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38 | EYEWORLD DAILY NEWS | APRIL 23, 2022 ASCRS ANNUAL MEETING DAILY NEWS ASCRS and the Cornea Society. Fac- ulty will share their experiences and provide evidence-based guidelines in managing challenging cases such as collagen crosslinking in the pediatric population and corneal and ocular surface diseases. Additionally, the Cat- aract Crossover Symposium: Cataract Surgery & All the Subspecialties will feature presenters discussing cataract surgery in patients with oculoplastic disease, retinal disease, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmic disease, and corneal disease. Presenters will discuss risks and share pearls on how to approach cataract surgery in these eyes. On Sunday afternoon from 1:30–3:00 p.m., the ASCRS Refrac- tive Surgery Clinical Committee will sponsor Refractive Surgery Rare Circumstances: What, When, and How to Handle Complications. It will explore various refractive surgery techniques and shed light on complica- tions and treatment options. Essential Strategies for Improving Refractive Cataract Surgery Outcomes will cover everything attendees need to know to New and Challenging Cases will focus on new formulas and technologies. Topics will include long and short eyes, post-RK, post-LVC, keratoconus, and nanophthalmos. Another YES sym- posium will cover Tools for Survival. The YES Clinical Committee will offer pearls on important practice-related and non-clinical topics that are not always openly discussed: how to get into fellowship; private vs. academic practice; staying up to date with surgi- cal techniques; working with industry; creating a work/life balance; and global outreach. Sunday Tomorrow morning from 8:00–9:30 a.m., In Between the Edits: A Vid- eo-Based Symposium on Complex Cataract Surgery, sponsored by the Vanguard Ophthalmology Society, will reveal how to use the most innovative surgical techniques to improve pa- tient outcomes and develop reflex-like responses to the sometimes unexpect- ed surgical dilemmas in surgery. Also during this time will be the Manage- ment Pearls on Challenging Corneal Diseases symposium sponsored by T he ASCRS Annual Meeting will feature a variety of symposia covering topics in cataract, refractive, cornea, glaucoma, retina, and more. Today Kicking off the first official day of the meeting are two symposia from 8:00–9:30 a.m. Retina 2022: Curated for the Anterior Segment Surgeon, sponsored by the ASCRS Retina Clinical Committee, will discuss posterior seg- ment topics as they pertain to anterior segment surgeons. The ASCRS Glau- coma Clinical Committee will sponsor Glaucoma Essentials, which will cover the essentials of glaucoma, from types of glaucoma to clinical evalua- tion and testing and medical and laser management. In the afternoon from 1:30–3:00 p.m., the ASCRS Cataract Clinical Committee will sponsor the annual Complicated and Challenging Cases in Cataract Surgery Video Symposium. It will feature a variety of challenging case videos, with the audience choos- ing which one wins the Golden Apple Award for best teaching case. Also during this time, the ASCRS Cornea Clinical Committee will sponsor the Cornea Essentials symposium, which will highlight pertinent cornea top- ics, such as the non-healing corneal epithelium, infectious keratitis, and inflammatory ocular surface disease. The ASCRS Young Eye Surgeons (YES) Clinical Committee will sponsor Good to Great Surgeon: Working Through Complications Video Symposium. This interactive symposium will showcase difficult cases and complications that come up in the OR. A panel of surgeons will be asked to provide their guidance. Each of the cases will be followed by YES Clinical Committee members' own complicated case videos, show- ing how they worked through similar complications. From 3:30–5:00 p.m., a sym- posium on IOL Calculations: What's Symposia at the 2022 ASCRS Annual Meeting continued on page 40

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