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