ASCRS Program Chair
Edward Holland, MD
Incoming ASCRS President
Richard Hoffman, MD
Lessons Learned from
the Time of COVID
David Parke, II MD
ASCRS Hall of
Fame Ceremony
The ASCRS Ophthalmology Hall of
Fame was created by ASCRS to honor
ophthalmic pioneers whose contributions
to the profession have shaped the way
modern ophthalmology is practiced today.
Tadeusz Krwawicz, MD, PhD (1910–1988),
and Jerry Shields, MD
ASCRS Binkhorst Lecture
We Can Prevent Blindness in
Glaucoma—Why Don't We?
The Binkhorst Lecture and Medal were
established in 1975 in honor of IOL
pioneer Cornelius D. Binkhorst, MD
(1912-1995).
Richard Lewis, MD
ASCRS Honored Guests
The David A. Karcher Honored
Guest Award honors luminaries
who have invested in a lifetime of
service to ASCRS.
Stephen Brint, MD, and
Peter Laibson, MD
Presentation of the Inaugural
ASCRS Educator Award
The ASCRS Educator Award honors an
ASCRS member who has made education
an enduring career priority.
Thomas Oetting, MD, MS
Presentation of the
Chang-Crandall
Humanitarian Award
Endowed by a generous gift from
David and Victoria Chang, the
ASCRS Foundation's Chang-Crandall
Humanitarian Award recognizes
outstanding humanitarian work in the
area of cataract blindness.
Geoff Tabin, MD, and Sanduk Ruit, MD
SATURDAY, JULY 24
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
OPENING GENERAL SESSION