Program Schedule
Mon
May 18, 2020
This session will address some of the most important considerations for today’s cataract surgeons. It will include data from the 2019 Clinical Survey of ASCRS members as a basis for presentation and discussion. The macro data presented will serve as a benchmark for learners with consideration to their individual practices and opinions.
Moderators: Sumitra Khandelwal, MD; Kevin M. Miller, MD
Panelists: Quentin Allen, MD; Nick Mamalis, MD; Tal Raviv, MD; Robert Weinstock, MD
Building on the essentials presented in part 1, this session will conduct a deeper dive into cataract surgical considerations including, refractive cataract surgery, patient communications and management, complicated cases and cutting-edge technologies. To facilitate learner engagement and self-assessment, the session will pose key clinical questions and scenarios for the audience delivered through an audience response system. This session is pre-approved for self-assessment CME (SACME) credit.
Moderators: Deepinder Dhaliwal, MD; Kevin M. Miller, MD
Panelists: Brandon Ayres, MD; David Chang, MD; Susan MacDonald, MD; Abhay Vasavada, MD
This 2-hour session will feature four international teams of cataract surgeons (ASCRS, LASCRS, ESCRS and APACRS) competing in this highly-educational all-video session highlighting practical pearls for routine and complicated cataract surgery. An international panel of 4 judges will respond with comments and educational pearls following each team’s presentations.
Each team has four surgeons that will sequentially present 4-minute tightly edited videos – one in each even category. The presenters will share practical pearls for audience members to incorporate into their own surgical armamentarium. Each team will receive a rating from the panel of judges. Judging criteria will include teaching value, presentation quality, surgical technique, and interest/entertainment value.
At the conclusion of the session, the audience will vote for the individual Gold Medal winner in each of the four categories. The audience will also vote to select the Gold Medal winning team.
Moderator: David F. Chang, MD
Panel of Judges: Terry Kim, USA (President, ASCRS)
Arnaldo Espaillat, Dominican Republic (President, LASCRS)
Beatrice Cochener, France (Past-President, ESCRS)
Hiroko Bissen Miyajima, Japan (President, APACRS)
APACRS Team: Abhay Vasavada - Captain (India)
Graham Barrett (Australia)
Soon Phaik Chee (Singapore)
Mun Wai Lee (Malaysia)
ESCRS Team: Rudy Nuijts - Captain (Netherlands)
Jose Guell (Spain)
Thomas Kohnen (Germany),
Boris Malyugin (Russia)
LASCRS Team: Claudio Orlich - Captain (Costa Rica)
Bruno Fontes (Brazil)
Melina Isabel Morkin (Argentina)
Ernesto Otero (Columbia)
ASCRS Team: Kevin Miller (USA)
Ike Ahmed (Canada)
Nicole Fram (USA)
Cathleen McCabe (USA)