Skip to main content
  • Past Named Lectures

  • Jones/Smolin Lecture

    Below is a listing of past lecturers and titles for the Jones/Smolin Lecture. Launched in 2014, the Jones/Smolin Lecture takes place during the symposia cosponsored by the Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group (OMIG) at the Academy's annual meeting.

    2023

    SYM62
    ARMOR Against Antibiotic Resistance: When Treatment Can’t Wait
    Penny A. Asbell, MD, FACS

    2022

    SYM39
    Acanthamoeba Keratitis Treatment; ODAK Phase III Trial Outcomes
    John K. G. Dart, MD

    2021

    SYM18
    Corneal Ulcers: Beyond Topical Antimicrobial Therapy!
    Eduardo C Alfonso MD

    2020

    SYM04
    Drugs, Bugs and Antibiotic Resistance
    Thuy A. Doan, MD, PhD

    2019

    SYM54
    New Bugs, New Technologies and New Drugs: Infectious Endophthalmitis in the 21st Century
    Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD

    2018

    SYM31
    The Persistent Enigma of Adenovirus Keratitis: Viral Pathogenesis in the Cornea
    James Chodosh, MD, MPH

    2017

    SYM44
    Converting Concepts Into Cures
    Herbert E. Kaufman, MD

    2016

    SYM18
    Trachoma, From Control To Eradication
    Thomas M. Lietman, MD

    2015

    SYM38
    Changing Times in the Diagnosis and Management of Ocular Infectious Diseases
    Todd P. Margolis, MD, PhD

    2014

    SYM26
    Changing Times in the Diagnosis and Management of Ocular Infectious Diseases
    Russell N. Van Gelder, MD, PhD