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X-Rounds Session Provides Rapid-fire Insights on What’s Hot, What’s Not
A session titled “X-Rounds: Cataract Surgery to the Max” focused on the latest advancements and innovations in refractive cataract surgery. The session was packed, drawing the largest audience of t...
ASCRS Panel Examines Digital Visualization’s Ergonomics and Efficiency
Panelists at an ASCRS symposium on digital visualization in surgery embraced advancements, while addressing longstanding concerns about ergonomics and efficiency. The panel members emphasized minim...
Alcon Emphasizes Efficiency of Unity VCS and CS Systems at ASCRS Launch
Surgeons attending the 2025 ASCRS meeting in Los Angeles dropped by Alcon’s booth for multiple presentations of the new Unity dual-function and cataract machines, rather than gathering in big numbe...
Zeiss’ Veracity Surgery Planner Driving Innovation in Cataract Care
Carl Zeiss Meditec celebrated over 2 million cataract cases planned with Veracity during the ASCRS meeting in Los Angeles. A talk with Kerry Solomon, MD, at the Zeiss booth highlighted the surgical...
Surgeon at Alcon Presentation Looks at Voyager DSLT’s Role in Changing Treatment Landscape
Brian Shafer, MD, was one of the three surgeons who described the recently launched Voyager direct selective laser trabeculoplasty (DSLT) device for glaucoma at Alcon’s booth at the 2025 ASCRS meet...
Alcon Launches PanOptix Pro Trifocal Lens at 2025 ASCRS Meeting
Alcon formally launched the Clareon PanOptix Pro trifocal IOL in various venues at the 2025 ASCRS meeting. Events included booth presentations by Robert Melendez, MD, Morgan Micheletti, MD, Jennife...
Rayner’s Sophi, Zeiss’ Micor 700 Showcased at the 2025 ASCRS Meeting
Rayner and Carl Zeiss Meditec showcased cataract surgical systems at the 2025 ASCRS meeting. UK-based Rayner featured the Sophi ultrasonic phaco machine at its booth. The Sophi is notable for its w...
Humanitarian Outreach Front and Center at 2025 ASCRS Meeting
The opening session at the 2025 ASCRS meeting’s Main Stage event shined a spotlight on humanitarian outreach and the critical mission of supporting global eye care. Francis Mah, MD, the incoming AS...
‘Dr. Glaucomflecken’ Pushes ASCRS Attendees to Harness Social Media, Public Pressure for Change
William Flanary, MD, better known as Dr. Glaucomflecken online, energized the audience at the 2025 ASCRS meeting’s Main Stage event on Sunday as he emphasized the importance of both social media an...
ASCRS Meeting Draws More than 4,600
The ASCRS reported total meeting registration of 4,651 in Los Angeles, with 3,232 ophthalmologists, 749 practice management staff, and 402 attendees categorized as corporate, guests, and other. Sig...
New SightLine Meeting Focuses on Business Acumen Within Industry
The inaugural SightLine at ASCRS meeting, held on April 24 in Los Angeles, convened key stakeholders across the ophthalmic industry to discuss topics such as ophthalmology’s position in the broader...
Alcon Rolls Out Unity VCS and CS Systems at ASCRS Meeting
Alcon announced April 25 the launch of its dual-function Unity Vitreoretinal Cataract System (VCS) and stand-alone Unity Cataract System (CS) in four markets, including the US. The announcement cam...
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New Products Set Upbeat Tone for ASCRS Meeting; Attendance Remains a Concern
New product launches created high surgeon interest at the 2024 meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), but the overall mood of the conference was tempered somewh...
ASCRS Marks 50 Years with Look Back at Cataract Surgery in 1974
The ASCRS commemorated its 50th anniversary at its 2024 annual meeting by re-creating an ophthalmologist’s office and surgery suite from the 1970s in the exhibit hall. The display served as a remin...
J&J Vision Launches Tecnis Odyssey PC-IOL at 2024 ASCRS Meeting
Johnson & Johnson Vision launched and touted the Tecnis Odyssey presbyopia-correcting IOL at a number of venues at the 2024 ASCRS meeting. Blake Williamson, MD, and Priya Matthews, MD, described J&...
RxSight Launches the LAL+ IOL with Large ASCRS Program
RxSight continued to build momentum for its post-op adjustable IOL with a big presence at the 2024 ASCRS meeting, including an Eyecelerator presentation on the new LAL+ and 14 speaker sessions at t...
Rayner and Carl Zeiss Meditec Display Recently Acquired Phaco Machines
The US ultrasonic cataract machine market has been dominated by Alcon, Bausch + Lomb, and Johnson & Johnson for more than a decade, so it’s unusual to learn of a new phaco machine being launched by...
ASCRS Meeting Showcases New Lenticule Extraction Platforms
Lenticule extraction (LE) continues to advance as new platforms come to the market. The 2024 ASCRS meeting showcased improved LE features that have enhanced the patient and surgeon experience. Doct...
Rise of DMEK Highlights Need for Corneal Endothelial Therapies
Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) has become the most common keratoplasty procedure performed domestically, according to a statistical report by the Eye Bank Association of Americ...
Dry Eye Screening Before Surgery Seems Logical, but Hurdles Remain
The need to continue lobbying for dry eye evaluation prior to patients undergoing anterior segment surgery is somewhat baffling. Such testing seems like an obvious approach for the many patients wh...
Digital Solutions are Underlying Theme at 2024 ASCRS Meeting
The ASCRS conference was a hub of diagnostic innovation and collaboration, despite the absence of a designated “Digital Day,” as provided at the 2023 meeting. Discussions on the integration of digi...
Ophthalmologists Aim to Uncover and Overcome Gender Bias
Opinion leaders in ophthalmology collaborated to educate their peers on gender bias during the 2024 ASCRS meeting in Boston. Led by Tanya Trinh, FRANZCO, MBBS, doctors discussed detailed actions th...
Eyecelerator Celebrates Fourth Anniversary While Showcasing Innovation in Ophthalmology
A nor’easter storm that disrupted many travel itineraries failed to deter the nearly 600 industry personnel and clinicians who attended Eyecelerator ahead of the 2024 ASCRS meeting. This year’s con...
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