EyeWorld is the official news magazine of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
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38 | EYEWORLD | MARCH 2021 by Rosa Braga-Mele, MD Cataract Editor our patients in a more in-depth and perhaps timelier manner. Learning and innovation has not stopped. Online learning and mentorship continue. As evident in this issue, innovation in IOL and pha- co technology has continued and is highlighted. Perhaps COVID-19 has helped us look at how to best and most efficiently perform surgery to optimize patient outcomes and minimize patient risks. In this section we look at imme- diately sequential bilateral cataract surgery and whether now is the time to transition. We also have kept up to date on new techniques in cataract surgery to help outcomes in the face of other comorbidities. I hope all of you are doing well during these challenging times. Hopefully, we will see all of this turn around once vaccinations have been performed on most of the population. But until then, let's keep learning from each other and supporting each other. ATARACT C Adapting and acclimatizing W hen it came time to write a piece for the March issue of EyeWorld, I thought, "What should I write about?" Then I realized this issue will mark 1 year since COVID-19 hit the North American news and turned our worlds sideways. It has been a whole year of learning how to adapt and acclimatize to a "new" way of living life and providing medicine. Whether this will be the new normal moving forward or not, I can't predict, but I think a lot of positive has come along with the negative, especially for us as ophthalmologists. We have made our practice safer with good hygiene and shields at slit lamps and lasers that will better protect us moving forward. Telemedicine has helped us be able to take the time to review things with ASCRS is pleased to announce a new oppor tunity for ASCRS members to engage with each other, as a panel of experts discuss 2 pre-selected manuscripts from the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery ( JCRS). ASCRS Journal Club is a virtual, complimentary CME offering exclusive to ASCRS members that brings the experience of a lively discussion to your home or office. Each ASCRS Journal Club has been approved for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. View this activity during a pre-scheduled time to engage with the speakers or view on demand at your convenience. Visit ascrs.org to view the 2021 ASCRS Journal Club schedule. Nick Mamalis, MD Leela Raju, MD Moderators