Ophthalmology

Lenstec has announced the U.S. launch of its Softec HD Oval intraocular lens, according to a news release.

Ophthalmologist Debra LaPrad, MD, has joined Eye Associates of the South in Mississippi, according to a Mississippi Business Journal report.

Fight for Sight and Prevent Blindness America have announced co-sponsorship of a new annual public health research fellowship, according to a news release.

Ophthalmologist Alejandra Valenzuela, MD, has joined the department of ophthalmology at Tulane University in New Orleans, according to an Eye on Tulane report.

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.