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ASCRS This Week May 20 2026

Thank You for Making the Annual Meeting a Success

On behalf of ASCRS and ASOA, thank you for helping to make this year’s Annual Meeting such a meaningful and energizing experience. Your participation, expertise, and commitment to advancing anterior segment surgery and ophthalmic practice were felt throughout the meeting—in the education, conversations, connections, and ideas shared.

If you registered for the 2026 Annual Meeting, you can continue learning through the On Demand Library. The ASCRS Annual Meeting On Demand provides physician meeting registrants with unprecedented digital access to hundreds of sessions—from Main Stage sessions to Symposia to Instructional Courses to Paper Sessions, Films, Posters, and more.

The ASCRS Annual Meeting is more than an event. It is a reflection of the people who make this Society strong. Thank you for bringing your questions, your experience, your curiosity, and your commitment to better patient care. We are grateful to have shared this meeting with you and look forward to continuing the momentum together.

We look forward to seeing you next year for the 2027 Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, April 2–5, 2027. Reserve your preferred hotel at discounted rates through onPeak, the official hotel vendor of the meeting. Stay tuned. Registration opens this fall.

 

ASCRS Online Education

The online ASCRS CME Education Catalog offers a wealth of both CME and non-CME content available for members. Check out what your colleagues have been watching lately. You won’t want to miss it!

ASCRS Live! Roundtables: In addition to in-person events, ASCRS Live! also offers a virtual roundtable series. Three roundtables are now available, covering MIGS,cataract surgery in the setting of retinal disease, and a refractive update.

'Closing the Gap’ webinar series: Several webinars in the “Closing the Gap” series, developed based on data from the ASCRS Clinical Survey, are now available.

Satellite CME programs: Take advantage of these Satellite CME activities from the 2026 ASCRS Annual Meeting. Corneal and Lenticular Refractive Surgery in Patients with Glaucoma is now available, and Refractive Options for Patients with Keratoconus will be available soon.

ASCRS Grand Rounds: This virtual CME offering brings the experience of a live grand rounds to your home or office. Listen to the panel of experts discuss and debate the management of interesting cases. ASCRS has partnered with major academic institutions to present a monthly series of virtual grand rounds, each approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. View on demand at your convenience to earn CME credits from home.

BPOS webinars: This non-CME webinar series highlights Best Paper of Session (BPOS) winners from the 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting. Catch up on the best papers from refractive, glaucoma, cataract, and cornea now.

 

ASCRS Live! on Tour in 2026

Don’t miss your opportunity to engage and network with ASCRS year-round with ASCRS Live! We still have eight tour stops remaining across the country this year—with two dates in June. Make your plans now to join us!

This regional dinner tour gives you an intimate, front-row experience to practical, peer-to-peer insights on refractive cataract surgery. From preop planning to IOL selection to case examples to achieving postop satisfaction, this program delivers actionable pearls from leading experts—including faculty from your own region.

  • Earn CME credit
  • Access bonus webinars on MIGS, refractive surgery, and more
  • Complimentary gourmet dinner
  • Connect with peers and ASCRS faculty

Whether you’re an ASCRS member or exploring what our community offers, this is your chance to learn, connect, and tune up your cataract surgery skills.

Look out for these eight remaining cities on the ASCRS Live! tour:

  • Omaha, Nebraska
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Detroit, Michigan
  • Tucson, Arizona
  • New Orleans, Louisiana
  • New York, New York
  • Birmingham, Alabama

Learn more about ASCRS Live!

 

Utilize the Updated ASCRS Preoperative OSD Algorithm in Your Practice

The ASCRS Preoperative OSD Algorithm, developed by the ASCRS Cornea Clinical Committee, provides surgeons in busy surgical practices with an easy-to-use framework for diagnosing and treating OSD. With this tool, surgeons can address OSD as part of the process for evaluating presurgical patients.

The updated algorithm and questionnaire are available now. Explore educational resources surrounding this innovative tool and download today. Click here to learn more and take advantage of this tool.

 

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