Welcome Message
Hello members!
This is Jong Suk Song, who will serve as president of the Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery for two years starting in 2024.
The Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery is an academic society that studies cataract
and refractive surgery, which is developing the fastest in the field of ophthalmology. We believe
that academic advances in this field have brought benefits to Korean patients.
Along with the
development of cataract surgery equipment and technology, the development of intraocular lenses is
bringing about groundbreaking changes that can improve not only distance vision but also near vision
after cataract surgery, improving the quality of life of patients after surgery. In addition, as
research is underway to minimize side effects due to limitations of intraocular lens technology and
improve the quality of vision, it is expected that better technology will be able to restore
patients' vision in the future.
In Korea, where myopia is common, refractive correction surgery has developed rapidly from an early
age, and I believe that the Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery has contributed
greatly to the process of establishing and popularizing safe and effective surgical methods in
Korea, still in progress.
So far, the Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery has established itself as an academic
society where domestic ophthalmologists can learn the most new things. In addition, we will continue
to strive to raise the status of the society both domestically and internationally. I believe that
the efforts of past presidents and directors who have led the society so far have laid a sufficient
foundation for the society to hold an international congress in the near future.
We will strive to further develop the society with excellent board members during the next two-year
term.
Please watch, support, and participate.
Thank you
January 1, 2024
President of Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
JONG SUK SONG, MD, PhD