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40 | EYEWORLD | SPRING 2025 ASCRS NEWS ASCRS ANNUAL MEETING PREVIEW About the physicians Daniel Chang, MD Cataract and Refractive Surgeon Empire Eye and Laser Center Bakersfield, California Marjan Farid, MD Director of Cornea, Cataract, and Refractive Surgery Gavin Herbert Eye Institute University of California, Irvine Irvine, California Francis Mah, MD Director, Cornea Service Scripps Clinic La Jolla, California Nathan Radcliffe, MD New York Ophthalmology New York Eye Surgery Center New York, New York Manjool Shah, MD Kellogg Eye Center University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan George Waring IV, MD Waring Vision Institute Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina by Ellen Stodola Editorial Co-Director One of the most important and exciting things, Dr. Mah said, is the addition of a named lecture to the program in honor of Edward Holland, MD. "We're excited to announce the Edward Holland, MD, Lecture, and he will be giving that this year. We think that this will add a great deal to Cornea Day." Dr. Farid said that the Holland Lecture honors a true pioneer in the field of cornea. Dr. Holland has left his mark as one of the great educators in corneal disease, she said. "Specif- ically, he has pioneered treatment protocols in severe ocular surface disease and continues to educate and mentor cornea specialists in the A SCRS Subspecialty Day will take place on Friday, April 25, ahead of the official kickoff of the main 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting. This year, attendees can expect exciting programs focusing on refractive, cornea, and glaucoma topics. The program chairs discussed what they're most looking forward to. Cornea Day Marjan Farid, MD, and Francis Mah, MD, will serve as co-chairs of Cornea Day. One of the changes this year is to have a mixture of ASCRS Cornea Clinical Committee members and seasoned experts as moderators for each of the sessions. "One of the things that's important is that historical or institutional knowledge to fill out the background," Dr. Mah said. "We tried to put together an exciting pro- gram with surgical as well as inflammatory and infectious cornea to try to change up some of the sessions," he continued, adding that dry eye and ocular surface disease will also be covered. Preview of ASCRS Subspecialty Day they stay informed and engaged after the pro- gram ends. "The converging forces are simple: one, dis- ease progression, and more patients are head- ed our way; two, drop compliance is and will remain low; three, new interventions to help patients; and four, a favorable reimbursement climate. [Interventional glaucoma] is going to help patients, and it's also going to help your bottom line," Mr. Jensen said. the technology, this wouldn't be an issue, but there are all kinds of operational challenges," Mr. Jensen said. This is where the Business of Interventional Glaucoma comes in. The program, which will be held from 1:00–5:30 p.m., April 24, at the Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown Hotel, will cover financial planning, coding, patient education, workflow efficiency, and more. The program will be comprised of both presenta- tions and small group breakouts. Key speakers include John Berdahl, MD, Me- lissa Ciccarelli, COE, Megan Costello, COA, Kasey Gantz, Arsen Grigoryan, MBA, COE, Mr. Jensen, Ashton Deal, COT, OCS, OSC, Christine Funke, MD, Kirk Mack, Ben Seals, MBA, Brian Shafer, MD, Manjool Shah, MD, Taylor Strange, DO, Savak Teymoorian, MD, and Dana Wallace, MD. In addition to onsite programming, attend- ees will have ongoing access to online shared files and a supportive community, ensuring continued from page 39 continued on page 42 Learn more about the Business of Interventional Glaucoma program!

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