Ophthalmology

Ophthalmologist Walter J. Romejko, MD, has died, according to a Washington Post obituary.

Richard Bay, publisher of Review of Optometry and founder of Review of Ophthalmology, has died, according to a Vision Monday report.

University of Florida College of Medicine's ophthalmology department has received a grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, according to a news release.

Ophthalmologist M. Camille Almond, MD, has joined BayCare Clinic in Green Bay, Wis., according to a BayCare news release.

Ophthalmologist Steven Couch, MD, has joined Washington University Physicians, the primary care and specialist physicians who are members of the full-time faculty at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, according to a news release.

Reed Eye Associates has opened a new eye care center in Newark, N.Y., according to a Messenger Post report.

San Francisco General Hospital recently opened a new pediatric eye center, according to a Mission Loc@l report.

Eye surgeon Jacob K. Thomas, MD, has received board certification from the American Board of Ophthalmology, according to a news release.

Southwestern Eye Center, based in Mesa Ariz., has announced it has acquired Southwest Eye Clinics in Las Cruces and Santa Teresa, N.M., according to a news release.

Glaucoma specialist Andrew Bainnson, MD, has joined the medical staff of North Shore Eye Care, which has several locations on Long Island, N.Y., according to an organization announcement.