The Ophthalmologist Power List 2014
January 29, 2014
Ranking the 100 most influential people in ophthalmology
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January 29, 2014
Ranking the 100 most influential people in ophthalmology
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January 22, 2014
Academic ophthalmologists are expected to be effective teachers but receive little or no instruction on teaching methodology. Our goal should not be to teach; rather, for the student to learn what is needed. These tips will improve your effectiveness.
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January 22, 2014
Change is hard – and major change even more so – in large part for one simple reason: as Leo Tolstoy once advised, “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
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January 21, 2014
Sitting Down With Carrie MacEwen, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, and President-Elect of the UK Royal College of Ophthalmologists
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January 21, 2014
A new drug, ALG-1001, that blocks the transmembrane receptors that cells use to attach to their surroundings, has the potential to treat a range of retinovascular diseases
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January 21, 2014
The EMA approved the first gene therapy agent in 2012 – for lipoprotein lipase deficiency. Might gene therapies for ophthalmic disease reach the wards any time soon?
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January 20, 2014
Intracorneal ring segment and phakic IOL implantation: a refractive solution for patients with keratoconus and high myopia
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January 20, 2014
Practical pearls and possible pitfalls for the general cataract surgeon
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January 20, 2014
A novel method for preparation of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) grafts is here. It uses a punch but doesn’t lay a finger (or forceps) on the corneal endothelial cells.
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January 20, 2014
Growing evidence for the key role played by VEGF in the normal adult eye now demands that ophthalmologists give careful consideration to the use of anti-VEGF therapies. While these agents are highly effective for the treatment of ocular neovascularization – particularly as an anti-permeability factor – it may also interfere with the normal functions of VEGF in the eye.
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