View the list of 2024 Named Lectures below. Updates to this list will be made on a regular basis. For past lectures, please refer to the Named Lectures Archives.
Jackson Memorial Lecture
Lecturer: Jasmine H. Francis, MD
Lecture Title: TBA
Session Title: Opening Session (SYM03)
Session Cosponsored By: American Journal of Ophthalmology
American Glaucoma Society Subspecialty Day Lecture
Lecturer: Pradeep Y. Ramulu, MD
Lecture Title: The Unknowable Truths of Glaucoma: Dealing With Uncertainty in Clinical Practice
Session Title: Glaucoma Subspecialty Day (GLA05)
Leonard Apt Lecture
Lecturer: Rosario Gomez De Liano, MD
Lecture Title: The Transition to Topical Anesthesia in Strabismus Surgery
Session Title: Pediatric Ophthalmology Subspecialty Day (PED03)
Barraquer Lecture
Lecturer: Dan Z. Reinstein, MD
Lecture Title: TBA
Session Title: TBA (SYM68)
Castroviejo Lecture
Lecturer: Michael W. Belin, MD
Lecture Title: TBA
Session Title: Highlights From This Past Year’s Literature (SYM56)
Session Cosponsored By: Cornea Society
C. Stephen and Frances Foster Lecture on Uveitis and Immunology (SYM40)
Lecturer: Jennifer E. Thorne, MD, PHD
Lecture Title: TBA
William F. Hoyt Lecture
Lecturer: Randy H. Kardon, MD, PHD
Lecture Title: Ophthalmology in the Blink of an Eye
Session Title: Giant Cell Arteritis: Where Are We? (SYM61)
Session Cosponsored By: North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS)
Wendell L. Hughes Lecture
Lecturer: Robert A. Goldberg, MD
Lecture Title: TBA
Session Title: With a Little Help From My Friends (SYM26)
Session Cosponsored By: American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS)
Dr. Allan Jensen and Claire Jensen Lecture in Professionalism and Ethics (SYM13)
Lecturer: Peter Angelos, MD, PHD, FACS
Lecture Title: TBA
Jones/Smolin Lecture
Lecturer: Savitri Sharma MD
Lecture Title: TBA
Session Title: Infectious Keratitis: Current Treatment Challenges and Novel Potential Therapies
Session Cosponsored By: Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group (OMIG)
Charles D. Kelman Lecture
Lecturer: Bonnie An Henderson, MD
Lecture Title: TBA
Session Title: Spotlight on Cataract Complications – You Make the Call (SYM57)
Michael F. Marmor Lecture in Ophthalmology and the Arts (SYM21)
Lecturer: Mary Street Alinder
Lecture Title: One With Beauty
Marshall M. Parks Lecture
Lecturer: Andrea Delia Molinari, MD
Lecture Title: TBA
Session Title: Hot Topics in Pediatric Ophthalmology (SYM05)
Session Cosponsored By: American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS)
Arnall Patz Lecture
Lecturer: Richard F. Spaide, MD
Lecture Title: Pathways to Atrophy in AMD
Session Title: Geographic Atrophy: Pathogenesis and New Therapies to Reduce Progression (SYM25)
Session Cosponsored By: Macula Society
Whitney G. Sampson Lecture
Lecturer: Maria A. Woodward, MD, MS
Lecture Title: Artificial Intelligence in the Diagnosis of Microbial Keratitis
Session Title: Therapeutic Contact Lenses in Corneal Disease (SYM37)
Session Cosponsored By: Eye and Contact Lens Association (ECLA)
Ruedemann Lecture
Lecturer: Marie-France Clermont, BCO
Lecture Title: Lower Eyelid Retraction in the Anophthalmic Socket—A Challenge to the Oculoplastic Surgeon and Ocularist
Session Title: Finding the Fountain of Youth: Meeting the Challenges of Our Aging Population (SYM42)
Session Cosponsored By: American Society of Ocularists (ASO)
The Charles L. Schepens MD Lecture
Lecturer: Steven T. Charles, MD
Lecture Title: Surgical Innovation Process
Session Title: Retina Subspecialty Day (RET05)
Robert N. Shaffer Lecture
Lecturer: Ruth D. Williams, MD
Lecture Title: TBA
Session Title: Glaucoma Care for All: Accessing Glaucoma Care at Home and Abroad (SYM66)
Session Cosponsored By: Prevent Blindness
Zimmerman Lecture
Lecturer: Paul J. Bryar, MD
Lecture Title: TBA
Session Title: Don’t Miss This Diagnosis: Bread and Butter Ocular Oncology Topics (SYM09)
Session Cosponsored By: American Association of Ocular Oncology and Pathology (AAOOP)