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Welcome to the November issue of The Ophthalmologist! Upfront’s topics include a new 24-hour IOP monitor and incidences of PCO with different IOL materials. In My View sees Juan Carlos-Serna discuss what ophthalmologists can do when disaster strikes, Roy Rubinfeld says it is time to drop the epi-on crosslinking debate, and João Barbosa-Breda focuses on how metabolomics will shape the future of glaucoma care. In our Feature, Javier Zarranz-Ventura, David Johnston and Adnan Tufail pay homage to Robert Johnston – one of ophthalmology’s true figure heads who shaped the practice as we know it today. NextGen sees Peter Kaiser overview drug delivery devices for neovascular disease, and in Profession, Robert Osher talks about setting up a successful cataract meeting and C. Andrès Benatti tackles the dogma of ‘brain drain’. Finally, we Sit Down With Cynthia Matossian, Founder and Medical Director of Matossian Eye Associates.
November 7, 2017
Highlights from the “Utilizing Ultra-Widefield Retinal Imaging – Clinical Applications and Practice Efficiency” satellite meeting held at the 17th EURETINA Congress, Barcelona, on Friday 8th September 2017, which featured presentations from Paulo Stanga (Chair), Eric Souied, Antonia Joussen, Sobha Sivaprasad and SriniVas Sadda.
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November 2, 2017
Robert L. Johnston (Rob to his many friends) made a real difference in his lifetime. His legacy? Reshaping ophthalmology as we know it.
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November 2, 2017
It’s not a brain drain when young, gifted surgeons and researchers work abroad. They come back – and the circulation of ideas and experiences benefits us all.
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November 2, 2017
Why Robert Osher decided to start his own meeting, Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, plus what’s on offer, and how he runs it
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November 2, 2017
The future of retinal drug delivery for the treatment of neovascular disease
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November 2, 2017
Sitting Down With… Cynthia Matossian, Founder and Medical Director of Matossian Eye Associates, Mercer County, New Jersey, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
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November 2, 2017
When it comes to glaucoma care, metabolomics could well be the future
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November 2, 2017
It shouldn’t be about epi-on or epi-off CXL… The focus should be on what’s best for patients
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November 2, 2017
What can an ophthalmologist do in times of adversity? A great deal.
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November 2, 2017
Could retinopathies one day be treated by boosting immunosuppressive Treg cells in the retina?
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November 2, 2017
As the full PREMED study results are released, do surgeons now have an answer on how best to prevent cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery?
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November 2, 2017
A (much) closer look at vitrectomy instrument size
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November 2, 2017
When you have a big dataset, what was once suspected can now be confirmed
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November 2, 2017
Is a low-cost pressure-sensing contact lens the key to 24-hour IOP measurements?
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November 2, 2017
Rob Johnston made a real difference in his lifetime – and his story is well worth telling.
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