Browse articles from EyeWorld.org related to ASCRS. 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.
Dr. Braga-Mele discussed the influence that ASCRS and EyeWorld have had on her career and previewed the articles in the Cataract section.
This article recapped a session that ASCRS co-sponsored at the 2021 virtual meeting of the American Glaucoma Society (AGS), which covered topics relating to patients with controlled glaucoma but visually significant cataracts.
➤ Study: Music reduces anxiety, hypertensive events in cataract surgery ➤ Phase 2 study results for investigational dry AMD treatment ➤ Phase 3 topline results for wet AMD therapeutic ➤ FDA accepts BLA for faricimab ➤ ASCRS news and events
➤ New visual prosthesis heads to clinical trial ➤ FDA grants Fast Track designation to investigational wet AMD therapy ➤ Patient enrollment complete in Phase 3 trial for investigational, first-in-class eye drop for DED ➤ FDA agrees to pivotal trial design for investigational treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to AMD ➤ ASCRS news and events
➤ FDA approves drops for vernal keratoconjunctivitis ➤ Data from investigational first-in-class dry eye therapy ➤ FDA accepts BLA for Port Delivery System of ranibizumab ➤ Companies enter collaboration to investigate treatments for dry AMD ➤ ASCRS news and events
ASCRS Grand Rounds, a monthly CME opportunity, is hosted in partnership with major academic institutions and features two challenging cases with panel discussions. Here is a recap of the latest cases presented in the series.
Nancey McCann served as ASCRS director of Government Relations for 28 years. After retiring from the role at the end of March, Ms. McCann remains a consultant for ASCRS, working on several key initiatives. She reflected on some of the major issues ophthalmology and ASCRS faced during her career.
Eric Donnenfeld, MD, EyeWorld chief medical editor, conducted a Q&A with Edward Holland, MD, ASCRS Program Committee chair, to highlight what’s coming at the 2021 ASCRS Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 23–27.
The meetings will be held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Terry Kim, MD, served as ASCRS president for the past year, a year full of unprecedented challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. He reflected on his year as president, the challenges and how ASCRS addressed them, important initiatives, and more.
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