Ophthalmology

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, which serves as the department of ophthalmology for University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is planning to expand its Naples, Fla., center, according to a Naples Daily News report.

The results of a new study indicate a small medical device may reduce eye pressure in glaucoma patients, according to a news release.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has announced it is launching a telemedicine glaucoma detection program, according to a news release.

Carl Zeiss Meditec has launched a new family of optical coherence tomography products, according to a news release.

Ophthalmologist Lawrence Cecchi, MD, has joined the medical staff of Croue Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., according to a news release.

Quantel Medical has announced it has received FDA clearance for an ophthalmic laser system, according to a news release (pdf).

Ophthalmologist Quan Dong Nguyen, MD, has been named McGaw Professor and chairman of the University of Nebraska medical center department of ophthalmology and visual sciences, according to a news release.

Ophthalmologist Rohit Varma, MD, has been named head of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, according to a news release.

The chief financial officer at Maryland's Katzen Eye Group has been elected president and chair of the Maryland Medical Group Management Association's board of directors, according to a Daily Record report.

Ophthalmologist Matthew Kruger, MD, has joined the medical staff of Winchester (Mass.) Hospital, according to a news release.