Spotlight session on pseudophakic IOLs to be held at AAO's annual meeting

This cataract spotlight program will focus on the evolution of intraocular lenses, evidence-based studies on IOL materials and designs, challenging cases, complications, refractive applications and innovations for the future. Thirty-four leading cataract and refractive surgeons, including the "Father of Phaco," Dr. Charles D. Kelman, will make presentations during this session.

The other presenters are: David F. Chang, MD; Richard P. Kratz, MD; Thomas R. Mazzocco, MD; David J. Apple, MD; Kevin M. Miller, MD; James P. McCulley, MD, FACS; Randall J. Olson, MD; Douglas D. Koch, MD; Kerry D. Solomon, MD; Johnny L. Gayton, MD; M. Edward Wilson, Jr., MD; Thomas W. Samuelson, MD; Alan S. Crandall, MD; Howard V. Gimbel, MD, MPH, FRCSC; Robert J. Cionni, MD; Maus C. Kraff, MD; Roger F. Steinert, MD; Walter J. Stark, MD; Nick Mamalis, MD; Kenneth J. Hoffer, MD; Louis "Skip" Nichamin, MD; Robert H. Osher, MD; Liliana Werner, MD, PhD; James P. Gills, MD; R. Bruce Wallace III, MD; I. Howard Fine, MD; Jack T. Holladay, MD; John D. Hunkeler, MD; Samuel Masket, MD; Daniel M. Schwartz, MD; Kenneth J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS; Stephen S. Lane, MD; and Richard L. Lindstrom, MD.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world's largest association of Eye Physicians and Surgeons. For more information about the Academy's Annual meeting, visit www.aao.org/annual_meeting/.

For more information or for photos of the award recipients, contact the Academy's media unit at 415.561.8534 or by e-mail at media@aao.org. To register for media credentials to attend the Academy's Annual Meeting, visit www.aao.org/aao/newsroom/mediainfo.cfm.