44 | EYEWORLD | SPRING 2025
ASCRS NEWS
ASCRS ANNUAL MEETING PREVIEW
Contact
Yeoh: ersryeoh@gmail.com
by Ellen Stodola
Editorial Co-Director
About the physician
Ronald Yeoh, MD
Medical Director
Eye & Retina Surgeons
Singapore
Dr. Yeoh's lecture will focus on his 30-year
study and interest in hydrodissection. While this
might not be the most glamorous topic, he said
it's an incredibly important surgical step. "I'm
going to discuss how my interest started and
describe some of the nuances of the technique,"
he said.
"For me, what was interesting was to marry
this technique that's been around for 30 years
with new technology." He pointed to using
intraoperative OCT, which he said was the first
time he was able to image hydrodissection live.
"Prior to this, we could only see the microscope
down view; we never got the 3D view from the
side." This provided an interesting angle and
helped in understanding the technology better.
Dr. Yeoh plans to wrap up his lecture by
questioning if this is still relevant today, which
he thinks it is. "It's a basic technique; it only
takes 10 seconds to do," but he said there are
many aspects that are glossed over. "If you look
in the literature, there's very little written about
it." He added that hydro techniques are similar
in all populations; it's not an instance where
there are a lot of geographic differences, so it
applies to all patients.
Preview of the Cornelius D. Binkhorst, MD,
Lecture
R
onald Yeoh, MD, will
deliver the Cornelius
D. Binkhorst, MD,
Lecture during the
ASCRS Main Stage
session on Friday, April 25,
at the ASCRS Annual Meet-
ing. The Binkhorst Lecture
and Medal was established in 1975 in honor
of IOL pioneer Cornelius D. Binkhorst, MD
(1912–1995). The medal is awarded to an
individual who has followed in Dr. Binkhorst's
footsteps with outstanding contributions to the
understanding and practice of anterior segment
surgery.
"I would say it's the pinnacle of my career
to be giving the Binkhorst Lecture," Dr. Yeoh
said, adding that it was a completely unexpect-
ed honor, and he's thrilled by the opportunity.
If you look at Dr. Binkhorst's history, he was
a pioneer in IOLs, but he was also a surgeon,
Dr. Yeoh said. This inspired Dr. Yeoh to feature a
surgical topic in his lecture. The topics covered
in past lectures are incredibly diverse, from bi-
ometry to dry eye, but there are very few on the
surgical aspect of phaco.
