Meeting Archives

The Annual Meeting Program Committee is responsible for the scientific program including instruction courses, symposia and the Spotlight on Cataracts session. View a list of committee member financial disclosures.

Past Meetings

• Presenter financial disclosures for AAO 2021 (PDF 416KB)

• Presenter financial disclosures for AAO 2020 (PDF 480KB)

• Presenter financial disclosures for AAO 2019 (PDF 461KB)

• Presenter financial disclosures for AAO 2018 (PDF 454KB)

Awards presented at AAO 2021

Laureate Recognition Award

Michael T. Trese, MD

Guests of Honor

Paul P. Lee, MD
Don Liu, MD
Terri L. Young, MD

Distinguished Service Award

Jane A. Aguirre

Special Recognition Award

Young Ophthalmologist Committee

Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award

Hunter Cherwek, MD
Bradley K, Farris, MD

Outstanding Advocate Award

Dorothy M. Moore, MD

International Blindness Prevention Award

No award was issued for 2021.

Straatsma Award for Excellence in Resident Education

Evan “Jake” Waxman, MD, PhD

Find information about the awards program.

Find information about past Named Lectures, including lecturers and lecture titles, that took place during the Academy's annual meeting and Subspecialty Day.

Online versions of the syllabi from all 2021 Subspecialty Day meetings are available to view and download:

• Cornea Subspecialty Day 2021: A Clear Vision for the New Decade (PDF 2MB)

• Glaucoma Subspecialty Day 2021: Making Glaucoma Care the Big Easy (PDF 1.3MB)

• Neuro-Ophthalmology Subspecialty Day 2021: Common Concerns, Uncommon Problems: Clues to Finding the Hidden Dangers! (PDF 1.8MB)

• Oculofacial Plastic Surgery Subspecialty Day 2021: Face Forward (PDF 734KB)

• Pediatric Ophthalmology Subspecialty Day 2021: Unmasking Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus by Rethinking, Recreating, and Reimagining (PDF 1.2MB)

• Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day 2021: How Can We Do Better? (PDF 8MB)

• Retina Subspecialty Day 2021: Emerging Even Stronger (PDF 10MB)

The Academy does not mail out syllabi from past Subspecialty Day meetings.

Original Paper sessions focus on a specific topic. Paper presentations are followed by a panel discussion. At the end of each session, the panel selects the best paper.

Search for scientific posters in the online archive.

Search for surgical videos in the online archive.

The following videos were selected in 2021 as Best of Show.

• V10  Selective Endotheliectomy in Peters Anomaly
  Sr. Producer: Muralidhar Ramappa MD
  Co-Producers: Sunita Chaurasia MD; Anil Kumar Mandal; Deepak Paul Edward MD
  
  
• V15  Xen Resuscitation 101
  Sr. Producer: Bryan CH Ang MD
  
  
• V27  Mastering Sutureless Cannula-Based Scleral IOL Fixation
  Sr. Producer: Christina Y Weng MD MBA
  
  
• V33  Trochar Choroidal Drainage
  Sr. Producer: Tahira M Scholle MD