
- Using advanced cataract surgical techniques
- Controversies in anterior segment surgery
- ASCRS Film Festival Winners
- ASCRS Poster Winners
- Best Paper of Session (BPOS) Winners

Using advanced cataract surgical techniques
The final symposium of the 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting covered advanced cataract surgical techniques. Richard Tipperman, MD, moderated the session, which was sponsored by the ASCRS Cataract Clinical Committee. Panelists/presenters included Timothy Page, MD, Michael Snyder, MD, Brandon Ayres, MD, Richard Hoffman, MD, Cathleen McCabe, MD, Nicole Fram, MD, Allison Chen, MD, and Jia Yue You, MD.
Some of the topics covered in the session were capsule hooks and segments, CTRs, artificial iris, posterior capsulorhexis, scleral pockets, suture fixation of dislocated IOLs, scleral fixation of IOLs, and pars plana vitrectomy for the cataract surgeon.
Controversies in anterior segment surgery
The symposium sponsored by the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery focused on controversies in anterior segment surgery. The session was moderated by William J. Dupps, MD, PhD, and Sathish Srinivasan, MD.
Dr. Dupps began the session by introducing this year’s awards, which he said highlight some of the papers that were particularly impactful.
JCRS Rosen Award for Technique Paper
Howard V. Gimbel, MD, MPH, FRCSC
“Haptic tuck for reverse optic capture of a single-piece acrylic toric or other single-piece acrylic intraocular lenses”
JCRS Obstbaum Award for Full Length Article
Emma Friling, MD
“Endophthalmitis after cataract surgery and effect of different intracameral antibiotic regimes in Sweden 2011–2017: national registry study”
JCRS Mamalis Award for Laboratory Science Paper
Erick E. Rocher, BS
“Fluorescein-conjugated hyaluronic acid enables visualization of retained ophthalmic viscosurgical device in anterior chamber”

ASCRS Film Festival Winners
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s ASCRS Film Festival. This year, John C. Hart Jr., MD, FACS, took home the Grand Prize for his film “The Triad of Iris Prolapse in IFIS.”
Check out the full list of winners and see photos from the event here.
ASCRS Poster Winners
On Saturday and Sunday, the winning ASCRS Posters were presented in sessions focusing on keratorefractive, glaucoma, cataract, and cornea topics.
See the list of winners and places here.
Best Paper of Session (BPOS) Winners
Throughout the ASCRS Annual Meeting, many papers were presented during free paper sessions on a variety of topics.
See the full list of Best Paper of Session (BPOS) winners here.
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