UPDATE
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by Denise Monasterio ASCRS Marketing and Communications Manager
T
he ASCRS Film Festival
celebrated 36 years at the
2018 ASCRS•ASOA Annu-
al Meeting this past April
in Washington, D.C. On
April 16, the Film Festival winners
were celebrated with a reception
and awards ceremony. The awards
were established in 1982 to honor
filmmakers in ophthalmology. There
are 10 categories—Cataract Compli-
cations, Cataract/Implant Surgery,
Glaucoma, In-House Productions,
ASCRS Film Festival celebrates
winners and preps for 2019
Instruments & Devices/IOLs, New
Producer, New Techniques, Qual-
ity Teaching, Refractive/Corneal
Surgery, and Special Interest—and
a winner and runner-up are chosen
for each. Of this selection, two are
recognized as the "best of the best,"
and there is one grand prize winner.
The 2018 winners were:
Cataract/Implant Surgery
Management of Cataract in a
Buphthalmic Eye: Bigger the Better
Jagat Ram, MS, Chandigarh, India
Refractive/Cornea Surgery
Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction
for Astigmatism: Twist in the Tale
Sheetal Brar, MD, Bangalore, India
Instruments & Devices/IOLs
Flanged IOL Fixation with
Intraoperative Adjustment
of Refractive Error
Shin Yamane, MD, Yokohama, Japan
Glaucoma Surgery
How to Fix and Prevent a Short Tube
Daniela Alvarez-Ascencio, MD,
Mexico City, Mexico
Special Interest
New Macula IOL for Patients with
Macular Degeneration
Sathish Srinivasan, FRCS(Ed),
Ayr, United Kingdom
2018 ASCRS Film Festival
