Szemészet, 2004 (141. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
2004-06-01 / 2. szám
141. évfolyam (2004) 207 9 September: “Glaucoma: questions and answers for practising ophthalmologists” (1st Department of Ophthalmology, Budapest). 30 September: ALCON glaucoma symposium (Budapest). 27 October: “New possibilities in glaucoma therapy” (Inthera AG; Budapest). 16-18 November: Scientific session of the Retina Section of the Hungarian Ophthalmology Society (Tihany). 2001-2004 At the general assembly held on 2 February 2001 the Society agreed certain modifications to its constitution. The current constitution may be read on the Internet website: www.propatiente.hu/ The executive committee currently has 54 members. The principal officers are: President, István Hatvani; Past-President, Bálint Kovács; President-elect, Lajos Kolozsvári; Secretary-General, János Németh; Treasurer, Mária Bausz; Minutes Secretary, Andrea Facskó. Members of sub-committees are, Medical Ethics Committee: András Berta (President), Márta Janáky, Péter Rácz. Control Committee: Magdolna Zajácz (President), György Deák, Pál Sziklai. In 2000, Robert Morris (USA) was elected an honorary member of the Society, and he was awarded a membership diploma. A video film by Ferenc Kuhn was shown at the Vitreous Society congress held in January 2001 in Mexico, and won the “Red Buckler” prize. In 2001 István Hatvani was awarded the Hungarian Batthyány-Strattmann prize. In 2001 the John Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA) “Invention of the Year” award was won by András Berta, Adrienn Csutak, D. Silver, and J. Tőzsér, for their work titled "Plasminogen activator to prevent haze after laser vision correction surgery”. This work won further recognition in 2003, in Hungary. The drug and the method were awarded an American patent (Silver D., Csutak A., Berta A., Tőzsér J.: “Plasminogen activator to prevent corneal and subepithelial haze after laser vision surgery”, PCT/US01/31849). The same subject brought further recognition to Adrienn Csutak in Singapore in 2003, when she won the “Young Investigator Award” (Outstanding; Clinical Ophthalmology). Interesting information can be read in an article by János Németh and colleagues titled “The treatment of ophthalmic in-patients in Hungary in 1998”. Thirteen ophthalmology societies from Eastern European countries had been requested to assess ophthalmic patient care in their respective countries using a standard scoring method. The above-mentioned article was the Hungarian contribution to this project. It provided data which formed a basis for future developments. The first issue of “Szemészet” of the year listed the names of the specialist and general editorial staff of the journal. In their article titled “Electronic library for ophthalmology”, Enikő Szabó and Lívia Vasas gave an overview of ophthalmology information available on the Internet. The Society offered support for members who wished to participate in the “International Basic and Clinical Sciences Assessments for Ophthalmologists” examinations. The examinations, held annually, were first given on 14 March 2002. The Society will defray the assessment fee for all levels; but only on one occasion for each level. In 2002 Magdolna Zajácz was congratulated on her 70th birthday. In the first “Szemészet” issue of that year appeared articles by her colleagues dedicated to her. Other congratulations were offered to Gábor Brooser and György Imre on their respective 75th birthdays. Márta Domokos commemorated the 100th birth-anniversary of Ferenc Papolczy, who exemplified in his person the best traditions of the “Grósz - Imre school”. This issue also contained the obituary for Attila Medgyaszai (1928-2001), former chief ophthalmologist of thee ophthalmic ward of the Szent István Hospital. The main scientific sessions of the year were as follows: 11-13 April: SHIOL Congress (Keszthely). 24- 25 May: Joint meeting (Szeged): V. Ametropia Congress; VI. Congress of the Hungarian Society of Paediatric Ophthalmologists and Strabologists; XII. Symposium of the Contact Lens Society of Hungarian Ophthalmologists and Optometrists. 28 September: Glaucoma Section meeting of the Hungarian Ophthalmological Society (Budapest). 25- 27 October: Retina Section meeting of the Hungarian Ophthalmological Society (Pécs). On behalf of the Society, the President and the Secretary-General invited members to present lectures, as a revival of the Society’s tradition of monthly scientific lectures held on the last Friday of the month. In 2002, three such "Friday scientific sessions” were held in the Semmelweis University 1st Department of Ophthalmology, Budapest. The 2002 annual Congress was held in Miskolc. The local organisers were the Chief Physicians Ildikó Tornai and Károly Korompai and their colleagues. Honorary members from abroad who participated were R. Guthoff (Rostock) and Lotta Salminen (Tampere). Besides numerous lectures and posters, there were symposia and courses sponsored by commercial organisations. Professor Salminen offered a bursary (500 Euros) to support the participation of young Hungarian ophthalmologists (under age 35) in future congresses. The award would be decided by a special committee of the Society, on the basis of an English-language abstract of the proposed paper. The editorial board of “Szemészet” informed readers that they would make available a digital (CD-ROM) version of the journal issues and supplements published between 1998 and 2002. The scientific sessions scheduled for 2003 were as follows: 100 YEARS OF THE HUNGARIAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
