Home ASCRS Presenters 2026 ASCRS April 10 - 13, 2026 See our presenter schedules below Friday, April 10, 2026 Marjan Farid, MD, ABO Friday, April 10, 2026 1:05 PM - 1:10 PM Introduction to Holland Lecture Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, West Salon GHI 2:53 PM - 3:00 PM Importance of Treating Osd and Lid Margin Disease Preoperatively Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, West Salon GHI 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ASCRS Symposia SYM-2 Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles: Pro Moves Nicole R. Fram, MD, ABO; Elizabeth Yeu, MD; Samuel Masket, MD, ABO; Douglas D. Koch, MD, ABO; Thomas W. Samuelson, MD, ABO; Michael E. Snyder, MD, ABO; Brandon D. Ayres, MD, ABO; Mitchell P. Weikert, MD, MS, ABO; Sumitra S. Khandelwal, MD, ABO; Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Kourtney H. Houser, MD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Exhibit Hall Sam Garg, MD, ABO Friday, April 10, 2026 2:05 PM - 2:11 PM Accommodative IOL Technology (past, present and future, including projections for future timeline) Sam Garg, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, East Salon ABC 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Industry Expert Theater Johnson & Johnson Vision: The Modern Cataract Practice, A Panel Discussion Nicole R. Fram, MD, ABO; Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Farrell C. Tyson, MD, COT, FACS; Matthew T Hirabayashi, MD WEWCC - Lower Level, Industry Expert Theater, Exhibit Hall 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ASCRS Symposia SYM-2 Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles: Pro Moves Nicole R. Fram, MD, ABO; Elizabeth Yeu, MD; Samuel Masket, MD, ABO; Douglas D. Koch, MD, ABO; Thomas W. Samuelson, MD, ABO; Michael E. Snyder, MD, ABO; Brandon D. Ayres, MD, ABO; Mitchell P. Weikert, MD, MS, ABO; Sumitra S. Khandelwal, MD, ABO; Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Kourtney H. Houser, MD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Exhibit Hall Sanjay Kedhar, MD, ABO Friday, April 10, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Industry Expert Theater ANI Pharmaceuticals: Severe Inflammatory Ophthalmic Diseases – An Introduction to a Treatment Option Sanjay Kedhar, MD, ABO WEWCC - Lower Level, Industry Expert Theater, Exhibit Hall Saturday, April 11, 2026 Marjan Farid, MD, ABO Saturday, April 11, 2026 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ASCRS Symposia SYM-12 Cataract Crossover Symposium: Cataract Surgery & All the Subspecialties Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO; Cathleen M. McCabe, MD WEWCC - Level 1, 103AB 4:25 PM - 4:30 PM Meibomian Gland Structure in Eyes Exposed to Long-Term Topical Glaucoma Medications Paul S Zhou, MD; Jordan Jessen, BSc; Blaze Ann Carbonell, BSc; Sarah Guo, MD; Tu M Tran, MD, MSc; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209B 4:30 PM - 4:35 PM Safety and Efficacy of Ocular Surface Management with a Cryopreserved Amniotic Membrane with a Collagen Shield or Bandage Contact Lens Taylor J. Linaburg, MD; James Thimons, OD, ABO; Paul M. Karpecki, OD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO; Sahas M Narain, MD; Talia N Shoshany, MD, ABO; Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, FACS WEWCC - Level 2, 209B Sam Garg, MD, ABO Saturday, April 11, 2026 9:12 AM - 9:17 AM Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Repeat Doses of Magnetic Human Corneal Endothelial Cell Therapy with or without Topical Ripasudil Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Emmanuel Cabrera, MD; Christina J Fleming, BSc, CCRP; Roger A Goldberg, MD, MBA, ABO; Jeffrey L. Goldberg, MD, PhD, ABO; Valeria Sanchez Huerta, MD, FACS WEWCC - Level 2, 204B 3:35 PM - 3:40 PM Pooled Conjunctival Redness Data from Two Dry Eye Chamber Trials with Reproxalap, a Novel Rasp Modulator for Treatment of Dry Eye