While ASCRS is not directly collecting relief funds, as this effort has already been established, we do encourage you to consider donating to the Red Cross at redcross.org and selecting to dedicate your gift to “California Wildfires.”
The ASCRS Annual Meeting is scheduled to take place in downtown Los Angeles from April 25–28. Downtown Los Angeles has been spared the direct, physical impact of the recent fires. We anticipate that the Annual Meeting will proceed as planned in three months. The safety and well-being of our attendees, exhibitors, and staff are our top priority, and we will continue to evaluate developments closely.
Help Educate by Sharing Your Case Videos
There are still opportunities to get involved with the 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting. Several sessions have a special call for submissions for specific case videos. Submitting your videos can help educate your colleagues in various topics.
Submissions are due this Friday, January 17.
There are opportunities within:
- ASCRS Get H.I.P.: There are four new sessions in the areas of cataract, cornea, glaucoma, and refractive that will focus on “High Impact Pearls (H.I.P.).” ASCRS is asking members to submit brief, short-form videos (between 30–90 seconds) for inclusion in these sessions. Several videos will be selected per session for presentation on stage and will be followed by panel discussion.
- Complicated and Challenging Cases in Cataract Surgery Video Symposium: This symposium, sponsored by the ASCRS Cataract Clinical Committee, is searching for case videos that involve any aspect of phaco, femtosecond cataract surgery, and/or IOLs.
- Retina for the Anterior Segment Surgeon: The Retina Clinical Committee is looking for case videos that involve retina or vitreous and that are relevant to the anterior segment surgeon.
- Reay of Hope Video Session at Glaucoma Day: The Glaucoma Clinical Committee is in search of case videos that involve complicated cases, with an interesting teaching point, in the glaucoma space.
- Good to Great Surgeon: Working Through Complications Video YES Symposium: This symposium, sponsored by the YES Clinical Committee, is an opportunity for young eye surgeons to share unusual or challenging video cases from their practice.
Make This the Year You Attend the Annual Meeting
Tier 1, early bird pricing—the best value for the 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting—is available now. The meeting, taking place in Los Angeles, California, April 25–28, 2025, will provide attendees with:
- Enhanced clinical knowledge and surgical skills
- Expanded business acumen and professional connections
- Knowledge of the latest innovations
- Unscripted interactions—influential, organic conversations
- CME—ASCRS Subspecialty Day and the ASCRS Annual Meeting is approved for 38.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.
With comprehensive, physician-designed education dedicated to anterior segment surgery and focused connection with like-minded individuals, this is *the* meeting to attend in 2025! Register now.
Catch the Latest Episode of ASCRS Grand Rounds
The latest installment of ASCRS Grand Rounds is available to watch now.
This episode covers the case of “Cataract Surgery following Corneal Allogenic Intrastromal Ring Segment and Implantable Collamer Lens,” presented by Taj Nasser, MD, and the case of “Monocular Corneal Decompensation Necessitating Endothelial Keratoplasty and Explantation in the Setting of Bilateral Iris Implants,” presented by Stephen Kwong, MD, with program co-chairs Soroosh Behshad, MD, and Nandini Venkateswaran, MD, and panelists William Wiley, MD, Samir Melki, MD, Nicole Fram, MD, and Michael Snyder, MD.
Watch the episode, which is eligible for CME, here.
Announcing the ASCRS Foundation’s Resident Excellence Awards
The ASCRS was founded by young, enterprising ophthalmologists, and the ASCRS Foundation's Resident Excellence Awards carry on and honor that tradition. Each year, the ASCRS Foundation makes 10 awards to enable ophthalmology residents exhibiting exemplary performance to attend the ASCRS Annual Meeting. The categories for consideration include research, patient care, leadership, and education.
We are pleased to announce this year's winners: Sejal Lahoti, MD (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center), Delaram Mirzania, MD (University of Michigan), Enchi Chang, MD (Harvard University), Keke Liu, MD (Duke University), Andrew Duong, MD (University of Southern California), Suleman Khan, MD (Boston University), Esteban Peralta, MD (Duke University), Yilin "Eileen" Feng, MD (Harvard University), Diana Khair, MD (University of Kentucky), and Mélanie Hébert, MD (Laval University).
This year, the Residents Excellence Awards program is generously sponsored by STAAR Surgical. Please join the ASCRS Foundation and STAAR in congratulating these 10 bright ophthalmologists.
Catch Up on These Special Member Messages
In honor of the 50th anniversary of ASCRS, member ophthalmologists from the 50 states are sending in their perspectives on the Society, sharing its impact on their career, and talking about its influence on the specialty as a whole.
Stay tuned each week through April 2025 for a new perspective.
This week’s perspectives come from Richard Hoffman, MD, of Oregon. Watch his video here.
Important Resources
- ASCRS Live!: 2025 programming information coming soon!
- ASCRS Annual Meeting: April 25–28, 2025 | Los Angeles, California
- CME 24/7: Your source for the latest online CME from ASCRS; member login required
- Calculators and Tools: Essential tools for your practice
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