Ophthalmology

V.K. Raju, MD, FRS, FACS, along with four other physicians, has been awarded the Excellence in Medicine Award by the AMA.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have developed a blood test that may be able to predict when a macular degeneration patient will begin to lose his or her sight, according to a WRAL report.

Eight hundred thirty-four of 1,149 patients included in the Comparison of AMD Treatments Trials were included in a clinical trial to determine the pharmacogenetic relationship between genotypes associated with macular degeneration and the response of these genotypes frequencies to various…

EyeCare 20/20 in East Hanover, N.J., claims it is the first ophthalmology practice in the state to use a Catalys femtosecond laser to perform cataract surgery.

Alpharetta, Ga.-based ophthalmology startup Clearside Biomedical announced it has raised $7.9 million in capital and may raise more than another half million to run clinical trials of its microneedle ocular injection treatments for retinal diseases.

Yingbin Fu, MD, is one of 10 winners of the National Eye Institute nationwide Audacious Goals Challenge, part of a government-wide effort to seek the top ideas in vision and science, according to a Desert News report.

Memphis, Tenn.-based ophthalmology group Toyos Clinic announced it will acquire the assets of Ophthalmology Management Group – Nashville, according to a report by the Memphis Business Journal.

Optician Joe Layton has joined the staff of Coastal Bend Eye Center & Ambulatory Surgical Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, according to a report by the Caller Times.

Plattsburgh, N.Y-based ophthalmology group Eye Care for the Adirondacks has finished a two-year, $500,000  upgrade to its electronic health record system, according to a report by the Press-Republican. 

The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, called a "bionic eye" by some, has become the first FDA-approved implanted device to improve vision loss due to advanced retinitis pigmentosa.