Disease Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Joseph B. Ciolino, MD; Desiree V Owen, OD; Ashley Nguyen, PharmD; Todd C Brady, MD, PhD WEWCC - Level 2, 209B Olivia Lee, MD, ABO Saturday, April 11, 2026 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SPS-110 Surgical Planning Marcony R. Santhiago, MD, PhD; Winston D Chamberlain, MD, PhD, ABO; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209A 4:05 PM - 4:10 PM Confocal Microscopy Features at Time of Diagnosis As Predictors of Severity in Acanthamoeba Keratitis Amber Y Kwon, BA; Daniel C Lee, BSc; Josephine L Lu, BSc; Jose R. Giraldo, MD; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 204C 4:25 PM - 4:30 PM Meibomian Gland Structure in Eyes Exposed to Long-Term Topical Glaucoma Medications Paul S Zhou, MD; Jordan Jessen, BSc; Blaze Ann Carbonell, BSc; Sarah Guo, MD; Tu M Tran, MD, MSc; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209B Kapil Mishra, MD Saturday, April 11, 2026 8:33 AM - 8:38 AM Fake News, AI or the Real Thing: Optos Image Mimickers & Artifacts Kapil Mishra, MD WEWCC - Level 1, 103AB 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ASCRS Instructional Courses IC-110 Learning Manual Small-Incision Cataract Surgery: The Aravind Experience Rengaraj Venkatesh, MD; Kapil Mishra, MD; Geoffrey C. Tabin, MD; Keri F. Allen, MD, ABO; Haripriya Aravind, MD WEWCC - Level 2, 207B 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM SPS-118 Corneal Infectious Diseases Kapil Mishra, MD; Elmer Y. Tu, MD, ABO; Naveen K. Rao, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 204C Matthew Wade, MD, ABO Saturday, April 11, 2026 8:59 AM - 9:04 AM Case Report of Sulcus LAL Rotation after Implantation Paul S Zhou, MD; Matthew W. Wade, MD, ABO; Celine T Ton, BSc; Junru Yan, MD; Jonathan Lam, BSc, MS; Christopher D. Yang, MD WEWCC - Level 2, 204A Junru Yan, MD Saturday, April 11, 2026 8:59 AM - 9:04 AM Case Report of Sulcus LAL Rotation after Implantation Paul S Zhou, MD; Matthew W. Wade, MD, ABO; Celine T Ton, BSc; Junru Yan, MD; Jonathan Lam, BSc, MS; Christopher D. Yang, MD WEWCC - Level 2, 204A Sunday, April 12, 2026 Marjan Farid, MD, ABO Sunday, April 12, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ASCRS Symposia SP-2 Refractive Options for Patients with Keratoconus Marjan Farid, MD, ABO; Daniel H. Chang, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, 103AB 12:44 PM - 12:49 PM Case 4 – Older Patient with Stable Keratoconus for Cataract Eval…. What Do You Do? Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, 103AB 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ASCRS Symposia SYM-16 Get H.I.P.! The Cataract/Cornea/Glaucoma/Refractive Version Richard Tipperman, MD; Mitchell P. Weikert, MD, MS, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO; Brandon D. Ayres, MD, ABO; Shivani S. Kamat, MD, ABO; Nathan M. Radcliffe, MD, ABO; Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS, ABO; Daniel H. Chang, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, West Salon GHI 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ASCRS Symposia SYM-19 Updates in Corneal Disease Management Marjan Farid, MD, ABO; Karolinne M. Rocha, MD, PhD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, 102AB Sam Garg, MD, ABO Sunday, April 12, 2026 1:40 PM - 1:45 PM Eight-Week Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Ocular Surface Cooling Device for Chronic Ocular Surface Pain: Double-Masked RCT Results Preeya K. Gupta, MD; Christopher J. Rapuano, MD, ABO; Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Alice T. Epitropoulos, MD, FACS, ABO; Bonnie An Henderson, MD, ABO; Anat Galor, MD, MPH WEWCC - Level 2, 209B Olivia Lee, MD, ABO Sunday, April 12, 2026 1:55 PM - 2:00 PM Enhancing Clinical Evaluation of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction with Tear MMP-9 Concentration Analysis Taylor Crook, BSc; Amber Y Kwon, BA; Moonjung Choi, MD; Jose