Mr. Robin Brammar
Manchester – UK
robin@robinbrammar.co.uk
Founder of AEO
A founder member of the Institute of Ocular Prosthetics, a founder member of the association of European Ocularists AEO in 2000 and a founder member of the Association of British Ocularists, a Diplomate of the American Society of Ocularists.
Design, fabrication and fitting of ocular prostheses and facial prostheses, design and custom fabrication of eyelid weight implants, psychological impact to ocular and facial prosthetic patients.
Prosthetic management of congenital anophthalmic and microphthalmic children.
Training of ocularists and development of ocular prosthetic services.
Personal interests: hiking, gardening, off road driving, art, reading, music.
Mrs. Erica Groet
The Hague – Netherlands
egroet@xs4all.nl
Founder Of AEO
Mrs.Erica Groet was born in the Hague in the Netherlands. She was educated by her father after high school. He was a pioneer starting to work with the new acrylic materials that came in from the US right after the Second World War. She continued by working together with Prof. Dr. Leo Koornneef, oculoplastic surgeon in the AMC University Hospital in Amsterdam. When she was invited by Robin Brammar and 2 of his co – workers to come to Manchester in 2000 the 5 of them established the AEO, together with the present President Phaedra Siniora, who came as well to Manchester.
On the 1st January 2019 Erica retired after 52 years and is thanking the organization for inviting her.
Mrs. Phaedra Siniora
Athens – Greece
info@siniora.gr
Founder of AEO
Chief Ocularist at Siniora Ocular prosthetics in Athens Greece and its branches in the island of Crete and Cyprus. Former Chief ocularist and founder of the prosthetic Department at St. John Ophthalmic hospital in Jerusalem Israel. A founder member of the Association of European Ocularists AEO in 2000. Assigned as a President of The European Association Of Ocularists for 2000 – 2001, and 2017 – 2019.
Interests: Congenital Anophthalmia and Microphthalmia, Facial Prosthesis, retinoblastoma. Perform manufacture and fit custom made ocular and facial prosthesis, Cosmetic Shells and Haptic lenses. Volunteered to participate in a 15 year project from 1993 until 2008, offering her voluntary work and support, fitting ocular prosthesis to children who had undergone war trauma and severe bullet injuries in Gaza Strip, Palestine. A Lecturer and has a number of papers and posters, and participating in many ophthalmology meetings.
Mrs. Andrea Morris
Manchester – UK
andrea.Morris@mft.nhs.uk
Founder of AEO
I have been working as an Ocularist for over 20 years at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital after completing my training in the late 1990’s. I specialise in fabricating and fitting artificial eyes, cosmetic shells, facial prostheses, manufacturing gold and platinum eyelid weight implants and carrying out serial socket expansion on paediatric anophthalmic and microphthalmic patients. I particularly enjoy working with children as, although they can be the most challenging cases, they are often the most rewarding.
As one of the founder members of the Association of European Ocularists, it was our aim to bring Ocularist colleagues together from around Europe to share knowledge, ideas and experience to improve the care of our patients. Over the years it has developed into something beyond all of our expectations and into something that I am extremely proud to be a part of.