SYM-6 2025 ASCRS Foundation Symposium: Ophthalmic Care Strategies During Humanitarian Crises and in Conflict Zones: Addressing Challenges and Ensuring Patient and Physician Safety | ASCRS
April 25-28, 2025 | Los Angeles, CA

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SYM-6 - 2025 ASCRS Foundation Symposium: Ophthalmic Care Strategies During Humanitarian Crises and in Conflict Zones: Addressing Challenges and Ensuring Patient and Physician Safety

About this Session

Session Moderators: Susan M. MacDonald, MD, ABO; Cathleen M. McCabe, MD

The symposium will provide a comprehensive approach to ophthalmic care in conflict zones and areas of humanitarian crises, focusing on the unique challenges faced by practitioners in these environments. Topics will include trauma management, surgical interventions, telemedicine applications, team safety, strategies for maintaining care continuity under extreme conditions, and developing a framework for sustainable care.


Presentations in this Session

  • Opening Presented by Johnson & Johnson Vision
  • Volunteer of the Year Award Sponsored by Sight Sciences & Presented by
    Susan MacDonald, MD

Resource optimization and leadership best practices

  • Resource Optimization and Leadership Best Practice for Keeping Patients and Staff Safe
    Tom Ogilvie-Graham, PhD
  • Duke GO: Best Practices for Utilizing Limited Resources for High Quality Care
    Lloyd B Williams, MD, PhD, MS

Ophthalmic care overview in areas of humanitarian crises

  • TBD
    Vasyl Shevchyk, MD, PhD
  • Delivering Ophthalmic Care in Humanitarian Crisis Zones: A Field Report from Gaza
    Shehzad Y Batliwala, DO

Team safety best practices

  • Humanitarian Eye Outreach Trip Safety Prep
    Susan M. MacDonald, MD, ABO
  • TBD
    Daniel M Anderson, MD