Dr. Lindstrom delivers the second annual Steinert Lecture at Refractive Day.
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by Liz Hillman EyeWorld Staff Writer
T
he second annual ASCRS
Refractive Day addressed
corneal and lens-based
refractive surgery and
featured the notable
Steinert Lecture given by Richard
Lindstrom, MD, Minneapolis.
Though Roger Steinert, MD,
died in June 2017 after battling glio-
blastoma, David Chang, MD, Los
Altos, California, said his spirit lives
on in the annual ASCRS Refractive
Day Steinert Lecture.
"So much can happen in so
little time and impermanence is a
circumstance we all must endure,"
April Steinert, Dr. Steinert's wife,
said, introducing the lecture. "Today
it may appear that I stand up here
alone, but I assure you that is not
the case. Roger is here in this room
with us," she continued.
Mrs. Steinert went on to intro-
duce Dr. Lindstrom, listing his many
accomplishments and highlighting
his longtime friendship with Dr.
Steinert.
In the lecture, Dr. Lindstrom
shared his thoughts on the current
state of laser refractive surgery.
Though LASIK reached its high in
the late 1990s and early 2000s, after
9/11 and then the Great Recession
there was a decline in the elective
procedure from which it has not yet
recovered.
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Steinert Lecture a highlight of second
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Dr. Rhee came out on top in the Glaucoma Fighting Championship debate against Dr. Ahmed
on the question "Is trabeculectomy dead?"
by Liz Hillman EyeWorld Staff Writer
Glaucoma Fighting Championship
rematch: 'Is trabeculectomy dead?'
Doug Rhee, MD, argues
trab is alive, remains
reigning GFC champ
D
ouglas Rhee, MD,
Cleveland, remains the
undefeated champ of
the Glaucoma Fighting
Championship (GFC) in a
rematch debate against Iqbal "Ike"
Ahmed, MD, Toronto, Canada, over
whether trabeculectomy is dead.
The challengers of the Glauco-
ma Day event, refereed by Steven
Sarkisian, MD, Oklahoma City,
pulled no punches, at least not lit-
erally, but didn't hold back on their
snarky jibes toward each other or
their own pithy arguments in favor
of their position. Dr. Rhee, starting
off in the blue corner, argued that
trabeculectomy is not dead and Dr.
Ahmed in the red corner gave his
thoughts to the contrary.
Dr. Ahmed, as the challenger,
started off the debate. Microinvasive
glaucoma surgery (MIGS), subcon-
junctival microstents and better
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