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Apr 25, 2025
Los Angeles, CA

ASCRS Refractive Day

ASCRS Refractive Day will focus on understanding patients’ lifelong refractive journey. Discussion will cover everything from corneal refractive surgery and phakic IOLs to presbyopia treatments and refractive cataract surgery. Refractive Day also features the Steinert Lecture.

2025 ASCRS Refractive Day

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” For 50 years, ASCRS has educated cataract and refractive surgeons by embracing new approaches, new techniques, and new technology. This year, Refractive Day will highlight the experiences from a half century of corneal refractive surgery, cataract refractive surgery, and the business of refractive surgery. We will apply these learnings to the practices and procedures of today, and we will reflect on how this wisdom can guide us in the development of technology and patient care for the future.

 

Program Chairs

Daniel Chang, MD

Co-Chair

George Waring IV, MD

Co-Chair

Fri
Apr 25, 2025

Session I: Corneal Refractive Diagnostics and Treatments — Integrating Current and Future Technology – “1.21 gigawatts, What the [heck] is a gigawatt?”

Moderators: George Waring IV, MD & Marcony Santhiago, MD

Session II: Steinert Lecture – Remembering and learning from 30 years of the excimer laser – “The flux capacitor…it’s what makes time travel possible”

Introduction: George Waring IV, MD

Steinert lecture: Ron Krueger, MD

Session III: Cataract Refractive Surgery — Past, Present, and Future – “If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious [stuff].”

Moderators: Kendall Donaldson, MD & Jennifer Loh, MD

Session IV: Pearls from Five Decades of Cataract and Refractive Surgery – “If you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?”

Moderators: Daniel Chang, MD, Lance Kugler, MD. and Lisa McIntire, MD

Session V: Wildest Refractive Complications Videos – “Great Scott!”

Moderators: Kathryn Hatch, MD & Roger Zaldivar, MD

CME Mission Statement

ASCRS’ continuing medical education mission is to improve the competence of ophthalmologists/anterior segment surgeons by offering an avenue for the presentation and discussion of innovative techniques and technologies and fostering an open environment where current practices are presented and questions and improvements in patient care are continually sought.

Accreditation Statement

The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement

The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery designates the ASCRS Glaucoma Day for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

All CME activities approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ are valid for recognition by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME). Physicians not licensed in the U.S. who participate in this CME activity are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Physicians can claim CME credit up to the maximum listed above for attending the Physicians Program (ASCRS), including scientific films and posters on-demand, scientific papers, courses, symposia and general sessions). Attendees registered as exhibitors, spouses, and guests are not eligible for CME credits. Note: All attendees must have their badges to be eligible to claim credits and evaluate the program.

Target Audience:

This educational activity has been designed for the Anterior Segment Surgeons and Comprehensive Ophthalmologists.

Educational Objectives:

  • Determine how to obtain proper pre-op diagnostics for corneal refractive surgery and phakic IOL surgery.
  • Distinguish between treatment options and to select the appropriate treatment plan for corneal refractive and phakic IOL surgery for different patients.
  • Recognize the historical development of the excimer laser and apply lessons learned to present and future corneal refractive technology.
  • Utilize the history of cataract surgery and IOL development to build a fuller understanding of present patient evaluation and management needs.
  • Discuss the personal and professional lessons learned by expert surgeons with decades of refractive surgery experience.
  • Demonstrate real time problem solving and case management skills in complex and complicated refractive surgical cases.
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