South African Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (SASPOS)

President:
Christopher Tinley; SOUTH AFRICA

Executive Committee members:
Claire Cullen, Nicola Freeman (past president); SOUTH AFRICA

Contact:
christopher.tinley@uct.ac.za
ccullen1611@gmail.com
nicola.freeman@uct.ac.za

The South African Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (SASPOS) was formed in March 2013. The aims of SASPOS are to advance education, research and quality of clinical practice in the fields of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and to provide an opportunity for colleagues with an interest in these fields to meet.SASPOS now has a growing list of members and includes Orthoptists, General Ophthalmologists, Retinal Surgeons, and Oculoplastic Surgeons with a special interest in Paediatric Ophthalmology.

The Paediatric Ophthalmology Department at the University of Cape Town & Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital has a couple fellowship opportunities available. Click here for more information on the Clinical (clinical + surgery) & Clinical + Research (clinical + research + limited surgery) fellowships offered. Please contact Dr. Nicola Freeman for any further information.

Visit the SASPOS website here

WSPOS Member Chapters

Zambia ChapterZambia Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Dr. David Kasongole

Slovenia ChapterSlovenian Society of Ophthalmology

President/Head: Prof. Natasa Vidovic Valentincic

Ethiopia ChapterOphthalmological Society of Ethiopia

President/Head: Dr. Fitsum Bekele

Zimbabwe ChapterOphthalmological Society of Zimbabwe

President/Head: Akim Mashoko

Uganda ChapterUganda Ophthalmology Association

President/Head: Dr. Ssali Grace

Sri Lanka ChapterCollege of Ophthalmologists of Sri Lanka

President/Head: Dr. Pradeepa K. Siriwardena; DO, MS, FRCS

Russia ChapterAssociation of Pediatric Ophthalmology Clinics

President/Head: Dr Igor Aznauryan, MD, Dr. Sc., Prof

Somalia ChapterSomali Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Dr. Said Hussein Gedi, MD, Consultant Eye Surgeon

Polish Ophthalmological Society ChapterPolish Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Prof. Iwona Grabska-Liberek

Nigeria ChapterNigerian Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Society (NIPOSS)

President/Head: Dr. Dupe Ademola-Popoola

Nepal ChapterPediatric Ophthalmology Interest Group Nepal

President/Head: Dr Suman Thapa, MD, PhD

Malawi ChapterOphthalmological Society of Malawi

President/Head: Dr. Gerald Msukwa

Libya ChapterLibyan Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (LAPOS)

President/Head: Karima lamin Shalabi, MD

Kenya ChapterCollege of Ophthalmology of the Eastern, Central and Southern African (ECSA) Region

President/Head: Dr. Ibrahim Matende

Croatia ChapterCroatian Section for Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (CSPOS)

President/Head: Prim. Neda Striber, MD

Cameroon ChapterSociete Camerounaise D’ophtalmologie / Cameroonian Society Of Ophthalmology (SCO)

President/Head: Prof Ebana Mvogo

Bangladesh ChapterBangladesh Association of Pediatric Ophthalmologist & Strabismologist (BAPOS)

President/Head: Prof. A.H.M. Enayet Hussain

Azerbaijan ChapterAzerbaijan Society of Ophthalmology

President/Head: Prof. Elmar Qasimov

Algerian Ophthalmology Society ChapterAlgerian Ophthalmology Society

President/Head: Professor Ourida Ouhadj

Afghanistan ChapterAfghanistan Eye Doctors’ Society

President/Head: Dr. Dastagir Amiri MD, PGD, Ophthalmologist

WSPOS Member Societies

Israeli Orthoptic SocietyIsraeli Orthoptic Society

President/Head: Guy Barnett-Itzhaki

International Society for Genetic Eye Disease and Retinoblastoma (ISGEDR) SocietyInternational Society for Genetic Eye Disease and Retinoblastoma (ISGEDR)

President/Head: Birgit Lorenz

International Orthoptic Association SocietyInternational Orthoptic Association

President/Head: Jan Roelof Polling

Turkey SocietyTurkish Strabismological Society

President/Head: Osman Sevki

Taiwan SocietyThe Ophthalmological Society of Taiwan, Pediatric Ophthalmological Section

President/Head: Catherine Liu

Thailand SocietyThai Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus society

President/Head:

Spain SocietySpanish Strabismus Society

President/Head:

Italy SocietySIOP Italian Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology

