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EW SHOW DAILY 14 by Vanessa Caceres EyeWorld Contributing Writer T en of ophthalmology's most outstanding young residents are attending this year's annual meeting as a result of the ASCRS Foun- dation's Resident Excellence Awards program. Each year, the foundation awards 10 travel grants to extraordi- nary residents through a competitive application process. The applica- tion period is open from October to January, and applicants must be nominated by their program directors. The foundation's Review Committee considers exemplary resident performance in the areas of research, patient care, leadership, and education. In addition to the travel grant, the ASCRS Foundation provides complimentary meeting registration and housing. The total awards pack- age offers sufficient financial support for 4 days of concentrated learning ASCRS Foundation helps 10 outstanding residents attend meeting at the ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress. The 2015 Residence Excellence Award winners are: Tanuj Banker, MD, Georgetown University/Wash- ington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.; Ashley Brissette, MD, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario; Shipra Gupta, MD, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland; Luxme Hariharan, MD, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles; Ramin Khoramnia, MD, Universi- ty Eye Clinic, Heidelberg, David J. Apple International Laboratory for Ocular Pathology; Jack Parker, MD, University of Alabama at Birming- ham; Mona Sane, MD, SUNY, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.; Caroline Schmidt, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; Guadalupe Villarreal Jr., MD, Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore; and Scott Walker, MD, Miami. EW The ASCRS Foundation awarded 10 research grant winners for 2015. The winners are listed with their research projects: Nizar Saleh Abdelfattah, MD • Ocular aberrations and contrast sensitivity following different types of wavefront excimer laser treatment Xiangjun Chen, MD, PhD • Treatment of postoperative discomfort/pain and facilitation of corneal re-epithelialization after PRK Eva DeVience, MD • Effect of intraoperative factors on intraocular pressure reduction after phacoemulsification in open-angle glaucoma patients Ivayla Geneva, MD, PhD • Multicenter clinical trial to evaluate a new surgical approach for the prevention of negative dysphotopsia Luxme Hariharan, MD, MPH • The incidence of glaucoma in children post pediatric corneal transplant Sezen Karakus, MD • Early diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome among dry eye patients Sayoko Maroi, MD, PhD • Which aqueous humor outflow pathways are key structures for microinvasive glaucoma surgery outcome? Doran Spencer, MD • Investigation of interaction of immune cells with limbal stem cells Luis Oswaldo Villavicencio, MD • Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty combined with endocyclophotocoagulation in eyes with pre-existing glaucoma: Long term graft survival Scott Walter, MD • A polyacrylamide vitreo-refractive prosthesis designed to prevent post-vitrectomy cataract and restore accommodation EW Shuttle routes 2015 official hotel shuttle routes Routes Hotels Pickup Location 1-RED WESTIN GASLAMP CURBSIDE FIRST AVE BRISTOL HOTEL CURBSIDE LOBBY Westgate Hotel At Bristol, Curbside First Avenue W HOTEL ACROSS B STREET AT STATE STREET WESTIN HOTEL ACROSS COLUMBIA AT BROADWAY WYNDHAM BAYSIDE CURBSIDE, ELEPHANT & CASTLE Travel Time to Convention Center: 15 minutes 2-YELLOW HOTEL SOLAMAR ACROSS 7th AT J STREET HOTEL INDIGO CURBSIDE LOBBY ANDAZ SAN DIEGO ACROSS 7th STREET AT F STREET DECLAN SUITES AT CORNER OF 8th & A COURTYARD MARRIOTT DT 6th AVE AT BROADWAY US Grant Hotel At Courtyard, 6th & Broadway HORTON GRAND HOTEL ACROSS MARKET AT 3rd ST Travel Time to Convention Center: 20 minutes 3-BLUE EMBASSY SUITES CURBSIDE LOBBY, PACIFIC HAMPTON INN DOWNTOWN CORNER of TREMONT & BEACON ST Residence Inn Downtown At Hampton Inn FOUR POINTS DOWNTOWN AT DOUBLETREE, FRONT STREET BEST WESTERN BAYSIDE CURBSIDE COLOMBIA ST. Travel Time to Convention Center: 25 minutes 4-GREEN SHERATON MARINA main tower CURBSIDE LOBBY SHERATON MARINA west tower CURBSIDE LOBBY Travel Time to Convention Center: 25 minutes W-Walk Hotels • San Diego Marriott Marquis • Hilton San Diego Bayfront • Hard Rock San Diego • Hilton Gaslamp • Manchester Grand Hyatt • Omni San Diego • San Diego Marriott Gaslamp

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