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EW SHOW DAILY 10 ASCRS News Today Sunday, May 7, 2017 by Ellen Stodola EyeWorld Senior Staff Writer This year's program will feature astronaut Scott Kelly and a look at the 50th anniversary of phacoemulsification T he Sunday Summit will take place today from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and will again feature the ASCRS Lecture on Science, Medicine and Technology, as well as a section cele- brating the 50th year of phacoemul- sification. The ASCRS Lecture on Science, Medicine and Technology features a non-ophthalmologist who will give a talk of interest to members and at- tendees, said Edward Holland, MD, Cincinnati, ASCRS Program Chair. This year's lecturer is Captain Scott Kelly, a former NASA astronaut who spent nearly a consecutive year on the International Space Station. He has spent a significant amount of time in space, doing two long- term space station missions and two shorter-term space shuttle missions between 1999 and 2015. Capt. Kelly has received extensive media cover- age for his career, including during his extended time on the Interna- tional Space Station from March 2015 to March 2016. He will share some of his experiences with ASCRS Sunday Summit promises exciting program meeting attendees and discuss some of his choices and life events that influenced his career. Capt. Kelly became an astronaut in 1996. His twin brother, Captain Mark Kelly, also had an impressive career as an astronaut with NASA until recently retiring, and the two are examining how space can affect the human body. Following this lecture, the sec- ond part of the Sunday Summit will be a special program to celebrate the 50th year of phacoemulsification, Dr. Holland said. "As most ophthal- mologists know, Charlie Kelman, an ASCRS member and former president, invented the procedure," he said. "Along with Dr. Kelman, it was the pioneers within ASCRS who improved, taught, and attained the adoption of this technique as the standard procedure of cataract surgery." After 50 years, there have been tremendous improvements in pha- co, he said, but overall, it's still the same procedure 5 decades later. Dr. Holland said that some of the ori- gins, obstacles, and acceptance will be covered in the session. During the session, there will be a newly edited video, which will feature interviews with some of the earliest surgeons of phaco about their careers and how they helped make it the procedure of choice that it is today. A panel will include some of the pioneering phaco surgeons, including Jim Davison, MD, Jack Dodick, MD, Howard Fine, MD, Richard Lindstrom, MD, and Stephen Obstbaum, MD. The session will conclude with presentations from Burkhard Dick, MD, Eric Donnenfeld, MD, and Kent Stiverson, MD, discussing the future of phaco and cataract surgery. "ASCRS deserves a lot of the credit for the celebration of 50 years of phaco because it was this organization and its members who really taught phaco worldwide," Dr. Holland said. EW B ack by popular demand is the annual raffle drawing where one lucky attendee will win a new 2017 Tesla Model S. The drawing will be held at noon on Monday at the Tesla booth in the back of the Exhibit Hall. The winner must be present at the time of the drawing to win and have an ID and matching entry stub. There are several ways attendees can receive tickets: (1) Visit any participating exhibitor booth, (2) Donate to the ASCRS Foundation ($50 minimum) during registration or at the ASCRS• ASOA Gateway booth, (3) Participate in the touchscreen experience at the ASCRS•ASOA Gateway booth, or (4) Fill out an ASCRS Clinical Survey (physicians only) at booth 223 or 3123. EW Win a 2017 Tesla Model S at the ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress

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