Brian Zaugg, MD, the 2012 recipient of the Utah Chapter Judith and Cliff Miller award will be presenting a poster at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in November entitled  "Dull Versus Sharp Phacoemulsification Needles: A Blinded Paired-Eye Safety Comparison with Direct Vacuum and Phacoemulsification Applied to the Capsular Bag."  This work was supported by funds he recieved from ARCS.   Dr. Zaugg's advisor on this study was Dr. Jeff Pettey.