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T
he Opening Session took
place on the ASCRS Main
Stage on Friday afternoon.
Edward Holland, MD, kicked
off the session, highlighting upcom-
ing events at the ASCRS Annual
Meeting.
Outgoing President Douglas
Rhee, MD, took the stage to talk with
Dr. Holland about his year as pres-
ident. "What's fantastic about our
organization is it's a group of people
on the executive and leadership com-
mittee that's working on multi-year
projects that will make a difference
for everyone in the room and all the
patients that we serve," he said.
Incoming President Elizabeth
Yeu, MD, discussed her history in
ophthalmology and getting involved
with ASCRS. She detailed her
upbringing, and how she found her
purpose to become an ophthalmol-
ogist at Rush University in Chicago,
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Dr. Thompson gives the Steinert Refractive
Lecture and receives the medal from Dr. McCabe.
T
he Steinert Refractive Lecture
closed out ASCRS Refractive
Day. This year, Vance Thomp-
son, MD, delivered the lecture
on the topic of "Refractive Cataract
Surgery: Under Pressure."
Cathleen McCabe, MD, intro-
duced the lecture, noting that the
Steinert Refractive Lecture is named
after Roger Steinert, MD, who was
an innovator, researcher, and driver
of refractive surgery. Dr. Thompson is
all of those things as well, she said.
Dr. Thompson began his lec-
ture by discussing his history with
Dr. Steinert and how they worked
together throughout his career.
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