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Donna McCune named speaker of the day for Sunday Hawaiian Eye program

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Attendees of Hawaiian Eye chose Donna M. McCune, CCS-P, COE, CPMA, as Sunday’s Speaker of the Day.Sunday’s program included The Changing Ophthalmic Practice Environment, chaired by Kevin J. Corcoran, COE, CPC, FNAO, and Candace S. Simerson, COE, CMPE, CAHCM, and The Year’s Most Intriguing Papers from the 2015 Journal, Ophthalmology, chaired by George B. Bartley, MD.

Physicians should stay the course until new MIPS program takes effect

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Physicians need to “keep running on the treadmill” with regard to existing CMS quality programs, until the new, combined Merit-Based Incentive Payment System begins in 2019, a speaker here said. Under the Medicare Access and CHIP Authorization Act of 2015, PQRS, Meaningful Use and the Value-Based Payment Modifier programs will be merged into the new MIPS program.

Pathologist defeats all odds, survives deadly blizzard on Mount Everest

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — A pathologist who fought all odds to survive a deadly blizzard on Mount Everest in 1996 shares his story of survival during the keynote lecture at the Hawaiian Eye. In May 1996, Beck Weathers traveled to Mount Everest with a group of climbers who were guided by Rob Hall of Adventure Consultants. On the night of May 10, 1996, a blizzard descended upon the group and forced the climbers to fight for their lives to stay warm in the freezing cold.

Intense pulsed light seen as novel treatment for dry eye

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Intense pulsed light therapy may be used as a non-ablative laser therapy for dry eye, according to a speaker here.Speaking at the Oculoplastics Symposium: Principles of Aesthetic Oculoplastics at Hawaiian Eye, Roger A. Dailey, MD, told colleagues that, although intense pulsed light is not a laser, it still uses some of the same principles of selective photothermolysis.

Choose your malignant eyelid lesion removal option based on your lesion observations

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At the Hawaiian Eye meeting here, Wendy W. Lee, MD, discussed three options for the removal of malignant eyelid lesions.“It’s important for you to formulate an idea in your mind when you see these eyelid lesions. Does it look benign or does it look malignant? That’s your first goal,”Leesaid during theOculoplastics Symposium: Principles ofFunctional Eyelid Surgery.

VIDEO: Ophthalmic surgeons’ skills translatable to Kybella, other aesthetic injectables

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Increased emphasis has been placed on minimally invasive cosmetic improvement, an area of expertise adaptable to ophthalmic practice, according to a speaker here.“I think ophthalmologists are the most adept injectors … and the skills that you develop in the OR are certainly transferable to a 30-gauge needle,” Steve G. Yoelin, MD, told colleagues at Hawaiian Eye, where he related his own experience of translating his skills as an ophthalmologist to a practice focused on aesthetics.

Andrew Harrison, MD, named speaker of the day for Hawaiian Eye’s oculoplastics program

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Each day of Hawaiian Eye, attendees vote for the Speaker of the Day from the meeting’s esteemed, world-renowned faculty. Andrew Harris, MD, was named Saturday’s Speaker of the Day for the Oculoplastics Symposium, which kicked off the 2016 installment of the annual meeting.Harris peppered his two blepharoplasty lectures with humor. He is the director of oculoplastic and orbital surgery at the University of Minnesota. – by Joan-Marie Stiglich, ELS

Update on dermal fillers: Inject to reflect patient’s ideals of beauty

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — When contemplating the use of dermal fillers, consider the patient’s expectations and ideals of beauty, because what the patient sees and what the clinician sees may not be the same, according to a speaker here.In the Oculoplastics Symposium: Principles of Aesthetic Oculoplastics at Hawaiian Eye, Femida Kherani, MD, shared with colleagues clinical tips on the use of dermal fillers.

Speaker: Combining peels with other procedures ‘safe’, easy, inexpensive

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Peels in combination with other procedures, such as after injectables or intense pulsed laser or as an add-on service to facials, are considered safe, easy and inexpensive, according to a dermatologist here. “[Peels] are tried and true. They are safe, easy to perform, inexpensive, people like them and so they have really stood the test of time,” Joely Kaufman, MD, said at the Hawaiian Eye meeting. “Basically they cause a chemical ablation of defined layers of the skin and you can remove whatever layers you like depending (Read more...)

Blepharoplasty: Understanding patient expectations results in higher patient satisfaction

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Understanding patient expectations and following simple surgical steps will increase patient satisfaction after blepharoplasty, according to one speaker here. “A great result in an unhappy patient can be avoided by clearly understanding the patient’s expectations,” Andrew R. Harrison, MD, said at the Hawaiian Eye 2016 meeting.