EW SHOW DAILY
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Sunday, May 7, 2017
Meeting Reporter
The symposium is designed to
maximize key takeaways for the in-
tended audience: physicians who are
interested in managing astigmatism
at different stages of the surgical
process and maximizing surgical
outcomes with toric IOLs.
This EyeWorld CME symposium
will take place in West Hall B on
Monday. Registration will take place
at 6:00 a.m., and the program will
run from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. This
symposium is supported by unre-
stricted grants from Abbott Medical
Optics (Abbott Park, Illinois), Alcon
(Fort Worth, Texas), Bausch + Lomb
(Bridgewater, New Jersey), and Carl
Zeiss Meditec (Jena, Germany). On-
site registration is available. EW
discussing the importance of best
practices for obtaining accurate
preoperative measurements with
advanced diagnostics and other
keys to preparing for success with
toric IOLs. The faculty will also dive
into the necessary postoperative
steps to achieve positive outcomes
in the management of astigmatism
in cataract patients with toric IOLs.
Program content will cover the
needs of the astigmatic patient with
presbyopia and how today's tech-
nology may satisfy the needs of that
patient. The faculty has developed a
series of case presentations designed
to show the applicability of these
topics and pearls to applying the
concept into practice.
O
n Monday morning, Terry
Kim, MD, and Kendall
Donaldson, MD, will lead
a symposium of experts
on pearls for success with
toric IOLs, emphasizing the impor-
tance of accurate preoperative mea-
surements, intraoperative planning,
postoperative management, and
recently approved technology. The
faculty includes Nicole Fram, MD,
Sumit "Sam" Garg, MD, and John
Hovanesian, MD.
The program is part of a new
ASCRS and EyeWorld initiative to
provide educational initiatives tar-
geted at specific learning objectives
driven from the 2016 ASCRS Clinical
Survey. This program is focused on
The EyeWorld CME
program will discuss
keys to success with
toric IOLs, focusing on
preoperative diagnostics,
intraoperative decisions,
and postoperative protocols
for success, with didactic
learning and interactive
case discussion
Pairing Astigmatism Patients with the
Optimal Technology: What Would You Do?
Film Festival judging
Judges review the more than 200 submissions for this year's ASCRS Film Festival. Be sure to attend the 35th annual Film Festival on Monday evening.
