Award Lecturers
Epstein Memorial Award Lecture
The Epstein Lecture is dedicated to the late Dr Edward Epstein, who was the South African pioneer in the development of pseudophakic correction in cataract surgery in the fifties. He was a founding member and honorary member of the SASCRS.
This lecture is given at a Congress of the SASCRS by an ophthalmologist who has distinguished himself by outstanding international and local contributions for the advancement of cataract or refractive surgery.
The purpose of this Award is to recognize an Ophthalmologist’s consistent participation as an Ophthalmologist, in charitable activities, indigent care, community service and other humanitarian activities.
The qualifying criteria:
- The nominee must have demonstrated a pattern of humanitarian service in Africa over a period of several years. Qualifying service might include, but not limited to, care for the indigent, service in inner city or rural African locations with disadvantaged persons, care for underprivileged individuals of specific racial or ethnic background and care in settings of high risk to the Ophthalmologist.
- Service must have been above and beyond the usual service commitment required of an Ophthalmologist.
- The service should have entailed personal sacrifice on the part of the Ophthalmologist.
- Only one such Award may be given to an individual during his or her lifetime.
Past Recipients
- 1999 Roberto Zaldivar, MD
- 2001 Emanuel S Rosen, MD
- 2003 Michael Knorz, MD
- 2005 Spencer Thornton, MD
- 2009 Dr Hubrecht Brody
- 2013 Dr Frik Potgieter
- 2015 Prof Andries A Stulting
- 2017 Prof Robert C Stegmann
- 2019 Prof Marié-José Tassignon
- 2022 Guy M Kezirian, MD
Epstein Memorial Award Lecturer 2024
Prof Steve A. Arshinoff BSc MD FRCSC
Congratulations to Prof Steve Arshinoff for being elected by the SASCRS to deliver the 2024 Epstein Memorial Lecture.
Steve A. Arshinoff MD FRCSC was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, graduated in Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas, and is Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences at the University of Toronto, Canada, (and adjunct Professor at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel, and Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia).
His areas of research interest include ophthalmic viscosurgical devices and related surgical techniques, phacoemulsification machine design, immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS), intracameral antibiotics for post-operative endophthalmitis prophylaxis, and medical outreach programs.
He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed publications, 41 medical textbook chapters and 1 book (Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery), and has presented >1,200 academic lectures worldwide. Dr. Arshinoff has received numerous awards, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award in 2020 for his work in Northern Ontario, Canada with the Ontario Medical Mobile Eye Care Unit since 1977, of which he is Medical Director.
He is the Founding President of the Toronto Ophthalmological Society, the Eye Foundation of Canada, and the International Society of Bilateral Cataract Surgeons (ISBCS), and is a Past President of the International Intra-ocular Implant Club, the parent society of the American, European and all other Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgery globally.
Kritzinger Safari Award Lecture
The Kritzinger Safari Award Lecture is a prestigious named lecture in honour of the late Dr Michiel Kritzinger. He distinguished himself as a pioneer in modern refractive surgery and identified the need to promote the subspecialty. As part of his efforts to further the field of refractive sugery, he originally instituted the lecture as the “Safari Lecture” in 1999 during a local meeting of the ISRS in Swaziland. After his passing in April 2000, the lecture was renamed to the Kritzinger Safari Lecture.
Recipients of this award lecture have to exhibit the same character traits which Dr Kritzinger was known for, namely to be an original thinker and innovator, demonstrate the same leadership and perseverance, as well as show the energy so typical of him. Furthermore the recipient has to make a significant contribution to the field of refractive surgery.
Past Recipients
- 1999 Dr med Klaus Ditzen
- 2000 Prof J Charles Casebeer, MD
- 2001 Prof Andries A Stulting
- 2002 Prof Dr med Michael Knorz
- 2003 Mr Charles Claoué
- 2005 George O Waring III, MD
- 2007 Stephen Updegraff, MD
- 2009 Dr Johan A De Lange
- 2011 Spencer P Thornton, MD
- 2015 Guy M Kezirian, MD
- 2017 Prof Hideharu Fukasaku, MD
- 2019 Mr Arthur B Cummings
- 2022 Prof Dr med Thomas Kohnen, MD
Kritzinger Safari Award Lecturer 2024
Mr Glenn Carp
This year the honour is bestowed upon Mr Glenn Carp MBBCh, FC Ophth (SA), PG Dip Cat & Ref, Cert LRS
Mr Carp is a GMC registered specialist in ophthalmology and a fellow of the College of Surgeons in Ophthalmology (South Africa).
He undertook his specialist registrar training at the St John Eye Hospital in Johannesburg from 2000, before moving to the UK for a fellowship in Cornea and Anterior Segment Pathology and Surgery at the Western Eye Hospital, London. Mr Carp then undertook an 18-month fellowship in Laser Refractive Surgery at London Vision Clinic under the guidance of Professor Reinstein.
Mr Carp is a regular lecturer at international ophthalmic conferences and is a ZEISS appointed expert and speaker. He is a co-editor for a textbook on SMILE, which was published by Slack Inc in April 2018, and he is an author for peer-reviewed publications.
He is also a lecturer for the PGDip Cataract & Refractive Surgery at Ulster University and runs regular courses for ophthalmologists and optometrists at the London Vision Clinic. Together with his London Vision Clinic colleagues, he has run the Forefront Refractive Surgery Course on LASIK, Presbyopia, and SMILE since 2016.
Cornea SA Keynote Lecture
Cornea SA, founded in 2015, offers like-minded Ophthalmologists a sub-speciality forum focusing on corneal and external disease.
With many exciting plans for the future, the group aims to continually raise the bar in terms of corneal matters. The invited guest speaker will be an internationally recognized authority on corneal and external disease, be regarded as a pioneer and will have distinguished him- / herself as one who challenges conventional thinking. Furthermore, the individual will be held in high regard by his / her peers; to such an extent that all of us would be poorer had it not been for their significant contribution to the field.
Past Recipients
- 2015 Mark A Terry MD (USA)
- 2017 Prof Harminder S Dua (UK)
- 2019 Lion's Eye Institute
Cornea SA Keynote Lecturer 2024
Prof Michael W Belin, MD
It is a great honor to have Prof Michael W Belin, MD as our guest to present this year’s Cornea SA lecture.
Professor of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of AZ
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) CXLO Ophthalmics
Dr. Belin attended Northwestern University (Evanston, Il) where he majored in Bio-Medical Engineering and received his medical degree from Rutgers Medical School. He completed his internship and residency at the Albany Medical College and fellowship in Cornea and External Diseases at the University of Iowa. He subsequently completed (by invitation) a traveling fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeon of England Foundation. Dr. Belin is Professor of Ophthalmology & Vision Science at the University of Arizona Department of Ophthalmology and Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care System (Tucson, Arizona). He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Albany Medical College (Albany, New York) and the University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Canada). Dr. Belin holds an honorary Professorship at the Military Hospital #1, Shenyang, China.
Dr. Belin is a Past-President of the Cornea Society (2006-8) and Vice-President for International Development (2008-15). He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmology. He served on the Board of Directors, the Medical Advisory Board and the Executive Committee of the Eye Bank Association of America. Michael is Past Chair of the American University Professors of Ophthalmology’s Fellowship Compliance Committee (AUPO-FCC). Dr. Belin is a past recipient of the AAO Honor Award, Senior Honor Award, Academy Service Award, the Achievement Award (x2) and the AAO Life Time Achievement Award. He is the 2024 Castroviejo Medal awardee considered the highest award in the field of cornea. He has published over 180 peer-reviewed articles and has presented over 250 papers at major national or international meetings.