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EW ASCRS•ASOA 2017 68 ASCRS•ASOA Program Preview • May 5–9, 2017 T he Sunday Summit is one of the main general sessions at the ASCRS•ASOA Sympo- sium & Congress. This year, the session will take place on Sunday, May 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and will again feature the annual ASCRS Lecture on Sci- ence, Medicine and Technology, as well as a section celebrating the 50th year of phacoemulsification. The ASCRS Lecture on Science, Medicine and Technology features a non-ophthalmologist who will give a talk of interest to members and attendees, said Edward Holland, MD, ASCRS Program Chair. This year's lecturer is Captain Scott Kelly, a former NASA astro- naut who spent nearly a consecutive year on the International Space Station. He has also spent more time in space than any other American, doing two long-term space station missions and two shorter-term space shuttle missions between 1999 and 2015. Capt. Kelly has received exten- sive media coverage for his career, including during his extended time on the International Space Station from March 2015 to March 2016. He will share some of his experiences with ASCRS meeting attendees and is scheduled to discuss some of his choices and life events that have influenced his career. Capt. Kelly became an astronaut in 1996. His twin brother, Captain Mark Kelly, also had an impressive career as an astronaut with NASA until recently retiring, and the two are examining how space travel can affect the human body. Following this lecture, the sec- ond hour of the Sunday Summit will be a special program to celebrate the 50th year of phacoemulsification, Dr. Holland said. "As most ophthal- mologists know, Charlie Kelman, [MD], an ASCRS member and former president, invented the procedure," he said. "Along with Dr. Kelman, it was the pioneers within ASCRS who improved, taught, and attained the adoption of this technique as the standard procedure of cataract surgery." After 50 years, there have been tremendous improvements in pha- co, he said, but overall, it's still the same procedure 5 decades later. Dr. Holland said that some of the ori- gins, obstacles, and acceptance will be covered in the session. Many of the early pioneers had a lot of push- back to the technique since it wasn't immediately adopted, he added. During the session, there will be a newly edited video, which will feature interviews with some of the earliest surgeons of phaco about their careers and how they helped make it the procedure of choice that it is today. A panel will include some of the pioneering phaco surgeons, Dr. Holland said, including Jim Da- vison, MD, Jack Dodick, MD, How- ard Fine, MD, Richard Lindstrom, MD, and Stephen Obstbaum, MD. The session will conclude with presentations from Burkhard Dick, MD, Eric Donnenfeld, MD, and Kent Stiverson, MD, discussing the future of phaco and cataract surgery. "ASCRS deserves a lot of the credit for the celebration of 50 years of phaco because it was this organization and its members who really taught phaco worldwide," Dr. Holland said. EW Editors' note: Dr. Holland has no rel- evant financial interests related to his comments. Contact information Holland: eholland@holprovision.com by Ellen Stodola EyeWorld Senior Staff Writer April 2017 Sunday Summit promises exciting program Captain Scott Kelly This year's Sunday Summit will feature astronaut Scott Kelly and a look at the 50th anniversary of phacoemulsification C e l eb r a t i n g 5 0 Y e a r s o f P h a c o e m u l s i c a ti o n 1967–2017

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