Prof Elisabeth Messmer and Prof Martina Schüller visits the Department from LMU University of Munich for One week cornea course

Prof Messmer and Prof Martina Schüller visited the Department from LMU University of Munich for a one week cornea course between 19th and 23rd June 2023.

Prof Messmer and Prof Martina with the cornea course participants

Prof Messmer and Prof Martina Schüller visited the Department from LMU University of Munich for a one week cornea course between 19th and 23rd June 2023. The cornea course was organized by the cornea and anterior Segment lecturers from LMU University, University of Nairobi and Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). The University of Nairobi team was headed by Dr Mukiri Mukuria and the KNH team was headed by Dr Rebecca Nadasaba. 

During the one week course, the post graduate students in the department of ophthalmology benefited from lectures on anterior segment diseases, case discussions and Cornea banking discussions. They also made case presentations for discussion. Prof Messmer also gave an online Webinar on dry eye diseases to the Ophthalmology Society of Kenya (OSK) members.