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UPDATE by ASCRS•ASOA staff Young Eye Surgeons Advanced Cataract Training program offers hands-on, intensive learning T he Young Eye Surgeons (YES) Advanced Cataract Training program will pro- vide ophthalmology resi- dents, fellows, and surgeons in their first 5 years of practice with hands-on training and excellent learning opportunities this Sep- tember, according to Sumit "Sam" Garg, MD, medical director, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, and chair of the YES Clinical Committee. "The meeting is packed with great information—from the basics of cataract, refractive, and glaucoma surgery to the latest advances. This is a great meeting for residents at any point in their training," he said. Registration for YES Advanced Cataract Training—taking place Sept. 23–24 at the New York Mar- riott Downtown in New York—is now open. The one-and-a-half-day intensive educational program will include didactic/video case presen- Attendees in the general session at YES Advanced Cataract Training in Denver Jessica Ciralsky, MD, YES Clinical Committee member, instructs at the phaco station in Denver. tations; a hands-on wet lab session on limbal relaxing incisions, iris suturing, capsular tension devices, microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) devices, and different phaco platforms; and roundtable discus- sion breakout sessions. "Based on a few different ASCRS surveys, young surgeons want three things: strong didactics on advanced cataract topics, networking with ex- perts, and wet labs," said Elizabeth Yeu, MD, Virginia Eye Consultants, Norfolk, Virginia, and past chair of the YES Clinical Committee. "This is the only meeting of its kind to provide all of this in a week- end course," she said. The meeting was developed in conjunction with the New York Uni- versity School of Medicine and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. Since it began in 2014, Dr. Yeu has seen attendees eager to learn, re- turning each year as they transition from residents to fellows. F ormer U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, MD, has joined the ASCRS Foundation Governing Board. The 14-member board oversees a domestic and international program agenda that now serves more than 23,000 needy pa- tients annually. The Governing Board includes experienced ophthalmologists, industry leaders, and advo- cates who manage foundation programs in Ethiopia and the U.S. Dr. Coburn served as a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma from 2005–2015. From 1995–2001, he represented Okla- homa's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives and was the first Republican to hold that seat for consecutive terms. During his Congressional terms, Dr. Coburn served on the House Energy and Com- merce Health Subcommittee; played a central role in Medicare and healthcare debates; and worked with ASCRS and the Patient Access Coalition on a patients' bill of rights. His career in the medical field began at his family business, Coburn Optical Industries, in Colonial Heights, Virginia, where he worked as the manufacturing manager of the ophthalmic division. Following the sale of the business, Dr. Coburn attended medical school at the University of Oklahoma and in 1983, settled in Muskogee, where he began a practice in family medicine, allergy, and obstetrics. Dr. Coburn joins ASCRS Foundation Governing Board chairs David F. Chang, MD, Stephen Lane, MD, and James Mazzo in shaping the future direction of an organization working to address the problem of cataract blindness worldwide through creative partnerships that foster increased surgical training. EW Former U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, MD, joins ASCRS Foundation Governing Board

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