Oculoplastic surgeon Christine C. Nelson, MD, has received the 2012 Wendell L. Hughes Lecture award from the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, according to a news release.
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Ophthalmologist Michael D. Abramoff, MD, PhD, will receive a 2013 Young Investigator Award from The Macula Society, according to a news release.
Ophthalmologist Richard Lindstrom, MD, has been appointed to the board of directors of Ocular Therapeutix, according to a news release.
Omeros Corp. has announced it plans to submit a new drug application with FDA for its OMS302 drug, according to a news release.
Ophthalmologist Juan Javier Servat, MD, has joined Yale Medical Group in New Haven, Conn., according to the group's website.
Ophthalmologist Robert Ross Sexton, MD, has died, according to a Las Cruces Sun-News obituary.
The Vancouver Clinic in Washington has announced it has opened a new eye care clinic in Salmon Creek in Vancouver, according to a news release.
Ophthalmologist and eye surgeon Thomas G. Prater, MD, was recently honored by the Springfield Chamber of Commerce and Springfield Business Journal for his contribution to healthcare in the Springfield, Mo., community, according to a news release.
Ophthalmologist George L. Spaeth, MD, has been named the 2012 recipient of The Glaucoma Foundation's Dr. Robert Ritch Award for Innovation and Excellence in Glaucoma, according to an Ophthalmology Times report.
Ophthalmologist James Roncie Duke, MD, has died, according to a Baltimore Sun report.
