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SUMMER 2025 | EYEWORLD | 21 McDonald, MD, and Richard Lindstrom, MD, to name a few. Each president brings the number one attribute required of a president—selfless service to the Society and its members. It's simply not possible to reach this role without having demonstrated that trait through previous roles and responsibilities. As ASCRS welcomed Francis Mah, MD, to the 2025 presidency in Los Angeles, California, we bid adieu to Vance Thompson, MD. Some presidents are ready to say goodbye to the role and can't hand it off fast enough. It's a thankless job with few perks and multiple unplanned responsibilities. But others relish the opportunity to serve— the privilege of speaking on behalf of their colleagues and friends, the responsibility to advocate for the best interests of U.S. anterior An ode to Vance Thompson, MD "How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." —Winnie the Pooh T he process and cadence of the transition of ASCRS Ex- ecutive Officers is as predictable as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west. It's our governance in action. The annual rotation allows for new perspectives and backgrounds to influence the way ASCRS charts annual objectives and infuses new ideas for the Society to pursue. Our organization has been fortunate to have icons as past presidents—Charles Kelman, MD, Robert Sinskey, MD, Marguerite by Steve Speares ASCRS Executive Director continued on page 22 continued from page 20 DIB00V IOL. While the XY1-EM lens had higher scores for reading a newspaper and adaptation to vision, other tasks had similar scores, and there was no significant difference in overall satisfaction. Importantly, the mean overall satis- faction was high for both enhanced monofocal IOLs (8.0±0.97 for the XY1-EM and 7.62±1.94 for the DIB00V). Conclusion In conclusion, the new enhanced monofocal IOL, Vivinex Impress XY1-EM, demonstrated superior intermediate vision compared to the conventional monofocal IOL (XY-1) while main- taining excellent distance vision. It also com- pared favorably with an established enhanced monofocal IOL, TECNIS Eyhance DIB00V, in- cluding some enhanced patient satisfaction with newspaper reading and adaptation to vision. Given the overall excellent patient satisfaction rate, this new lens merits surgeon consideration for patients seeking good distance and interme- diate range vision and an increased probability of spectacle independence relative to monofocal lenses alone. scores, specifically with respect to intermedi- ate-to-near vision tasks such as reading a news- paper. Patients also reported faster adaptation to daily vision with the XY1-EM. Limitations included the study's retrospec- tive design, which introduced the potential for selection bias, as the surgeon chose which lens to use in each patient case. Patient satisfaction was evaluated using survey questions, but issues with dysphotopsias and contrast sensitivity were not specifically assessed. In addition, the authors remarked that while VA was tested at both 50 cm and 70 cm, it was not tested at 40 cm, which is a commonly used distance for pure reading vision. Finally, the study only evaluated patients whose visual target for IOL selection was emmetropia; however, additional strategies to improve range of vision, such as mini-mono- vision, might have been beneficial to study in those who underwent bilateral surgery. Enhanced IOLs provide better visual outcomes for tasks at intermediate distances relative to standard monofocal lenses. This paper demonstrates that the XY1-EM IOL pro- vides comparable visual outcomes and patient satisfaction when compared to the established

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