Ophthalmology

Here are five ophthalmologists discussing where the field is headed in the future.

Optician Brenda Nemec, a frame and lens specialist, has joined the medical staff at Aurora (Ohio) Eye Care.

Heaton Eye Associates in Longview Texas will relocate its office from N. Sixth Street to H.G. Mosley Parkway.

Surgeons at the Mayo Clinic Arizona in Scottsdale have begun using Intense Pulsed Light therapy to treat chronic dry eye, according to a Health Canal report.

Bausch + Lomb's PreserVision AREDS 2 Formula supplement is now available to U.S. wholesalers, according to a Healio report.

Several family physicians and students at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine formed the student-run Free Clinic Project and provide ophthalmology and a range of other services to patients without health insurance.

The retina-only medical practice Georgia Retina in Stockbridge has added Hyung Cho, MD, to its staff of 11 board-certified ophthalmologists, according to a Henry Herald report.

California Governor Edmund Brown Jr., appointed ophthalmologist Howard Krauss, MD, to the state's medical board.

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Chicago-based Abbott has completed its $400 million buyout of OptiMedica, according to a Mass Device report.