Friday | February 6

3:30pm–3:40pm

CEM 2026 Welcome & Introductions

William Wiley, MD; Robert Weinstock, MD; Carrie Jacobs

3:40pm–5:10pm

Joint Session 1: Navigating Regulation, Reimbursement, and Growth in Eyecare

William Wiley, MD; Robert Weinstock, MD; Carrie Jacobs

• 3:40 MABA What Does it Mean for Eyecare? — James Loden, MD
• 3:50 MABA Panel Discussion — Andy Corley; Steven Dell, MD; James Loden, MD
• 4:15 2026 Practice Billing Update — Kirk Mac
• 4:35 The Evolution of the Vision Correction Industry; Past, Present, & Future — Charles Williamson, MD
• 4:45 Enhancing Your Elective Practice: The Future of IOLS & Refractive — Andy Corley; Charles Williamson, MD; Charles Williamson, Jr.; Melissa Cicceralli, Neel Desai, MD

5:10pm–5:40pm

Sheets Martin Lecture

Speaker: Nicholas T. Curtis, Chief Executive Officer, LENSAR

5:30pm–7:30pm

Welcome Reception with Exhibitors

Saturday | February 7

7:00am–8:15am

Sponsored Breakfast Sessions

8:30am–10:00am

Joint Session 2: The Business of Better Vision: Models, Teams, and Technology

Robert Weinstock, MD; William Wiley, MD; & Carrie Jacobs

• 8:30 Interventional Glaucoma: A Collaborative Care Model for the Future of Glaucoma Management — Philip Garza, MD
• 8:40 Glaucoma Business Opportunities Panel — Philip Garza, MD; Lisa Feulner, MD, PhD; Kasey Gantz; Tom Powell
• 9:00 Refocusing the Patient Experience: AI and Team-Based Care in Ophthalmology — Scott Laborwit, MD
• 9:10 AI in Eyecare Panel Discussion — Ben Seals; Scott Laborwit, MD; Morgan Micheletti, MD; Gary Wortz, MD
• 9:30 Enhancing Ophthalmic Efficiency Through Physician Assistant Integration — Katie Mills, MD & Iwaz Barwari, PA
• 9:40 Practice Efficiency 2026 and Beyond Panel — Katie Mills, MD; James Loden, MD; Iwaz Barwari, PA; Mark Lindberg

10:00am–10:30am

Break with Exhibitors

10:30am–12:45pm

Session 3: Advancing Cataract Care: Techniques, Technology & Transformative Outcomes

James Loden, MD & Steven Dell, MD

• 10:30 Pseudophakic Residual Refractive Error Management W/ Piggyback Adjustable IOL — Jack Chapman, MD
• 10:37 Visual Performance of Full Visual Range IOL in Patients Undergoing IOL Exchange — Shannon Wong, MD
• 10:44 A Novel Nuclear Fracture Sign for Cataracts: the Shelby Sign — Stephen LoBue, MD
• 10:51 Patterns That Will Shape Your Femto Laser Cataract Surgery — Scott LaBorwit, MD
• 10:58 Comparison of Outcomes for Toric IOL Alignment Methods — David Stephens, MD
• 11:05 Femto Al vs Femto Toric IOL In Low Astigmatism — Gary Wortz, MD
• 11:12 Refractive Outcomes After Cataract Surgery w/ Toric IOLS Assisted W/ Cataract Planning System — Luke Rebenitsch, MD
• 11:19 Visual Outcomes with Mini-Monovision Between a Monofocal vs Adjustable IOL — Zach Balest, MD
• 11:26 Bench Analysis of Explanted Adjustable Lens Implant — James Loden, MD
• 11:33 New Onset Anterior Uveitis after Cataract Surgery: An IRIS® Registry Study — Andrew Griswold, MD
• 11:40 Discussion
• 12:00 20/Unhappy Patients: Beyond Snellen Visual Acuity — Shalesh Kaushal, MD
• 12:07 Patient Satisfaction & Regression Analysis in Patients Receiving a LAL + A Multifocal IOL — Frank Bucci, MD
• 12:14 Joint Assessment of Materials Exposure in Space- IOL Changes Aboard the International Space Station — J. Morgan Micheletti, MD
• 12:21 Real-World Outcomes of a Full Visual Range, Non-Toric IOL in Patients Undergoing — Adam Muzychuk, MD
• 12:28 Vintage LVC Patients From Twenty years Ago — Steven Dell, MD
• 12:35 Floating on Air — Arjan Hura, MD
• 12:42 EDOF IOL Options in Patients with Dry Eye — Zarmeena Vendal, MD
• 12:49 Discussion

