This year, the joint conference of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology was excited to bring thousands of eye care professionals and industry leaders to the Moscone Center located in San Francisco. Held October 24-27, this event featured more than 1500 peer-evaluated scientific presentations, in addition to over 100 hours of free scientific sessions. One attendee, the noted LASIK Dallas surgeon, Dr. William Boothe, was proud to make the trek from his Texas home due to the high level of ophthalmologists present and the demonstrations of some of the latest technology available for vision correction. With more than 113,000 surgeries to his credit, Dr. Boothe is the most experienced IntraLASIK surgeon in the world, a commendation he, along with his team at Boothe Eye Care, take very seriously. His participation in the 2009 AAO-PAAO is just one sign of the high level of practitioners who were present in San Francisco.