About the Author:

Francesco Quaranta Leoni, MD is the Director of the Oculoplastic, Lacrimal and Orbital Service in the Dept. of Ophthalmology of Tiberia Hospital - GVM Care & Research in Rome and Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pavia. Past President of ESOPRS and SICOP (Italian Oculoplastic Surgery Society), International Associate Member of ASOPRS, Member of ITEDS, Committee Member and Advisor for Oculoplastic Surgery of AIMO (Italian Association of Ophthalmologists), Member of the Editorial Board of Orbit, the International Journal on Orbital Disorders, Oculoplastic and Lacrimal Surgery. He attended general ophthalmic and subspecialty strabismus training at the Catholic University of Rome, and a two-year Fellowship in Oculoplastic, Lacrimal and Orbital Surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital - London. In 2014 he has received the ASOPRS Merrill Reeh Pathology Award for his work on the management of porous orbital implants requiring explantation. He lectures regularly worldwide on oculoplastic surgery, publishes in the field, and has a commitment to teaching, training ophthalmic doctors at residency and post residency level.

David H Verity, KStJ MD MA (Oxon) BM BCh FRCOphth is Honorary Treasurer of ESOPRS and a Consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital. Trained at Oxford, and St Thomas' Hospital in London, he completed a research degree in immunogenetics, and advanced subspecialty training in Moorfields Eye Hospital. He has published over 130 peer-reviewed scientific publications and book chapters, with past roles including Honorary Editor-in-Chief of Orbit, and Honorary Treasurer of The British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS). Mr Verity is the current President of BOPSS, Hospitaller of the Order of St John, lead for the St John Ophthalmic Association, and a founding member of the Eye and Face Network for wartime and catastrophe ophthalmology. His extracurricular interests include co-running a horticultural business, and teaching and training in the Gaza Strip.

Dion Paridaens, PhD, MD is Past Secretary and President Elect of ESOPRS. Clinical Director and Adnexal Fellowship Director, Oculoplastic, Lacrimal & Orbital Service, the Rotterdam Eye Hospital & Oculoplastic & Orbital Surgeon, Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Secretary S.W.O.O. Research Foundation, Rotterdam. He is the head of the Residency Program of the Rotterdam Eye Hospital. He is a visiting Oculoplastic & Orbital Surgeon E.L.Z.A. Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland. During 5 years he was a visiting Professor at the Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve, Switzerland. He is a Honorary Editor-in-Chief of Orbit, the International Journal on Orbital Disorders, Oculoplastic and Lacrimal Surgery and currently is a Section Editor of the British Journal of Ophthalmology. Author of over 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications and book chapters. Received the FC Donders Prize for his work on periocular melanoma in 1996. Frequently lecturing all over the globe. Founding (Council) member and honorary Vice President of the Dutch Orbital Society.