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EW NEWS & OPINION June 2016 17 an added benefit beyond informa- tion? We can offer that peer-to-peer interaction, live interaction, and we can offer skills transfers. [Young eye surgeons] want smaller meet- ings, regional meetings. We had a great turnout this past March at the YES Advanced Cataract Training in New York. One hundred percent of those who attended said they would recommend it, and 100% said they learned something—that's really impactful. They were getting expe- rience on 3 femto platforms and all sorts of other things in the wet lab. We're going to do the same thing in Denver, and Dr. Al-Mohtaseb is go- ing to help with the skills transfer as well as the [Combined Ophthalmic Symposium] program in Austin in August. We are doing webinars every 3 months. This year is all about pha- co fundamentals. Our fundamentals series has been the most widely attended. We also have a monthly column in EyeWorld. There has been a lot of activity. I think it's because there is an energy, and people want to give back. Dr. Solomon: I want to echo a little bit of what Dr. Yeu said, which is that the young eye surgeons are the future of ophthalmology. It's important that we get folks engaged and allow them the opportunities to do events. Advocacy is import- ant, and we need to support that. This year for the first time we have scholarships to send 5 residents to Washington, D.C. [for the Alliance of Specialty Medicine Legislative Fly-In] where they'll have an op- portunity to hear from people on Capitol Hill about health care issues and financial issues. They'll have an opportunity to meet with members of Congress and help advocate for things that will benefit our patients. There are many changes going on right now, and we need loud voices. We need both senior, more established ophthalmologists and we need young ophthalmologists involved. Dr. Donnenfeld: Dr. Solomon, can you tell us about how ophthalmol- ogists can become involved in some of these initiatives you're interested in using their time and effort? ASCRS education. If you want to learn a new technique, for example, you type in "glued IOL," and it will show you every paper, every poster, and all the videos [on the topic]. Then there's the listserv. Dr. Al-Mohtaseb: We have a lot of different email listservs; that's how we connect with each other. If you have a complicated case, you want to send it to everyone and have a discussion. This is a great format to continue that education where it's not just one time during the year but every single day in your practice when anything comes up. Dr. Donnenfeld: Dr. Yeu, you chair the Young Eye Surgeons (YES) Clin- ical Committee and you've done an extraordinary job. Tell us what the YES Clinical Committee does and some of the initiatives that you've done over the years and where you're going in the future. Dr. Yeu: The Young Eye Surgeons Clinical Committee is not just a clinical committee. I look at it as a small microcosm within ASCRS because we're focusing on what ASCRS is focusing on: building the lifelong learning and the foundation at a surgical level. [We found in the ASCRS Clinical Survey that] 92% of residents are getting adequate [expe- rience with] basic cataract surgery, but that pales in comparison to the dismal numbers that we're seeing in the advanced technologies and complex anterior segment surgeries; that was evidenced in some of the market research that we've done. Young surgeons want not only networking with experts, but they also want peer-to-peer networking. So taking all of this, we want to do what we can to help supplement what surgeons are learning in resi- dency and in training and take it to the next level so that they feel com- fortable and we can help build better surgeons, leaders, and advocates for tomorrow. There has been a focus on young surgeons and residents for at least a decade here, but we did rebrand it so it was a recognizable name—the Young Eye Surgeons, the YES Clinical Committee. People want a customized experience and information access that is instan- taneous. What can we offer that is Femto Dissectors 3360 Scherer Drive, Suite B, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 800-637-4346 • Tel: 727-209-2244 • Fax: 727-341-8123 Email: Info@RheinMedical.com • Website: www.RheinMedical.com 1 Developed In Coordination With Steven Dewey, M.D. 2 Developed In Coordination With Neil Friedman, M.D. 3 Developed In Coordination With Rolando Toyos, M.D, 4 Developed In Coordination With David Folden, M.D. Sarto/Girl with a petrarchino ACBG 1368 Rev.A Call 727-209-2244 For More Information. A) B) C) D) E) A) 08-07160 Dewey 1 Horizontal Femto Chopper. B) 08-07161 Friedman 2 Double-Ended Femto Incision Dissector. C) 08-14561 Toyos 3 Femto Dissector. D) 08-10143 Femtosecond Double- Ended Incision Dissector, 1mm & 2mm. E) 08-10144 Folden 4 Femto Double- Ended Dissector, 0.7mm & 1.2mm. continued on page 18

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