CHICAGO — Physicians and engineers need to work together to advance surgical technology, according to a speaker at Retina Subspecialty Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
Steven T. Charles, MD, delivered the Charles L. Schepens, MD, Lecture and talked about his career developing different technologies for vitreoretinal surgery. He stressed the importance of collaborating with engineers because technological advancement would not happen without them.
“Techniques and technologies are not independent of each other,” he said. “They’re highly