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6 | EYEWORLD DAILY NEWS | APRIL 22, 2022 ASCRS ANNUAL MEETING DAILY NEWS PUBLISHER Steve Speares MANAGING DIRECTOR Stacy Jablonski EDITORIAL CO-DIRECTORS Ellen Stodola Liz Hillman GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Susan Steury Katherine Beutner PRODUCTION MANAGER Cathy Stern SALES, SPONSORSHIPS, AND CORPORATE PROGRAMS Jessica Donohoe Joe Dooley Cathy Stern devices or pharmaceuticals that are in clinical trials but not yet approved, giving us a look at something that is coming down the line that may poten- tially help patients. Completing this session is the Charles D. Kelman, MD, Innovator's Lecture given by Francis Price Jr., MD. Dr. Price is an interna- tionally renowned corneal surgeon. Closing the meeting on Tuesday is the Best of ASCRS General Session, which will highlight some of the most important and interesting papers pre- sented at the meeting from among the Best Paper of Session winners. Dr. Donnenfeld: Anything else special that we should be excited about? Dr. Holland: We will have a couple of other great speakers. At the Opening General Session, Chris Wallace, the famous American broadcast journalist, will join us. On Sunday, we have an interesting speaker, ophthalmologist William Flanary, MD, better known as Dr. Glaucomflecken, who has an incredible Tik Tok following. Dr. Donnenfeld: Ed, you've done an amazing job of organizing this meeting. I want to thank you for the incredible amount of effort that you have put into making this meeting great. Dr. Holland: Thank you but the credit goes to the ASCRS staff and to the Program Committee. In addition, we have so many committed people on our Clinical Committees who work to build the program. E ric Donnenfeld, MD, EyeWorld chief medical editor, spoke to ASCRS Program Committee Chair Edward Holland, MD, about the 2022 Annual Meeting. Dr. Donnenfeld: Edward Holland has been the Program Committee chair for the world's greatest anterior segment meeting, the ASCRS Annual Meeting, for the last 9 years. I think this is the number one meeting for any anterior segment surgeon who wants to learn about what's new and exciting in the anterior segment, as well as new tech- nologies that are on the way. What do you think about the meeting this year? Dr. Holland: We're excited for this meeting because it's our first full meeting coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we expect great at- tendance. The Program Committee has put together a spectacular lineup that's going to appeal to anyone who is involved in anterior segment surgery. Whether you're a cataract, refractive, cornea, or glaucoma surgeon, this is the meeting to attend. Dr. Donnenfeld: Some of us have been attending virtual meetings for the last 2 years, and these meetings are exciting, but what's the big difference between going to a in-person meeting compared to virtual meetings? Dr. Holland: It's amazing how good these virtual meetings have been, but they don't replace a live meeting where there are many activities happening and many choices, whether it's going to a paper session, going to the Exhibit Hall to see new products from industry, or participating in a skills transfer lab. What you can't get at a virtual meeting is walking up to one of your colleagues or a famous cataract or refractive sur- geon and picking their brain. Dr. Donnenfeld: For me, the ASCRS Annual Meeting is the one meeting I never want to miss because it's every- thing I like about ophthalmology. I find myself coming away from this meeting with more excitement about being an ophthalmologist. Tell me about some of the named lectures that we'll have this year. Dr. Holland: Each day, we have a General Session. On Saturday, we have the Opening General Session with an interview with the outgoing and the incoming ASCRS presidents. We have anchored that with one of our highest awards, the Binkhorst Award, and this year that is being given to Rosa Braga-Mele, MD. She has been a tremendous teacher of cataract surgery and a very deserving winner of the Binkhorst Award. On Sunday, the Sunday General Session is anchored by the Lindstrom Symposium. The Lindstrom Lecture will be given by Warren Hill, MD, this year, who has been an asset to all of ophthalmology for his incredible work in IOL calculations. On Monday, the Innovators General Session features five innova- tive presentations. These are talks on A Q&A with Eric Donnenfeld, MD, and Edward Holland, MD

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