2025 Worst Medal Lectureship and Dinner during ASCRS
April 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA
Cocktails at 18.30, followed by dinner at 19.30 hrs.
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California Club 538 South Flower Street Los Angeles, California 90071 Phone: (213) 622-1391 |
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Jan Worst Medal Lecturership: David Spalton "Life behind the lens" |
IIIC Dinner at APACRS 2024
August 23, 2025 in Ahmedabad, India
IIIC Medal Lecture, Dinner and Annual Membership Meeting during ESCRS
September 14, 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark
SAVE THE DATE: 15th Biannual IIIC Meeting & Retreat
October 31 to November 7, 2026 in Vietnam
2024 IIIC Medal Lecture, Dinner and Annual Membership Meeting
Sunday, September 8, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain
- More information and Photo gallery
- IIIC Medal Lecture by Michael Lawless: "Ten things that might make you a better cataract surgeon“
14th Biannual IIIC Meeting & Retreat, USA
August 20-23, 2024: Pre-meeting in Kent, Connecticut
August 23-28, 2024: Scientific Meeting in New York, New York
- Photo Galleries
- Invitation
- Scientific Program (PDF)
- Social Program (PDF)
IIIC at APACRS 2024
Intercontinental Century City Hotel, Chendgu, China
Friday, May 31 2024 and Saturday, June 1 2024
Second joined scientific symposium during APACRS
Leica-APACRS Event
Second IIIC dinner during APACRS
- More information and Photo gallery
2024 Worst Medal Lectureship and Dinner during ASCRS
Sunday, April 7, 2024 in Boston, MA
- More information
- Lecture by Marguerite McDonald: "A Tale of Discovery: Endophthalmitis"
– IIIC Medal lecture by Graham Barrett: "34 years of IIIC - Innovation, Inspiration and Friendship!“
– Information and Photo Gallery
13th Biannual IIIC Meeting & Retreat, Germany
Sunday, July 24 - Sunday, July 31, 2022
Frankfurt and Tegernsee / Germany
2022 Jan Worst Medal Lectureship and Dinner
Sunday, April 24, 2022 in Washington, DC
– Jan Worst Medal lecture by Rudy Nuijts: "And then everything changed"
– Information and Photo Gallery
IIIC Medal Dinner and Annual Membership Meeting
Sunday, October 10, 2021
in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
– IIIC Medal lecture by Burkhard Dick: “Lessons learned”
– Information and Photo Gallery
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship and Dinner
Sunday, July 25, 2021
in Las Vegas, NV / USA
– Jan Worst Medal lecture by Tsutomu Hara: “Capsular Surgery”
View the presentation as MP4 or PowerPointShow (Video, 20 min)
– Information and Photo Gallery
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting
Sunday, October 4, 2020 in Amsterdam
- VIRTUAL ONLY DUE TO COVID-19 -
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship and Dinner
Planned for Sunday, May 17, 2020 in Boston
- CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 -
IIIC Medal Dinner and Annual Membership Meeting
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Paris, France
– IIIC Medal lecture by Nick Mamalis: “The future of IOLs”
– Information and Photo Gallery
12th Biannual IIIC Meeting & Retreat, USA
19 - 24 August, 2019
Aspen, CO / USA
– Scientific Program
– Social Program
– More Information and Photo Gallery
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship and Dinner
Sunday, May 5, 2019
San Diego, CA / USA
– Jan Worst Medal lecture by Simon Holland: “The legacy of Sir Harold Ridley”
– Information and Photo Gallery
IIIC Medal Dinner and Annual Membership Meeting
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Vienna, Austria
– IIIC Medal lecture by Steve Arshinoff: "I never met a paradigm I really liked"
– Information and Photo Gallery
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship and Dinner
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Washington, DC / USA
– Jan Worst Medal lecture by Gerd U. Auffarth: "The Worst Lens is the Best Lens"
– Information and Photo Gallery
IIIC Medal Lecture and Annual Membership Meeting
October 8, 2017
Lisbon, Portugal
– IIIC Medal Lecture by David F. Chang: "Lessons from the World´s Greatest Team of Cataract Surgeons"
– Photo Gallery
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
May 7, 2017
Los Angeles, CA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by Abhay Vasavada:
"From Practice to Professoring – in a private setting"
– Photo Gallery
11th Binannual IIIC Meeting, Argentina
March 1-10, 2017
Buenos Aires - Mendoza - Bariloche, Argentina
– Meeting Website
– Scientific Program (PDF with links to lecture slides where available)
