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ALCON EXPERIENCE CENTER
November 17, 2023. Fort Worth, USA.
Leaders from the McGill Refractive Surgery Research Unit visited the Alcon Experience Center in Fort Worth, Texas, to engage with prominent R&D figures in the field of refractive surgery and to stay abreast of emerging technologies
AAO ANNUAL MEETING 2023
May 7, 2023. San Francisco, USA.
Leaders of the McGill Refractive Surgery Research Unit attended AAO 2023 in San Francisco to gain insight into the most recent advances in refractive surgery. The 2023 AAO Meeting planning group also invited us to give a talk on our latest findings in the Journal of Refractive Surgery’s Hot, Hotter, Hottest: Late Breaking News Section of the meeting.
ASCRS BEST PAPER AWARD 2023
May 7, 2023. San Diego, USA.
I am thrilled to announce that our Research Team has won the Best Paper of Session (BPOS) Award at the 2023 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Annual Meeting, presenting our “Sequential Implantable Collamer Lens and LASIK for Treatment of High Compound Hyperopic Astigmatism” study. This prestigious award recognizes our group’s outstanding research in refractive surgery and is a testament to our dedication, hard work, and expertise. We are proud of our presenting resident (Daniel Li) and our Research Unit Team!
EOUM MEETING 2023
April 24, 2023. Montreal, Canada.
The EOUM planning group invited us to present our latest therapeutic and primary topography-guided findings. We presented a talk titled “Topography-Guided Refractive Surgery".
AAO ANNUAL MEETING 2022
October 1, 2022. Chicago, USA.
Leaders of the McGill Refractive Surgery Research Unit attended AAO 2022 in Chicago to gain insight into the most recent advances in refractive surgery.
REFRACTIVA R.I.O. MEETING 2021
July 3, 2021, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Refractiva R.I.O. planning group invited us to present our latest topography-guided findings as one of the keynote lectures. We presented our paper “Primary Topography Guided LASIK Concept, Didactic Planning, and Results".
COS ANNUAL MEETING 2021
June 26, 2021. Virutal Meeting.
The COS planning group invited us to present our latest keratoconus findings at the Virtual Meeting. We presented our paper “Corneal Higher-Order Aberration Maps as a Novel Means to Diagnose Keratoconus".
AAO SUBSPECIALTY DAY 2020
November 13, 2020, Virtual Meeting.
The Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day planning group invited us to participate in the on demand portion of the Virtual Meeting. We presented our paper on the “Effect of Anterior Corneal Higher-Order Aberration Ablation Depth on Primary Topography-Guided LASIK Outcomes".
2020 WARING MEDAL
October 16, 2020, New York, USA.
We are honoured to have been awarded the 2020 Waring Medal for a publication of outstanding quality in the Journal of Refractive Surgery (JRS). The prize was in recognition of our published article: “Effect of Anterior Corneal Higher-Order Aberration Ablation Depth on Primary Topography-Guided LASIK Outcomes,” which appeared in the December 2019 JRS issue.