1:00pm–2:00pm

Sponsored Lunch Session, Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

2:00pm–4:00pm

Afternoon Poster Session

• Papers Clinical Performance of an Enhanced Monofocal Intraocular Lens Implanted Bilaterally in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery — Jai Parekh, MD; PhD
• Real-World Performance of a Full Visual Range, Toric Intraocular Lens in Patients Undergoing Femto Cataract Surgery — P. Dee Stephenson, MD
• Implantation of a Full Visual Range Intraocular Lens in Cataract Surgery: A Retrospective Real-World Assessment — William Plauche, MD
• Perfluorohexyloctane Ophthalmic Solution in Patients With Dry Eye Disease Undergoing Cataract Surgery: Results From a Prospective Multicenter Study. — Neel Desai, MD
• Epithelial Ingrowth Following Long-term LASIK Enhancement Using Proparacaine vs Tetracaine on the Stromal Bed — Stephen LoBue, MD
• Evaluation of Visual Symptoms and Patient-Reported Outcomes In Patients Implanted Bilaterally with An Enhanced Monofocal IOL — J. Morgan Micheletti, MD

6:30pm–9:30pm

Island Dinner

Sunday | February 8

7:00am–8:15am

Sponsored Breakfast Sessions

8:30am–9:00am

Session 4: Beyond the Surface: Cutting-Edge Solutions in Corneal Surgery

Dee Stephenson, MD & Cynthia Matossian, MD

• 8:30 CTAK Update: A Review of First 70 eyes — James Lehmann, MD
• 8:37 Lifitegrast Ophthalmic Solution in Patients with Dry Eye Disease — Lisa Feulner, MD, PhD
• 8:44 The Prevalence of Hyperosmolar Tear Film in Patients Pre- & 30-Days Post Cataract Surgery — Amar Shah, MD
• 8:51 Discussion

9:00am–10:00am

Session 5: Innovations Transforming Ophthalmology

Keith Walter, MD & Parag Majmudar, MD

• 9:00 A Novel Ocular Cooling Device for Chronic Ocular Surface Pain — Cristos Ifantides, MD
• 9:07 A New Novel Thermomechanical System to Deliver Treatment for Evaporative Dry Eye — P Dee Stephenson, MD
• 9:14 Dynamic Wavefront Assessment of Visual Function of Presbyopia IOLs, Laser Scleral Microporation & Topical Miotics — James Katz, MD
• 9:21 An Update on Dropless Cataract Surgery — Kevin Talbot, MD
• 9:28 Optimization of Settings for IOP Stabilization During Vitrectomy with Posterior Adaptive Fluidics — Jorge Calzada, MD
• 9:35 Novel Cell Injection for Endothelial Disease — Parag Majmudar, MD
• 9:42 Discussion

10:00am–10:30am

Break with Exhibitors

10:30am–11:25am

Session 6: MIGS and Beyond: Evolving Surgical Paradigms in Glaucoma

Jai Parekh, MD, MBA & I. Paul Singh, MD

• 10:30 Drug Delivery for Glaucoma: A Shift in Our Interventional Paradigm — Zarmeena Vendal, MD
• 10:37 Excimer Laser Trabecular Bypass MIGS Combined with Cataract Surgery in Patients with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma — I. Paul Singh, MD
• 10:44 What's Next After Cataract Surgery? MIGS in The Pseudophakic Space — Zarmeena Vendal, MD
• 10:51 Dextenza Versus Topical Drops: CME & One-Week Vision Comparison — Sandra Johnson, MD
• 10:57 My MIGS Wore Off, Now What? — Jeffrey Whitman, MD
• 11:04 Real-World Outcomes of Combining Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stents and Cataract Surgery — Lisa Feulner, MD, PhD
• 11:10 Discussion

11:30am–12:45pm

Session 7: Modern Refractive Surgery Evidence, Outcomes, and Pearls

Frank Bucci, MD

• 11:31 Early Results Of The New PanOptix Pro Trifocal — Robert Weinstock, MD
• 11:38 Epithelial Ingrowth Following Long-term LASIK Enhancement — Stephen LoBue, MD
• 11:45 Out of the Shadows – Resolving LDD-Induced Dysphotopsia — Cory Pickett, OD
• 11:52 Acuity Outcomes in the PanOptix Pro vs Odyssey — Akash Gupta, MD
• 11:59 Refractive Surgical Education in Residency: Insight into the Perspectives and Experiences of Emerging Ophthalmologists — Geoffrey Nguyen, MD
• 12:06 Evidence-Based Guidelines for Keratorefractive Lenticule Extraction (KLEx) Surgery — Sonny Goel, MD
• 12:13 Outcomes of the OmniVu Presbyopia-Correcting IOL — P Dee Stephenson, MD
• 12:20 Discussion

12:45pm–1:45pm

Sponsored Lunch Session, Sponsored by Zeiss

5:00pm–6:00pm

Surgical Video Competition

6:15pm–8:00pm

Reception with Exhibitors