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American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), a professional society for surgeons specializing in eye surgery. It is based in Fairfax, VA and was founded in 1974. It is distinct from its sister organization, the American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (ASOA), which concerns itself with the business management, including insurance reimbursement and marketing, of ophthalmic practices in the United States. Both associations hold annual meetings or conventions as well as publishing proceedings.

Awards
Since 1975, the ASCRS annually awards the Binkhorst medal to doctors who have made significant contributions to the science and practice of ophthalmology, which includes a stipend to give the Binkhorst lecture. Ophthalmology Hall of Fame Since 1999, the ASCRS has hosted the Ophthalmology Hall of Fame to which it periodically elects pioneers of ophthalmology as well as those who have significantly inspired, supported and led the development of ophthalmology. 1999José I. Barraquer (1916–1998) • Ramón Castroviejo (1904–1987) • Stewart Duke-Elder (1899–1978) • J. Donald M. Gass (1928–2005) • Charles D. Kelman (1930–2004) • A. Edward Maumenee (1913–1998) • Marshall M. Parks (1918–2005) • Harold Ridley (1907–2001) • Charles L. Schepens (1912–2006) • Lorenz E. Zimmerman (1920–2013) 2000Ernst Fuchs (1851–1930) • Hans Goldmann (1899–1991) • Albrecht von Graefe (1828–1870) • Robert Machemer (1933–2009) • Frank B. Walsh (1895–1978) 2001Cornelius D. Binkhorst (1912–1995) • David G. Cogan (1908–1993) • Svyatoslav N. Fyodorov (1927–2000) • Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894) • Gerd Meyer-Schwickerath (1920–1992) 2002Bernard Becker (1920–2013) • Jules Gonin (1870–1935) • Edward W. D. Norton (1922–1994) • Arnall Patz (1920–2010) 2003Danièle S. Aron-Rosa (born 1934) • Joaquin Barraquer (1927–2016) • Paul A. Chandler (1897–1987) • William F. Hoyt (born 1926) • Norman S. Jaffe (born 1924) • Jules C. Stein (1896–1981) 2004Claes H. Dohlman (born 1922) • Jonas S. Friedenwald, (1897–1955) • Govindappa Venkataswamy (1918–2006) 2005Jules François (1907–1984) • Gholam A. PeymanRobert M. Sinskey 2006Algernon B. Reese (1896–1981) 2007Ida Caroline Mann (1893–1983) 2009Endre Alexander BalazsJacques Daviel 2010Alan C. BirdJudah Folkman 2017Gullapalli Nageswara Rao ==See also==
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