Ophthalmology

Orange County, Calif.-based WCCT Global, a contract research organization, has acquired OC Clinical Trials and Consulting, an early-stage ophthalmology and cosmetology research practice.

The Infant Aphakia Treatment Study looked at the development of glaucoma in aphakic eyes after congenital cataract surgery.

The Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology named Karl Golnik, MD, as its 22nd president.

Christopher Robinson, MD, has been named chief of ophthalmology at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., according to a Boston.com report.

The physicians and staff of Carolina Eye Associates in Southern Pines, N.C., are celebrating a milestone after performing 1,000 cataract surgeries with the Catalys Laser, according to ThePilot.com.

Miami-based TissueTech, a product developer for ophthalmology, optometry, musculoskeletal and wound care, completed a $10 million round of growth equity financing, according to a Miami Herald Business report.

Claudia Castiblanco, MD, an ocular immunology and uveitis specialist, joined Doctor and Associates in Westport, Conn.

St. Lucie Eye Associates in Fort Piece, Fla., has added a fourth ophthalmologist, Derek Ohlstein, MD.

Evanston, Ill.-based Silver Oak Service Partners has sold its equity interest in Physicians Endoscopy to Charlotte, N.C.-based Pamlico Capital.

Brian Jenkins, MD, has joined the University of Tennessee Medical Group Department of Ophthalmology's Hamilton Eye Institute in Knoxville, according to the Memphis Daily News.