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EW SHOW DAILY 26 ASCRS Symposia Monday, May 8, 2017 get at "Controversies in Anterior Segment Surgery," sponsored by the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Sur- gery. The session will take place from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in the lobby level, Concourse Hall, room 152–153. See the full agenda below. "Corneal Ectasia: Battle of the Bulge," will take place from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. and is sponsored by the Contact Lens Association of Oph- thalmologists. It will be held in the lobby level, Petree Hall C. "Converting a Disaster to a Perfect Save" will be held from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. and is sponsored by the International Intraocular Implant Club. The session will be held in the lobby level, Concourse Hall, room 150–151. "After the Fact: Fascinating Cas- es" will take place from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in lobby level, Concourse Hall, room 152–153. EW G et your week off to a roar- ing start with the dyna- mite symposia today at the ASCRS meeting. All symposia will be held in the Convention Center. "ASCRS Military Refractive Surgery Symposium 2017" will cover several topics including screening standards for military refractive surgery patients, optimizing the ocular surface for refractive surgery, refractive surgery in strabismus patients, and wavefront-guided versus wavefront-optimized femto- second LASIK to correct myopia. The symposium will also include Best Research Papers from the Military Refractive Surgery Safety and Stan- dards Symposium. The session will take place from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. in the lobby level, Petree Hall C. The ASCRS Cataract Clinical Committee is sponsoring "Com- plicated and Challenging Cases in Cataract Surgery Video Symposium," to be held from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. in the lobby level, Concourse Hall, room 150–151. With corneal crosslinking now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the symposium "Practical Pearls for Starting a Cor- neal Collagen Crosslinking Practice" can offer some practice-expanding guidance. The session is sponsored by the ASCRS Cornea Clinical Com- mittee and the ASCRS Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee and will take place in the lobby level, Con- course Hall, room 152–153, from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. "East Meets West Symposium" presents cases of interest to both ASCRS and Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons members. The session will be held from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in the lobby level, West Hall A. "Health Information Technolo- gy Under MACRA: Winning Strate- gies to Help Your Practice Succeed" will cover components of MACRA that specifically rely on the health IT industry, such as the exchange of health information, the reporting on information to public health orga- nizations and clinical data registries, and protecting patient health infor- mation. Sponsored by the ASCRS HIT Committee, the session will be held from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in the lobby level, Petree Hall C. "#EyeConnect Live! Hot Topics 2017" is sponsored by the ASCRS EyeConnect Committee. EyeCon- nect is the ASCRS online discussion group. The #EyeConnect Live! sym- posium will take place from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in the lobby level, Con- course Hall, room 150–151. A little controversy over clini- cal issues can generate some great discussion, and that's what you'll ASCRS symposia continue to offer clinical pearls W hat are the best ways to treat residual refractive error after cataract surgery? What kind of antibiotics should anterior segments use during cataract surgery? What's the best way to treat high myopia? This year's Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (JCRS) symposium, "Con- troversies in Anterior Segment Surgery," will address these often- discussed topics. Nick Mamalis, MD, and Sathish Srinivasan, FRCSEd, will moderate the symposium. The symposium schedule will include: 1:00 p.m.: Management of Residual Refractive Errors After Cataract Surgery Corneal Refractive Procedures Are the Best Option Edward Manche, MD IOL Exchange/Piggyback IOLs Are the Best Option Roberto Bellucci, MD 1:20 p.m.: Discussion 1:30 p.m.: Intraocular Antibiotics for Cataract Surgery Intracameral Antibiotics Are the Safest and Best Option Francis Mah, MD Transzonular/Intravitreal Antibiotics Are the Safest and Best Option Cynthia Matossian, MD 1:50 p.m.: Discussion 2:00 p.m.: Best Refractive Procedure for Moderate to High Myopia (<8 D) Corneal Refractive Procedures Are the Best Option Vance Thompson, MD Phakic IOLs Are the Best Option Erik Mertens, MD 2:20 p.m.: Discussion 2:30 p.m.: Conclude The JCRS symposium will take place today from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in the lobby level, Concourse Hall, room 152–153 of the Convention Center. EW Get the scoop on anterior segment controversies at this year's JCRS symposium

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