Agenda
2026 Theme: Coming Soon
SightLine at ASCRS will include thematic topics each year, as well as several recurring sessions. The theme for the 2026 SightLine at ASCRS meeting is coming soon.
The theme of the 2025 meeting was “Exploring Payment Pathways Beyond Coverage,” which included topics like building a new payment category, myopia management, and chronic disease treatment as a patient pay category.
Each year, expect recurring topics that include:
- Survey data on ophthalmic practice financial health
- A comprehensive survey model for key products
- How the financial markets see ophthalmology
- The Winning Pitch Challenge
- Ophthalmologists working beyond patient care

Thu
Apr 24, 2025
Mike Connor, JP Morgan
Moderator: Jim Mazzo
Panel: Bobak Azamian, MD, PhD, Tarsus; Mark Baum, Harrow; Sergio Duplan, Alcon; Warren Foust, STAAR Surgical; Peter Menziuso, Johnson & Johnson Vision; Magnus Reibenspiess, ZEISS; Brent Saunders, Bausch + Lomb; Ramin Valian, AbbVie
Moderator: Adrienne Graves, PhD
Panel: Andy Corley, Chris Cox, Richard Lindstrom, MD
Moderator: Matt Jensen
Panel: Melissa Ciccarelli, COE; Nicole Fram, MD; Dagny Zhu, MD
Moderator: Eric Donnenfeld, MD
Panel: Gary Gerber, OD; Patrick Johnson; Nancy Sabin; Kerry Solomon, MD
Moderator: John Berdahl, MD
Panel: Matt Bauer; Mark Cribben, JD; Eric Greig, JD
Moderator: John Berdahl, MD
Faculty: Steve Speares; Nicole Fram, MD
Moderators: Vance Thompson, MD; John Berdahl, MD
Panel: Jim Mazzo; Richard Lindstrom, MD; William Link, PhD; Ali Bauerlein
Presenters: Daemon McClunan, MD; Prasanna Venkatesh Ramesh, MD; Srini Venkatesh, PhD
Moderator: Raj Rajpal, MD
Panel: Cathleen McCabe, MD; Michael Rivers, MD; Steve Schallhorn, MD; Elizabeth Yeu, MD;
Steve Speares