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EW SHOW DAILY 28 ASCRS News Saturday, April 14, 2018 meeting are selected and presented. A group of panelists will discuss the papers. "Best of ASCRS" is a great way to get an overview of infor- mation shared at the meeting, Dr. Holland said. It will be held from 1:00–2:30 p.m. in the Convention Center, Level 3, ballroom C. Dr. Holland also shared some information on the Essentials track, new to the Annual Meeting this year. In a review of meeting evalu- ations, attendees said they wanted information to reinforce essential knowledge of anterior segment surgery and medical management. That led to the creation of the Essentials track. "We want to make things less stressful with essential core knowledge," Dr. Holland said. Topics featured in Essentials sessions include IOL calculations, glaucoma essentials, and astigmatism manage- ment. Essentials sessions are marked with the word "Essentials" in the ASCRS•ASOA Annual Meeting app and in the Final Program. EW F rom big picture, innovative lectures to sessions focused on the essentials of anterior segment surgery, attendees at this year's ASCRS•ASOA Annual Meeting have plenty of new information to soak up. Edward Holland, MD, Cincin- nati, Annual Meeting program chair, reviewed some of the highlights. The meeting kicks off today with the Opening General Session from 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. "Besides our annual presidents' addresses that summarize the state of ophthalmol- ogy according to ASCRS leadership, we have our Hall of Fame ceremo- ny, ASCRS Foundation update, and recognition of the Honored Guests, and close with the highest award we give, the Binkhorst Lecture," Dr. Holland said. This year's Binkhorst lecturer will be Oliver Findl, MD, Vienna, Austria, who will present "The Challenge of Choosing the Right IOL Power." The ASCRS Open- ing General Session will be held in the Convention Center, Level 3, ballroom AB. Sunday features the Sunday Summit, also in ballroom AB, from 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. The Sunday Summit begins with the ASCRS Lecture on Science, Medicine and Technology, given this year by Jeff DeGraff. Mr. DeGraff consults with many Fortune 500 companies, and his talk will focus on innovation in healthcare. "He's an outstanding speaker, and I think he will give us some great insight," Dr. Holland said. "We know change is coming, and he'll tell us what's going to come." The second part of the Sunday Summit will be modeled after the popular show "The Voice" and will feature four coaches—Ike Ahmed, MD, John Berdahl, MD, Eric Don- nenfeld, MD, and Elizabeth Yeu, MD—who will coach contestants for their talks to a well-known group of surgeon panelists. At the end, the audience will vote on the best coach and the best team talk. ASCRS members voted prior to the meeting on the topics, which will include: "Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract will decline, not grow," "Postop top- ical medications will be eliminated in the next few years," and "Surgical management of glaucoma will take over the medical management of glaucoma." Monday features the Innovators General Session, with five short talks followed by the Charles D. Kelman, MD, Innovator's Lecture, presented this year by Steve Charles, MD, Memphis, Tennessee. "Steve is an outstanding retina specialist who bridges the gap between anterior segment surgeons and retina," Dr. Holland said. Dr. Charles will speak about "Systems Engineering at the Intersection of Technology and Technique." The Innovators General Session will be held in the Conven- tion Center, Level 3, ballroom AB, from 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. The ASCRS Film Festival con- tinues to be a popular event, taking place at 4:45 p.m. on Monday, also in ballroom AB. Finally, stick around Tuesday for the "Best of ASCRS," a session during which the best papers of the Programming highlights innovation, essentials, and entertainment Incoming continued from page 26 medical school are women. Our governing bodies should reflect that trend. We will continue to work to make certain that our leadership mirrors our membership. Like all ASCRS presidents before me, I want to grow membership. If your goal is to excel in anterior segment surgery at all levels, ASCRS is the convener to accomplish that. Surgical advancement is a team effort. Surgeons can't do it alone, researchers can't do it alone, and industry can't do it alone. ASCRS uniquely provides a synergistic environment bringing all interested parties together to accomplish great things. The advances in anterior seg- ment surgery in recent decades were unimaginable when I finished my fellowship. These advances would not have been possible without the collegial spirit between industry and practitioners fostered by ASCRS. EyeWorld: What role does the ASCRS•ASOA Annual Meeting have in improving the career and clinical experience for ophthalmologists? Dr. Samuelson: ASCRS has a multifaceted approach to enhance the lives of its members. First and foremost, it provides the most com- prehensive anterior segment surgical instruction anywhere. When you ask clinicians what keeps them awake at night, it's almost always a challeng- ing surgical case that didn't go ex- actly as planned or a new technique that will be performed the next day. We rarely toss and turn about things that happen in clinic. Anterior seg- ment surgery is elegant and highly successful, but the most difficult cases can be stressful. ASCRS pro- vides unparalleled surgical instruc- tion, yet its value is far more than that. ASCRS is advocacy, it is ASOA and practice management, it is the collegiality of industry, it is the mar- riage of cataract, refractive, cornea, and glaucoma specialties. ASCRS has an extensive online curriculum and useful publications including EyeWorld and the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. Simply put, ASCRS is the consummate resource for anterior segment surgeons. EW About Dr. Samuelson D r. Samuelson specializes in glaucoma and anterior segment sur- gery. He completed medical school at the University of Minne- sota, Minneapolis, residency at the University of South Florida, Tampa, and glaucoma fellowship training at Wills Eye Hospital, Phil- adelphia. Following fellowship, Dr. Samuelson joined the practice of Richard Lindstrom, MD, in Minneapolis, which later became Min- nesota Eye Consultants; Dr. Samuelson a founding partner. He is also adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota and is co-director of the glaucoma service at Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapo- lis. Dr. Samuelson has served on the Executive Boards of the American Glaucoma Society and ASCRS. He has received the Junior and Senior Achievement Awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), as well as the 2015 AAO Secretariat Award for contributions to its annual meeting. Dr. Samuelson has been an active participant in ORBIS with recent trips to Indonesia and Mongolia. He has been actively involved in research concerning canal-based MIGS as well as other novel surgical procedures, especially those coincident with cataract surgery. He is the glaucoma section editor of Ocular Surgery News, a section editor for the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, and serves on the editorial boards of numerous publications.

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