2026 Agenda

Friday, March 27

6 - 8 pm Welcome Reception in the Bullock Texas State History Museum, with access to the exhibits 



Saturday, March 28

7 - 8 am

Registration and Breakfast 

8 - 8:05 am

Opening Remarks – Zev Shulkin, MD, President 

8:05 –
8:10 am
Introduction of Fish Lecturer – Timothy J. McCulley, MD

8:10 - 8:50 am

John H. and Anna Marie Fish Memorial Lecture: Glaucoma Care in the Post-AI World

Pradeep Y. Ramulu, MD, PhD, MHS
Professor of Ophthalmology
Division Director, Glaucoma Center of Excellence
Johns Hopkins, Wilmer Eye Institute
Baltimore, MD

8:50 –
9:30 am          
The Barry Uhr, MD Prize in Comprehensive Ophthalmology

Mathematical Model to Sizing the Semicircular Flap
Preston Choi, MD, PGY-4, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Extended Depth of Focus IOL Outcomes in Glaucoma Patients
Lauren Mason, MD, PGY-3, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston

Induced by Light Treatments in Light Adjustable Lenses
Ashika Angirekula, MD, PGY-4, UT Southwestern Medical Center HOAs

Outcomes of Light-Adjustable Lenses in Post-Refractive Treatment
Karim Kozhaya, MD, PGY-2, Baylor College of Medicine

9:30 - 10:30 am

TMLT: From Difficult to Dangerous: How to Handle Disruptive Patients 
(ETHICS/PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY)

Brett Rowe, JD
Evans, Rowe & Holbrook
San Antonio, TX

10:30 –
11 am
Coffee Break with the Exhibits
11 –
11:30 am

Office-Based Surgery – The Pitfalls, The Benefits

Anna Edmiston, MD
Medical Director, ClearSight LASIK & Lens
Plano, TX

11:30 am Business Meeting
11:30 - 12:30  Lunch in Exhibit Area
12:30 –
1:30 pm

Panel - Drugs That Can Make You Go Blind

Moderated by Jane C. Edmond, MD
Wong Family Distinguished University Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Interim Vice Dean of Professional Practice, Dell Medical School
Director, Mitchel and Shannon Wong Eye Institute, UT Health Austin
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology; Professor, Department of Neurology

Amy Durand, MD
Neuro-Ophthalmologist, Mitchel and Shannon Wong Eye Institute, UT Health Austin

Saleema Kherani-Ali, MD, MPH
Mitchel and Shannon Wong Eye Institute, UT Health Austin

1:30 –
2:30 pm

OMIC: Lessons Learned from Cataract Claims

Jeannette Domask, MPH, CPHRM
Risk Manager, Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company
San Francisco, CA

2:30 –
2:55 pm

Announcement of Winners of Barry Uhr, MD Prize &  Coffee and Dessert in the Exhibit Hall

2:55 - 3 pm

Introduction of Visionary Speaker – Jorge Corona, MD

3 –
3:30 pm

Healing Eyes in Times of War: Traumatic Cataract and International Collaboration in Ukraine

TSEPS Visionary Lecturer – Olga Denysiuk, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, National Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education Named After P.L. Shupik
Kyiv, Ukraine

3:30 - 3:45 pm

Ophthalmic Trauma Call: Challenges, Successes and Navigating a Path Forward

Kristen Hawthorne, MD
Howerton Eye
Austin, TX 

3:45 –
4 pm

Trauma in Occuloplastics

Ying Chen, MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Oculoplastic Surgery
Director of Medical Student Education
Ruiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

4 - 5 pm

AI in Health Care: Planning, Policies, and Procedures
(ETHICS/PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY)

Shannon Vogel
Associate Vice President, Health Information Technology
Texas Medical Association 
Austin, TX