Thank you for submitting your abstracts! 
Deadline: April 28 at noon central



Attendance and presenter participation are in person.

You will be asked to agree to the Abstract Submission Policies with your submission.
 

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION POLICIES 

1)      At least one author must be an ASOPRS Member or Candidate Member. The first author is the presenting author.

2)    Changes to authors are not allowed after the submission deadline.

3)    In an effort to provide novel content, abstracts must not be previously presented, submitted for publication, or published prior to the meeting.

4)    General Dual Submission Policy: Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (OPRS) has the right of first refusal for manuscripts. Submission to any other organization that also claims right of first refusal is prohibited.

a.      If OPRS does not accept the manuscript, it may be submitted to another publication.

b.      Authors to request permission directly from the editor of OPRS to submit to another publication.

c.      If the authors do not wish to publish their work, the copyright goes to them after the meeting.

AAO Annual Meeting Dual Submission Policy: Authors who submit their work dually to the AAO Annual Meeting and the ASOPRS Fall Scientific Symposium, and have their work accepted at both meetings, may present their work at both. The AAO will retain copyright and first right of refusal.

5)    All rights other than copyright are the authors’ including the right to reproduce original figures and tables in future works, provided full credit is given to the original publication.

6)    Abstracts may not contain libelous, unlawful statements, or infringe on the rights of others. If excerpts from copyrighted works are included, written permission must be secured, and proper credit given.

7)    Patient consent is required for photographs or videos.

8)    Accurate disclosure of financial relationships with ineligible companies is required for all authors for the past 24 months.

Violation of submission policies will result in a 2-year ban from presenting at ASOPRS meetings.

END OF ABSTRACT SUBMISSION POLICIES