Wendy Lee, M.D., M.S. Interviews Carmen A. Puliafito, M.D., M.B.A. about AAO 2009 Highlights
Dr. Wendy Lee interviews Dr. Carmen Puliafito, Dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Dr. Puliafito touches on retina and cataract highlights from AAO 2009 including a novel retinal vein occlusion treatment, and results from the SCORE study. Dr. Puliafito also notes the "dramatic" results from the phase III clinical trial for Lucentis. Notable advances in technology for 2009 include high-resolution spectral domain OCT and the promising emergence of femtosecond high repetition rate lasers for laser-based cataract surgery.