Ophthalmology

Ophthalmologist Joseph L. Sokol, MD, is the first surgeon to perform canaloplasty in New Haven County, Conn., according to a New Haven Register report.

A new computer-based simulation tool allows users to safely practice phacoemulsification cataract surgery in real scenarios, according to a news release.

The auditorium at UHS Binghamton (N.Y.) General Hospital has been dedicated to ophthalmologist Francis Gilroy, MD, according to a news release.

The Boston Globe has named David G. Hunter, MD, PhD, co-founder of REBIScan, as a top innovator in Massachusetts for 2012, according to a news release.

Ophthalmologist Erik Bergman, MD, has died, according to a Herald-Mail obituary.

Kentaro Yamada, MD, has joined Ramona (Calif.) Eye Care, according to a Ramona Sentinel report.

Ophthalmologist Kenneth Morrow, MD, has died, according to a Bellingham Herald obituary.

June is Cataract Awareness Month, according to the National Institutes of Health's MedlinePlus.

Ophthalmologist Matthew Ehrlich, MD, has moved his Glenwood Springs, Colo., office and practice — Eye Center of the Rockies — to a larger location in Glenwood Springs, according to an Aspen Daily News report.

Ophthalmologist Richard Shugarman, MD, has been appointed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to the state's board of medicine, according to a news release.