The National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health has given $2 million to fund research on stem cell treatments for vision loss caused by diabetic retinopathy, according to a Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute news release.
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Paul Jensen, MD, optometric physician, has opened the Northwest Dry Eye Center in Bellevue, Wash., which will be the first Washington clinic to offer TearScience's Lipiflow as an evaporative dry eye treatment.
Rajesh Khanna, MD, board certified ophthalmologist, has released his book Pi in Eye, which details the corrective vision surgery option Prelex.
Mobius Therapeutics, ophthalmic surgery solutions company based in St. Louis, has announced that the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services has given the company Outpatient Prospective Payment System Payment Indicator K2 for the reimbursement of Mitosol.
MacuLogix, a company focused on the detection and following of age-related macular degeneration, has announced that the company has received $3.6 million in Series A funding for its AdaptDx.
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Harold Ross, MD, board certified ophthalmologist, has joined The University of Rochester (N.Y) Flaum Eye Institute.
The Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology is speaking against the recently filed SB220/HB555 bill, which would give optometrists the power to inject the tissue surrounding the eye with anesthesia.
Elizabeth Garland, OD, has joined Manatee County Rural Health Services, based in Parrish, Fla., according to a report by The Bradenton Times.
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.
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…