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86 | EYEWORLD | SEPTEMBER 2021 G UCOMA successful training approach and had good representation, even incorporating some of the fellows into the presentations. Overall, Dr. Herndon said glaucoma spe- cialists are typically fairly conservative when it comes to adopting new technologies. Some may be slower to convert to new procedures and want to see more data. The Duke University program has 16 fellowship-trained glaucoma specialists, which offers a mix of those perform- ing MIGS and those more focused on traditional procedures. Dr. Herndon noted that he has experience in many of the MIGS procedures available. "I think it's important, and I think our fellows are looking for opportunities to make up their minds for themselves on which of these MIGS will work in their practices when they get out [of training]." become popular, said Leon Herndon, MD, but he agreed that it's important not to lose sight of traditional glaucoma surgeries. At the teaching program at Duke University, Dr. Herndon said there is a nice balance between traditional sur- geries and MIGS. When making the decision on which sur- gery to perform, Dr. Herndon said he tries to help trainees risk stratify which patients would be good candidates for MIGS and which are more severe and therefore candidates for the more traditional approach. With the COVID-19 pandemic, surgeries were limited, and a lot of trainees were not getting surgical experience, Dr. Herndon said. In order to continue to teach traditional surgery, an educational series at Duke University focused on trabeculectomy and tubes. Several webinars went into detail on the history and basics of the procedures, as well as complications that can occur. Dr. Herndon noted that this was a continued from page 85 Read EyeWorld Daily News from the 2021 ASCRS Annual Meeting Daily.EyeWorld.org F R I DAY, J U LY 2 3 , 2 0 2 1 | A S C R S A N N UA L M E E T I N G DAILY NEWS EyeWorld: What was it like com- ing on as ASCRS president at the beginning of the pandemic? Dr. Kim: As I was taking on my role as president, I never imag- ined I'd face the immediate challenges that our organization director, Executive Committee, and Governing Board to help nav- igate through the difficulties. For anyone dealing with this crisis, it was a dynamic, ever-evolving situ- ation; it was never just one thing. There were adjustments that were constantly being made in terms of continued on page 3 Visit Booth 5208 to Hear What's New at BVI BVI and all other trademarks (unless noted otherwise) are property of BVI. BVI ©2021 Outgoing ASCRS president reflects on unprecedented year A Q&A with ASCRS president Richard Hoffman, MD R ichard Hoffman, MD, the current ASCRS president, has been involved with ASCRS, EyeWorld, and the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery for years. He shared his thoughts on his presidency and his vision for the society. T erry Kim, MD, served as ASCRS president during a year full of unprecedent- ed challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pan- EyeWorld: How and when did you first become involved with ASCRS? Dr. Hoffman: I became involved with ASCRS in the mid-1990s, in part due to the work my part- ner, Howard Fine, MD, had been doing with ASCRS. Howard was teaching at meetings and in- volved in the Governing Board and Executive Committee and S U N DAY, J U LY 2 5 , 2 0 2 1 | A S C R S A N N UA L M E E T I N G DAILY NEWS T he 2021 ASCRS Annual Meeting kicked off on Saturday morning with the Opening General Session. Edward Holland, MD, chair of the ASCRS Program Committee, be- gan by addressing attendees. "We are so delighted to be back in the most effective learning environ- ment together in person," he said. There is some outstanding clinical education, Dr. Holland said, add- ing that the Exhibit Hall features more than 200 companies. Dr. Hoffman discusses goals for his term as ASCRS president. Source: ASCRS T his year's Binkhorst Lecture was delivered by Richard Lewis, MD, on the topic of "We Can Prevent Blindness in Glaucoma – Why Don't We?" moved on to discuss glaucoma in the 20th century, mentioning the enlightened understanding of how the disease causes blind- ness; defining glaucoma and its many causes; safer, more effective blindness from open angle glau- coma was 25.8%, and between 1981–2000, the probability was 13.1%. In the last 20 years, there have been more accurate diagnos- tics, therapies with greater IOP continued on page 3 BVI 1 Binkhorst Lecture addresses blindness in glaucoma ASCRS Annual Meeting officially kicks off with Opening General Session Visit Booth 5208 to Hear What's New at BVI BVI and all other trademarks (unless noted otherwise) are property of BVI. BVI ©2021 S AT U R DAY, J U LY 2 4 , 2 0 2 1 | A S C R S A N N UA L M E E T I N G DAILY NEWS Dr. McDonald delivers the Steinert Refractive Lecture on presbyopia correction options for phakic individuals. Source: ASCRS continued on page 3 Marguerite McDonald, MD, delivers Steinert Refractive Lecture BVI 1 Visit Booth 5208 to Hear What's New at BVI BVI and all other trademarks (unless noted otherwise) are property of BVI. BVI ©2021 M arguerite McDonald, MD, gave the Steinert Refractive Lecture at Re- fractive Day, describing it as a pleasure to be selected to honor "this brilliant clinician-sci- entist," Roger Steinert, MD. Her talk focused on the current and future treatments of presbyopia for phakic patients. Current solutions include glasses, contact lenses, and

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