Ophthalmology

The Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute is offering a $2 million prize for researchers who find a cure for blindness by 2020, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

Ophthalmologist Priscilla Fowler, MD, has accepted membership to serve on the Global Sight Network's medical advisory board, according to a news release.

Ophthalmologist and retinal specialist Christina Antonopolous, MD, has joined Maryland's OMNI Eye Specialists, according to the practice's website.

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Ophthalmologist D. Snow Slade, MD, has joined St. George (Utah) Eye Center, according to a Spectrum report.

ThromboGenics has received FDA approval for a drug to treat symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion, according to a news release.

Eye Centers of Florida has announced that ophthalmic plastic surgeon Allison Bertram Yee, MD, has joined the practice and will see patients in the Aesthetic Center in Fort Meyers, Fla., according to a Naples Daily News report.

Ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon Michael Manning, MD, has been named the primary cataract and refractive lens implant surgeon for TLC Laser Eye Center in Tampa Bay, Fla., according to a news release.

Ophthalmologist Wayne Delamater, MD, has joined Eye Associates of New Mexico, according to a news release.

Ophthalmologist James Meehan, MD, has joined Western Plains Eye Associates in Dodge City, Kan., according to a news release.