View the list of 2023 Named Lectures below. For past lectures, please refer to the Named Lectures Archives.
Jackson Memorial Lecture
Lecturer: Eve J. Higginbotham, MD
Lecture Title: Striving Toward Better Eye Health Beyond Our Waiting Rooms
Session Title: Opening Session (SYM64)
Session Cosponsored By: American Journal of Ophthalmology
American Glaucoma Society Subspecialty Day Lecture
Lecturer: James D. Brandt, MD
Lecture Title: It Began in San Francisco – How Treatment of Childhood Glaucoma Continues to Evolve
Session Title: Glaucoma Subspecialty Day (GLA05)
Barraquer Lecture
Lecturer: Roberto Pineda, II, MD
Lecture Title: Guided by the Light With a Little Help From My Friends
Session Title: Expanding the Role of Refractive Surgery (SYM48)
Session Cosponsored By: International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
Castroviejo Lecture
Lecturer: Theo Guenter Seiler, MD, PhD
Lecture Title: Will Laser Surgery Play a Role in Keratoplasty?
Session Title: Laser Surgery and Imaging for Corneal Diseases: When and How (SYM52)
Session Cosponsored By: Cornea Society
C. Stephen and Frances Foster Lecture on Uveitis and Immunology (SYM34)
Lecturer: Jose S. Pulido, MD
Lecture Title: A Delicate Balance: Autoimmunity's Ying and Yang
Parker Heath Lecture
Lecturer: Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH
Lecture Title: Physician Leadership in Designing the Digital Tools of the Future
Session Title: Innovations in Ophthalmology From Around the World (SYM38)
Session Cosponsored By: the American Medical Association Ophthalmology Section Council (AMA)
William F. Hoyt Lecture
Lecturer: Steven L. Galetta, MD
Lecture Title: Optic Neuritis and MS: Friend or Foe?
Session Title: Cataract Surgery and Neuro-Ophthalmology: Optimizing Outcomes (SYM32)
Session Cosponsored By: North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS)
Wendell L. Hughes Lecture
Lecturer: Geoffrey E. Rose, FRCOphth
Lecture Title: Orbital Fat: Friend or Foe?
Session Title: Hurdles and Hertels: Influencers in the Field of Oculofacial Surgery Share Current Perspectives and Pearls From an Oculoplastic Practice (SYM46)
Session Cosponsored By: American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS)
Dr. Allan Jensen and Claire Jensen Lecture in Professionalism and Ethics (SYM05)
Lecturer: Paul R. Lichter, MD
Lecture Title: Paying Attention to Corporatization and Greed in Our Health Care System and Their Impact on Professionalism, Ethics, Moral Injury, and a Good Night’s Sleep
Session Cosponsored By: American Academy of Ophthalmology Ethics Committee
Jones/Smolin Lecture
Lecturer: Penny A. Asbell, MD, FACS
Lecture Title: ARMOR Against Antibiotic Resistance: When Treatment Can’t Wait
Session Title: Latest Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advancements in Ocular Infections (SYM62)
Session Cosponsored By: Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group (OMIG)
Charles D. Kelman Lecture
Lecturer: Mitchell P. Weikert, MD
Lecture Title: Demystifying Technology: How Understanding Our Diagnostic “Black Boxes” Can Improve Our Approach to Cataract Surgery
Session Title: Spotlight on Cataract: Complicated Phaco/IOL Cases - My Top 5 Pearls (SYM54)
Michael F. Marmor Lecture in Ophthalmology and the Arts
Lecturer: Hanneke van Proosdij and David Tayler, co-directors, Voices of Music
Lecture Title: Bach to the Future, Baroque Music in the 21st Century
Lecture will be followed by a musical performance.
Session Title: Opening Session (SYM64)
Marshall M. Parks Lecture
Lecturer: William V. Good, MD
Lecture Title: Child Development Informs Pediatric Eye Disease
Session Title: Adult Strabismus for the Comprehensive Ophthalmologist (SYM44)
Session Cosponsored By: American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS)
Arnall Patz Lecture
Lecturer: Ursula M. Schmidt-Erfurth, MD
Lecture Title: Automated AI-Based Image Analysis for Empowering Real-World AMD (Wet and Dry) Management
Session Title: Non-neovascular AMD: The New Frontier (SYM55)
Session Cosponsored By: Macula Society
Whitney G. Sampson Lecture
Lecturer: Kazuo Tsubota, MD
Lecture Title: Violet Light Hypothesis for the Control of Myopia Progression
Session Title: Current Approaches to Myopia Control (SYM33)
Session Cosponsored By: Eye and Contact Lens Association (ECLA)
The Charles L. Schepens MD Lecture
Lecturer: Emily Y. Chew, MD
Lecture Title: Macular Telangiectasia Type 2: Tale of a Global Private & Public Collaboration
Session Title: Retina Subspecialty Day (RET04)
Robert N. Shaffer Lecture
Lecturer: L. Jay Katz, MD
Lecture Title: Expanding the Reach of Glaucoma Care: Out-of-Office Testing and Telemedicine
Session Title: Glaucoma Care for All: Opportunities and Pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence (SYM29)
Session Cosponsored By: Prevent Blindness
Troutman Lecture
Lecturer: Lycia Maria Martins Pinho Pedral Sampaio, MD
Lecture Title: Losartan Inhibition of Myofibroblast Generation and Late Haze (Scarring Fibrosis) After PRK in Rabbits
Session Title: Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day (REF11)
Zimmerman Lecture
Lecturer: Dan S. Gombos, MD
Lecture Title: Liquid Biopsy & Personalized Medicine: The Keys That Will Cure Ocular Cancers
Session Title: The Future of Ocular Oncology: Artificial Intelligence and More (SYM60)
Session Cosponsored By: American Association of Ocular Oncology and Pathology (AAOOP)