Ophthalmology

U.S. News & World Report has ranked the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute as the nation's No. 1 ophthalmology program in its annual Best Hospital rankings, according to a news release.

Ophthalmologist William De La Peña, MD, will serve as a member of the "Future of University of California, San Francisco" advisory board assembled to help ensure UCSF excels as a health sciences innovator and delivers on its mission, according to…

The results of a new study reveal the risk for retinal detachment after phacoemulsification has almost halved for each five-year period since the cataract surgery procedure was adopted in the mid-1980s.

The Baltimore Washington Eye Center, with offices in Glen Burnie and Clarksville, Md., has announced it has registered its 100,000th patient into its electronic medical records system, according to a news release.

Ophthalmologist Alexander M. Eaton, MD, has been reappointed as a consulting associate in the department of ophthalmology at Duke Eye Center in Durham, N.C., according to a Naples News report.

Ophthalmologist Daniel Neely, MD, has designed a vision screening kit for children, according to a news release.

A University of Dayton (Ohio) lab has conducted a study that may help identify therapies to prevent secondary cataracts, according to a news release.

Bausch + Lomb has announced it submitted a new drug application to FDA seeking approval for a once-daily topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory compound for the treatment of ocular inflammation and pain following cataract surgery, according to a news release.

Ophthalmologist Joseph William Wahl, MD, has died, according to an obituary in The Commercial Appeal.

The results of a new study reveal the use of smartphones could help ophthalmologists diagnose eye-related conditions.