NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Elizabeth Yeu, MD, discusses a panel she moderated on presbyopia-correcting technologies and MIGS devices for the treatment of glaucoma here at OCTANe’s Ophthalmology Technology Summit.
Disclosure: Yeu reports she is a consultant/adviser for Alcon, Allergan, ArcScan, Bausch + Lomb/Valeant, Bio-Tissue, BVI, i-Optics, J&J Vision, Lensar, Kala Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Ocular Science, Ocular Therapeutix, Ocusoft, Omeros, Science Based Health, Shire, SightLife Surgical, Sun, TearLab, TearScience, Veracity and Zeiss; does research for Alcon, Allergan, Bausch
Author: Healio ophthalmology
Wills Eye Hospital receives $5 million gift for vision research
Wills Eye Hospital has received a $5 million gift from philanthropists Vickie and Jack Farber to create the Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center at Wills Eye, the hospital announced in a press release.
The Farbers previously supplied a $2 million grant to expand and build new foundations for research and to recruit vision epidemiologist Leslie Hyman, PhD, to Wills Eye, the release said.
“Wills Eye is a great institution with incredibly talented people who are motivated, forward thinking and committed to advancing scientific knowledge,” Jack Farber said in (Read more...)
Exclusive commentary: FDA approval of marijuana-based drug ‘should open doors for significant advances’
Charles V. Pollack
The recognition of potential utility of marijuana for medicinal purposes is nothing new. A search in PubMed by Healio Family Medicine found several articles describing the substance’s use as far back as ancient times to treat epilepsy, joint pain, muscle spasms, as well as gout and malaria.
Fast forward to the past few decades, and as medical vocabulary has expanded, so has the use of medical marijuana as evidenced by its use to treat conditions including multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, HIV and AIDS. Some of these medicinal uses (Read more...)
VIDEO: Allegro preps to move into phase 3 trial with DME treatment
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Vicken Karageozian, MD, president and chief medical officer for Allegro Pharmaceuticals, discusses the progress of the company’s product Luminate, which is moving into phase 3 trials for the treatment of diabetic macular edema.
VIDEO: Aerie continues push in glaucoma, retina products
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Tom Mitro, president and chief operating officer of Aerie Pharmaceuticals, delivers an update on the company’s progress in bringing new glaucoma and retina treatment therapeutics into the U.S. market.
David Heiden, MD, to receive AAO’s Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award
David Heiden, MD, will receive the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s 2018 Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award for his work bringing blindness prevention techniques to HIV/AIDS patients in politically unstable and poverty-stricken areas, according to a press release.
Heiden was nominated by the Pacific Vision Foundation and the Seva Foundation, where he serves as medical director of the AIDS Eye Initiative.
He pioneered training providers to use eye exams to diagnose and treat cytomegalovirus retinitis in AIDS patients, the release said. If left untreated, the disease can increase
Trehalose: A novel treatment for dry eye
As ophthalmologists and clinical scientists, we continually search for new approaches to the treatment of dry eye; we have learned that prescription therapeutics such as cyclosporine and lifitegrast, palliative measures such as artificial tears, and in…
Tilt is negligible with glued IOL
Ten years after the development of the glued IOL technique, expectations and prospects are high. Along with newer instrumentation techniques and clinical examination methodologies, surgeons are motivated to learn the intricacies that can lead to good o…
Surgeons hold strong opinions for and against FLACS vs. manual cataract surgery
Since its FDA approval in 2010, femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery has been an option for surgeons, a new method in their armamentarium along with the traditional manual phaco technique. However, opinions differ among surgeons regarding techniques, safety, complication rates and cost-effectiveness.
Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) offers few disadvantages but definite refractive advantages for patients undergoing cataract surgery, OSN Cornea/External Disease Section Editor Elizabeth Yeu, MD, said.