– Meeting Participants (PDF)
– Photo Galleries:
– March 1-2: Buenos Aires: Dinner, Puesto Viejo/Estancia & Polo Club
– March 3: Dinner at the Home of Dr. Zaldivar
– March 4: Scientific Meeting
– March 5: Harvest Festival at Mendoza Arena
– March 5: Scientific Meeting, Departure spouses' program
– March 6: Scientific Meeting
– Photos and videos uploaded by participants
IIIC Medal Lecture and Annual Membership Meeting
September 11, 2016
Copenhagen, Denmark
– IIIC Medal Lecture by
Michael Knorz: "Personal History of Multifocal IOLs"
- Full video of lecture
- Slides of lecture (PDF)
– Invitation
– Photo Gallery
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
May 8, 2016
New Orleans, LA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by Randall J. Olsen:
"A few lessons learned" (PDF, 5 MB)
– Invitation
– Photo Gallery
IIIC Medal Lecture and Annual Membership Meeting
September 6, 2015
Barcelona, Spain
– IIIC Medal Lecture by
Warren Hill:
"Think Different"
– Invitation
– Photo Gallery
10th Biennual IIIC "Heritage Retreat", Scotland
July 22 - 28, 2015
Gleneagles, Scotland
– Invitation and Program
– Photo Galleries:
July 22 - Dinner at Chandos House, London
July 23 - Touring Edinburgh
July 23 - Arriving in Gleneagles, Dinner
July 24 - Fishing
July 24 - Retreat Program
July 25 - Gala Dinner "The Taste of Scotland“
July 25 - Scone Palace in Perthshire
July 26-28 - Highland Journey on Board the Royal Scotsman
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
April 19, 2015
San Diego, CA 92101
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Kimiya Shimizu: "My career: 20/20" (PDF)
– Invitation
– Photo Gallery
IIIC Medal Lecture and Annual Membership Meeting
September 14, 2014
London, United Kingdom
– IIIC Medal Lecture by
Richard Packard:
"London and the Eye" (PDF)
– Invitation
– Photo Gallery
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
April 27, 2014
Boston, MA, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Samuel Masket:
"Nothing in the World is All Good or All Bad" (PDF)
– Invitation
– Photo Gallery
IIIC Medal Lecture and Annual Membership Meeting
October 6, 2013
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
– IIIC Medal Lecture by Hiroko Bissen-Miyajima:
"Films and Friendship: Enriching my Path in Ophthalmology" (PDF, 23 MB)
– Invitation (PDF)
– Photo Gallery
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
April 21, 2013
San Francisco, CA , USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by Manus Kraff:
“Maintain your Brain” (PDF, 75 MB)
– Invitation
– Photo Gallery
Ninth Biannual Retreat "Winter Carnival"
February 8-13, 2013
Quebec City, Canada
Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac
– Photo Gallery
– More information
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
September 9, 2012
Four Seasons Hotel, Milano
–IIIC Medal Lecture by
Lucio Buratto: "The Evolution of Cataract Surgery Throughout My Life" (PDF, 55 MB)
– Photo Gallery
– Invitation
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
April 22, 2012
Chicago, IL, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Spencer P. Thornton:
"Cataract/Refractive Surgery: Where have we been, where are we going?" (PDF, 1 MB)
– Photo Gallery
– Invitation [PDF, 100 KB]
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
March 27, 2011
San Diego, CA, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Jack T. Holladay: "Pics from the Past" [PDF, 1 MB]
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
September 18, 2011
Vienna, Austria
– IIIC Medal Lecture by
I. Howard Fine: "Conduct Your Own Masterpiece"
– Photo Gallery
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
April 10, 2010
Boston, MA, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Roberto Zaldivar: "A Familiy of Ophthalmologists.... A Genetic Disease?!"
– Invitation
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
September 2010
Paris, France
– IIIC Medal Lecture by
Albert Galand MD, PhD: "In the bag, back to the source" (PDF, 3 MB)
– Invitation
Seventh Biannual Retreat "The Oceanic Discoverer"
February 10-15, 2009
New Zealand
– Photo Gallery
– Invitation
– Scientific Program
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
April 5, 2009
San Francisco, CA, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Douglas Koch: "Sharing our stories: A look back and a glimpse ahead at the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery" (PDF, 3.4 MB)
– Invitation
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
September 13, 2009
Barcelona, Spain
– IIIC Medal Lecture by
Howard V. Gimbel: "Farm to Phako - What a Ride!"
