Leadership

Jack Abrams, MD, implanted the Las Vegas-based Abrams Eye Center's first Acrysof IQ intraocular lens to treat a patient with presbyopia, or farsightedness caused by loss of eye elasticity Sept. 4.

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses outlined how to make in-service meetings more engaging for nursing staff.

Changes in ownership trends and the migration of care away from high-acuity settings are indicative of a business environment that can be highly rewarding for ASCs — if leaders respond appropriately.

The Cannon Foundation gifted Wake Forest Baptist Health-Lexington (N.C.) Medical Center $100,000 for its surgical facility expansion, The-Dispatch.com reports.

Daily huddles can help ASC staff prepare for potential challenges and foreseeable issues, according to Lakewood, Colo.-based ASC management company Pinnacle III.

Phoenix-based Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center now offers the FDA-approved AcrySof IQ PanOptix Trifocal IOL.

Jeffrey Horn, MD, of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vision for Life, will implant a PanOptix Trifocal Intraocular Lens in a patient Sept. 4.

Caitlin Farmer, MD, joined Texas-based Center for Dermatology Plano and Flower Mound Sept. 3, which are now both part of Dallas-based U.S. Dermatology Partners.

Here are four surgery centers and practices that added or announced new team members in August:

Chesapeake Urology added Laura Giusto, MD, Melissa Mendez, MD, and Alan Kaplan, MD, to its practice, expanding its reach into the Maryland suburbs.