The Presbymania Group is a group of international ophthalmologists with a specific interest in presbyopia and they were part of the OSSA Congress 2016. Dr Johan de Lange was the South African coordinator of the Presbymania group and their activities during the Ossa congress from 9 to 13 March 2016 at Sun City. The congress was a huge success and everyone were brought up to date with the latest products, technology and methods used in the treatment of presbyopia.
Presently the Presbymania Group has two South African members, Dr Johan de Lange and Dr Mark Wevill (who practices in the UK).
Presbymania was the brainchild of Dr Jérôme Bovet of Geneva, Switzerland. The vision was to establish an international forum to discuss advances in the treatment of presbyopia.
In 2009 the first presbymania meeting was held in Geneva with a number of international speakers. The first three Presbymania meetings were held in Geneva, after which it was decided to link up with international congresses.
Since then, the Presbymania Group has had meetings in Moscow, Sweden, Tokyo and the Canary Islands. They’ve also met as a group in London and India. Presbymania meetings are characterised by excellent presentations and lively discussions.
Some well-known contributors to Presbymania have been John Marshall, Damien Gatinel, Tobias Neuhann, Boris Malyugin and Rupal Shah
The future vision of the Presbymania Group is to co-operate globally with national ophthalmological societies in order to share knowledge about Presbyopia.
If local ophthalmologists are interested in and prepared to contribute to presbymania they could be invited to become Presbymania members.
Membership is free and by invitation. Presbymania membership has increased steadily from ten to more than 30 members.