Elizabeth Yeu, MD, having served as ASCRS president for the past year, reflected on her tenure and the future of the Society.
One might think that the topic of ocular dominance is simple, set, well understood. But there are some recent findings that might have an impact on the concept and its relevance to lens selection and target setting for monovision and blended vision.
Among the important indications for use of the EVO ICL (STAAR Surgical)—age, amount of myopia, astigmatism correction, etc.—there is one parameter that some surgeons say could be causing confusion. Five of these surgeons discussed anterior chamber depth.
Two physicians detailed Ocular Surface Stem Cell Transplantation with Systemic Immunosuppression for the treatment of severe ocular surface disease with limbal stem cell deficiency and obstacles to its adoption among corneal surgeons.
Anti-VEGF intravitreal injections may have some effect on the success of glaucoma procedures, and a retina specialist and glaucoma specialist agreed that this is dependent on the patient.
Owning an ophthalmic practice or ASC is challenging, especially when it comes to billing for cataract and refractive surgery. This Practice Management column covered how to implement a new pricing structure and additional considerations.
This column discussed exchanging physical IFU in ophthalmic surgical packaging for e-IFU, as presented in the joint position paper on the use of e-IFU released by EyeSustain, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, ASCRS, and the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.
In this Government Relations Update, a PGY-1 from the Hamilton Eye Institute shared her experience at the Alliance of Specialty Medicine Legislative Fly-In and how other young eye surgeons can get involved.
Program co-chairs gave an overview of what will be covered at Glaucoma Day, Cornea Day, and Refractive Day at the ASCRS Annual Meeting.
The ASOA executive director and ASOA meeting program manager shared what’s new and exciting on the program for the ASOA Annual Meeting.