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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.
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.
Susanne Hewitt, MD, ASCRS Government Relations Committee Chair, summarized the key issues that the Government Relations staff and Committee have been working on in 2025 and the challenges that will continue to impact ophthalmology in 2026.
EyeWorld Chief Medical Editor Sumit “Sam” Garg, MD, discussed recent innovations that he’s excited about and shared some of the topics that this issue delves into.
David F. Chang, MD, chair of the EyeSustain Advisory Board, discussed the new position paper advocating for multiuse phacoemulsification cassettes. The position paper calls on industry to prioritize development of multiuse supply options for every phacoemulsification machine and for regulatory agencies to facilitate review and approval of these products.
Several years ago, the ASCRS Cornea Clinical Committee created the ASCRS Preoperative OSD Algorithm because of the lack of awareness and consensus regarding recommendations on ocular surface disease. The Committee is currently working on updates to the algorithm as new therapies have been introduced.
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