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Dr. McDonald inducted as ASCRS president
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PHILADELPHIA — Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, became the first woman president of a major American ophthalmology society at a ceremony here.
Dr. McDonald replaces I Howard Fine, MD, who served as president of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery for the past year. Both incoming and outgoing presidents spoke at the opening session of the ASCRS meeting here.
Dr. McDonald called her appointment as ASCRS president “the highlight of my career” and outlined several initiatives that she hopes to undertake during her term. She also praised the diversity of ASCRS, which she said was in part responsible for the fact that she was chosen to head the organization.
Among the initiatives for the coming year will be a “jobfest” to be held this October. The idea of the ASCRS jobfest will be to introduce third year residents and fellows to private practitioners who might be interested in employing them. She said this would be a good way to introduce new ophthalmologists to the organization and hopefully recruit them as lifelong ASCRS members.