ASCRS

Warren Foust, chief operating officer of STAAR Surgical, discussed the company and looked toward the future at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Brian Shafer, MD, discussed Fortisite and the ability to treat corneal ulcers at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

John Berdahl, MD, discussed the Aurion clinical trials of endothelial cell therapy injection at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Daniel Chang, MD, discussed his paper on a study comparing TECNIS Symfony OptiBlue IOL with the TECNIS Symfony Legacy IOL at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Robert Lin, MD, founder of IQ Laser Vision, discussed the new CellChek 20 at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Rob Thornhill, CEO of Centricity Vision, discussed the FDA clearing of ZeptoLink at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Anthony Wallace, Vice President and General Manager of the US Surgical Business at Bausch + Lomb, discussed the introduction of SeeLuma, a fully digital surgical visualization platform, and more at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Patrick Herde, General Manager of Ophthalmology and Optometry at ModMed, discussed a retrospective on the company's 10-year anniversary 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Denise M. Visco, MD, discussed her presentation on astigmatism management with a dual-pulse femtosecond laser called ALLY, from Lensar, at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Edward Hu, MD, PhD, discussed his paper on the single surgeon retrospective comparative analysis of 517 eyes of two subgroups of routine cataract surgery at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Zeba Syed, MD, from Wills Eye Hospital discussed their research on corneal swelling and dynamics during corneal collagen crosslinking at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting in San Diego, data was presented from the STORM study that demonstrate vision quality to be a major driver of the patient decision to undergo surgery.

Sandor Palfi, Commercial Vice President of the Americas at Johnson & Johnson Vision discussed pipeline updates for the company including the ELITA femtosecond platform at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Lowe is the VP, of Commercial Operations at Eyenovia, and discussed the FDA approval of MydCombi for mydriasis at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Bharti Nihalani-Gangwani, MD, from the Department of Ophthalmology, Children’s Hospital, and Deborah VanderVeen, MD, from the Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, reported that 29% developed glaucoma in a large infant cohort and the risk factors at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting.

Rob Weinstock, MD from the Eye Institute of West Florida presented on his experience working with the ALLY cataract femtosecond laser cataract system from LENSAR at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Ophthalmology Times© met with Eva Liang at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego where she presented data on outcomes of the Rasch-scaled Catquest-9SF questionnaire before and after implantation of the enVista toric lens.

Jim Mazzo, executive chairman of Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, discussed the company's goal to slow down the progression of MacTel and their recent advancements at the ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Lance Kugler, MD, recapped his presentation and findings on the safety of office-based cataract surgery with the Ophthalmology Times© team at the ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Mark Baum, CEO of Harrow discussed the recent launch of Iheezo and other key updates from the company with the Ophthalmology Times© team at the ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Ophthalmology Times© caught up with Alice Epitropoulos at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego. Among her presentations at the event, she shared data regarding the visual and refractive outcomes of aberration-free monofocal hydrophobic toric IOLs.

Lucie Moore, BSc, in a presentation at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting in San Diego, said the study focused on identifying factors that could put patients at a higher risk for developing dry eye disease.

Ophthalmology Times© spoke with Greg Kunst about Aurion BioTech's 12-month data from their recent Escalón trial 2023 at the ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Alcon presented details from a new study at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery’s annual meeting taking place in San Diego, California. The investigator-initiated study led by J. Morgan Micheletti, MD, demonstrated that Clareon and Eyhance monofocal IOLs provide similar range of vision, including distance and intermediate visual acuity.

The study, titled “A Clinical Registry Study of Glaucoma Medication Use in Patients with Mild Glaucoma Severity After MIGS,” will be presented Sunday by Michael Mbagwu, MD, at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting in San Diego, California.

Stephen Coleman from Coleman Vision in Albuquerque, New Mexico, spoke with the Ophthalmology Times© team discussed the long-term outcomes with LASIK using the iDesign 2.0 software.

Ophthalmology Times® spoke with Mitch Shultz, MD at ASCRS 2023 in San Diego about the a new FDA clinical trial for a device called StableVisc being launched on the market by Bausch + Lomb.

George Waring IV, MD met with the onsite Ophthalmology Times© team to share data from his presentation on the first in-human results for the OmniVu IOL system.

Ophthalmology Times® spoke with Mitch Shultz, MD at ASCRS 2023 in San Diego where he shared insights from his presentation comparing patient results of the Hydrus stent and the iStent inject W with or without ABiC (or ab-interno canaloplasty).

Erin Powers, Vice President of Global Marketing and Product Strategy for BVI Medical stopped to talk with Ophthalmology Times© at the 2023 ASCRS meeting in San Diego, California to share the latest news from the company.