Browse articles on EyeWorld.org. 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.
With dry eye presenting as an increasingly common issue, many companies are exploring options to treat these patients. New products in development are seeking to address different aspects of dry eye, with various amechanisms of action. Three specialists discussed some of these.
While the treatment mainstays for lowering and/or maintaining a target IOP are achieved with surgery, laser, or pharmaceuticals, patients often ask what else they can do. Several physicians spoke to EyeWorld about lifestyle changes that they recommend as an addition to traditional glaucoma therapies.
Workforce engagement expert and leadership trainer Joe Mull, who served as the keynote speaker at the 2025 ASOA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California, dispelled myths and shared the conditions needed for a destination workplace.
Francis Mah, MD, took on the role of ASCRS President at the 2025 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California. He spoke to EyeWorld about what he’s looking forward to and his involvement with the Society.
Cataract Editor Mitchell Weikert, MD, shared some of his favorite moments from the 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting and previewed the articles in the section.
The ASCRS Foundation introduces its Volunteer of the Year, Omar Shakir, MD, and gives a wrap-up of the Party for a Purpose and its symposium at the ASCRS Annual Meeting.
ASCRS Government Relations Committee Chair Susanne Hewitt, MD, gives an overview of the Government Relations activities at the ASCRS Annual Meeting and encourages members to attend the Alliance of Specialty Medicine Legislative Fly-In.
The second Business of Refractive Cataract Surgery (BRiCS) Summit will take place October 3–5 in Chicago, Illinois, giving a new set of surgeon-implementor teams the opportunity to gain insights and resources to enhance their advanced-technology IOL practice.
One of the authors of the recently published study “Analysis of intraocular lens packaging weight and waste,” which highlighted the differences between packaging waste of various IOLs and their paper or e-IFUs, discussed the study and the disparities in packaging across different IOL models, identifying key opportunities for reducing waste.
The ASCRS Foundation Board proudly announced its selection of Elena Barraquer, MD, for the 2025 Chang-Crandall Humanitarian Award. For many years, Dr. Barraquer has led the Elena Barraquer Foundation, a nonprofit organization that fights avoidable blindness due to cataract in developing countries.