Browse articles on EyeWorld.org. EyeWorld is the award-winning member publication of ASCRS. The magazine provides news and updates from the Society as well as clinical features in the areas of cataract, refractive, cornea, glaucoma, and practice management. It publishes quarterly with editorial direction from its medical editorial board and staff.
Based on the authors’ experience in the field in practices around the world, this article offers a list of the basics for maintaining a better practice.
For ophthalmic practices to thrive in 2022, effective digital marketing strategies are a must. This article discusses a number of touchpoints every practice should consider when organizing and strategizing digital efforts.
ASCRS Grand Rounds, a CME opportunity for ASCRS members, is hosted in partnership with major academic institutions, featuring two challenging cases with panel discussions. Here’s a recap of cases featured in the October–December 2021 editions of the series. Be sure to watch the full program to hear each panel’s thoughts and how the cases were ultimately handled.
While cataract surgery continually experiences advancement in technologies, techniques, implants, and calculations, one area that seems seldom discussed in comparison is incisions. A study that was published in late 2021 in JAMA Ophthalmology, however, took a look at the effect of incision shape on a cataract surgery complication in the setting of dense cataracts.
If you want to take an organized tour while in the city, check out EyeWorld’s curated list.
For those who like to shop, here are some of the best spots in the city.
Be sure to check out the vibrant food scene that Washington, D.C. has to offer.
Here are some of the shows and events happening in the city during the time of the ASCRS Annual Meeting.
While in the nation’s capital, there are monuments, historic sites, museums, and much more to take in.
Despite the strides that females have made in increasing representation in various areas of medicine, female representation in ophthalmology is still lagging behind the proportion of women in the U.S population and in medical school, according to research published in JAMA Ophthalmology. This wasn’t what the authors of the study expected to find, Divya Srikumaran, MD, coauthor of the study, told EyeWorld.