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EW ASCRS•ASOA 2018 46 March 2018 T he 2018 Cornea Day will take place on April 13, in Washington, D.C. Francis Mah, MD, La Jolla, Cali- fornia, chair of the ASCRS Cornea Clinical Committee and one of the members of the Cornea Day Planning Committee, shared what attendees can expect at the meeting and some of the topics that will be covered. "Marian Macsai, MD, the other committee members, and I have already come up with the whole itinerary," he said. Like last year, Cornea Day will take place on the same day as Refractive Day. Dr. Mah said there was a bit of "friendly competition" between the two programs to try to draw the most attendees and keep them in their respective sessions. But Dr. Mah said it's a great oppor- tunity for physicians to attend pre- sentations in both the Cornea Day and Refractive Day programs, and many of the topics will be comple- mentary. He said that attendees of either program can move back and forth between the sessions, thanks to the new ASCRS All Access Pass. The program will be slightly different this year. "Instead of just didactic lectures, we have different formats for the sessions," Dr. Mah said. This year, Cornea Day will be comprised of four different sessions: "Surgical Scenarios: Managing DMEK Disasters and Other Cornea Catastrophes," "Smoke or Fire?" "Advances and What's Trending in Ocular Surface," and "The Great Debate." For the first session on surgical scenarios, Dr. Mah said they want- ed to incorporate surgical videos with pearls on handling the com- plications. There will be a panel discussion regarding the best way to handle these surgical issues. The second session will focus on inflammatory and infectious eye conditions. During this session, typ- ical cases that challenge clinicians every day will be presented with a panel discussion on tips and pearls for management. Ocular surface disease, the focus of the third session of the program, is a hot topic, Dr. Mah said. "Cli- nicians and surgeons understand the importance of identifying and managing ocular surface disease, and it is the first or second reason most patients visit eyecare specialists." During this session, topics such as new ocular surface algorithms, new treatments, and dry eye masquerad- ers will be covered. The final session will cover debates and controversies within cornea and external disease, Dr. Mah said, adding that "controversial" topics will be discussed, many of which don't have a right answer. Attendees may be interested to hear how physicians around the country are doing things differently. Among the topics discussed will be cross- linking, with debates on progression and how young a patient can be. "Instead of just lecturing, I think people respond to different formats," Dr. Mah said. The Cornea Day program is largely applicable to both the cornea and comprehensive ophthalmolo- gist, with more advanced topics spe- cifically geared toward the academic or tertiary care cornea specialist. "Hopefully the audience will enjoy the new format," he said. EW Contact information Mah: Mah.Francis@scrippshealth.org 2018 Cornea Day preview David F. Chang, MD, speaks at the 2017 Cornea Day in Los Angeles. Source: ASCRS by Ellen Stodola EyeWorld Senior Staff Writer reason for that is the technology has evolved, not just in surgery. People always think about MIGS, MIGS, MIGS, but there's more than that. There are the new OCT platforms. There are other technologies, new medications coming in 2018. Be- cause glaucoma continues to change and evolve, these are the things we're discussing and presenting in a practically minded format." Dr. Rhee recommends Glauco- ma Day for any ophthalmologist who "wants to provide the top level care for their glaucoma patients." Programming will kick off with a joint symposium by ASCRS and the American Glaucoma Society on by Liz Hillman EyeWorld Staff Writer Glaucoma Day offers 'practically minded' and focused program Fundamentals as well as new surgical procedures, diagnostics, and medical therapy will be covered W hat differentiates ASCRS Glaucoma Day from other offerings? Program chair Doug- las Rhee, MD, Cleve- land, said the difference is its focus on "practically minded topics." "We span both the complex new surgical procedures and the core fundamental things that you need to know to take care of glau- coma patients," Dr. Rhee said. "The A 2017 Glaucoma Day panel in Los Angeles Source: ASCRS continued on page 48 ASCRS Glaucoma Day, Refractive Day, and Cornea Day precede the ASCRS•ASOA Annual Meeting. Register for the new All Access Pass for a discounted rate to attend all ASCRS subspecialty day programming as well as the full programming at the Annual Meeting. annualmeeting.ascrs.org

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