Ophthalmology

  Rupa Wong, MD, an opthalmologist who operates a private practice in Honolulu, has launched a community to empower women in medicine while raising three kids with her husband, according to a profile by People.

  Researchers at New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University have sequenced the RNA of the human retina, according to an Oct. 22 report by the Yale Daily News.

Boston-based virtual reality company FundamentalVR announced new surgery simulation programs for ophthalmology, according to an Oct. 20 statement.

David Hinkle, MD, was named the Oliver and Carroll Dabezies Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology, according to an Oct. 13 press release from Tulane University in New Orleans.

Pueblo, Colo.-based Rocky Mountain Eye Center is expected to hold a virtual ribbon-cutting for its new Walsenburg, Colo., office Oct. 13, The Pueblo Chieftain reports.

Middleburg Heights, Ohio-based North Coast Eye Surgery will occupy a renovated building near its current location, according to an Oct. 8 report from cleveland.com.

Salt Lake City-based John A. Moran Eye Center announced the death of Alan Crandall, MD, in a statement Oct. 2.

Surgeons at Venice, Fla.-based Center for Sight Foundation performed 120 free cataract surgeries, according to an Oct. 1 report from WINK News.

Separate payment status for the use of the cataract surgery drug Omidria in ASCs expired Oct. 1, according to an update from Omeros Corp.

Nextech Systems released its IntelleChartPRO ophthalmology EHR charting solution for ASCs.