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50 EW ASCRS PREVIEW March 2013 April 19-23, 2013 Bringing guidance to all things glaucoma by Vanessa Caceres EyeWorld Contributing Writer ASCRS Glaucoma Day reaches attendees at a unique time in the subspecialty W Glaucoma Day co-planner Thomas W. Samuelson, M.D., says the day will focus heavily on minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, or MIGS. Source: EyeWorld 34 OVER Add a Hearing Center to Your Practice ith the growing number of treatment options available for glaucoma, it's an exciting time to treat glaucoma patients. Surgeons looking to enhance their understanding of new as well as traditional treatments—and gain perspective on glaucoma diagnosis, imaging, and cataracts in the glaucoma patient—won't want to miss ASCRS Glaucoma Day, to be held Friday, April 19, prior to the ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress. Glaucoma Day will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at San Francisco's Moscone Center. The ASCRS Glaucoma Clinical Committee sponsors Glaucoma Day. This year's program has an extra zing because of the new focus on microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS), which was brought to the forefront with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of the iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent (Glaukos, Laguna Hills, Calif.), said Glaucoma Day co-planner Steven R. Sarkisian Jr., M.D., glaucoma, cataract and anterior segment surgeon; glaucoma fellowship director, Dean McGee Eye Institute; and clinical associate professor, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City. "This will be the first ASCRS Glaucoma Day where panelists can discuss their U.S. experience implanting a MIGS device outside of a clinical trial," he said. "Glaucoma Day will heavily involve MIGS and how to select from the expanding array of glaucoma procedures," said co-planner Thomas W. Samuelson, M.D., continued on page 52 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE HEARING LOSS And they are walking into your practice everyday EASY SIMPLE SUPPORT Minimal eīort required from Physicians and staī. No hiring, staĸng, ordering or other tasks. Avada does that for you. Avada provides a seamless integraƟon designed to flow with your current pracƟce. An Avada Hearing Clinician works in your Hearing Center to provide conƟnuous sales and support. 10Call us today! SPEND MINUTES WITH US to learn how to increase profits 1-888-982-8232 www.avada.com/vision Avada Hearing Care Partnering Vision & Hearing © 2013 Hearing Healthcare Management, Inc.