R. Giraldo, MD; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209B 2:30 PM - 2:35 PM Acute and Chronic Ocular Outcomes in SJS/Ten: A Retrospective cohort study Hannah Cho, BA; Moonjung Choi, MD; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209B 4:10 PM - 4:20 PM What Is My Algorithm for Management Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, 102AB Monday, April 13, 2026 Marjan Farid, MD, ABO Monday, April 13, 2026 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ASCRS Instructional Courses IC-302 Battle of the Bulge: Managing Keratoconus - A video based course Soosan Jacob, MS, DNB, FRCS; Amar Agarwal, MS, FRCS, FRCOphth; Shady T. Awwad, MD; Divya Srikumaran, MD; Parag A. Majmudar, MD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 202AB Sam Garg, MD, ABO Monday, April 13, 2026 9:01 AM - 9:08 AM Best Intentions….Gone Awry Sam Garg, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, 103AB 10:00 AM - 10:05 AM Safety and Tolerability of Repeat Treatments in Rabbit and Pig Eyes Using a Novel Topical Ocular Cooling Device for Ocular Pain. Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Ehsan Sadri, MD, ABO; Jennifer Loh, MD, ABO; John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS; Laura M. Periman, MD, ABO; Neel R. Desai, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209B Olivia Lee, MD, ABO Monday, April 13, 2026 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM SPS-303 Cornea Procedures & Outcomes- DMEK and DSEK Yousuf Khalifa, MD, FACS; Masih U Ahmed, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209A 11:05 AM - 11:10 AM Comparison of the Clinical Characteristics of Ocular Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD) and Non-GVHD Dry Eye. Amber Y Kwon, BA; Moonjung Choi, MD; Jose R. Giraldo, MD; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209B Matthew Wade, MD, ABO Monday, April 13, 2026 8:45 AM - 8:50 AM Visual Outcomes of Light Adjustable Lens (LAL) Versus LAL Plus (LAL+) in Normal and Post-Refractive Surgery Corneas Paul S Zhou, MD; Jonathan Lam, BSc, MS; Christopher D. Yang, MD; Matthew W. Wade, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 204A Presenters/Author Marjan Farid, MD, ABO Friday, April 10, 2026 1:05 PM - 1:10 PM Introduction to Holland Lecture Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, West Salon GHI 2:53 PM - 3:00 PM Importance of Treating Osd and Lid Margin Disease Preoperatively Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, West Salon GHI 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ASCRS Symposia SYM-2 Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles: Pro Moves Nicole R. Fram, MD, ABO; Elizabeth Yeu, MD; Samuel Masket, MD, ABO; Douglas D. Koch, MD, ABO; Thomas W. Samuelson, MD, ABO; Michael E. Snyder, MD, ABO; Brandon D. Ayres, MD, ABO; Mitchell P. Weikert, MD, MS, ABO; Sumitra S. Khandelwal, MD, ABO; Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Kourtney H. Houser, MD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Exhibit Hall Saturday, April 11, 2026 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ASCRS Symposia SYM-12 Cataract Crossover Symposium: Cataract Surgery & All the Subspecialties Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO; Cathleen M. McCabe, MD WEWCC - Level 1, 103AB 4:25 PM - 4:30 PM Meibomian Gland Structure in Eyes Exposed to Long-Term Topical Glaucoma Medications Paul S Zhou, MD; Jordan Jessen, BSc; Blaze Ann Carbonell, BSc; Sarah Guo, MD; Tu M Tran, MD, MSc; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209B 4:30 PM - 4:35 PM Safety and Efficacy of Ocular Surface Management with a Cryopreserved Amniotic Membrane with a Collagen Shield or Bandage Contact Lens Taylor J. Linaburg, MD; James Thimons, OD, ABO; Paul M. Karpecki, OD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO; Sahas M Narain, MD; Talia N Shoshany, MD, ABO; Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, FACS WEWCC - Level 2, 209B Sunday, April 12, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ASCRS Symposia SP-2 Refractive Options for Patients with Keratoconus Marjan Farid, MD, ABO; Daniel H. Chang, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, 103AB 12:44 PM - 12:49 PM Case 4 – Older Patient with Stable Keratoconus for Cataract Eval…. What Do You Do? Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, 103AB 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ASCRS Symposia SYM-16 Get H.I.P.! The Cataract/Cornea/Glaucoma/Refractive Version Richard Tipperman, MD; Mitchell P. Weikert, MD, MS, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO; Brandon D. Ayres, MD, ABO; Shivani S. Kamat, MD, ABO; Nathan M. Radcliffe, MD, ABO; Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS, ABO; Daniel H. Chang, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, West Salon GHI 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ASCRS Symposia SYM-19 Updates in Corneal Disease Management Marjan Farid, MD, ABO; Karolinne M. Rocha, MD, PhD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, 102AB Monday, April 13, 2026 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ASCRS Instructional Courses IC-302 Battle of the Bulge: Managing Keratoconus - A video based course Soosan Jacob, MS, DNB, FRCS; Amar Agarwal, MS, FRCS, FRCOphth; Shady T. Awwad, MD; Divya Srikumaran, MD; Parag A. Majmudar, MD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 202AB Sam Garg, MD, ABO Friday, April 10, 2026 2:05 PM - 2:11 PM Accommodative IOL Technology (past, present and future, including projections for future timeline) Sam Garg, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, East Salon ABC 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Industry Expert Theater Johnson & Johnson Vision: The Modern Cataract Practice, A Panel Discussion Nicole R. Fram, MD, ABO; Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Farrell C. Tyson, MD, COT, FACS; Matthew T Hirabayashi, MD WEWCC - Lower Level, Industry Expert Theater, Exhibit Hall 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ASCRS Symposia SYM-2 Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles: Pro Moves Nicole R. Fram, MD, ABO; Elizabeth Yeu, MD; Samuel Masket, MD, ABO; Douglas D. Koch, MD, ABO; Thomas W. Samuelson, MD, ABO; Michael E. Snyder, MD, ABO; Brandon D. Ayres, MD, ABO; Mitchell P. Weikert, MD, MS, ABO; Sumitra S. Khandelwal, MD, ABO; Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Kourtney H. Houser, MD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Exhibit Hall Saturday, April 11, 2026 9:12 AM - 9:17 AM Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Repeat Doses of Magnetic Human Corneal Endothelial Cell Therapy with or without Topical Ripasudil Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Emmanuel Cabrera, MD; Christina J Fleming, BSc, CCRP; Roger A Goldberg, MD, MBA, ABO; Jeffrey L. Goldberg, MD, PhD, ABO; Valeria Sanchez Huerta, MD, FACS WEWCC - Level 2, 204B 3:35 PM - 3:40 PM Pooled Conjunctival Redness Data from Two Dry Eye Chamber Trials with Reproxalap, a Novel Rasp Modulator for Treatment of Dry Eye Disease Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Joseph B. Ciolino, MD; Desiree V Owen, OD; Ashley Nguyen, PharmD; Todd C Brady, MD, PhD WEWCC - Level 2, 209B Sunday, April 12, 2026 1:40 PM - 1:45 PM Eight-Week Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Ocular Surface Cooling Device for Chronic Ocular Surface Pain: Double-Masked RCT Results Preeya K. Gupta, MD; Christopher J. Rapuano, MD, ABO; Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Alice T. Epitropoulos, MD, FACS, ABO; Bonnie An Henderson, MD, ABO; Anat Galor, MD, MPH WEWCC - Level 2, 209B Monday, April 13, 2026 9:01 AM - 9:08 AM Best Intentions….Gone Awry Sam Garg, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, 103AB 10:00 AM - 10:05 AM Safety and Tolerability of Repeat Treatments in Rabbit and Pig Eyes Using a Novel Topical Ocular