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UPDATE by Natalie Zundel ASCRS Foundation Development Director Find out more about the ASCRS Foundation at the ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress T hanks to volunteer sur- geons, donors, corporate supporters, and nonprofit partners, the ASCRS Foun- dation was able to give sight to a record number of individ- uals in 2016. Our Operation Sight cataract program helped provide 600 free surgeries to needy American patients, and our Robert Sinskey Eye Institute in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, served a record 22,000 patients. Through partnerships with six like-minded organizations, the foun- dation is working to address the root cause of global cataract blindness— the drastic shortage of eye surgeons in developing countries. Help us to maintain this mo- mentum through 2017 and beyond by participating in a foundation ac- tivity at the upcoming ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress this May in Los Angeles. Run for Sight Calling all runners and walkers! Join the ASCRS Foundation on Sun- day, May 7 at 6:30 a.m. for the 5th Annual Run for Sight, co-sponsored by TearLab (San Diego) and Shire (Lexington, Massachusetts). Fea- turing a 5K run and a 1-mile walk, this healthy lifestyle event will raise money for the ASCRS Foundation's ongoing charitable work, while also helping to burn off some of those conference calories. All race proceeds go to support the founda- tion's humanitarian cataract surgery programs in the United States and Ethiopia. This year's Run for Sight will start and finish at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and early-morn- ing bus transportation will be pro- vided from area hotels. All partici- pants receive a race T-shirt and one Tesla raffle ticket. Register online (www.tracs.net/ascrs5k) or on site at the ASCRS Foundation booth. #GiveSight #50Phaco50 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of phacoemulsification and to recog- nize this important milestone, the ASCRS Foundation is asking attend- ees to consider a gift of $50 to ex- tend the benefits of cataract surgery to those who might otherwise go untreated. Attendees who give when registering for the meeting or onsite will receive special recognition for their Phaco50 gift and one Tesla raffle ticket (limit three) for each $50 they contribute. Thanks to our Phaco 50 Cele- bration Vanguard partners—Bausch + Lomb (Bridgewater, New Jersey), Carl Zeiss Meditec (Jena, Germa- #GiveSight while you learn in Los Angeles this May Neel R. Desai, MD, Eye Institute of West Florida, with a grateful Operation Sight patient Source: Neel R. Desai, MD called attention to the issue that unregulated cosmetic iris implants were being used outside the U.S. and European Union and causing severe ocular complications in many patients. Educational webinars The Cataract Clinical Committee will lead a webinar entitled "An- tibiotic Prophylaxis for Cataract Surgery," on June 28, 2017, at 9 p.m. ET. Attendees will learn the pros and cons of intracameral antibiotic pro- phylaxis, hear the experts discuss/ compare intracameral and topical antibiotics, and view methods of antibiotic prophylaxis. Speakers include Kent Stiverson, MD, Neal Shorstein, MD, David F. Chang, MD, and Francis, Mah, MD. Subcommittees In addition to those specific ASCRS Cataract Clinical Committee proj- ects, we have five subcommittees that also work diligently to educate members on relevant and perennial cataract surgery topics. Skills Transfer: Plans and executes the Skills Transfer labs during the ASCRS annual meeting. Skills labs in 2017 include: Advanced Phaco, PCRI, Anterior Vitrectomy, ECCE/ SICS, MIGS, Iris Suturing, Iris Pros- thesis, and FLACS. Chaired by Kevin Miller, MD. Refractive-Cataract: Submitted a re- view paper to JCRS on perioperative assessment for refractive cataract surgery, which includes devices, techniques, and technology. Chaired by Kendall Donaldson, MD. Instrumentation and IOL: Current project includes a toric IOL align- ment paper. Chaired by Tal Raviv, MD. Challenging and Complicated Cataract Surgery: Submitted paper on the phacoemulsification of the rock hard, dense nuclear cataract to JCRS. A posterior polar cataract paper will be submitted in the near future. Chaired by Gary Foster, MD. IOL Power Calculations: Future ed- ucational recommendations include validation criteria and guidelines for biometry and ultrasound. Chaired by Warren Hill, MD. While you are in Los Angeles in May for the 2017 ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress, please feel free to come talk to me or any of the ASCRS Cataract Clinical Committee members about thoughts you may have on cataract surgical topics that we've been working on or that you think should be addressed in the future. EW Contact information Hoffman: rshoffman@finemd.com Monasterio: dmonasterio@ascrs.org ASCRS continued from page 17 Insightful news from the ASCRS Foundation

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