Final program | 33rd APACRS – SNEC 30th Anninversary Virtual Meeting

2021 APACRS LIM LECTURE The APACRS LIM Lecture is the highest award of the society. Since 1991, outstanding ophthalmologists who have made extraordinary contributions to the development of cataract and refractive surgery have been invited to deliver this lecture at the Opening Ceremony of the APACRS annual meeting. Dr. Ahmed is world renowned for his skills and groundbreaking work in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of highly complex eye diseases including glaucoma and surgical complications. He has been at the leading edge of novel treatments for glaucoma, cataract, and lens implant surgery. Actively involved in research and medical education at a national and international level, Dr. Ahmed has received research grants to study glaucoma medications, glaucoma laser and surgical devices/techniques, angle closure glaucoma, anterior segment and retinal/optic nerve imaging in glaucoma, cataract surgical techniques and devices, and intraocular lens designs. He has designed innovative glaucoma diamond scalpels for surgery, microsurgical instrumentation, and devices, implants, and techniques for the management of the dislocated cataract, iris reconstruction, and glaucoma implant devices. He has done pioneering work in innovative glaucoma surgery, developing and coining the term “Micro-Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)” as a new genre of surgical approaches and devices. He also performed the first laser cataract surgery in Canada. Dr. Ahmed has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers, and has published books on glaucoma and intraocular lens surgery. In 2010, Dr. Ahmed was selected as one of Canada’s prestigious “Top 40 Under 40”. He has received numerous other awards, including the Binkhorst medal from ASCRS, the AGS Surgery Day Lecture from the American Glaucoma Society, the Pearce Medal Lecture from the UKISCRS, and “Innovator of the Year” by the Eye Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. He was recently recognized as the third most influential ophthalmologist in the world by the news magazine The Ophthalmologist. He has given over 1,000 scientific presentations, including 40 visiting professor’s lectures around the world. Dr. Ahmed is currently an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, and a clinical professor at the University of Utah. He is the director of the Glaucoma and Advanced Anterior Segment Surgery (GAASS) fellowship at the University of Toronto and Director of Research at the Kensington Eye Institute, University of Toronto. He has a large tertiary glaucoma/cataract practice at Prism Eye Institute (www.prismeyeinstitute.com ) in the Greater Toronto Area, and primarily performs surgery at Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario, the Kensington Eye Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, and TLC Oakville. Approaching Complex Cataract and Anterior Segment Reconstruction Saturday, 31 July 2021 13:00 – 13:55hrs (Singapore Time UTC+8) Ike K. Ahmed Canada 23