Cooling Device for Ocular Pain. Sam Garg, MD, ABO; Ehsan Sadri, MD, ABO; Jennifer Loh, MD, ABO; John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS; Laura M. Periman, MD, ABO; Neel R. Desai, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209B Sanjay Kedhar, MD, ABO Friday, April 10, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Industry Expert Theater ANI Pharmaceuticals: Severe Inflammatory Ophthalmic Diseases – An Introduction to a Treatment Option Sanjay Kedhar, MD, ABO WEWCC - Lower Level, Industry Expert Theater, Exhibit Hall Olivia Lee, MD, ABO Saturday, April 11, 2026 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SPS-110 Surgical Planning Marcony R. Santhiago, MD, PhD; Winston D Chamberlain, MD, PhD, ABO; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209A 4:05 PM - 4:10 PM Confocal Microscopy Features at Time of Diagnosis As Predictors of Severity in Acanthamoeba Keratitis Amber Y Kwon, BA; Daniel C Lee, BSc; Josephine L Lu, BSc; Jose R. Giraldo, MD; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 204C 4:25 PM - 4:30 PM Meibomian Gland Structure in Eyes Exposed to Long-Term Topical Glaucoma Medications Paul S Zhou, MD; Jordan Jessen, BSc; Blaze Ann Carbonell, BSc; Sarah Guo, MD; Tu M Tran, MD, MSc; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO; Marjan Farid, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209B Sunday, April 12, 2026 1:55 PM - 2:00 PM Enhancing Clinical Evaluation of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction with Tear MMP-9 Concentration Analysis Taylor Crook, BSc; Amber Y Kwon, BA; Moonjung Choi, MD; Jose R. Giraldo, MD; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209B 2:30 PM - 2:35 PM Acute and Chronic Ocular Outcomes in SJS/Ten: A Retrospective cohort study Hannah Cho, BA; Moonjung Choi, MD; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209B 4:10 PM - 4:20 PM What Is My Algorithm for Management Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 1, 102AB Monday, April 13, 2026 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM SPS-303 Cornea Procedures & Outcomes- DMEK and DSEK Yousuf Khalifa, MD, FACS; Masih U Ahmed, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209A 11:05 AM - 11:10 AM Comparison of the Clinical Characteristics of Ocular Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD) and Non-GVHD Dry Eye. Amber Y Kwon, BA; Moonjung Choi, MD; Jose R. Giraldo, MD; Olivia L. Lee, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 209B Kapil Mishra, MD Saturday, April 11, 2026 8:33 AM - 8:38 AM Fake News, AI or the Real Thing: Optos Image Mimickers & Artifacts Kapil Mishra, MD WEWCC - Level 1, 103AB 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ASCRS Instructional Courses IC-110 Learning Manual Small-Incision Cataract Surgery: The Aravind Experience Rengaraj Venkatesh, MD; Kapil Mishra, MD; Geoffrey C. Tabin, MD; Keri F. Allen, MD, ABO; Haripriya Aravind, MD WEWCC - Level 2, 207B 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM SPS-118 Corneal Infectious Diseases Kapil Mishra, MD; Elmer Y. Tu, MD, ABO; Naveen K. Rao, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 204C Matthew Wade, MD, ABO Saturday, April 11, 2026 8:59 AM - 9:04 AM Case Report of Sulcus LAL Rotation after Implantation Paul S Zhou, MD; Matthew W. Wade, MD, ABO; Celine T Ton, BSc; Junru Yan, MD; Jonathan Lam, BSc, MS; Christopher D. Yang, MD WEWCC - Level 2, 204A Monday, April 13, 2026 8:45 AM - 8:50 AM Visual Outcomes of Light Adjustable Lens (LAL) Versus LAL Plus (LAL+) in Normal and Post-Refractive Surgery Corneas Paul S Zhou, MD; Jonathan Lam, BSc, MS; Christopher D. Yang, MD; Matthew W. Wade, MD, ABO WEWCC - Level 2, 204A Junru Yan, MD Saturday, April 11, 2026 8:59 AM - 9:04 AM Case Report of Sulcus LAL Rotation after Implantation Paul S Zhou, MD; Matthew W. Wade, MD, ABO; Celine T Ton, BSc; Junru Yan, MD; Jonathan Lam, BSc, MS; Christopher D. Yang, MD WEWCC - Level 2, 204A