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News and Events 
Vol. 26, 3, 2010 

 
Annual Meeting American Academy of 
Ophthalmology and Middle East Africa Council 
of Ophthalmology (MEACO) 
Date: 16-19 October 2010 
Venue: Mc Cormick Place, Chicago, USA 
Web. www.aao.org/meeting 

 
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of 
Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) Annual General 
Meeting and Scientific Congress  
Date: 20-24 November 2010 
Venue: Adelaide, Australia 

 
Lahore Ophthalmo 
Date: 24-26 December 2010 
Venue: Pearl Continental Hotel 
 Lahore, Pakistan 
Secretary: Dr. Zahid Kamal Siddiqui 
Secretariat: OSP House 4-A LDA Flats, 
 Lawrence Road, Lahore. 
Phone: 92-42-36363325 
Fax: 92-42-36363326 
Email: osplahore@hotmail.com 

 
Association for Research in Vision and 
Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting 
Date: 1-5 March 2011 
Venue: Florida, USA 

 
APAO Sydney 
Date: 21-24 March 2011 
Venue: Sydney, Australia 

 
American Society of Cataract and Refractive 
Surgery (ASCRS)/American Society of 
Ophthalmic Administrators (ASOA) Symposium 
and Congress 
Date: 26-30 March 2011 
Venue: San Diego, USA 
 

XVIX Congress of the European Society of 
Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) 
Date: 17-20 September 2011 
Venue: Vienna, Australia 

 
Annual Meeting of American Academy of 
Ophthalmology (AAO) 
Date: 22-25 October 2011 
Venue: Orlando, USA 

 
33rd World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) 
Date: 16-20 February 2011 
Venue: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 

 
INSTITUTE / COURSES 
Pakistan  Institute  of  Community 
Ophthalmology, Peshawar – Pakistan 
Comprehensive range of courses for doctors, nurses 
and paramedics 
Contact: Professor Shad Muhammad 
 Professor and Rector 
 PICO,  Hayat Abad Medical Complex 
 Peshawar 
Phone: 091-9217376-80 
Fax: 92-42-6363326 
Email: pico@pes.comsats.net.pk 

 
Punjab Institute of Preventive Ophthalmology, 
Lahore, Pakistan 
Comprehensive range of courses for doctors, nurses 
and paramedics 
Contact: Prof. Asad Aslam Khan 
 Executive Director 
 College of Ophthalmology and Allied 

Vision Sciences, KEMU / Mayo Hospital, 
Lahore 

Phone: 042-37355998 
Fax: 042-37248006 
Email: PIPO@brain.net.pk 
 



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Pakistan Institute of Ophthalmology, Al-shifa 
Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan 
Comprehensive range of courses for doctors, nurses 
and paramedics 
Contact: Secretary, PIO, Al-Shifa Trust Eye 

Hospital, Jhelum Road, Rawalpindi - 
Pakistan 

Phone: 92-51-5487830, 5487820-25 
Fax: 92-51-5487827 
Email: info@alshifa-eye.org.pk 

Please send any suggestion about this section to: 
 Prof. Hamid Mahmood Butt 
 Department of Ophthalmology 
 Fatima Jinnah Medical College 
 Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore 
Fax: 92-42-6363326 
Email: hamidbut@gmail.com 
Mobile: 0300 – 4158962