ERN-EYE Webinar – Congenital aniridia PAX6 and differential diagnosis
Date & time
Tuesday 23 June 2026, 6.00 pm CEST.
Moderators
Pr Dominique Bremond-Gignac & Dr Susana Noval
Programme & Speakers
- Congenital aniridia PAX6 related phenotype overview, Pr Dominique Bremond-Gignac MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Necker Enfants malades, APHP, Paris, France.
- Foveal and optic nerve hypoplasia in congenital aniridia PAX6 related, Pr Alejandra Daruich, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Necker Enfants malades, APHP, Paris, France.
- Foveal hypoplasia non PAX6 related, Pr Matthieu Robert MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Necker Enfants malades, APHP, Paris, France.
- Follow-up of children with congenital aniridia – an interdisciplinary approach, Dr Erlend Landsend, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
- Discussion and questions
Registration
Biographies
Pr Dominique Brémond-Gignac – MD, PhD, is Professor of Ophthalmology specialized in Pediatric Ophthalmology. She is currently Head of Ophthalmology Department with pediatric subspecialty at University Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades and Paris V René Descartes University in Paris. Head of Paris V Orthoptic Departement, affiliated to the CNRS FR3636 Research Unit, in binocular vision, her activity is distributed in clinical practice, teaching and research (eye development). Current practice includes pediatric anterior segment, strabismus and oculo-plastic surgery as she is also graduated in maxillo-facial surgery. She contributed over a hundread peer review publications in the ophthalmic literature and more than fifty book chapters. Involved in visual health in children, she is Executive member of WSPOS (World Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology Society). She is also expert for the French Health and Higher Education Ministries about Orthoptic training, head of CLAIROP Research Clinical Center accredited by Europe EVI-CT and head of OPHTARA Rare Eye Diseases Center accredited by French Health Ministery and ERN-EYE (accredited by European Commission).
Alejandra Daruich, MD-PhD is a Full Professor in the Ophthalmology Department at Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital and Paris Cité University in Paris. She is leading expert in pediatric vitreoretinal surgery. Her clinical and research interests focus on pediatric retinal conditions and the development of innovative therapies for retinal disorders.
Matthieu ROBERT, MD, PhD, FEBO, is Professor of Ophthalmology at Necker-Enfants malades University Hospital in Paris. He is particularly involved in paediatric neuro-ophthalmology and rare disorders, paediatric anterior segment and oculomotor surgery. His fields of research are eye movements development and disorders, and retinal pathophysiology. He is the author of more than peer-reviewed 60 papers, 30 book chapters and 140 invited lectures. He is a board member of the European Paediatric Ophthalmology Society.
Dr Erlend Landsend