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  • Named Lectures

  • 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)