A survey conducted by the American Academy of Ophthalmology on the 2 percent cut in Medicare found that those polled expected a negative impact on the quality of care they would be able to provide to Medicare patients.
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Aurora Health Care, based in Milwaukee, is expanding on the Kenosha, Wis., Aurora Health Care cancer center, which was initially planned to be 11,000-square feet, to include two connected buildings that will house, among other specialties, ophthalmological services, according to…
Paragon BioTeck, an ophthalmic biopharmaceutical company based in Tigard, Ore., announced that ophthalmologist Paul S. Koch, MD, has been appointed as the company's US medical advisor.
Matthew Ehrlich, MD, has moved his Eye Center of the Rockies practice, which offers a full range of ophthalmological services and an optical shop, to a larger location in Eagle, Colo., according to a Vail Daily report.
Creekridge Capital, a healthcare and technology vendor leasing company based in Minneapolis, announced Scott Preiser as sales manager in the ophthalmology market.
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Daniel Kiernan, MD, of Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island injected a patient suffering from vitreo-macular adhesion with JETREA, a dilution of ocriplasmin that is the first FDA approved drug to treat VMA, according to a report by the Times Union.
Avedro, a medical device and pharmaceutical company based in Waltham, Mass., has received $43 million in Series D funding from investment group Abingworth and investment adviser Third Point.
Jonathan H. Talamo, MD, medical director of SurgiSite Boston, performed the first cataract surgery utilizing the Catalys Precision Laser System to be done in Massachusetts.
Researchers of Miller School of Medicine in Miami worked with an international team to identify seven new genes that can be linked to macular degeneration in a study entitled "Seven New Loci Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration," according to a…
Ryan D. Walsh, MD, board certified neurologist, has been named Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and will practice at the Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Eye Institute, according to a Wauwatosa…