AAO Global Video Contest

Selected videos from this contest will be featured on the ONE Network, with the top video being declared the grand prize winner.

• Judges are looking for quality and depth of content, level of commentary, originality, novelty and educational value.
• Videos will be judged by a panel of experts from the Academy’s Global ONE Advisory Board.
• The grand prize winner will receive an iPad mini or $350 of Academy store credit, and receive mention in EyeNet magazine, Academy email newsletters and social media outlets.

• Any Academy member or member-in-training (under the supervision of an Academy fellow/member), international or U.S., may participate.
• Videos must be 5 minutes or less in length (< 2 minutes preferred).
• Authors retain the copyright of the video but should not have already transferred it to a peer-reviewed material publication like a surgical technique manuscript.
• By submitting a video, the author:
• Gives the Academy the right to post it on the ONE Network and reuse the video in any manner the Academy wishes.
• Agrees that all content in the video is his or her original work.
• Will cite the video, if it is published on the ONE Network, as such: “This video has been posted on the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s ONE Network International Section in 2022 (http://one.aao.org/international).”
• Videos must not already exist on the ONE Network.
• Videos must be submitted in English.
• Surgical or clinical videos of international interest will be accepted.
• "International interest” is defined as any topic of great interest outside the United States, but is not limited to surgeries, cases or presentations taking place internationally.
• Best-quality video files (uncompressed) are preferred.
• If the patient in the video is individually identifiable, the author will need to obtain written consent from the patient to publish the video on the Internet.
• The Global ONE Advisory Board will determine whether a video meets all criteria.
• Participants may enter as many videos into the contest as they would like.

Use the submission form to submit your clinical or surgical video for the 8th Annual Global Video Contest.

The contest deadline is June 3, 2022.

7th Annual Grand Prize Winner

• “Large-Diameter Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty With Ipsilateral Posterior Lamellar Autograft for Advanced Pellucid Marginal Degeneration” by Drs. Massimo Busin, Davide Demaria and Angeli Christy Yu (Italy)

6th Annual Grand Prize Winner

• “Mini-DSAEK for Macro Corneal Perforations” by Drs. Nizar Din, Maria Phylactou, Alfonso Vasquez-Perez and Bruce Allan (UK)

5th Annual Grand Prize Winner

• “No Bag...No Problem! Specially Designed Sutureless Scleral Fixated IOL” by Dr. Stylianos A. Kandarakis (Greece)

4th Annual Grand Prize Winner

• “War on Posterior Corneal Infections” by Dr. Lional Raj Daniel Ponniah (India)

3rd Annual Grand Prize Winner

• “Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplantation Technique and Outcomes” by Dr. Cristos Ifantides (United States)

2nd Annual Grand Prize Winner

• “Why Suture? Glued Capsular Hook” by Dr. Soosan Jacob (India)

1st Annual Grand Prize Winner

• “Surgical Management of Posterior Retinal Folds” by Dr. Leandro Zacharias (Brazil) 

See all contest videos accepted to the ONE Network.