- Holland Lecture examines electrotherapy in ophthalmology
- MIGS discussed in Obstbaum Lecture
- A “light on the other side”: retroillumination-assisted GATT wins video session
- Balancing visual quality, range, and symptoms: new insights on DOF IOLs
- Upcoming: Saturday at the ASCRS Annual Meeting
Holland Lecture examines electrotherapy in ophthalmology
The second annual Holland Lecture took place at this year’s Cornea Day program. Mark Mannis, MD, gave the lecture on electrotherapy in ophthalmology.
He first went through some of the history of electricity in medicine, as well as specific uses for electricity in diseases of the eye. He also mentioned the development of iontophoresis, the use of electrical currents to deliver treatments into the body through skin. He noted two types of iontophoresis related to the eye: transcorneal and transscleral. But this really hasn’t taken off, he said.
MIGS discussed in Obstbaum Lecture
The Stephen A. Obstbaum, MD, Honored Lecture was held on Friday afternoon on the Glaucoma Day program. Steven Sarkisian, MD, gave this year’s lecture, titled “Velocity: My MIGS Manifesto.” Dr. Sarkisian started out by mentioning that he joined the ASCRS Glaucoma Clinical Committee back in 2009.
He shared his “velocity manifesto.” Patients put their sight into our hands every day. Put them first. Act BEFORE they go blind. Ask them what they want, don’t assume. Be content but never satisfied. We can always be better. Don’t be a victim of your training. Always be uncomfortable.
A “light on the other side”: retroillumination-assisted GATT wins video session
The 16th Annual Video Session: Complications and a Reay of Hope, which always closes out ASCRS Glaucoma Day, did not disappoint in its delivery of “a whole bunch of blood and guts,” as Program Co-Chair Manjool Shah, MD, joked. This session, he continued in his introduction, is “near and dear to a lot of our hearts,” featuring “brave young folks” sharing their complicated cases.
Of the three case video presentations, the winner was Jonathan D. Tijerina, MD, who presented on “Gonioscopy-Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy (GATT) Using Retroillumination of the Trabecular Silhouette.” Dr. Tijerina called it the “light on the other side of the tunnel.”
Balancing visual quality, range, and symptoms: new insights on DOF IOLs
A session during ASCRS Refractive Day, April 10, “Legislating Vision – A Disciplined Approach to Pseudophakic (Lenticular) Refractive Surgery,” began with presentations about depth of field IOLs and what’s best for each patient.
When it comes to presbyopia-correcting IOLs, Daniel Chang, MD, introduced the work of the ASCRS Functional Vision Working Group, which found that there are two categories (accommodating and pseudoaccommodating), but when it comes to the latter (the only ones currently available), they’re talked about in many ways (multifocal, trifocal, advanced-technology, premium, enhanced depth of field, etc.). The working group agreed to break up these lenses with the terms “partial” or “full depth of field lenses”—DOFi IOLs.
Upcoming: Saturday at the ASCRS Annual Meeting
The first session on the ASCRS Main Stage will take place today from 10:30–11:30 a.m. Hear from the ASCRS Annual Meeting Program Chair Thomas Samuelson, MD, Incoming ASCRS President Kevin Miller, MD, and Outgoing ASCRS President Francis Mah, MD. The session will also feature the presentation of the Chang-Crandall Humanitarian Award to Aravind Haripriya, MD, and Rengaraj Venkatesh, MD. Additionally, Stephen Obstbaum, MD, and David Karcher will be inducted into the ASCRS Hall of Fame. Finally, the session will also feature the presentation of the Cornelius D. Binkhorst, MD, Lecture by Kerry Solomon, MD.
Afternoon Main Stage sessions will include the return of the popular X-Rounds: Refractive Cataract Surgery to the Max, which will feature leading surgeons discussing new and future advances in cataract surgery, improving outcomes, refractive IOLs, and case management. The panel will facilitate discussion on current refractive cataract issues that today’s ophthalmologists are facing. Another Main Stage session, ASCRS Has Got Talent, will feature four international teams of cataract surgeons (representing North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific) competing in a video symposium highlighting practical pearls for routine and complicated cataract surgery and advanced technology IOLs. An international panel of four judges (one representing each region) will comment after each presentation and the audience will vote for the winning talks.
There will also be two YES symposia today in West Salon GHI from 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 1:30–3:00 p.m. The ASCRS Foundation will hold a symposium from 8:30–9:30 a.m. in room 102AB, which will focus on “Volunteerism in Domestic Humanitarian Eyecare: Be the Change You Wish to See.”
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