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Vial adds retina expert to scientific advisory board
Clinical trial management company Vial has added retina specialist Veeral Sheth, MD, to its scientific advisory board. -
4 Vision Innovation Partners acquisitions in 2022
Private equity-backed ophthalmology services provider Vision Innovation Partners has completed four practice acquisitions in 2022, bringing its total number of practices to 24. -
Vision Innovation Partners adds Pennsylvania eye center
Vision Innovation Partners inked a partnership with Chesen Laser Eye Center in Reading, Pa. -
CORD files for premarket FDA approval for cataract treatment lens
Cumming Ophthalmic Research and Development has filed an application for premarket approval with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a lens to help treat cataracts. -
8 EyeSouth Partners moves in 2022
Atlanta-based ophthalmology management services organization EyeSouth Partners made several moves in 2022, including its acquisition by Olympus Partners and multiple affiliations. -
FDA drafts new warning on LASIK procedures
The FDA has issued new draft guidance warning patients about the risks associated with LASIK surgery, according to a Dec. 7 report from the The New York Times. -
UC Davis Health opens 78K-square-foot eye center in ASC
The University of California Davis Health has opened a 78,500-square-foot eye care center in Sacramento, Calif., as part of an expansion project to its existing ASC. -
Baltimore Lions Club donates $8K to research center, Johns Hopkins eye institute
A branch of the Lord Baltimore Lions Club has made a donation to the Lions Vision Research Center and The Johns Hopkins' Wilmer Eye Institute, both in Baltimore, the Cape Gazette reported Dec. 3. -
Associated Eye Care to move into Wisconsin medical center
Stillwater, Minn.-based Associated Eye Care will move to Hudson (Wis.) Medical Center in a three-story building with other businesses, the Star Observer reported Dec. 2. -
SightMD adds optometry expert
New York-based ophthalmology platform SightMD has added Lina Abu-Saab, OD, to its team of vision experts. -
17 ophthalmology updates in the last 30 days
The following is all the ophthalmology news Becker's has covered in the last month: -
Florida optometrist to pay $8K after patient went blind
Terry Friedman, OD, of Kendall, Fla., has been ordered to pay $7,882 by the state's board of optometry after a patient he treated went blind, the Miami Herald reported Nov. 28. -
2 major ophthalmology donations in 2 months
Becker's has reported on $25 million donated to ophthalmology research since the beginning of October. Here are two important ophthalmology donations: -
Woolfson Eye Institute to open new Georgia office
Atlanta-based Woolfson Eye Institute will open a new office in Marietta, Ga., this month that will be run by LASIK specialist and institute founder Jonathan Woolfson, MD. -
UC San Diego receives $20M for glaucoma reversal research
The University of California San Diego received a $20 million gift on behalf of Hanna and Mark Gleiberman to support its research into reversing the effects of glaucoma. -
10 ophthalmology updates from November to know
From new ASCs to a new Illinois partnership, here are 10 important ophthalmology updates in November. -
UC Davis Health Eye Center 1st to try microshunt for refractory childhood glaucoma
University of California Davis Health's Eye Center in Sacramento is the first to attempt placing microshunts in children with refractory glaucoma. -
STAAR Surgical opens ophthalmology training center in California
Lake Forest, Calif.-based STAAR Surgical Co., an implantable eye lens developer, is opening its first training and education center at its corporate headquarters. -
Ohio State awarded $2.85M ophthalmology grant from NIH
The National Institutes of Health awarded the Ohio State University College of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in Columbus a $2.85 million five-year research grant. -
Ground broken on $35M Mississippi medical office building with 2 eye clinics, surgery centers
Ground has been broken on a $35 million medical office building in Madison, Miss., that will hold offices for Jackson Eye Associates and Mississippi Retina Associates, according to a Nov. 16 report from the Madison County Journal.
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