The highest-paid ophthalmologist in Oklahoma City earns $715,000 per year, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $312,120 ophthalmologists make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Claes Dohlman, MD, a former Boston-based Mass Eye and Ear ophthalmologist, has died at 101, according to a July 16 report from The Washington Post.
The board of trustees at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke has tapped Rich Castillo, MD, as the founding dean of its School of Optometry.
Eyecare management organization Akrinos has entered into a strategic partnership with healthcare commercial real estate investment company CARR, according to a July 18 report from Vision Monday.
Miami-based Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-University of Miami Hospital and Clinics was ranked as the No. 1 hospital for ophthalmology by U.S. News & World Report.
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New York City-based Retinal Ambulatory Surgery Center of New York's new surgery center is nearing completion, according to a July 16 LinkedIn post.
Pueblo, Colo.-based Rocky Mountain Eye Center plans to shutter all of its clinics July 31 following 32 years of operation, according to a July 12 report from The Pueblo Chieftain.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology and the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society have issued new guidance for patients taking semaglutide — the active ingredient in weight loss medications including Ozempic and Wegovy.
Ashok Kumar, PhD, a professor of ophthalmology, visual and anatomical sciences at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine in Detroit, was awarded $2.3 million to study cell death mechanisms during ocular infections.
Ophthalmologists earned a mean annual wage of $312,120 in 2023, an increase of more than $46,000 from the average annual wage the profession earned in 2022, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.