EyeWorld Asia-Pacific December 2020 Issue

FEATURE 8 EWAP DECEMBER 2020 by Chiles Aedam R. Samaniego A s towns, cities, whole nations went into lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PACRS postponed its in- person annual meeting from July 2020 to July 2021. However, developments in cataract and refractive surgery continued, and the Society sought new ways to continue its mission of education. “There have been so many An Expert's Review of the Essentials developments in our field of cataract and refractive surgery that we thought it was important that we put on this webinar and really bring in a few of our top speakers to keep in touch with all of you in the Asia-Pacific,” Ronald Yeoh, MD, Singapore, said in his introduction to the webinar. The webinar aimed to review the essentials of cataract and refractive surgery and, along with Dr. Yeoh, who spoke on “Why are you not pre-chopping your cataracts?” remotely brought in Graham Barrett, MD, Australia, to speak on “What’s new in the Barrett Suite of IOL Calculators for 2020;” Abhay Vasavada, MD, India, on “Taking stock: The most important lessons in cataract surgery;” and Chee Soon Phaik, MD, Singapore, on “The simplest way to fix a subluxated IOL for the general cataract surgeon.”