The American Academy of Ophthalmology has named Brandon Busbee, MD, the secretariat of state affairs for Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia and Rebecca J. Taylor, MD, the communications committee chairwoman, according to a Nashville Ledger report.
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Seaborn Hunt, III, MD, is the first ophthalmologist in Ocala, Fla. to offer his patients procedures done using the technology of the Alcon LenSx Femtosecond Laser.
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Mass., will acquire Essex VitreoRetinal Services in Beverly, Mass., upon the retirement of William Stinson, MD, founder of EVRS, according to a Boston report.
After a 10 year legal struggle, the Supreme Court finally turned down the Lenscrafters, Eye Care Centers of America and the National Association of Optometrists & Opticians case to dispute California laws barring optician shops that offer both prescription lenses…
The AAO declared that it is joining with the Choosing Wisely Campaign and as a part of the campaign five regular ophthalmological tests and treatments have been identified as items that should be subject to patient and doctor discussion, according…
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Research to Prevent Blindness awarded the University of Alabama at Birmingham a $100,000 grant to aid research in treatment, prevention and causes of blindness, according to a UAB News report.
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.