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6 | EYEWORLD DAILY NEWS | MAY 7, 2019 ASCRS NEWS ASCRS ASOA ANNUAL MEETING New Techniques Winner Pupillary Zone Sparing Partial Cor- neal Epithelium Debridement for C3R Tushya Parkash, MS Runner-up Back Flow Hydrodissection Atsushi Hirota, MD Cataract Complications Best of the Best Winner IOL Injection Issues(!) Ronald Yeoh, MD Runner-Up Unexpected Corneal Endothelial Damage in FLACS Yoichiro Masuda, MD Refractive/Cornea Surgery Best of the Best Winner The DMEK Kite Chandra Bala, PhD Runner-Up Boost That SMILE: Enhancing the " Wow" Factor with Small Incision Lenticule Extraction Sheetal Brar, MD Grand Prize Intraoperative Aqueous Misdirection Syndrome: The New Risk Factor for PC Rupture During Phacoemulsifica- tion Boris Malyugin, MD, PhD Cataract/Implant Surgery Winner Phacoemulsification in Corneal Opacities: A Novel Approach to Restore Sight to the Surgeon Rushad Shroff, MD Runner-Up Couching Ashar Agarwal, MBBS Glaucoma Surgery Winner Walking on the Moon: A MIGS Perspective for the Cataract Surgeon Jonathan Lake, MD Runner-up MIGS Performed at the Slit Lamp: Ab Externo (Closed Conjunctiva) Implantation of a Gel Microstent Sebastien Gagne, MD Instruments & Devices/IOLs Winner A Critical Analysis of CTR Insertion and a Novel Injection System to Reduce CTR Complications Timothy Page, MD Runner-Up Pursuit of Exothermic Phenomena during Phacoemulsification Using Egg Albumen Makoto Kishimoto, MD In-House Production Winner Double Needle Intra Scleral Artificial Iris Fixation Vladimir Pfeifer, MD Runner-Up Colors: Corneal Pigmentation Procedure Luis Izquierdo, MD Special Interest Winner Posture Perfect: Ergonomics for the Ophthalmic Surgeon Samaresh Srivastava, MD Runner-up Rear View: Complete Choroidal De- tachment in a Complicated Glauco- ma Surgery Fernando González del Valle, MD New Producer/ Young Physician Winner Repair of Iris Dialysis By Riveting with Double-Flanged Polypropylene Sutures Mami Kusaka, MD Runner-up MIGS: The Learning Curve Daniela Alvarez-Ascencio, MD Quality Teaching Winner Creation and Evaluation of Compli- cation Models Using Slit Side View Cataract Surgery Hisaharu Suzuki, MD Runner-up Sculpting the Pupil: Three "Subtrac- tive" Iris Techniques Samantha Schockman, MD 2019 ASCRS Film Festival winners The winner of the EyeSeek grand prize drawing for a luxury vacation package was Jayne McRae. #123456 723587 A t today's Best of ASCRS 2019, you catch up on highlights of the ASCRS ASOA Annual Meeting in one session. This special wrap-up session will showcase some of the most important and interesting papers presented at the meeting from among the Best Paper of Session winners. Following summary presenta- tions of the best papers, the section editors of EyeWorld will debate the conclusions and im- plications in a free-flowing panel discussion. Eric Donnenfeld, MD, will moderate the session. Ses- sion panelists will include Reay Brown, MD, David Chang, MD, Oliver Findl, MD, Edward Holland, MD, and Edward Manche, MD. The session will cover Best Paper of Session winners in cataract, refractive, cornea, and glaucoma surgery. The Best of ASCRS 2019 is an excellent way to get an overview of the meet- ing highlights. The session will take place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in room 20D. Best of ASCRS 2019 highlights outstanding papers from the meeting Dr. Malyugin, who took home the top prize at the ASCRS Film Festival, poses with his award with Shachar Tauber, MD.

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