PROGRAM CHAIRS
Sumit "Sam" Garg, MD Terry Kim, MD
New in 2019, the YES Skills Transfer Lab is
exclusive to Residents, Fellows and Surgeons
in their first 5 years of practice. Join your peers
for extensive hands on training at 70+ stations
in cataract, refractive, cornea and glaucoma.
This skills transfer lab brings together ASCRS
Leadership and Residency Program Directors
and Faculty from across the United States for
one to one instruction at each station.
FRIDAY, MAY 3 • 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
YOUNG EYE SURGEONS
(YES) SKILLS TRANSFER LAB
Sponsored by the Young Eye Surgeons (YES) Clinical Committee
CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE STATIONS
Planning Committee
Leela Raju, MD; Grace Sun, MD;
Mitchel Weikert, MD
Attendees will rotate through stations covering a review
of phaco settings and fluidics, incisions, capsulorhexis,
phacoemulsification, cortex removal, capsule tension
ring placement, iris hooks, Malyugin Rings, chopping
and flipping, secondary IOLs, scleral fixation, and lens
folding and loading.
CORNEA STATIONS
Planning Committee
Jessica Ciralsky, MD; Marjan Farid, MD;
Richard Stutzman, MD
Attendees will rotate through a review of astigmatism
management, Limbal Relaxing Incisions, Suturing
and DMEK.
GLAUCOMA STATIONS
Planning Committee
David Crandall, MD; Shane Havens, MD;
Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH
Attendees will explore various glaucoma procedures
to include minimally invasive glaucoma surgery and
micro stent implant- trabecular and supraciliary.
YES Skills Lab registration fee reimbursed with verified attendance
