Adrienne Graves PhD, President and CEO of Santen, highlights their product portfolio from dry eye to retina and glaucoma (Alamast, Quixin, and Betimol). She is interviewed by Dr. Andrew Moshfeghi, Associate Retina Editor for OphthalmologyWeb, and Dr. …
Dr. JoAnn Giaconi Shares Highlights from AAO Glaucoma Subspecialty
Dr. JoAnn Giaconi of the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA describes her lessons learned at the 2007 AAO glaucoma subspecialty day in a conversation with OphthalmologyWeb oculplastics editor, Dr. Wendy Lee. Critical Issues were the summaries of ongoin…
AAO Retina Subspecialty Day Highlights from Dr. Darius Moshfeghi
Dr. Darius Moshfeghi shares his key take-aways from the two retina subspecialty day sessions at this year’s AAO meeting in New Orleans. Interviewed by Dr. John Kitchens, Associate Retina Editor for OphthalmologyWeb, the two have a lively discussion ab…
Douglas Katsev MD, Reviews the Cataract and Refractive Sessions at AAO
Dr. Douglas Katsev discusses what he gained from this year’s AAO meeting with John Kitchens, MD, associate retina editor – OphthalmologyWeb. Dr. Katsev describes the use of multifocal lenses, ReZoom and Crystalens and ICL’s in his own practice. He sha…
The Spec-Tac Disposable Lid Speculum Launched at AAO 2007
Barry Shafer, President of EnvisionEyes, discusses the creation of the Spec-Tac disposable eyelid speculum with Ryan Alfonso, MPH, managing editor of OphthalmologyWeb. This device prevents lids and lashes from interfering with a broad array of eye ima…
Peribulbar Anesthesia for Vitreoretinal Surgery
Peribulbar Anesthesia has been described for cataract surgery, glaucoma surgery, and vitreoretinal surgery. It has distinct advantages over traditional retrobulbar anesthesia. These advantages include: decreased risk of retrobulbar hemorrhage and globe…