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.

The list of recipients includes:

	1991 Saburo HAYANO, Japan Title: Intraocular Lens Implantation			1992 Robert M. SINSKEY, USA Title: Successful Conversion to Phacoemulsification
	1993 Kensaku MIYAKE, Japan Title: Latest Concepts Regarding the Natural course and Treatment of Post-Implant-Surgical-Inflammation			1994 Stephen L. TROKEL, USA Title: Excimer Laser
	1995 Graham D. BARRETT, Australia Title: Improving the Refractive Outcome of Cataract Surgery			1996 Howard V. GIMBEL, Canada Title: Advanced Phaco Techniques
	1997 Keiki R. MEHTA, India Title: Newer and More Effective Techniques in Phacoemulsification			1998 Joaquin BARRAQUER, Spain Title: Correction of High Myopia with Precrystalline Posterior Chamber IOL, Respecting the Transparent Lens and Accommodation
	1999 YUAN Jia-Qin, China Title: Present status of Cataract Eradication in China			2000 Stephen OBSTBAUM, USA Title: Evolution in the Management of Glaucoma and Cataract
	2001 A F DEUTMAN, Netherlands			2002 Robert H. OSHER, USA Title: A Video Symposium or Challenging Cases & Complications in Cataract Surgery
	2003 Philippe SOURDILLE, France Title: Simultaneous Needs for Capsular Bag Implantation			2004 Douglas D. KOCH, USA Title: The Wavefront Revolution in Cataract and Refractive Surgery
	2005 Ronald L.S. YEOH, Singapore Title: The Changing Face of Cataract and Refractive Surgery			2006 Samuel MASKET, USA Title: Surgical Management of Malpositioned Posterior Chamber IOLS
	2007 Kimiya SHIMIZU, Japan Title: New Viscoless Pre-Loaded Injector			2008 Michael KNORZ, Germany Title: Femtosecond Laser Surgery
	2009 David F. CHANG, USA Title: Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome			2010 Abhay R. VASAVADA, India Title: Surgical Correction of Ectopia Lentis
	2011 Hiroko BISSEN-MIYAJIMA, Japan Title: My Insight on the Multifocal IOL			2012 Ehud I. ASSIA, Israel Title: Surgical Options in Subluxated Lenses
	2013 Hung-won TCHAH, Korea Title: Modulation of Corneal Wound Healing After Surface Ablation			2014 Warren E. HILL, USA Title: Improvements in IOL Power Selection
	2015 Pannet PANGPUTHIPONG, Thailand Title: Learning and Teaching Phacoemulsification: From Day 1 to Day 8760			2016 Oliver FINDL, Austria Title: Achieving emmetropia with lens surgery – still some way to go?
	2017 CHEE Soon Phaik, Singapore Title: Phaco vs. Femto: Friend vs. Foe?			2018 Eric D DONNENFELD, USA Title: Refractive Surgery Comes of Age: How Good is LASIK? The Myths, Misconceptions and Reality
	2019 Tetsuro OSHIKA, Japan Title: The Quest for Safer and More Accurate Cataract Surgery			2021 Ike K. Ahmed, Canada Title: Approaching Complex Cataract and Anterior Segment Reconstruction
	2022 YAO Ke, China Title: Cataract in China: My Cataract Surgery Journey from Couching to FLACS			2023 Gerd U. AUFFARTH, Germany Title: Current and Future Development in Intraocular Implants with New Materials
	2024 SHIN Yamane, Japan Title: The Tales of Flanging Technique

• APACRS LIM Lecture
• The APACRS Gold Medal
• APACRS Certified Educator (A.C.E) Award
• APACRS Travel Grant
• Best ePoster
• Best Paper of Session