President/Head: Prof. Adriano Magli

Columbia SocietyLatin American paediatrics society

President/Head: Marcia Beatriz Tartarella

Portugal SocietyPortuguese Society of Ophthalmology: SPO

President/Head: FERNANDO FALCÃO

Singapore SocietySingapore Interest Group in Paediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus (SINGPOST)

President/Head: Professor Audrey Chia

Phillipines SocietyPhilippine Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (PSPOS)

President/Head: Dr. Norman Fajardo

Malaysia SocietyMalaysian Society of Ophthalmology

President/Head: Dr Kenneth Choong-Sian Fong

USA SocietyPediatric Keratoplasty Association

President/Head: Dr Gerald W Zaidman

Ukraine SocietyOphthalmological Society of Ukraine

President/Head: Nataliya Pasyechnikova

Myanmar SocietyMyanmar Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Prof Khin Ommar Khine

Middle East Africa and Lebanon SocietyMiddle East African Council of Ophthalmology and Lebanese Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed

Jordan SocietyJordanian Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Dr. Essam Batayneh

Indonesia SocietyIndonesian Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Society (APOSS)

President/Head:

Spain SocietyInstituto de Microcirugía Ocular Fundación (IMO Foundation)

President/Head: Dr José Luis Güell

Britain and Ireland SocietyBritish and Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS)

President/Head:

Tunisia SocietyAssociation Tunisienne d'orthoptie (ATO)

President/Head: Ons lahouimel

Pakistan Society Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology Pakistan

President/Head: Prof PS Maher

Mexico Society Asociación Mexicana de Oftalmología Pediátrica

President/Head: Dr. Eduardo Chavez Mondragon

Germany SocietyDeutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft

President/Head: Dr. Dipl.-Kfm. Philip Gass

Brazil SocietyBrazilian Strabismus Center (CBE)

President/Head:

Austria SocietyAustrian Academy of Opthalmology and Optometry

President/Head:

Australia and New Zealand SocietyAustralian and New Zealand Strabismus Society (ANZSS)

President/Head: Dr Craig Donaldson

Israel SocietyIsraeli Society for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus (IPSOS)

President/Head: Alvit Wolf

Iraq SocietyIraqi Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Hamzah Almajedi

Argentina SocietySociedad Argentina de Oftalmología Infantil (SAOI)

President/Head:

Argentina SocietyCentro Argentino de Estrabismo (CAE)

President/Head:

Indonesia SocietyIndonesian Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Society (INAPOSS)

President/Head:

India SocietyAll India Orthoptic Society

President/Head:

India SocietyStrabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology Society of India (SPOSI)

President/Head: Prof. Pradeep Sharma

Hungary SocietyHungarian Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (HSPOS)

President/Head:

Hong Kong SocietyHong Kong Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Group

President/Head:

Greece SocietyHellenic Society of Paediatric Ophthalmolgy and Strabismus (HAPOS)

President/Head:

Georgia SocietyGeorgia Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismology Society (GPOSS)

President/Head:

France SocietyNeuro-Ophtalmologie-Pediatrique (NOP)

President/Head: Dominique Bremond-Gignac

Europe SocietyEuropean Paediatric Ophthalmological Society (EPOS)

President/Head: G. Darius Hildebrand FRCS FRCOphth FEBO

Egypt SocietyEgyptian Group of Paediatric Eye Surgery (EGPES)

President/Head:

Dominican Republic SocietyThe Dominican Council of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (CODESOP)

President/Head:

Denmark SocietyDanish Paediatric Ophthalmology Group (DPOG)

President/Head:

Czech Republic SocietyCzech Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Society

President/Head:

China SocietyChinese Association of Paediatric Ophthalmology (CAPOS)

President/Head:

Canada SocietyThe Canadian Orthoptic Society (TCOS)

President/Head:

Burundi SocietyBurundi Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Levi Kandeke

Brazil SocietySociedade Brasileira De Oftalmologia Pediatrica (SBOP)

President/Head:

Germany SocietyBielschowsky-Gesellschaft (National Society for Strabismus, Neuroophthalmology and Pediatric Ophthalmology)

President/Head: Prof. Dr. Michael Schittkowski / Prof. Dr. Ina Sterker

Colombia SocietyAsociación Colombiana de Oftalmología Pediatrica y Estrabismo (ACOPE)

President/Head: Adriana Solano

Belgium SocietyBelgian Orthoptic Association

President/Head: Hilde Janssens

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