1.- Current Management of Advanced Cataracts in Latin America – ALACCSA-R (LASCRS) (Presented in Spanish)

Sponsored by the Latin American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons – ALACCSA-R (LASCRS)

Moderator: Luis Escaf, MD

Faculty: Virgilio Galvis, MD, Virgilio Centurion, MD, Felipe Vejarano, MD, Alejandro Tello, MD, Jorge Villar-Kuri, MD, Luis Izquierdo Jr, MD, José Claros Bernal, MD, Carlos L. Nicoli, MD, Miguel C. Srur, MD

Course will describe the current phaco techniques used by surgeons in Latin America to handle advanced cataracts successfully.

Objective: Attendees will know the effective techniques and new devices and technologies to handle advanced cataracts.

2.- S-4 Symposium: Management of Complicated Cases in Cataract and Refractive Surgery ALACCSA-R – LASCRS (Presented in Spanish)
Saturday, April 4 3:00-5:00pm

Sponsored by the Latin American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons- ALACCSA-R (LASCRS)

Cataract
Moderators: William De La Peña MD, Jorge Villar Kuri MD, Luis Fernandez-Vega MD

Panelists:
Humberto Belloso MD                         
Virgilio Centurion MD                              
Luis Escaf MD                                                
Luis Lu MD                                                     
Marcelo Ventura MD                                        

Presenters:  (7min Presentation 3min Discussion)
Jose Alfonso MD
Jose A Cristobal Bescos MD
Eduardo Chavez Mondragon MD
Lincoln Freitas MD
Nestor Gullo (h) MD
Ana Luisa Hofling Lima MD

Refractive
Moderators: Carlos Argento MD Jose De La Garza Viejo MD Roberto Zaldivar MD

Panelists: Guillermo Avalos MD                          
Carmen Barraquer MD                            
Arturo Chayet MD                                           
Jose Guell MD                                                
Luis Izquierdo MD                                           
                                                                  
                                                                  
Presenters: (7min Presentation 3min Discussion)
Jose Arias Puente MD
Cesar Carriazo MD
Jose Maria Consentino MD
Arturo Maldonado Bas MD
Ramon Naranjo Tackman MD
Carlos Palomino MD

A panel of international experts will discuss 12 complicated cases, including management. Panel will encourage audience participation.  Attendees will be prepared to recognize and treat resultant cataract and refractive surgical complications.

3.- S-22 Symposium: The Best of the ASCRS (Presented in Spanish)
Tuesday, April 7 1:00 – 2:30pm

Sponsored by the Latin American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons –ALACCSA-R (LASCRS)

Moderators: Carlos Nicoli, MD    Virgilio Centurion MD   Luis Lu MD

Glaucoma:  10min                                            Cataract: 15min
Jose Arias-Puente MD                                       Miguel A. Padilha MD
Julio Blanco Bernal MD                                       Santiago Arroyo MD

Refractive: 15min                                            Cornea: 10min
Jose Vargas MD                                                Sergio Kwitko MD
Valeria Sanchez-Huerta MD                              Evangelia Stangogiannis MD

New Technology: 10min
Paulo C. Fontes MD
Gustavo Malavazzi Jr. MD

The best of the ESCRS: 15min (Presented in Spanish by ALACCSA-R)

Sponsored by the Latin American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons –ALACCSA-R (LASCRS)

Fernando Soler MD
Oscar Asis MD

4.- Around the World in 90 minutes (Presented in English) ALACCSA-R (LASCRS)
Sunday, April 5 8:00-09:30am

Moderator: William De La Peña  and  Roger Steinert

Endophtalmitis and Tass: Jorge Villar Kuri
Presbyopic IOL’s: Carlos Nicoli
Corneal Refractive Surgery: Cesar Carriazo

5.- ID 553966, Pearls and Guides in Refractive and Cataract Surgery I (Presented in Spanish)
Fundación Oftalmológica Los Andes

6.- ID 549430, Pearls and Guides in Refractive and Cataract Surgery II (Presented in Spanish)
Fundación Oftalmológica Los Andes

Presenters
Cristián Carpentier                       
Marco Casas del Valle                   Ramón Naranjo T.
Virgilio Centurion                          Carlos Nicoli
Arturo Chayet                                Crisanti Stangoggianis
José Claros B.                                Marcelo Sterzovsky
José Luís Guell                               Juan Stoppel
Mirko Jankov                                 Leonidas Traipe