April 25-28, 2025 | Los Angeles, CA

2025 ASCRS ANNUAL MEETING

About this Session

Session Moderators: Daniel H. Chang, MD, ABO; William F. Wiley, MD, ABO
Panelists: Rahul S. Tonk, MD, MBA; Dagny Zhu, MD, ABO

This symposium will feature leading Refractive surgeons discussing high impact pearls in this fast-paced session, with short, video-based presentations and panel discussions. Join your fellow audience members to vote on your favorite pearls!


Presentations in this Session

Category 1: Preventing and Handling Surgical Complications

  • Verbal Anesthesia during SMILE Surgery
    Nandini Venkateswaran, MD, ABO
  • Managing Anterior Chamber Gas during FS-LASIK
    Daniel H. Chang, MD, ABO
  • Epithelial Implantation in Smile; Tips on How to Avoid and Pearls to Treat
    Kathryn M. Hatch, MD, ABO
  • SMILE Double Tunnel Technique
    Abinaya Thenappan, MD
  • “Ridge Sign”, a Confirmatory Sign to Identify Anterior-Posterior Plan in Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction
    Tushya Om Parkash, MS

Category 2: Diagnosing and managing postoperative complications

  • Astigmatic Keratotomy (a.k.a. AK) a Consideration for Enhancing All Refractive Surgeries
    Vance M. Thompson, MD
  • Management of Folds, Dislocation and Striae in the Cornea Flap after Laser in Situ Keratomileusis
    Bingqing Li, MD
  • Pinhole Pupilloplasty for Higher Order Aberrations
    Priya Narang, MD
  • 2 Birds, 1 Stone: ICL Exchange
    Drew Dickson, MD, ABO

Category 3: New surgical instruments/devices

  • Phakic Intraocular Lens Explanation Combined with Cataract Surgery with a Multifocal Intraocular Lens Implantation
    Sílvia Monteiro, MD
  • Manifold Platform
    Dagny Zhu, MD, ABO
  • Lenticuloschisis in Klex
    Sri Ganesh, FRCS, MS, DNB
  • Penetrating Relaxing Incision
    Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, FACS