Ophthalmology

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.

David Oliver Relin has written the book "Second Suns," which features the work of Geoffrey Tabin, MD, of the University of Utah's John A. Moran Eye Center in Salt Lake City, and Sanduk Ruit, MD. 

St. Michael's Eye & Laser Institute in Largo, Fla., is constructing an additional location, which will include a surgery center and additional services, according to a Largo Patch report.

Jeffrey Martin, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist, and the surgeons of North Shore Eye Care are the first in the Suffolk County area of Long Island, N.Y., to implant the Tecnis toric intraocular lens for astigmatism correction in cataract patients.