Ophthalmology

Lancaster, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente Antelope Valley named ophthalmologist Khodam Rostomian, MD, as medical director. 

Ophthalmology physicians reported the second highest incentive bonus, according to the 2021 "Medscape Physician Compensation Report."

The American Academy of Ophthalmology is urging imaging device manufacturers to standardize image formats to promote more efficient patient care, enable comprehensive datasets and develop algorithms for machine learning.

Private equity backing and increasing consolidation is a common trend in ophthalmology centers in the past year. 

Anika Goodwin, MD, an ophthalmologist from Greensboro, N.C., walked away from her appearance on the entrepreneurial-themed reality TV show Shark Tank with a $100,000 investment in her beauty products company, according to an ABC 11 report.

Private equity-backed Sight Growth Partners, the administrative services provider for ophthalmology platform SightMD, expanded its services into New Jersey, according to an April 7 release. 

A laptop connected to testing equipment and storing a patient database for Atlanta-based Woolfson Eye Institute was stolen Sept. 21.

Deepak Sobti, MD, was reportedly the first surgeon in North Texas to implant Johnson & Johnson's new Tecnis Eyhance intraocular lens.

Julie Foreman, MD, an ophthalmologist in Lafayette, La., will have a new, larger office later this year, according to a March 18 report from Developing Lafayette.

Two bills filed in the Texas state House and Senate are proposing to allow optometrists to perform a wider scope of eye surgeries, according to a March 16 report from D Magazine.