Agenda: Friday December 6, 2024

7:15 Registration and Breakfast
8:00 Welcome & Introductions
Peter Kertes, Allan Slomovic
8:10 Meeting Kickoff
Rosa Braga-Mele, Amandeep Rai
8:15 Evolution of Cataract Surgery
Rosa Braga-Mele
SECTION 1: Preop Management of Ocular Comorbidities
Moderators & Panelists: Kay Lam, Yelin Yang, Joshua Teichman
8:25 What the Fuch!
Tanya Trinh
8:35 Primer on Corneal Topography: Pearls for your Surgical Planning
Clara Chan
8:45 SHERIF EL-DEFRAWY NAMED LECTURE: Award Winning Videos
Robert H. Osher
9:25 DEBATE 1
An Opening Debate Sure to Bring You Closure: LPIs vs Phaco for Angle Closure Suspect/glaucoma
David Yan, Matthew Schlenker
9:40 Should a pre-op OCT Macula Be the Standard of Care Before Cataract Surgery?
Panos Christakis
9:45 Q&A
9:55 Coffee and Exhibits
SECTION 2: Surgery
Moderator & Panelists: Rosa Braga-Mele, Mariana Collazos, David Rootman, Alex Kaplan
10:25 Cataract Curveballs
Tanya Trinh
10:40 The Complex Cataract:  It’s not Just Black and White
Brandon Ayres
10:55 WALTER WRIGHT NAMED LECTURE: Cataract Coach Symposium
Uday Devgan
11:55 Q&A
12:10 Lunch & Exhibits
SECTION 3: Biometry
Moderator and Panelists: Amandeep Rai, Carla Lutchman, Marisa Sit
1:10 Cataract Surgery in Complex Corneas
Cathleen M. McCabe
1:25 IOL Calculations in Atypical Eyes
Mitchell Weikert
1:40 20/20 IOL Calculations for 2025 and Beyond!
Amandeep Rai
1:55 IOL Calculations in Post Refractive Eyes
David Rootman
2:10 Future of IOL Calculations – AI/Machine Learning
Uday Devgan
2:25 New Biometers
Mitchell Weikert
2:35 DEBATE 2
2012 is History: FLACS is now simply the better way or not!
Baseer Khan, Steve Arshinoff
2:50 Q&A
3:05 Coffee & Exhibits
SECTION 4: Challenges
Moderator and Panelists: Amrit Rai, Randall Ulate, Radha Kohly
3:35 Managing Complex Cataract Surgery: Zonulopathy
Cathleen M. McCabe
3:50 Putting it All Together: Anterior Segment Reconstruction
Brandon Ayres
4:05 Beyond Phaco: Rediscovering the Strength of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery
Mariana Collazos
4:15 Cataract Surgery in the High Myope/Vitrectomized Eye: Do Big Eyes Mean Big Problems?
Joshua Teichman
4:25 Cataract Surgery in the Uveitic Eye
Nupura Bakshi
4:35 What to Do When the Capsule Breaks
Uday Devgan
4:50 Q&A
5:00 Adjourn