It’s More Than Taking in Sessions
While the ASCRS Annual Meeting is known for its education, the ASCRS experience extends well beyond the session rooms.
The ASCRS experience is defined by the run-ins with colleagues and mentors in the hallway between sessions, the meetings with industry representatives in the ASCRS Exhibit Hall, the drinks with friends—old and new—in the Tap Room, and the organized and impromptu breakfasts and dinners outside the convention space.
“I remember very vividly attending my first conference as a resident 30 years ago, and I was hooked. I discovered a wealth of indispensable knowledge and enjoyed the spirit of collaboration that continues to inspire me to this day. I also discovered a community that is dedicated to advancing the field of ophthalmology.” —Sydney Tyson, MD
Experience it all in Los Angeles, California, April 25–28, 2025.
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.
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.
Submissions are due January 17. Learn more.
Support Your Specialty! Join the Lindstrom Legacy Gift Club
Join the ASCRS Foundation Lindstrom Legacy Gift Club to demonstrate your dedication to the ASCRS Foundation’s mission of educating, providing resources to, and empowering the eye health community to serve and deliver humanitarian ophthalmic surgery and care in the U.S. and internationally. Membership in this exclusive group also includes special recognition and privileges at ASCRS meetings.
Gifts may be in the form of cash donations, planned gifts, bequests, a donor-advised fund, qualified charitable distribution, stock transfer, or a combination of choices.
Join today and learn more about the benefits and levels of support for the Lindstrom Legacy Gift Club and to make your secure donation online. Contact Laura Rousseau at [email protected] for more details or with any questions.
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 Nandini Venkateswaran, MD, of Massachusetts. Watch her video here.
Important Resources
- ASCRS Live!: In-person education and networking coming to ten cities across the U.S.
- 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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