Hoopes Vision has opened an eye surgery facility in Draper, Utah. The facility includes the ambulatory surgery center EyeSurg of Utah, examination rooms, a laser surgery suite and clinical research center.
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Allegro Ophthalmics, a San Juan Capistrano, Calif.-based retinal vascular disease treatment company, has partnered with Senju Pharmaceuticals, Osaka, Japan-based ophthalmic preparations company, to develop and market its Integrin Peptide Therapy in Japan.
Kaiser Permanente has granted Jonathan Trobe, MD, its 2013 Award for Excellence in Teaching in clinical sciences, according to an Ann Arbor.com report.
Craig Slater, chairman of Anschutz Investment, and his wife Colleen have given the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver $1.5 million for the creation of the Slater Family Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology, according to a Denver Business Journal…
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has opened in the $20 million, 54,536-square-foot Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute in Omaha, according to a Livewell Nebraska report.
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Bausch + Lomb, global ophthalmic-focused company, has earned FDA approval for its TRULIGN Toric intraocular lens.
David Vollman, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist of the St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, is spearheading a program designed to collect cataract surgery outcome results from the entire VA Administration, according to a report by The Washington Post.
Eva Liang, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist, has opened Center for Sight, which offers LASIK surgery, ocular disease treatment and eyelid surgery, in Las Vegas, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal report.
The National Eye Institute has given the University of Alabama at Birmingham at $1.125 million research grant for the study biomechanics in relation to glaucoma, according to an AL.com report.
Marcus Muallem, MD, of Grand Rapids (Mich.) Ophthalmology, has implanted the iStent Trabecular micro-bypass stent, which is the smallest medical device to hold FDA approval, according to a grbj.com report.