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President's Message Dear Cornea Society members, S ummer is here, and we are all busy enjoying the weather and time with our family. With the change of seasons everyone is outside and happy after a long winter. Change is everywhere you look, including the Cornea Society. We are looking to the future and trying to figure out how we can best posi- tion the Society to meet the changing dynamics of healthcare in our complicated world. There are so many challenges ahead, from MACRA to taxonomy codes. No one is sure how these will affect our subspecialty, but our goal is to position our- selves to withstand any change that comes our way. To that end, we have submitted an application for taxonomy codes in the future. ASCRS and AAO are helping us in this process. Our application is in, and we are hopeful we can prepare for what the future holds. We have been asked by the ABO to provide a liaison for the Cornea Society, and we have put two names forward. This winter the Executive Committee met for a 1-day retreat in Chicago to identify the challenges we will face in the future. With the help of a facilitator, John Riordan and Gail Albert, we had a very productive meeting and laid out a plan for developing our strategic plan. We have identified three key areas we will work on. First of all, we will address our mission and vision. I will work with Adam Moss, Deepinder Dhaliwal, and Preeya Gupta to develop a vision statement for the future of our society. Elmer Tu, our president elect, will work with Richard Davidson, Stephen Kaufman, and Jennifer Li to evaluate our membership structure and leadership pipeline to ensure vibrancy in the future. Bennie Jeng, vice president of international relations, will work with Mark Mannis, Shahzad Mian, and Julie Schallhorn to analyze our organizational structure, including our board and committee structure. Together this group of 12 of our members of different geographical, academic, and experiential backgrounds will begin to develop the future path for the Cornea Society. Do you have any ideas you want to share? We welcome your input and hope you will reach out to one of the 12 committee members or Gail Albert. Please make your voice heard. We are definitely stronger together. Have you noticed that we do not have our own standalone meeting just for cornea? All the other specialties have a standalone meeting—retina, glaucoma, pediatrics, uveitis—but not cornea. We are busily working to start a new meeting just for our specialty. There will be more exciting news about this in the future. As soon as we secure the date, check the website for an announcement and make sure you can attend. I am certain it will be a great meeting, and you won't want to miss it. Lastly, I want to give a big shout-out to Jessica Ciralsky who has been busy working with Gail Albert to make Cornea Society University a reality. During the ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress, Jessica and Gail organized a dinner program just for our young physicians, "Getting to the Podium and What to Do Once I Get There." Attendees had the chance to practice and receive feedback from professionals about their speaking and content delivery. The future is bright and our young members are well-positioned to represent our society in the best possible light. Enjoy the summer, kick back, take your issue of Cornea to the beach, browse the website, and know that we are working to make the Cornea Society strong. If you have ideas or want to chat, we welcome your input. Our strategic planning process is moving forward, and we hope you will let us know what you want to see our Society doing over the next 10 years. Marian Macsai, MD President, Cornea Society Cornea Society News – published quarterly by the Cornea Society 2 Marian Macsai, MD

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