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Welcome to the April issue of The Ophthalmologist. Upfront’s topics include the next generation of retinal prostheses, and the response to the news than an unapproved stem cell therapy blinded three people. Our Feature this month is our hotly anticipated 2017 Power List – we asked you to name your top 50 rising stars in the field, and here, we present the results. In Practice features Arun Gulani describing his approach to achieving good vision in eyes which have experienced hyperopic shift following radial keratotomy. Finally, we Sit Down With Farhad Hafezi, Professor at University of Geneva and Chief Medical Officer of The ELZA Institute in Zurich, Switzerland.

Articles featured in this issue

Business & Profession Other

From Peer to Peer

04/06/2017 | Mark Hillen

The Power List is gloriously subjective, because it's ophthalmologists who do the voting.

Subspecialties Retina

Retinal Prostheses: The Next Generation

04/06/2017 | Mark Hillen

Two approaches that could result in a better retinal implant.

Business & Profession Business and Innovation

Business in Brief

04/06/2017 | Roisin McGuigan

Allergan and Editas join forces, Carl Zeiss win a patent infringement case, and more…

Subspecialties Retina

A Serious Breach of Trust

04/06/2017 | Ruth Steer

How did people react to the news that an unapproved stem cell therapy blinded three patients?

Subspecialties Glaucoma

When Multiple Punctures Don’t Deflate

04/06/2017 | Mark Hillen

Repeated bevacizumab injections increase the risk of glaucoma surgery.

Subspecialties Retina

Image of the Month

04/06/2017

The first subretinal injection of AAV XLRPGR gene therapy into a patient with retinitis pigmentosa.

Business & Profession Professional Development

Welcome to The Power List 2017: Rising Stars

04/07/2017

The "Rising Stars" in ophthalmology, as voted for by you, our readers.

Subspecialties Cornea / Ocular Surface

A New Carpet Over Broken Tiles

04/06/2017 | Arun Gulani and Aaishwariya Gulani

Don’t be disheartened by radial keratotomy cuts – achieving excellent vision in these eyes is possible.

Business & Profession Refractive

How to Never Be Bored

04/06/2017 | Roisin McGuigan

Farhad Hafezi, Professor, The University of Geneva; Chief Medical Officer, The ELZA Institute, Zurich.

Subspecialties Cornea / Ocular Surface

COS He’s a Jolly Good Fellow

04/18/2017

Guillermo Rocha, the Canadian Ophthalmological Society, COS, Cornea, Refractive Surgery, Lions Eye Bank, Organ Donation

Subspecialties Refractive

Life in Full Color

04/06/2017 | Sponsored by Physiol

What does assessment of chromatic aberration in patients bilaterally implanted with one hydrophilic and one hydrophobic IOL tell us about vision quality?