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.
ASCRS 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
