ASCRS swings into ‘Big Easy’ for 2016 meeting
Programming for this year’s ASCRS meeting promises quality education for anterior segment specialists, practice managers, and ophthalmic technicians and nurses.
New Orleans-Anterior segment surgeons looking for the latest specialty updates need look no further than the annual meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
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This year’s annual symposium-the largest U.S. meeting that integrates a scientific program dedicated to the needs of the anterior segment specialist with a leading practice management program for comprehensive ophthalmology and subspecialties, according to organizers-will convene at New Orleans’ Ernest N. Morial Convention Center from Friday, May 6, to Tuesday, May 10.
The agenda includes a variety of symposia, instructional courses, scientific papers, skills transfer sessions, and scientific posters, as well as several special sessions. Here are some of the planned highlights:
-ASCRS/ASOA Joint Government Relations General Session; Friday, 5 to 6 p.m.
“The Regulatory Process: The 4th Branch of Government” will be delivered by Jonathan Turley, JD, who is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at George Washington University Law School.
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A Constitutional law scholar, Turley will discuss what he calls the “rise of the fourth branch of government,” or an unprecedented increase in level of power now wielded by the executive branch through regulatory activity. Turley’s talk will explore how this regulatory power affects healthcare and other industries and what he believes should be done to remedy it.
-ASCRS Opening General Session; Saturday, 10 to 11:45 a.m.
This annual event will include Presidents’ Addresses by Robert J. Cionni, MD, (outgoing ASCRS president) and Kerry D. Solomon, MD (incoming president). Honored Guests include Paul H. Ernest, MD, and Hiroko Bissen-Miyajima, MD. This event also will feature the annual ASCRS Foundation Update and the ASCRS Ophthalmology Hall of Fame Ceremony.
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The annual Binkhorst Lecture, “Predicting and Treating Corneal Ectasia,” given by Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD, founder of the Stulting Research Center at Woolfson Eye Institute, also will be delivered during the Opening General Session.
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