Ophthalmology

Coeur d'Alene-based North Idaho Eye Institute is opening a new, expanded location at a former restaurant in Post Falls, Idaho, according to a Sept. 3 report from the Coeur d'Alene/Post Falls Press. 

Lynch Carpenter, a national class action law firm, is investigating claims against Cumming, Ga.-based Milan Eye Center related to a data breach. 

Atlanta-based Georgia Eye Partners has become the first in the state to debut the iTrack Advance Canaloplasty Device, a minimally invasive glaucoma surgical device used to reduce intraocular pressure. 

Chatbots like ChatGPT might be as good as physicians when it comes to giving ophthalmology patients advice, according to an Aug. 25 report from Medscape. 

The Dean McGee Eye Institute, based in Oklahoma City, partnered with OU Health to become one of the 17 centers in the nation to provide a new treatment to reverse vision loss in patients, according to an Aug. 25 report…

A third-party vendor of Cumming, Ga.-based Milan Eye Center experienced a data breach that compromised patient information, according to an Aug. 24 article from an attorney from Console and Associates published by JD Supra.

The estate of a South Carolina patient has filed a lawsuit against Charleston, S.C.-based Roper St. Francis Healthcare, the Retina Eye Center of Charleston (S.C.), Carolina Eye Care Physicians and Lowrey King, MD, accusing Dr. King of operating on the…

Beauty brand Clinique has added ophthalmologist Ashley Brissette, MD, to its leadership team as its inaugural guiding ophthalmologist. 

Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute has added Jonathan Lam, MD, to its team.

The first in-human results for a technology that allows intraocular lenses to more closely replicate a crystalline lens were presented at the American Society of cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting in San Diego, according to an Aug. 21 report from…