April 25, 2025 | Los Angeles, CA

2025 ASCRS SUBSPECIALTY DAY

2025 Subspecialty Day On Demand

A DEEP DIVE INTO CRITICAL TOPICS

Registrants of ASCRS Subspecialty Day have on-demand access to all three programs—ASCRS Cornea Day, ASCRS Glaucoma Day, and ASCRS Refractive Day—after the meeting.

Presentations will be posted by Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at 12 p.m. ET and will be exclusively available to physician registrants for one year.
Login and ASCRS Subspecialty Day registration required to view on-demand sessions from Subspecialty Day.

Access recordings of all ASCRS Subspecialty Day sessions by using the tabs below.

ASCRS Cornea Day

Join world-renowned faculty for the premier 1-day interactive program focusing on cornea education. Pertinent topics are covered via panel discussions, case studies, debates, and surgical video reviews, showcasing the latest innovations and inventive techniques in this specialty.

All 2025 ASCRS Cornea Day Sessions

Session I

Fuch's Corner: Where are we now, and where are we going

Moderators: Franklin Price, MD; Winston D Chamberlain, MD, PhD, ABO

Fuch's Corner session is designed to provide updates in diagnosis and best practices and techniques. Expert faculty will discuss innovations in treatments of endothelial disease. New this year, Session I will feature an invited lecture on the evolution of injectable endothelial cell technology.

Session II

Office Based Cornea

Moderators: Elmer Y. Tu, MD, ABO; Francis S. Mah, MD

The Infectious Disease Corner session will include advances in diagnosis and treatment for herpes keratitis, confocal microscopy, updates in fungal keratitis and acanthamoeba keratitis.

Session III

Complex Surgical Cornea- Video Case Review

Moderators: Julie M Schallhorn, MD, ABO; Brandon D. Ayres, MD, ABO

Session III: Complex Surgical Cases- a video case review

Session IV

Severe Ocular Surface Disease Corner

Moderators: Marjan Farid, MD, ABO; Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC

The Dry Eye Corner will discuss how many types of dry eye disease exist and are they all the same? Provide updates in treatments and discuss how important lid margin disease is.

Session V

Dry Eye Corner

Moderators: Karolinne M. Rocha, MD, PhD, ABO; Michelle K. Rhee, MD, ABO

Join expert faculty as they discuss why cornea specialists are not adopting ocular surface transplantation for the management of severe bilateral LSCD.

ASCRS Glaucoma Day

Expand your knowledge of glaucoma treatment options with cutting-edge guidance to influence your practice and improve patient outcomes. Acclaimed speakers and real-world case studies, debates, videos, and the latest surgical techniques and clinical advances make Glaucoma Day the year’s premier glaucoma event.

All 2025 ASCRS Glaucoma Day Sessions

Session I

ASCRS/AGS Joint Symposium- "From Sea to Shining Sea" - Landmark Trials in the MIGS Revolution

Moderators: Shakeel Shareef, MD, ABO; Sriranjani P. Padmanabhan, MD, ABO

Session II

Glaukomtecken

Moderators: Oluwatosin U. Smith, MD, ABO; Manjool M Shah, MD, ABO

Session III

Medications, Lasers, & Lifestyle

Moderators: Deborah G Ristvedt, DO, ABO; Arsham Sheybani, MD, ABO

Session IV

Surgical Spotlight

Moderators: Sahar Bedrood, MD, PhD, ABO; Sarah H. Van Tassel, MD

Session V

Stephen A. Obstbaum, MD Honored Lecture

Presented by Douglas J. Rhee, MD, ABO

Session VI

15th Annual Video Session: Complications and a Reay of Hope

Moderators: Nathan M. Radcliffe, MD, ABO; Marlene R Moster, MD; David A. Crandall, MD, ABO; Davinder S. Grover, MD; Jason Bacharach, MD

ASCRS Refractive Day

This program will focus on understanding patients’ lifelong refractive journey, from the benefits of corneal refractive surgery and phakic IOLs to presbyopia treatments and refractive cataract surgery. Learn how to develop specific skillsets for each stage of refractive surgery while cultivating general knowledge and awareness of the lifelong refractive journey.

All 2025 Refractive Day Sessions

Session I

Corneal Refractive Diagnostics and Treatments - Integrating Current and Future Technology

Moderators: George O. Waring IV, MD, FACS; Marcony R. Santhiago, MD, PhD

Session II

Steinert Lecture - Remembering and learning from 30 years of the excimer laser

Presented by Ronald R. Krueger, MD, MSE

Session III

Cataract Refractive Surgery - Past, Present, and Future

Moderators: Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS, ABO; Jennifer M. Loh, MD, ABO

Session IV

Pearls from 5 Decades of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Moderators: Daniel H. Chang, MD, ABO; Lance Kugler, MD; Lisa McIntire, MD, ABO

Session V

Wildest Refractive Complications Videos

Moderators: Roger Zaldivar, MD, MBA, MSc; Kathryn M. Hatch, MD, ABO