Dr. David Sung Yong Kang Wins ‘Best Paper in Session’ at 2025 ASCRS for Groundbreaking SMILE Surgery Research

We are proud to announce that Dr. David Sung Yong Kang of EYEREUM EYE CLINIC has been honored with the Best Paper in Session (BPOS) award at the 2025 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) annual meeting for his pioneering research on SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction) surgery.

This prestigious recognition marks his second consecutive BPOS award, following his 2024 win, once again highlighting his continued contribution to advancing the field of refractive surgery through innovative research and clinical excellence.

[★BEST PAPER of Session]

Influence of Corridor Width between Cap and Optic Zone on Visual Outcomes of Keratorefractive Lenticule Extraction for Myopia

David Sung Yong Kang, MD; Kangyoon Kim, MD; Byunghoon Chung, MD; Samuel Arba Mosquera, PhD; Tae-im Kim, MD, PhD

 

Effect of Using a Novel Optical Zone Calculation Formula on Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations after Keratorefractive Lenticule Extraction

David Sung Yong Kang, MD; Kangyoon Kim, MD; Byunghoon Chung, MD; Samuel Arba Mosquera, PhD; Tae-im Kim, MD, PhD

◆ Management of Lenticule Extraction Complications

Dr. David Kang was the only Korean doctor to participate as an instructor in this instructional course.

He presented successful cases of treating irregular corneas with CustomEyes following previous laser vision correction procedures such as SMILE and LASIK.
In particular, he addressed cases involving patients who underwent LASIK surgery in the early 2000s and are now reaching the age for cataract surgery.
Due to the technological limitations of older laser devices, many of these patients present with decentered ablations or small optical zones, leading to irregular corneas.
Dr. Kang shared his approach of first treating these irregularities with CustomEyes, followed by cataract surgery using multifocal intraocular lenses.

In addition, Dr. Kang delivered lectures on Plasma SMILE,

 a next-generation refractive technique presented at the 2024 ESCRS. 

We sincerely thank all our patients for their continued support of EYEREUM EYE CLINIC and Dr. Kang’s research.