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About Subspecialty Day and the ISRS Annual Meeting

Subspecialty Day is concurrent with the ISRS Annual Meeting. It is a two-day course that provides a comprehensive update of developments in refractive, cornea, cataract and lens-based surgery, with an emphasis on managing and avoiding complications.

Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day 2010
Seeing is Believing: Vision 2010 - The ISRS Annual Meeting

Call for Abstracts

Date and Location
Fri. and Sat., 15 – 16 October
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (17:00) 
McCormick Place, North, Hall B1
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gala Dinner and Awards
Friday, 15 October, 7p.m. (19:00) to Midnight
Location: TBA

Objectives of Subspecialty Day

  • Evaluate both state-of-the-art and new investigational refractive procedures and technology in 2010
  • Describe "total refractive surgery": a surgery that involves many different procedures, from intraocular procedures such as cataract surgery and phakic lenses, to extraocular procedures such as intrastromal rings, corneal inlays, collagen crosslinking, and excimer/femtosecond laser surgery
  • Identify the latest indications, technology and techniques in corneal and lenticular refractive surgery, including the early diagnosis and management of potential complications
  • Compare the latest technology available in the management of refractive error, including presbyopia, with an emphasis on maintaining quality of vision

Learn more about submitting an abstract, registration, and the program directors and planning group.

The education level of Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day and the ISRS Annual Meeting is Intermediate and Advanced.


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