Ophthalmology

The chief executive officer and president of Ocular Therapeutix, Amar Sawhney, was honored at the White House with the 2013 Immigrant Innovator Champion for Change award, according to a Wicked Local report.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology has issued a response to the Prevent Blindness America report "Cost of Vision Problems: The Economic Burden of Vision Loss and Eye Disorders in the United States."

The American Academy of Ophthalmology has announced the creation of the Sunil K. Rao, MD, Memorial Retina Fellowship Award.

Here are 12 statistics on ophthalmology revenue in ambulatory surgery centers based on geographic location, according to VMG Health's ASC Intellimaker Survey 2011.

Here are three statistics on ophthalmologists' future plans for insurers that commonly deny claims and do no pay well, according to the Medscape Ophthalmologist Compensation Report: 2013.  

Atlanta Vision Institute, founded by board-certified ophthalmologist Farooq Ashraf, MD, has acquired the iFS Advanced Femtosecond Laser.

OASIS Medical, a surgical instruments, punctual occlusion devices and ocular solutions manufacturing and distribution company, has entered into a joint venture with Shape Ophthalmics to develop and distribute a shape memory plug for the treatment of dry eye.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals, based in Laval, Quebec, has announced plans to sell $1.75 billion in stock to support its acquisition of Bausch + Lomb, according to a PharmaLive report.

EyeCRO, an Oklahoma City, Okla.-based research company focusing on ophthalmic disease, has partnered with Calvert Labs, a Cary, N.C.-based medical device and pharmaceuticals discovery and development company, to perform preclinical studies of treatments for ophthalmic diseases, according to an Outsourcing-pharma.com…

ForSight VISION5, a clinical development stage company, has named John F. Maroney its chief executive officer, president and director.