Forefront Therapeutic Refractive Surgery Course
Advanced course - Live
Live in London 7-8 November 2026
Holiday Inn London Regent’s Park, Carburton St, London W1W 5EE (9 EACCME points)
2025 course is AVAILABLE online on-demand
Therapeutic Course (live in London)
- Ophthalmologist £1,500
- Optometrist £750
- Trainee ophthalmologist £500
Special Offers
Members of the Refractive Surgery Alliance (RSA) and International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) receive a 10% discount.
Repeat attendees receive a 50% discount.
Trainee ophthalmologists receive a 60% discount.
Feedback
We are privileged to say that we often receive feedback that this was “the best course I have ever attended in my career.” For a previous course held in June 2020, 85% of delegates rated the course content as excellent:
Forefront Therapeutic Refractive Surgery Course Overview
Therapeutic refractive surgery is the management of refractive complications and this course covers advanced topics in this area including diagnostics, treatment planning, treatment modalities, retreatment surgical techniques, and postoperative monitoring and management. The course includes didactic lectures and in-depth individual case studies. Attendance of the Forefront Refractive Surgery Course is a pre-requisite to attend the therapeutic course.
Accreditation
The Forefront Therapeutic Refractive Surgery Course, London, United Kingdom, 7-8 November 2026 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 9 European CME credits (ECMEC®s).
Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.
Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Social Event
Alongside the academic programme, delegates are invited to relax and connect at our social event. Join us for a fun ten-pin bowling evening with friendly competition and great company. It’s the perfect way to unwind and build connections with fellow attendees.
Course Outline (Live course)
Saturday November 7, 2026 9am-6pm
- Diagnostics: Topography and tomography
- Diagnostics: Aberrometry and quality of vision
- Diagnostics: Applications of epithelial thickness mapping
- Diagnostics: Anatomical cross-sectional imaging
- Topography-guided custom treatments
- Refraction planning for topography-guided treatments
- Trans-epithelial PTK treatments
- Wet PTK polishing
- Advanced approaches to TE-PTK planning
Sunday November 8, 2026, 9am-1pm
- Treatment options for ectasia
- Other therapeutic applications for PTK
- Advanced flap planning, surgical techniques and complications
- Discussion of audience therapeutic cases