Tags: legislation | ophthalmologists | optometrists | scope of practice | West Virginia

A panel of the West Virginia House of Representatives passed a version of a controversial bill, which removed a clause that would allow optometrists to perform three types of laser surgery, according to a report in The Register-Herald. Click to continue »  

Tags: cornea transplant | DSAEK | PKP

A new study comparing Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) with penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), a more established procedure for cornea transplant, suggests that potential long-term benefits of DSAEK might outweigh initially greater cell loss, according to a press release on the study, published in the March issue of Ophthalmology. Click to continue »  

Tags: Alabama | Brian Spraberry | UAB Health System

UAB Health System's Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., has named Brian Spraberry as its new president and chief executive officer, according to a release from UAB Health System. Click to continue »  

Tags: ophthalmologist | ophthalmology | pay | salary

Economic Research Institute reports the following estimated mean values for ophthalmologists' salaries. Click to continue »  

Tags: merger | Mid-Hudson Medical Group | New York | physician groups | surgery center

Central New York Eye Physicians and Hudson Valley Family Practice have agreed to merge with Mid-Hudson Medical Group in Fishkill, N.Y., according to a report in the Poughkeepsie Journal. Click to continue »  

Tags: cataract surgery | IOLs | patients | reimbursement

Here are 17 facts and business and legal issues about premium intraocular lenses, a recent technology that can free many cataract surgery patients from having to wear eyeglasses. Click to continue »  

Tags: legislation | ophthalmologists | optometrists | scope of practice | West Virginia

A bill that would allow optometrists to perform certain laser surgeries and injections has passed the West Virginia Senate by a vote of 20-13, according to a report in the Charleston Daily Mail.

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Tags: cataract surgery | Connecticut | free service | Scott Spector

Scott Spector, MD, an eye surgeon in Norwalk, Conn., will perform free cataract surgery for 14 patients on March 1 at his ASC, according to a report in The Stamford Times.

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Tags: legislation | ophthalmologists | optometrists | scope of practice | West Virginia

A West Virginia Senate Committee on Government Affairs unanimously passed a bill that would allow optometrists in the state to perform certain laser procedures and to administer certain injections, according to a report in the Charleston Daily Mail.

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Tags: glaucoma | glaucoma medications | mortality risk

Glaucoma medications were associated with a reduced likelihood of death in U.S. adults with glaucoma, according to a study published in the February issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology.

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