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10 | EYEWORLD DAILY NEWS | APRIL 5, 2024 ASCRS ANNUAL MEETING DAILY NEWS Refractive Day This year's Refractive Day will focus on understanding the patient's lifelong refractive journey. Program chairs Daniel Chang, MD, Cathleen McCabe, MD, and Vance Thompson, MD, have likened this journey to a triathlon, where surgeons must prepare for the different stages of refractive surgery. "I'm particularly excited about this year because I think it's the way we should be thinking about our patients and their journey through- out their entire eye health history in many different aspects," Dr. McCabe said. A highlight of Refractive Day will be the annual Steinert Lecture, delivered by an innovator in the field of refractive surgery. This year, it will be given by Stephen Slade, MD, and will be titled, "RLE: What Would Roger Do?" Refractive Day will feature a variety of presentation formats, including lectures, case presenta- tions, and lively panel discussion. Audience questions will be encour- aged throughout. As a Refractive Day first, the final session of the day will feature the moderators from each session recapping the lifelong refractive journey and responding to audience questions collected from throughout the day. Cornea Day Francis Mah, MD, and Marjan Farid, MD, are co-chairing an exciting Cor- nea Day program. "Cornea Day 2024 is going to cover a nice mix of sur- gical/procedural corneal treatments and the latest innovations, along with an update on the latest medical treatment modalities for corneal dis- ease," Dr. Farid said. "We're focusing on updates and innovations." This year's program will start off with a session on complex cornea cases, infection and inflammation, as well as keratoconus and crosslink- ing, including what's coming down the pipeline. This session will be moderated by W. Barry Lee, MD, and Naveen Rao, MD. The second session is all about anterior and posterior keratoplasty and will be moderated by Brandon Ayres, MD, and Julie Schallhorn, MD. This session will include updates on surgical techniques as well as a look into disruptive innovations, including injectable endothelial cell therapy. An anterior segment and corneal surgical video session, moderated by Winston Chamberlain, MD, PhD, and Leela Raju, MD, will start off the afternoon. "We'll discuss complicated DMEKs, various IOL exchanges with vitreous prolapse in corneal pathol- ogy patients, DALK, and more," Dr. Mah said. Finally, the program will con- clude with a session on ocular surface disease, moderated by Sumit "Sam" Garg, MD, and Zacha- ry Zavodni, MD. This will highlight updates in management of dry eye disease as well as surgical approach- es for severe ocular surface and limbal stem cell disease. ASCRS Subspecialty Day promises an exciting day of content on cornea, refractive, and glaucoma topics. Glaucoma Day Nathan Radcliffe, MD, and Manjool Shah, MD, serve as co-chairs of this year's Glaucoma Day program. "The 2024 Glaucoma Day pro- gram promises all of the electrifying and essential glaucoma educational topics that we have come to love from this exciting day of glaucoma education," Dr. Radcliffe said. The program will kick off with a joint session of ASCRS and the Amer- ican Glaucoma Society (AGS). Other sessions will highlight glaukomteck- en; medications, lasers, and lifestyle; and surgical glaucoma. The Stephen A. Obstbaum, MD, Honored Lecture, will be given by Leon Herndon Jr., MD, and the program will conclude with the popular "Complications and a Reay of Hope" video session. "True to form, we will cover the good, the bad, and the ugly in glaucoma, taking a look at the latest technology in diagnostics and therapeutics, our legendary (aka 'bad') glaucoma complications video symposium, and even touching on the 'ugly' but necessary topics such as glaucoma reimbursement," Dr. Radcliffe said. ASCRS Subspecialty Day preview Read more about this year's ASCRS Subspecialty Day in EyeWorld.

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