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MAY 4, 2019 | EYEWORLD DAILY NEWS | 23 ASCRS NEWS Annual Meeting that you can take back home with you and become a better ophthalmologist. Tell me about the Honored Guests this year who are very special. Dr. Holland: Our Special Guest this year is Hal Kushner, MD, Col. (Ret.). Many of our mem- bers have seen the Ken Burns documentary on Vietnam, and Dr. Kushner was featured numerous times throughout that nine-part series. He is a true American hero and also went on to be- come an ophthalmologist. He is a long-standing ASCRS member and an outstanding doctor so we wanted to bring his story to our Opening General Session. It's a remarkable story for a remarkable human being. We are also pleased to rec- ognize Andrew Maxwell, MD, PhD, and Donald Serafano, MD, as the David A. Karcher Honored Guests for 2019. These outstanding ophthalmologists are being honored for their years of teaching and service with ASCRS. Dr. Donnenfeld: I couldn't agree more. I am looking forward to hearing from Dr. Kushner and our Honored Guests. We also have some special annual lectures. Can you talk about those? Dr. Holland: This year's Bink- horst Lecture will be given by Stephen Pflugfelder, MD, from Baylor University. He's a world-re- nowned expert in ocular surface disease and dry eye and has advanced the field tremendously in the diagnosis and treatment of dry eye. Then we have our annual Lecture on Science, Medicine and Technology as part of the Sun- day Summit. We select a medical or technology-related talk given by someone other than an oph- thalmologist, and this year we are proud and honored to have John Medina, PhD, who is a best-sell- ing author of numerous books on the brain and how it functions. We can expect a fascinating lecture. One of our favorite sessions of the meeting is the ASCRS Innovators General Session, which features the Kelman Innovator's Award. This year's recipient is Ron Kurtz, MD, for his out- standing work in lasers in oph- thalmology. The session will also include five innovative talks on fascinating topics in new technol- ogy in cornea, refractive, cataract and glaucoma surgery. It's always a fascinating session. We wrap up our meeting with one of the sessions you, Eric, moderate and have run for years. It's called the Best of ASCRS 2019, and this is where you and a few EyeWorld Editorial Board members pick the best presenta- tions from throughout the meet- ing. I don't know how they do this, but in a short period of time they choose and summarize the best papers from the meeting and they are presented to an expert panel for discussion and debate. This session gives a synopsis of the best of the week and is always one of the highest rated sessions of the meeting. Dr. Donnenfeld: Thanks, Ed. I want to again thank you for all your contributions to ASCRS and to ophthalmology in general. The ASCRS ASOA Annual Meeting is the most important meeting in the world for anterior segment sur- geons and certainly a meeting that every anterior segment surgeon should go to. Industry Spotlight 23 continued from page 22

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