Achievements of the iSBCS
Founding members of iSBCS, Sept. 14, 2009, Barcelona (L to R):
Javier Goas Iglesias De Ussel, David Pérez Silguero, Charles Claoué, John Bolger, Steve Arshinoff, Ramón Foa Henriquez De La Fé, Miguel Ángel Pérez Silguero (Absent: Björn Johansson, Johann Kruger).
Founding Executive:
President: Steve Arshinoff,
President Elect: Charles Claoué
Secretary-Treasurer: John Bolger
Achievements of the International Society of Bilateral Cataract Surgeons
1. Annual Meetings of iSBCS at ESCRS | 2018 – 2020 |
2. ISBCS Terminology clarification | 2008 |
3. General Principles for Excellence in ISBCS | 2009 |
4. Clarification of advantages and risks of ISBCS | 2008 – 2020 |
5. Monitor Global ISBCS issues & complications | 2008 – 2020 |
6. Clarification of global monetary issues | 2008 – 2020 |
7. ISBCS successfully defended in debate at ASCRS by S. Arshinoff | 2014 |
8. ISBCS successfully defended in debate at ESCRS by S. Arshinoff | 2014 |
9. Formal Recognition of ISBCS as safe and effective by Government of Spain | 2010 |
10. Spanish Ophthalmology Society voted to include ISBCS into the protocols of the Spanish Ophthalmology Society as an effective alternative in cataract surgery. | 2020 |
11. Infection in ISBCS study | 2011 |
12. Mutual assistance and cooperation | 2008 – 2020 |
13. ISBCS Course presentations (ASCRS, ESCRS) | 2005 – 2018 |