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This article details how attendees of the ASCRS Annual Meeting can get involved with the ASCRS Foundation, with award presentations, sessions, and networking opportunities.
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.
Learn more about the next Party for a Purpose at the 2026 ASCRS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., as well as the ASCRS Foundation 20/20 Wine Club’s upcoming Virtual Wine Tasting event.
The ASCRS Foundation offers several unique award and grant opportunities. Submission periods for the Chang-Crandall Humanitarian Award, the Young Eye Surgeons (YES) International Service Grant, and the Resident Excellence Awards are open now, with submission periods for Operation Sight Grants and the Volunteer of the Year Award opening at a later time.
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.
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.
The ASCRS Foundation is honoring Foundation Board member Michael Colvard, MD, by posthumously naming him co-recipient of the 2023 Chang-Crandall Humanitarian Award, along with Helena Ndume, MD, his long-time partner with SEE International in Namibia. Dr. Colvard, a beloved ophthalmologist, humanitarian, and educator, passed away in September 2024.
The ASCRS Foundation spotlighted the humanitarian efforts of Carl Zeiss Meditec, shared details of the Party for a Purpose at the ASCRS Annual Meeting, congratulated its award winners, and more in this issue’s ASCRS Foundation Update column.
The ASCRS Foundation gave an update on the status of some of its programs and initiatives, including Operation Sight, the Lindstrom Legacy Gift Club, and the Health in Sight Mission.
Chief Medical Editor Sumit “Sam” Garg, MD, shared some of the topics covered in the issue, while also reminding readers of two important actions to take: donating to the ASCRS Foundation and registering for the ASCRS Annual Meeting.