– Invitation
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
April 6, 2008
Chicago, IL, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Okihiro Nishi: "Comrades-In-Arms In The PCO Battle" (PDF, 2.3 MB)
– Invitation
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
September 14, 2008
Berlin, Germany
– IIIC Medal Lecture by
Richard Lindstrom:
"The Other Intraocular Implant: The Corneal Inlay"
– Photo Gallery
– Invitation
Sixth Biannual Retreat "Get in Touch With all That is Zen"
March 23-24, 2007
Kyoto, Japan
– Photo Gallery
– Invitation
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
April 29, 2007
San Diego, CA, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Emanuel Rosen: "Twin Passions: Photography & Ophthalmology" (PDF, 12 MB)
– Invitation
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
September 9, 2007
Stockholm, Sweden
– IIIC Medal Lecture by
Michael Roper-Hall: "The Right Time And Place:
A Short History
Of IIIC And Early Implantation"
– Invitation
– Photo Gallery
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
March 19, 2006
San Francisco, CA, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Thomas Neuhann: "From Black Sheep to Establishment" (PDF, 16 MB)
– Invitation
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
September 10, 2006
London, England
– IIIC Medal Lecture by
David Apple: "Sir Harold Ridley and his Fight for Sight"
– Photo Gallery
– Invitation
Fifth Biannual Retreat "Aruba 2005"
February 11-12, 2005
Aruba, The Caribbean
– Photo Gallery
– Invitation and Program
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
April 2005
Washington, DC, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by John Shepherd: "Connections and Landmarks: A Historic Prospective" (PDF, 6 MB)
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
September 11, 2005
Lisbon, Portugal
– IIIC Medal Lecture by
Stephen Obstbaum
– Photo Gallery
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
May 2, 2004
San Diego, CA, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Michael Blumenthal: "My Experience in Ophthalmology"
– Invitation
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
2004
Paris, France
– IIIC Medal Lecture by
Kensaku Miyake: "Seeing is Believing"
– Photo Gallery
Fourth Biannual Retreat "Meet in Maui"
January 17-18, 2003
Maui, HA, USA
– Photo Gallery
– Invitation and Program
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
April 13, 2003
San Francisco, CA, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Richard Kratz: "The Changing Paradigm"
– Photo Gallery
– Invitation
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
2003
Munich, Germany
–
IIIC Medal Lecture by
Bo Philipson
– Photo Gallery
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
June 2, 2002
Philadelphia, PA, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Robert M. Sinskey: "Life begins at 47"
– Photo Gallery
– Invitation
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
2002
Nice, France
– IIIC Medal Lecture by Karl Jacobi
– Photo Gallery
2001 Third Biannual Retreat "Convene in Cape Town"
February 23-24, 2001
Cape Town, South Africa
– Invitation and Program
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
April 29, 2001
San Diego, CA, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Norman S. Jaffe: "Intraocular Lenses: A Triumph for what is Right"
– Invitation
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
September 2, 2001
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
– IIIC Medal Lecture by
Charles Kelman
– Photo Gallery
– Invitiation
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
May 21, 2000
Boston, MA, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
Marvin Kwitco: "IOLs I have used since 1967"
– Photo Gallery
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
September 3, 2000
Brussels, Belgium
–
IIIC Medal Lecture by
Eric Arnott
– Inivtation
– Photo Gallery
Second Biannual Retreat "Convene in the Canaries"
February 26-27, 1999
Tenerife, The Canary Islands, Spain
– Photo Gallery
– Invitation and Program
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
April 12, 1999
Seattle, WA, USA
– Jan Worst Medal Lecture by
G. F. Jan Worst: "The History of Phakic Intraocular Lenses"
– Photo Gallery
– Invitation
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
September 5, 1999
Vienna, Austria
– IIIC Medal Lecture by
D. Peter Choyce
– Invitiation
G. F. Jan Worst Medal Lectureship
June 21, 1998
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
IIIC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
September 6, 1998
Nice, France
Quadrennial Meeting
June 23 - 25, 1994 (Business Meeting on June 24)
Toronto, Canada