cataract and more than 60 million people suffer from glaucoma and it is estimated that the number would rise to 80 million by the end of 2020. Ageing population is the leading cause for refractive error problem in countries like the USA and Europe, it is noticed that the refractive error problem is mostly seen in population ageing more than 40 years.

Ophthalmology market is mainly divided in to four segments viz, surgical devices, diagnostic and monitoring devices, vision care and ophthalmic drugs.

Importance and scope:

Ophthalmology 2016 enhances ophthalmic education to improve eye care Institutes like (NIE, Wilmer are involved) Contribute to preservation and restoration of vision around the world.

Ophthalmology continues to be an attractive field of medicine with great opportunities.

According to WHO:

• 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide: 39 million are blind and 246 have low vision.
• About 90% of the world’s visually impaired live in low-income settings.
• 82% of people living with blindness are aged 50 and above.
• Globally, uncorrected refractive errors are the main cause of moderate and severe visual impairment; cataracts remain the leading cause of blindness in middle- and low-income countries.
• The number of people visually impaired from infectious diseases has reduced in the last 20 years according to global estimates work.
• 80% of all visual impairment can be prevented or cured.
• Cataract removal is the most commonly performed ophthalmic surgical operation.

Why Thailand?

Thailand has seen a significant increase in interest from foreign investors in the health care sector. The annul growth of medical devices and medical equipment market alone are 15% inn the last year.  There are over 723 community hospitals, 321 private health hospitals, 31 general health care hospitals and 26 regional health care hospitals. As per ministry of health Thailand (2011) there were 18,000 clinics in Thailand with 22% of them situated in Bangkok.

Conference Highlights

·         Primary and Secondary Glaucoma

·         Causes, Symptoms and Diagnosis of Glaucoma

·         Treatments and Medications for Glaucoma

·         Retina Disorders during Glaucoma

·         Pediatric Glaucoma

·         Surgical Techniques and Novel therapeutics in Glaucoma

·         Future of glaucoma treatment and management

·         Eye-Sight and Vision: An Overview

·         Neuro-Ophthalmology and Research

·         Clinical, Surgical Ophthalmology and Diagnostics Tools

·         Pediatric Ophthalmology and Novel Approaches

·         Ophthalmology Practice and surgery

·         Optometry and Vision Science

·         Ocular Oncology and Pharmacology

·         Ocular Microbiology and Immunology

·         Ophthalmic Research and Drug Delivery

·         The Science of Orthoptics

·         Ophthalmologists Career & Training

·         Optometrists Courses & Education

Statistical Analysis of Hospitals associated with Ophthalmology

Numbers of hospitals associated with ophthalmology in Taipei are 85 and there are approximately around 233 hospitals associated with ophthalmology in Taiwan. And in the rest of world there are around 700 hospitals (app) associated with ophthalmology research.

Major hospitals associated with ophthalmology around the world are

1. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
3. Wills Eye Hospital
4. UCSF School of Medicine
5. David Geffen School of Medicine
6. Mayo Medical School
7. LV Prasad Eye Institute

Major hospitals associated with ophthalmology in Thailand are

1. Changhua County
2. Changhua Christian Hospital 
3. Kaohsiung City
4. Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital 
5. Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital 
6. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Branch 
7. Taichung City
8. China Medical University Hospital 
9. Chun Shan Medical University Hospital 
10. Taichung Veterans General Hospital 
11. Tainan City
12. National Cheng Kung University Hospital 
13. Chi Mei Hospital 
14. Taipei City
15. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 
16. Central Clinic Hospital
17. Mackay Memorial Hospital
18. National Taiwan University Hospital
19. Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital 
20. Taipei Veterans General Hospital
21. Taiwan Adventist Hospital
22. Tri-Service General Hospital
23. Wan Fang Hospital 
24. Taoyuan City
25. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 

Ophthalmology Socities:

• Association of Thai Optometrists
• Thai Optometric Association
• Federation of Asian Veterinary Associations
• Low Vision Association
• Thailand Association of the Blind
• Foundation for The Blind in Thailand

Major societies associated with ophthalmology are

1. American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
2. American Association for Paediatric Ophthalmology
3. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology(ARVO)
4. European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA)
5. Asia Pacific Glaucoma Society
6. European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)

Glance at Market of Advertising and Marketing:

Changing trends in diet and lifestyle as well as increased longevity are growing the market for ophthalmological treatments: the global ophthalmic device market is expected to reach $28 billion by 2016 exhibiting a 2.5% compound annual growth rate from 2009 to 2016, according to GBI Research.

“The worldwide ophthalmic products market exceeds $22 billion (US) and is growing at more than 10% per year. Without the inclusion of consumer eye care products, the ophthalmic products market is roughly a $17 billion market.” Rising of demand for ophthalmic devices and expanding healthcare coverage in emerging economies will increase sales to 2024.The medical device market of Europe is mainly comprised of medical equipments such as consumables, orthopaedic devices, dental devices, respiratory devices, and ophthalmic devices which are manufactured in Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Spain. The demand for medical devices has been growing owing to a mounting awareness for early diagnosis and treatment of countless disease states in European countries. The key countries that have contributed significantly to the Europe medical devices market during 2008-2013 include Germany, UK , Spain and France. Germany is one of the major European markets and it has been observed that the country contributes immensely to the exports of medical devices. The overall medical devices market in Europe is projected to reach EUR ~ million in 2018, augmenting at a CAGR of 3.9% during 2013-2018.  

 

References: http://www.icoph.org/ophthalmologists-worldwide.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_university_hospitals

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ophthalmic-devices-market-forecast-2014-2024-future-prospects-for-leading-companies-271870351.html