“Really, two main differences between the two techniques, you
Monovision LASIK, refractive lens exchange with EDOF IOL provide comparable outcomes
Monovision LASIK and refractive lens exchange with implantation of an extended depth of focus IOL lead to comparable patient satisfaction and quality of life, according to a study.
“Obviously they are two very different procedures, and both have strengths and weaknesses, but you should be confident that either of them can work well and improve your patients’ lives,” Steven C. Schallhorn, MD, said in an interview with Ocular Surgery News.
The study included 590 presbyopic patients who underwent refractive lens exchange (RLE) and 608 presbyopic patients who had monovision LASIK,
Should premium surgeons consider DREAMing when optimizing the ocular surface?
When performing refractive and/or refractive cataract surgery, premium surgeons must pay attention to the ocular surface in order to achieve premium outcomes for our patients. With the pathophysiology of the underlying ocular surface disease being so c…
Man presents with enlarging mass inside right eyelid
A 39-year-old man presented to the New England Eye Center with a slowly enlarging mass in the right eye that had become more noticeable over the past 2 weeks. His complete ocular and systemic review of systems was negative, including recent trauma, hea…
Manual small-incision cataract surgery helps meet challenges in developing world
Cataract surgery in developing countries can be a challenge. Phacoemulsification with disposable single-use cassettes may still have prohibitive costs, and extracapsular cataract extraction, with its large limbal incision and high induced astigmatism, is unacceptable for today’s standards.
A modified manual small-incision cataract surgery (SICS) technique, which combines steps typically applied during microincision phaco surgery and SICS, has proven to be a valid alternative.
“We routinely use this technique during our missions at the Comboni Hospital in Sogakope, Volta Region,
Create a staff team of engaged ‘employee-preneurs’
“When employees join executives in truly owning the responsibility for business success, an exciting new sense of teamwork takes hold.” – Punit Renjen
“Employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.” – Zig Ziglar
A term that has been kicking around human resource management circles for many years is “intrapreneur,” connoting a worker who, instead of leaving the firm, sticks around but still acts entrepreneurially — digging deeper, working
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor:According to Siddhartha Mukherjee, world-renowned oncologist and Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene, there are two basic ways for cancers to arise. First, by externally inflicted DNA damage, includin…
Careful planning needed in cataract cases with inflammation
Inflammation is a dreaded obstacle and potential complication of surgical procedures in general and can be sight-threatening in procedures such as cataract surgery. With regard to cataract surgery, even with modern-day technological advances and improv…
Can a manual capsulotomy be as effective as a laser-assisted capsulotomy during cataract surgery?
Click here to view the Cover Story for this Point/Counter.With femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery now, my answer is no. Even in routine cases, we observe a shift of the pupil center with dilation, so centration is never perfect with manual cap…
Acceptance of FLACS in flux
Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery, or FLACS, has been available to the U.S. cataract surgeon for just under 8 years. In the following commentary, I will mix some facts with some opinions and clinical impressions, which is what every surgeon f…
A supportive partner eases the anxiety of ‘jumping off’
If you have been lucky enough, you have had a “jumping-off point” in your life. A point that when you look ahead, it appears fraught with rocks and uncertainty, but when the plunge has ended, you realize your “jumping-off point” brought you more joy and sense of accomplishment than you could ever have achieved without leaping into that great unknown.
Before joining Glaukos, Chris Calcaterra had a successful career at Allergan Surgical and Advanced Medical Optics for 21 years. In 2007, a recruiter reached out to Chris to see if (Read more...)
Avoid eye injuries on Fourth of July
As the Fourth of July is synonymous with fireworks, Prevent Blindness suggests that Americans attend only authorized firework displays because there is a potential for traumatic eye injuries.
“Every year, thousands of people are injured due to accidents involving fireworks,” Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness, said in a press release from the group. “These happen in a split second, often to bystanders, and some injuries are so severe that permanent damage occurs.”
Last year, U.S. emergency departments treated about 7,600 fireworks-related injuries