2025 ASCRS Poster winners

Winning Keratorefractive Posters

  • 1st place: Cortical Stimulation Therapy Using Gabor Patches Improves Vision and Contrast Sensitivity in Crosslinked Stable Keratoconus: Results of RCT 
    Lionel Raj Daniel Raj Ponniah, MD, PhD
  • 2nd place: Deep Learning Model Using Preoperative OCT to Predict Postoperative Vault in Phakic ICL Implantation 
    Cory Pickett, MSN, RN
  • 3rd place: Comparison of Visual and Refractive Outcomes for SMILE Performed with or without Hanging-Drop Curved Interface 
    Wen-Pen Liao, MD
  • Honorable mention: Keratopigmentation Nightmare: Late Onset Infectious Keratitis after Keratopigmentation in Eye with Prior LASIK, a Case Report 
    Denisse Pinkus, MD, FICO, MSc
  • Honorable mention: Corneal Biomechanics after Femtosecond Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis and a New Refractive Corneal Lenticule Extraction 
    Paula Gonzalez-Palomo, MD

Winning Glaucoma Posters

  • 1st place: Three-Year Rate of Posterior Capsular Opacification between Phacoemulsification and Phacoemulsification with Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery 
    Varun Gopal, BS
  • 2nd place: Long-Term Structural and Functional Outcomes of Phacoemulsification Versus Phacoemulsification Combined with MIGS in Angle-Closure Glaucoma  
    Fernanda Corzo-Camberos, MD
  • 3rd place: Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty Response As a Predictor for Gonioscopy Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy Success 
    Haoran C. Li, BSc, MSc
  • Honorable mention: Early Outcomes of 5-0 Prolene Gonioscopy Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy in Juvenile Open Angle Glaucoma 
    Madhavi R. Pillai, DNB, MBBS

Winning Cataract Posters

  • 1st place: Comparison of Standard Perioperative Eye Drops and Intracameral Dexamethasone-Moxifloxacin-Ketorolac in Cataract Surgery 
    Justin Youn, BS
  • 2nd place: Intracameral (IC) Moxifloxacin: The Optimal Concentration of the IC Solution?  
    Steve A. Arshinoff, MD, FRCSC
  • 3rd place: Multidosing Mapped: Understanding Where States Stand on Medication Multidosing  
    Margaret A. Tharp, BS
  • Honorable mention: Intrascleral Lens Haptic Fixation Using the Light Adjustable Lens  
    Huck Holz, MD
  • Honorable mention: Dropless Cataract Subconjunctival Injection Approach to Minimize Subconjunctival Hemorrhages 
    Alan W. Kong, MD

Winning Cornea Posters

  • 1st place: Long-Term Outcomes of the Boston K-Pro: A 15-Year Follow-up Study on Vision, Glaucoma Progression, and Complications 
    Allison J. Bernstein, MD
  • 2nd place: Comparative Outcomes of Single Vs. Multiple Cyanoacrylate Glue Applications in the Management of Corneal Thinning and Perforations 
    Ryan Huang, MSc
  • 3rd place: Disparities in Keratoplasty for the Treatment of Pseudophakic Bullous Keratopathy  
    Elise Mike, MD, PhD
  • Honorable mention: Ocular Surface Reconstruction with Keratolimbal Allograft for Severe or Recurrent Symblepharon – Tertiary Care Center Outcomes 
    Rachel Kamran, MPH
  • Honorable mention: Atypical Migratory Serpiginous Corneal Epitheliopathy (MSCE): Unmasking Herpes Simplex Virus Association 
    Chloe Shields, BS