Browse articles on EyeWorld.org from the ASCRS News section. EyeWorld is the award-winning member publication of ASCRS. The magazine provides news and updates from the Society as well as clinical features in the areas of cataract, refractive, cornea, glaucoma, and practice management. It publishes quarterly with editorial direction from its medical editorial board and staff.
This YES Connect column takes a look at three ophthalmologists’ experience with mentor relationships, exploring what makes a good mentor and how to form and foster these relationships.
The 2022 ASCRS Winter Symposium will take place in Park City, Utah, from February 10–12. Several of the program chairs highlighted what makes this meeting a can’t-miss experience and what to expect for the upcoming event.
Reflecting the increasing diversity across the field of ophthalmology, ASCRS now has a number of women at the forefront of the organization, taking on roles of leading key committees and executive positions. They spoke to EyeWorld about their engagement with the society and how others can get involved as well.
To assess the effect of the ESCRS randomized clinical trial on antibiotic prophylaxis practice patterns, the ASCRS Cataract Clinical Committee has conducted member surveys at 7-year intervals, starting in 2007, on the topic of antibiotic prophylaxis for cataract surgery. In this article, David F. Chang, MD, described the results from the latest survey conducted in 2021.
EyeWorld honors the lives of ophthalmologists who have died recently with recognition here.
Recaps of a few recent papers from the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Eric Donnenfeld, MD, EyeWorld chief medical editor, discussed EyeWorld’s 25-year history.
The ASCRS Foundation’s mission is to provide humanitarian cataract surgery and support physician education in the U.S. and in developing countries. Join ASCRS’ philanthropic pillar and make a difference today.
“Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles,” an ASCRS podcast hosted by Nicole Fram, MD, and Elizabeth Yeu, MD, features an expert guest on each episode who shares their “quicksand moments” in the OR, lessons learned from those moments, and how these vulnerable situations ultimately helped them evolve as surgeons.
Hans Andrews, MD, ophthalmology resident, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, summarized “Aerosol generation during phacoemulsification in live patient cataract surgery environment” from the June edition of the ASCRS Journal Club.