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Skills Transfer Labs

Hands-On Skills Transfer Labs

The ASCRS Annual Meeting offers dozens of skills transfer labs each year, updating content based on the latest techniques and feedback of what attendees want exposure to.

When registering for the Annual Meeting, be sure to add a lab or two. Already registered? You can still add a skills transfer lab to your schedule, click here, log in with your badge # and email address. From there, click the orange “Upgrade” button and follow the prompts to find and add a skills transfer lab experience.

Here’s a look at just some of the topic areas that will be covered in skills transfer labs:

  • Advanced phaco
  • Iris prosthesis
  • DMEK/DSAEK (New!)
  • Refractive surgery (New!)
  • Iris suturing
  • Capsular stabilization techniques
  • Secondary IOLs
  • MIGS
  • Corneal suturing
  • Manual small incision cataract surgery
  • DALK
  • Anterior vitrectomy
  • Surgical astigmatism management

There will also be practice rooms at select times that are phaco focused for those who are registered for labs (faculty will be on hand).

YES Skills Transfer Labs

YES Skills Transfer Labs take place all day on Friday, April 25, with several opportunities. There will also be practice rooms at select times that are phaco focused for those who are registered for labs (faculty will be on hand).

Here’s a look at the YES lab topic areas:

  • Phaco lab
  • MIGS lab (New!)
  • DALK lab
  • DMEK/DSAEK Lab
  • Yamane lab
  • Refractive lab (New!)