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42 | 2024 ASCRS ASOA MEETING GUIDE ASCRS PROGRAM SUNDAY, APRIL 7 10:30–12:00 p.m. SKILLS TRANSFER LABS STL-9 MSICS BCEC - Meeting Level 1, Room 162AB Instructors: Avni Shah, MD; Sila B Bal, MD, MPH 1:30–3:00 p.m. MAIN STAGE CATARACT MS-5 Cataract Olympics BCEC - Exhibit Level, Exhibit Hall C Moderator: David F. Chang, MD Speakers/Panelists: Burkhard Dick, MD; Filomena Ribeiro, MD; Joaquin Fernandez, MD; Oliver Findl, MD; Ronald Yeoh, MD; Robert Ang, MD; Lee Mun Wai, MD; Soosan Jacob, MD; Maria Jose Cosentino, MD; Roger Zaldivar, MD; Bruna Ventura, MD; Randall Ulate, MD; Bonnie Henderson, MD; Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD; Sumit "Sam" Garg, MD; Ike Ahmed, MD This 90-minute program will feature four international teams of cataract surgeons competing in a video program highlighting practical pearls for routine and complicated cataract surgery. Surgeons will present videos in four categories. An international panel of judges will comment after each presentation. The presenters should teach practical pearls that the audience can incorporate into their own surgical armamentarium. The presenters will then receive a rating from each of the judges. At the conclusion of the competition, the audience will vote for the individual Gold Medal winner in each of the four categories, as well as the Gold Medal winning team. SYMPOSIA CORNEA SYM-16 Managing Corneal Refractive Complications BCEC - Ballroom Level 3, Ballroom West Sponsored by the ASCRS Cornea Clinical Committee & ASCRS Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee This symposium will highlight corneal refractive complications and how to best manage these. Various types of case-based complications will be presented, and a panel of experts will share their insights. Cases will focus on what to do when things don't go as planned, how to talk to patients, preop planning, watch outs, and medicolegal ramifications. Moderators: Marjan Farid, MD; Cathleen M. McCabe, MD Panelists: William B. Trattler, MD; Audrey R. Talley Rostov, MD; Kathryn M. Hatch, MD; Karolinne M. Rocha, MD, PhD; Ramy Riad Fikry, MD; A. John Kanellopoulos, MD; Ashraf Armia Balamoun, MD, FRCS, MSc, FACS NON-CLINICAL SYM-8 Politics, The Election, Healthcare: What Lies Ahead for America BCEC - Ballroom Level 3, Ballroom East The government is impacting the practice of medicine and patient care more than ever, and with the upcoming 2024 election, now is the time to focus on the dynamics affecting and shaping political parties, key issues, and other trends. Keynote speaker Charlie Cook, founder of the Cook Political Report and one of the nation's leading authorities on U.S. elections and political trends, will offer attendees his expert insights on how the current political atmosphere and the upcoming election will affect ophthalmologists today ... and tomorrow. Moderator: Parag D. Parekh, MD Speakers: Charlie Cook

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