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DECEMBER 2021 | EYEWORLD | 25 by Ellen Stodola Editorial Co-Director About the physicians David Crandall, MD Henry Ford Health System Detroit, Michigan Sumit "Sam" Garg, MD Gavin Herbert Eye Institute University of California, Irvine Irvine, California Nicole Fram, MD Advanced Vision Care Los Angeles, California Douglas Koch, MD Professor and Allen, Mosbacher, and Law Chair in Ophthalmology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas Contact Crandall: dacrandall@gmail.com Fram: drfram@avceye.com Garg: gargs@hs.uci.edu Koch: dkoch@bcm.edu enjoying the sights and activities of Park City. "This is a fast-paced, high-enthusiasm, surgical- ly focused meeting that allows for great discus- sion and debate." David Crandall, MD, shared what he's found most valuable about the meeting through the years, as both an audience member and a faculty member, as well as his father's influence and involvement with the meeting. "Growing up, this meeting was the one Dad looked forward to the most. Once I joined the ophthalmology family, I quickly understood why. Every time I've been there, I learn some- thing I'll use as soon as I'm back to work. It happens in a fun, relaxed atmosphere," he said. Dr. Crandall added that one of the best things about the meeting is the interactivity among the faculty and audience. "This has never been a 'passive' meeting, with one person talking and everyone else listening," he said. "It often becomes a conversation. Your learning increases exponentially when you have multiple people discussing approaches to a problem." Faculty are very accessible, which Dr. Cran- dall said increases audience engagement and participation. "Because this meeting has always been about innovation, each year there will be some- thing cutting edge to learn," he said. "This year we have several new, younger faculty coming in, which is exciting." As a faculty member, there was always the pressure to come up with something great, Dr. Crandall said. "As soon as I left the meeting, I'd start thinking about what to present next year," he said. "This year, as one of the chairs, that pressure is even greater. It's important to me that we continue to have a meeting that would have made Dad proud." T he 2022 ASCRS Winter Symposium will take place in Park City, Utah, from February 10–12. Many faculty mem- bers and attendees have been coming for years and find it to be a unique and valuable learning experience. Several of the program chairs highlighted what makes this meeting a can't-miss experience and what to expect for the upcoming event. "This is a special meeting to me because it's where I grew up as a surgeon and learned how to operate on complex cases," said Nicole Fram, MD. "It's for every surgeon who wants to learn the latest techniques and gain experience from other early adopters." It's a 30-year-old meeting that will honor its founder, the late Alan Crandall, MD (1947–2020), emphasizing how important it is to be an early adopter and share clinical and surgical experiences to further innovation in ophthalmology, she said. "It's a smaller meeting, so if you want to get up close and personal and talk to people about a specific case or procedure, it can actually hap- pen," Dr. Fram said. The program will feature similar topics as in previous years, such as cataract surgery challenges, and will include sessions on cornea, glaucoma, and refractive surgery. There will also be a focus on global ophthalmology, with Susan MacDonald, MD, giving the Crandall Lecture. The meeting carries on the format that Dr. Alan Crandall ingeniously devised, said Douglas Koch, MD. It includes talks that are clinically relevant and cutting edge, teach- ing videos from basic techniques to the most complex and complicated, lively debate, and attendee participation, he said. "Alan knew how to bring together col- leagues with different perspectives and ensured that the meeting was designed to teach and inspire in an atmosphere that was always fun," Dr. Koch said. "I always leave the meeting with pearls and ideas that I can apply the next week in my office and operating room." The Planning Committee has made every effort to make this a can't-miss meeting, said Sumit "Sam" Garg, MD, adding that the meeting format allows for education intertwined with ASCRS Winter Symposium in Park City, Utah

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