EYE TRAUMA 2026: ASOT ANNUAL MEETING & SKILLS TRANSFER LAB
April 24-26, 2026 | Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and Education (MITIE) | Houston, TX
2026 Schedule at a Glance
Schedule is subject to change
Thursday, April 23
- 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM: OPTIONAL Wet Lab Inspection for LAB FACULTY
- 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM: Faculty Reception
Friday, April 24 – Wet Lab Day
- 6:30 AM – 7:00 AM: Check in (1st Floor Research Institute- (complete lab registration online prior to arrival, arrive in scrubs))
- 7:00 AM – 7:55 AM: Breakfast & Orientation
- 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM: Exhibits and Research Posters
- 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM:
- Damage Control Ophthalmology Skills Lab
- Early Career Ophthalmic Trauma Skills Lab
- 12:35 PM – 2:00 PM: Lunch & Learn
- 12:55 PM – 1:07 PM: Damage Control Ophthalmology – Robert Mazzoli, MD
- 1:10 PM – 1:14 PM: Introduction – Patrick Giam, MD, President, American Society of Anesthesiologists
- 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM: Quality Anesthesia for Eye Trauma Patients; and Saving the Patient and the Eye using the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) System – Richard Dutton,MD, Chief Quality Officer, United States Anesthesia Partners
- 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM:
- Advanced Trauma Skills Lab (Retina, Glaucoma, Cornea, Iris, Lens
- 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM: Dinner; Museum of Fine Arts Houston tour
Saturday, April 25 – Annual Meeting
- 7:00 AM – 5:15 PM: Registration
- 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM: Breakfast with Experts
- 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM: Exhibits , Research Posters
- 8:00 AM – 12:15 PM:
- Welcome
- Blast Injury
- Oculoplastics
- Glaucoma
- Pediatrics/Strabismus
- Retina
- Mazzoli-LaPiana Laureate Lecture
- 12:15 PM – 1:20 PM: Lunch, Posters, Exhibits
- 12:25 PM – 1:20 PM: Joint Ocular Trauma Group Meeting
- 1:25 PM – 2:42 PM:
- Kuhn Laureate Lecture
- Free Paper Session
- 2:45 PM – 3:05 PM: Exhibits, Posters
- 3:10 PM – 4:50 PM:
- Telemedicine
- AAO Presidential Keynote Lecture and Panel: Improving Care: Trauma Systems, Civilian Emergency Call, Disaster Response Planning
- 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Dinner, Eye Injuries in Sports
Sunday, April 26 – Closing Day
- 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Registration
- 7:30 AM – 8:55 AM: Breakfast with the Experts and Posters
- 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM: Pro-Con Debates
- Handling Burns
- Endophthalmitis
- Timing: Open globe, Vitrectomy, Intraocular Foreign Body
- 10:20 AM – 10:55 AM: Managing Complications
- 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM: Video Showcase
- 11:50 AM – 12:00 PM: Awards