Our founder, Dr. Gagan Kalra, and core team members, Dr. Nick Bruns and Dr. Amar Shah sat down with Dr. Gary Wortz and Dr. John Vukich at ASCRS 2022 in Washington, DC to discuss the challenges of modern-day refractive surgery and patient satisfaction.

John Vukich, MD (@javukich):

• Cataract and refractive surgeon and speaker for various companies both nationally and internationally
• Emory Medical School; Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
• 30 yrs experience, 20+ clinical trials
• Passion for new technology and innovation- principal investigator for ICL as well as medical monitor for several technologies
• Authored several articles on cataract and refractive surgery and has served as president of the European Congress of Ophthalmic Surgery, and chairman of the ASCRS refractive committee
• Pioneer for the light adjustable lens, ICL, and actively participating in research on presbyopia-correcting IOLs currently in the clinical trial phase

Gary Wortz, MD (@cataractMD)

• Refractive cataract surgeon, speaker, and inventor
• Associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of Kentucky
• Lead investigator to numerous technologies and lecturer at numerous meetings across the country
• Founder and CMO of Omega Ophthalmics
• Host of “Ophthalmology off the grid”, the editorial board of Interventional Mindset
• Recent winner of the Millennium award at Millennial Eye Live 2022