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This year, Sean Ianchulev, MD, will give the Charles D. Kelman, MD, Innovator’s Lecture on the ASCRS Main Stage on Sunday, April 12. Dr. Ianchulev spoke to EyeWorld to preview the innovations he will discuss at the ASCRS Annual Meeting.
Having varying degrees of zonulopathy can make a case more challenging. Two surgeons discussed what they look for to determine if a patient has some form of zonulopathy, the best lenses and tools to use in these cases, and other important approaches to proceeding with surgery.
EyeWorld spoke with two experts on the topic of when the Ks don’t align—when misalignment is clinically significant, what can be done about it, and how it impacts lens choices.
The 2026 Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, Lecture will be given by David F. Chang, MD. It will be held on the ASCRS Main Stage on Sunday, April 12. Dr. Chang’s lecture will discuss what measures do and do not work to prevent ophthalmic surgical infection based on current evidence.
The ASCRS Foundation Board announced its selection of Aravind Haripriya, MD, and Rengaraj Venkatesh, MD, for the 2026 Chang-Crandall Humanitarian Award. The $100,000 award is donated to the awardee’s non-profit organization of choice. Drs. Haripriya and Venkatesh have earmarked the financial prize for the Aravind Eye Care System.
In his final introduction as Chief Medical Editor of EyeWorld, Sumit “Sam” Garg, MD, shared what he’s excited for at the upcoming ASCRS Annual Meeting, previewed the articles in the issue, and introduced Mitchell Weikert, MD, as the new Chief Medical Editor.
ASCRS Annual Meeting Program Chair Thomas Samuelson, MD, is back for his third year in the role, and in this Q&A with EyeWorld, he shared what he is looking forward to at the Annual Meeting on April 10–13 in Washington, D.C.
ASCRS Subspecialty Day will take place on Friday, April 10, ahead of the 2026 ASCRS Annual Meeting, and promises exciting content across the fields of cornea, glaucoma, and refractive surgery.
In refractive surgery, achieving 20/20 vision has long been treated as the finish line. But experienced surgeons know that a perfect Snellen score doesn’t always translate into a satisfied patient. One surgeon thinks the true measure of success is something less quantifiable, but far more meaningful: a 20/happy outcome.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE January 2026 EyeWorld honors the lives of ophthalmologists who have died recently with recognition in this space. To recognize an ophthalmologist here, send the name, post-nominal letters, location, birth…
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