ASCRS names lecturers for 2006 ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress

Kensaku Miyake, M.D., of Toyoake, Japan has been named to deliver the Charles D. Kelman Innovator’s Lecture at the 2006 ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress, San Francisco. Dr. Miyake’s lecture is entitled, "Innovative TV Technologies for Ophthalmic Surgery."
Dr. Miyake will discuss the application of a newly developed, highly sensitive camera and a 3-D high definition television system in ophthalmic surgeries. The combination of TV devices, which were recently developed in Japan, provides real-time, highly sensitive 3-D images identical to those observed by the surgeon. Surgeons can also perform surgeries with the devices and use varying intensities of operating light. Dr. Miyake said this technology may be used effectively for education, team surgery, and telesurgery.
Dr. Miyake directs the Shohzankai Medical Foundation of the Miyake Eye Hospital, and he is a visiting professor of ophthalmology at the Fujita Health University in Toyoake. He serves as president of the Japan Ophthalmologist Association and the Japanese Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons. Dr. Miyake received the first Annual IOL Film Festival Award in 1983. The ASCRS Symposium’s Innovator’s Session is scheduled to be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 20, 2006, at the Moscone Center.

Stephen Lane, M.D. to deliver ASCRS 2006 Binkhorst Lecture
Stephen Lane, M.D., of St. Paul, Minn., has been named the Binkhorst Lecturer of the 2006 ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress, San Francisco. Dr. Lane’s lecture, "The Convergence of Cataract and Refractive Surgery" will describe important innovations in procedures and technology that have led to much of what ophthalmic surgeons now do to remove the crystalline lens. Because of the advances in lens removal techniques, improved safety, and IOL design and function, an increasing number of patients choose refractive lens exchange rather than more traditional refractive surgical procedures, such as LASIK or PRK. Dr. Lane will discuss these advances, as well as implications for the future.
Dr. Lane is a board certified ophthalmologist and clinical professor of ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. His expertise is in cornea/external disease, anterior segment surgery, and refractive surgery. In 1985, Dr. Lane joined Associated Eye Care, a multi-specialty ophthalmology practice in the Minneapolis area. He is actively involved in clinical research and has participated in more than 35 national clinical trials investigating new products. He is a past president of ASCRS. The Binkhorst Lecture will be delivered as part of the Symposium’s opening general session, Saturday, March 18, 2006, 10:00 am at the Moscone Center.

Grant Proposals now accepted
The ASCRS Foundation Research Grant Program submission deadline is January 1, 2006. The annual research grant program, inaugurated last year, issues ten $5,000 grants, which help to further research into all areas of eye disease and treatment. Awards will be made in March 2006. Grants will be limited to one grant per approved applicant per year. The grant program requires that the research findings must be presented as a poster at ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress the following year, which is 2007 for this grant cycle.
The foundation’s research program is designed to provide a critical first infusion of funding for those looking to explore a promising new idea. The program is open to practicing ophthalmologists and those who are still in training.
“ASCRS was founded by young, enterprising ophthalmologists, and the ASCRS Foundation Research Grant Program is a way to carry on that tradition,” said I. Howard Fine, M.D., Eugene, Ore., the foundation chairman.

For applications and information visit the ASCRS Web site at http://www.ascrs.org/Foundation/Foundation-Research.cfm, or contact
Don Bell at 703-591-2220.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Ciccone is director of communications for the American
Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Contact him at 703-591-2220.