Ophthalmology

Piedmont Eye Center in Lynchburg, Va., has selected the SRS electronic health record.

Freedom Meditech has announced that it has appointed Paul Karpecki, DO, FAAO, to its scientific advisory board.

A team of ophthalmology specialists led by Kaiser Permanente San Diego chief of ophthalmology Peter Custis, MD, has begun to offer patients Implantable Miniature Telescopes, according to a Scoop San Diego report.

Harminder Dua, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Nottingham in the U.K., has discovered a previously unknown layer in the cornea.

Here are five statistics on how ophthalmologist compensation has changed from 2011 to 2012, according to the Medscape Ophthalmologist Compensation Report 2013.

Here are nine statistics on ophthalmologist compensation by geographical location, according to the Medscape Ophthalmologist Compensation Report: 2013.

The National Institute of General Medicine Sciences, National Institute of Health have granted Qrono, a Pittsburgh-based pharmaceutical company, a $256,000 Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I grant for the improvement of wet age-related macular degeneration treatments.

The Greater Rochester Health Foundation has given the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center's Flaum Eye Institute a $600,000 grant to fund Rochester Area Tele-I-Care, according to a Rochester Business Journal report.

Andrew Lam, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist, has published the book 'Saving Sight,' which explores ophthalmic surgery, shares personal stories and profiles leaders in the field of ophthalmology.

Here are 12 statistics on average ophthalmologist compensation based on practice situation and setting, according to the Medscape Ophthalmologist Compensation Report: 2013.