ASRS Creative Awards: Poster, Film and Photo Winners

Please enjoy perusing this page to view and access award-winning content from our Top 10 Poster Award winners, Film Festival winners and Photo Contest winners.

2026 Top 10 Poster Award Winners

Thanks to this year's Poster Award Selection Committee: Co-chairs: Drs. Rehan Hussain and Jessica Lee. Committee members: Drs. Sruthi Arepalli, Avnish Deobhakta, Jose Echegaray, Jerome Giovinazzo, Nimesh Patel, Brittany Powell, Nathan Scott, Ethan Sobol, Katherine Talcott, Matthew Weider, Sarwar Zahid, and Ellie Xiao-Yi Zhou. 

First-Place Poster Award Winner

Most Eye-Catching Poster Award

Top 10 Poster Award Winners

2026 Film Festival Winners

Best of Show: Adjustments and Struggles: Current Surgical Approach of Retinal Hemangioblastoma and Its Complications by Flavio A. Rezende, MD, PhD

  • Buckle Up! by Ahmed F. Shakarchi, MD, MPH

  • Selective Membrane Removal in Diabetic Tractional Retinal Detachment When Less Is More by Yusuke Oshima MD, PhD

  • RETINAL GAME: Stepwise Autologous Retinal Transplantation for Refractory Macular Holes Complicated by Active PCV by Hyun Seung Yang, MD

  • Beyond Jet-Effect Mitigation: Controlled Interface Staining Under Perfluorocarbon in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Surgery by Martin Charles, MD

  • Broken Haptic, Not the Hope by Shilpi H. Narnaware, ICO ( Retina), FAICO ( Vitreo-Retina)

  • A Sinister Hole: Von Hippel Lindau Syndrome With an Associated Macular Hole by Vinod Kumar, MS, DNB, MNAMS, FRCS (Glasg)

  • From Atrophy to Innovation: Fibrin Hydrogels for Retinal Cell and Gene Therapy by Brittni A. Scruggs, MD, PhD

  • BEST Vitrectomy: Harnessing Pascal's Law in Chronic Retinal Detachment by Jayant Kumar, MBBS, MS, DNB, MNAMS, FICO, FVRS

  • Feeling Deflated by Dara R. Baker, MD

2026 Photo Competition Winners

Best of Show and 1st Place in “Art”

Shadow Dancers

John T. Thompson, MD

Finalist in “Art”

Acing the art of Levitation!

Kshitij Raizada, MS

Finalist in “Art”

Epicapsular Stars

Melissa Yuan, MD

1st Place in “Places"

Hawaiian PEDs
Rajinder S. Nirwan, MD, FRCSC, DABO

Finalist in "Places"

Morning Light at Iguassu Falls
John T. Thompson, MD

Finalist in "Places"

Auroras in Wisconsin
Jonathan S. Chang, MD, FASRS
 

1st Place in “People”

Water Nymph
John T. Thompson, MD

  

Finalist in “People”

Guaranteed Delivery in 10 Minutes!
Kshitij Raizada, MS

  

Finalist in “People”

Illuminated Topography
Rajinder S. Nirwan, MD, FRCSC, DABO

 

1st Place in “Nature”

A Rare Tiny Jewel of the Western Ghats
Aditya S. Kelkar, MS, FRCS, FASRS, FRCOphth

 

Finalist in “Nature”

Open Wide
Kori A. Elkins, MD

 

Finalist in “Nature”

Veils of Warmth
Rajinder S. Nirwan, MD, FRCSC, DABO