ASCRS This Week May 31 2023

Submit Annual Meeting Evaluations

Your voice matters! ASCRS reads every comment that is left on evaluations of the ASCRS Annual Meeting, using them to improve and adjust programming to meet ASCRS member needs year after year.  If you haven’t already, please submit your evaluations! 

Cataract Awareness Month

June is Cataract Awareness Month. As the society dedicated to cataract surgery education and the needs of anterior segment ophthalmologists, ASCRS is engaging in a specific social media and public relations effort related to Cataract Awareness Month.

As a member, you can piggyback on the materials that ASCRS is producing and help spread the word.

• Share social media posts: Each day, ASCRS is going to be posting about various facts and insights related to cataract surgery on Instagram, Facebook, and/or Twitter. Like and share these posts with your patient audience.
• Send a press release to your local news: Request (email Karen Mathes at [email protected] for) a customizable press release to send to your local news outlet. If your local news picks up the story, they can help spread the word about Cataract Awareness Month to your community and might even call upon you to speak as an expert on the topic. 

Get a ‘Taste’ of the Best ASCRS Education in Nashville

The ASCRS Summer Meeting is headed Nashville, Tennessee—"Music City”—August 11–13 with educational programming, hands-on wet labs (included with registration), and engagement opportunities.

“If the Annual Meeting feels like drinking from a fire hydrant, the ASCRS Summer Meeting will be like enjoying a nice drink with friends. We’re delivering many of the ‘bests’ from the Annual Meeting in a format that will allow everybody to learn, to meet, and to engage.” —Daniel Chang, MD, Program Co-Chair 

Register before the early bird deadline June 26 for the best value! 

Scholarship Opportunity to Attend Legislative Fly-In

ASCRS YES members (residents, fellows, and physicians in their first 5 years of practice) in the U.S. are invited to apply for the ASCRS/YES Legislative Fly-In Scholarship Program, which will support travel, accommodations, and registration to attend the Alliance of Specialty Medicine Legislative Fly-In, which will take place July 17–19 in Washington, D.C.

The Fly-In will enhance younger members’ understanding of public policy issues affecting ophthalmology and provide networking opportunities with established ASCRS members, including Society leadership. Attendees will hear from leaders in Congress, administration officials, and other subject-matter experts before visiting with their own legislators on Capitol Hill.

Learn more about the scholarship, the application process (due June 12), and more here.