Gaurav LUTHRADr. Luthra is Chief, Cataract & Refractive Surgery at Drishti Eye Institute, Dehradun, India. He is also Chair, Scientific Committee, North Zone Ophthalmological Society of India, as well as Vice President of the Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society of India (IIRSI). Dr. Luthra’s special interests include complicated cataract surgery and premium IOLs, laser refractive surgery, and keratoconus. He has been a guest faculty and course instructor for over 10 years at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Symposium & Congress, the World Ophthalmology Congress, the Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, and other international meetings. A recipient of the IIRSI Subodh Agarwal Gold Medal for excellence in cataract surgery in 2013 and the Mohan Lal Gold Medal in 2002, Dr. Luthra has been invited to perform live surgery at over 40 meetings and is passionate about teaching and training fellows in refractive and cataract surgery.

Summary of Presentation(s)

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All timings are according to China Time (UTC+8)
Thursday, 21 August 2025
Seminar Hall 1, MMCEC
09:00 – 10:30hrs
(MC1) MASTERING BIOMETRY (09:00 - 10:30hrs)
- Course Director: FAM Han Bor, Gaurav LUTHRA
09:03 - 09:18hrs A Comparison of Different Biometers 
Convention Hall 2, MMCEC
14:32 - 14:40hrs
(S3) INNOVATIONS AND INSIGHTS IN CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY (14:00 – 15:30hrs)
Femtosecond Laser-assisted Cataract Surgery
Seminar Hall 3, MMCEC
16:36 - 16:48hrs
(MC12) MASTERING PHAKIC IOLS (16:00 - 17:30hrs)
Lens Sizing
Friday, 22 August 2025
Convention Hall 2, MMCEC
16:20 - 16:27hrs
(S8) WHAT WOULD YOU DO? (16:00 – 17:30hrs)
Rescuing Aborted/ Abandoned Cataract Surgery Eyes
Saturday, 23 August 2025
Seminar Hall 1, MMCEC
10:30 – 12:00hrs
(S13) GENERAL CATARACT II (10:30 – 12:00hrs)
- Chair: Gaurav LUTHRA, Thanapong SOMKIJRUNGROJ
11:00 - 11:07hrs Hydromanouevers to Make Life Easy for the Cataract Refractive Surgeon