Chief Medical Editor Sumit “Sam” Garg, MD, expressed his excitement about the 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting being in his city—Los Angeles, California—and highlighted a few key
ASCRS and ASOA announced two new programs, SightLine at ASCRS and the Business of Interventional Glaucoma, taking place Thursday, April 24. Both of these programs are geared toward the business side of ophthalmology.
ASCRS Subspecialty Day will take place on Friday, April 25, ahead of the official kickoff of the main 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting. This year, attendees can expect exciting programs focusing on refractive, cornea, and glaucoma topics. The program chairs discussed what they’re looking forward to.
Ronald Yeoh, MD, will deliver the Cornelius D. Binkhorst, MD, Lecture during the ASCRS Main Stage session on Friday, April 25, at the ASCRS Annual Meeting. Dr. Yeoh shared with EyeWorld what he will be speaking about in his lecture.
The Charles D. Kelman, MD, Innovator’s Lecture will be given by Damien Gatinel, MD, PhD, during the Saturday, April 26, Main Stage session at the 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting. Dr. Gatinel discussed the inspiration for his lecture.
This year, the Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, Lecture will be given by Reza Dana, MD, during the Main Stage session on Sunday, April 27, at the ASCRS Annual Meeting. Dr. Dana said the lecture will focus on his research in the field of cornea.
When ASOA members and attendees of the ASOA Annual Meeting provide feedback, the leading U.S. society for ophthalmic practice administrators listens. There are many areas at the 2025 ASOA Annual Meeting that have been significantly influenced by attendee and member feedback.
In his introduction to the “Interventional glaucoma” bonus issue of EyeWorld, Chief Medical Editor Sumit “Sam” Garg, MD, shared some of his personal experiences in this space and what topics readers can expect to learn more about.
Glaucoma Editor Manjool Shah, MD, provided his thoughts on the evolution of interventional glaucoma.
MIGS has continued to expand in its application for a wide variety of patients with varying degrees of glaucoma. Several physicians discussed where various MIGS procedures fit into interventional glaucoma, including applications for standalone MIGS and how it continues to play a role in conjunction with cataract surgery.