The 2012 ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, ASOA Congress on Ophthalmic Practice Management, and Technicians & Nurses Program provides information on the leading edge of ophthalmic surgery and practice. The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) is an independent non-profit organization founded in August of 1974 to disseminate information about anterior segment ophthalmic surgery. The American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (ASOA) is the premier organization for the business side of the ophthalmic practice. For more information call (703) 591-2220 or visit ASCRS.