Ophthalmology

NVISION Laser Eye Centers has announced a partnership with Avellino Labs USA, Menlo Park, Calif.-based ophthalmic genetic mapping company, to provide patients with the only available genetic test for avellino corneal dystrophy.

Eric Donnenfeld, MD, founding partner of Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island, stepped into the role of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery president at the society's annual congress and symposium held April 19 to 23 in San Francisco.…

Heather Skeens, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist, will begin to provide patient care at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant, W. Va., according to a My Daily Register report.

The New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology, led by its president Cecily Lesko, MD, has successfully campaigned for New Jersey legislation that will require health plans and insurance companies to provide patients with coverage for early refills of eye drops.

Paul Sidoti, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist, has been named the chairman of the ophthalmology department at The New York Ear and Eye Infirmary by the infirmary and New York Medical College.

Ryan Pine, MD, has opened the Advanced Ophthalmology practice in Charleston, Ill., according to a Journal Gazette & Times-Courier report.

On April 20, the Middlesex District Medical Society, granted Deanna Ricker, MD, the Community Clinician of the Year Awards at its annual meeting, according to a Wicked Local report.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology has announced that Leonard Flom, MD, and the late Aran Safir, MD, both board certified in ophthalmology, have been inducted into the United States Patent and Trademark Office's National Inventors Hall of Fame for the…

Thomas Findlan, MD, is moving the Pittsburgh Eye Institute practice to a larger location in Jefferson Hills, Pa., according to a TribLIVE report.

At Massachusetts Eye and Ear in Boston, Robert Pineda, II, MD, recently performed the first cornea transplant with endothelial donor tissue pre-loaded at an eye bank.