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14 | 2024 ASCRS ASOA PREVIEW PROGRAM ASCRS PROGRAM SYMPOSIA ON SATURDAY, APRIL 6 8:00–9:30 a.m. Retina for the Anterior Segment Surgeon Sponsored by the ASCRS Retina Clinical Committee Moderator: Christina Weng, MD, MBA This symposium will provide an updated overview of the latest medical and surgical retina topics that are most pertinent to the non-retina specialist. Learn from retina experts about posterior capsular rupture management, OCT interpretation, new dry macular degeneration drugs, treatment options for floaters, and more. 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Luncheon/Toolkit for Job Success Sponsored by the ASCRS YES Clinical Committee Moderator: Kourtney Houser, MD This symposium will include brief panel discussions, Q&A, and mentorship sessions for YES members covering a wide range of topics, including fellowship, finding your first job, and international work. Come talk with ASCRS leaders about their experiences and hear their advice. 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. 2024 ASCRS Foundation Meeting: Be the Change You Wish to See Moderators: Susan MacDonald, MD and David Chang, MD Join your colleagues and be part of the solution of addressing blindness domestically and worldwide. This discussion will include lessons learned, current needs and future opportunities. 1:30–3:00 p.m. Cataract Surgery & All the Subspecialties Moderators: Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD, Marjan Farid, MD, and Cathleen McCabe, MD Co-existing ocular disease can pose unique challenges to cataract surgery. In this symposium, we discuss cataract surgery in patients with oculoplastic disease (such as lid abnormalities), retinal disease (such as age-related macular degeneration or diabetic macular edema), glaucoma (previous filtering surgery), neuro-ophthalmic disease (such as prior AION or diplopia), and corneal disease (Fuchs or previous corneal grafts). We will 8:00–9:30 a.m. Good to Great Surgeon Sponsored by the ASCRS YES Clinical Committee Moderator: Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD Join the YES Clinical Committee for this interactive video symposium where presenters, including current residents, will show difficult cases and complications in the OR. A panel of surgeons will be asked to provide guidance for these complicated cases. Each case will be followed by YES Clinical Committee members' complicated case videos, showing how they worked through similar complications. 8:00–9:30 a.m. Optimizing Refractive Outcomes in the Glaucoma Patient: A Combined RSCC and GCC Symposium Sponsored by the ASCRS Refractive Surgery and Glaucoma Clinical Committees Moderators: Preeya Gupta, MD, and Nathan Radcliffe, MD This symposium is a joint venture between the Refractive Surgery and Glaucoma Clinical Committees. Attendees will learn about refractive management in patients with glaucoma including preoperative assessments, intraoperative strategies, and postoperative refractive considerations in patients with glaucoma.