ASCRS•ASOA SYMPOSIUM & CONGRESS, SAN DIEGO 2015
Monday, April 16, 2018
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Mr. DeGraff explains how constructive conflict produces innovation.
Judge Dr. Yeu and contestant Dr. Williamson won "The Voice of Ophthalmology" for their
position on presbyopia correction.
by Lauren Lipuma EyeWorld Contributing Writer
new technologies, providing a better
patient experience, or any other sit-
uation that would move the practice
forward.
Physicians and practice ad-
ministrators face a lot of pressure
in the modern healthcare environ-
ment, Mr. DeGraff explained, and
that pressure comes from multiple
angles: from patients, insurers, the
government, industry, and others.
But he thinks physicians can
overcome this pressure and move
their practices into the future by
being innovators. And the key to
innovation, he said, is creating con-
structive conflict.
W
hen it comes to being
innovative, Jeff
DeGraff, the speaker
for the 2018 ASCRS
Lecture on Science,
Medicine and Technology, has a
simple message: Just do it. "Decide
that you're going to be the innova-
tion you want to see at your organi-
zation," Mr. DeGraff said during his
address to attendees at yesterday's
Sunday Summit.
Mr. DeGraff, a business profes-
sor, speaker, author, and consultant
to multiple Fortune 500 companies,
spent time giving attendees pearls
on how to make a medical practice
innovative, whether it's adopting
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contestants to address were chosen
by ASCRS membership ahead of
the meeting. Contestants presented
their perspective while the judges
listened, not seeing them or know-
ing who because the judges faced
away, toward the audience. Judges
—Eric Donnenfeld, MD, Rockville
Centre, New York, Elizabeth
Yeu, MD, Norfolk, Virginia, John
Berdahl, MD, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, and Iqbal "Ike" Ahmed,
MD, Toronto, Canada—pushed a
button to turn their chair and see
A
new and lively program
joined the Sunday Sum-
mit General Session this
year. Modeled after the
popular NBC show "The
Voice," a team of judges—complete
with the iconic chairs—contestants,
and a panel participated in "The
Voice of Ophthalmology."
In the session, contestants pre-
sented on the "most controversial
topics in anterior segment surgery,"
said the competition's host Edward
Holland, MD, Cincinnati. Topics for
'The Voice of Ophthalmology' premiers at
ASCRS•ASOA Annual Meeting
Constructive conflict key to innovation
by Liz Hillman EyeWorld Staff Writer