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ASCRS NEWS Contact Name: email 34 | EYEWORLD | APRIL 2023 I N S T R U M E N T S | S I N G L E U S E | D R Y E Y E | B I O L O G I C S Toll Free ( USA ) 800.354.7848 | info@stephensinst.com | stephensinst.com © 2023 Stephens Instruments. All rights reserved. Level Up Your Defense Level Up Your Defense against site infections Single-Use Instruments from Stephens are a cost-effective way to level up in the battle against site infection. With a new, precise, and sterile instrument for each procedure, Stephens single-use instruments may help to mitigate the risks of cross-contamination on the surgical stage. continued from page 32 EyeWorld: Looking forward, what do you envision will be the role of the Society for anterior segment surgeons? Dr. Rhee: The president's role in our Society allows us to have some organizational memory and long-term planning beyond just 1 year. One of the significant advantages of that model is certain things came to fruition and certain things didn't during my presidency, but the work in order to bring these new initiatives forward continues. It start- ed before the year of my presidency, and it will continue afterward. What are some of those? We are continuing to solicit and listen to the feedback from our members, and we're actively working on building the new normal. I don't think we will ever go back to a world that looks exactly like February 2020. The way that people want to acquire knowledge and what value they find in a society member- ship continues to evolve. In response to feedback and using the backbone of our Society, we are continuously innovat- ing to provide the content that every ophthalmologist and ophthalmic administrator needs to most effectively care for the patients that we are privileged to serve. Some of those are too early for us to discuss at this time, but they're going to be very exciting. The executive leadership of ASCRS is not just looking at strategic development on how to deliver educational content to our members in a 6- to 12-month timeframe. We plan for education in the immediate docket, but we're also planning for how we think all of us would like to receive education in 3, 5, or 7 years. EyeWorld: Finally, is there anything that you're excited about specifically for the 2023 ASCRS Annual Meeting? Dr. Rhee: I'm extremely excited about the meeting in San Diego, California. It will be reengineered; the Program Committee has made a great effort to deliver the same or more educational content in the most efficient and effec- tive manner given that the meeting is shortened by a day. We continue to deliver information and techniques that you can use the day after you return from the meeting. I'm particularly partial to Glaucoma Day, as a glaucoma specialist, however, I've seen the programs for Refractive Day, Cornea Day, and other main programming sessions, and I can't wait to learn the newest techniques to hone my surgical and diagnostic skills to take even better care of my patients as a result of the education I receive.

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