EyeWorld is the official news magazine of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
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10 EW NEWS & OPINION October 2013 EyeWorld journal club University of Washington residents review of "Assessment of whether visual outcomes with diffractive multifocal intraocular lenses vary with patient age" 99 90 Views from Asia-Pacific: Argentinian Flag Sign 92 Soon Phaik Chee, MD, and Ke Yao, MD, share their techniques for handling the Argentinian Flag Sign by Soon Phaik Chee, MD, and Ke Yao, MD Studies highlight risk gene for AMD 107 Three studies based on research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) identify the same risk gene for age-related macular degeneration by Ellen Stodola by Divakar Gupta, MD, Oliver Yeh, MD, Thuy Doan, MD, Sheila Goyal, MD, Naomi Odell, MD, and Raghu Mudumbai, MD, residency program director, University of Washington, Seattle 129 Ophthalmologist bikes for awareness of alternative treatments 129 Cataract tips from the teachers Rising to the occasion 102 Surgeons comment on a study comparing VR simulator to traditional wet lab training on performance of the capsulorhexis in cataract surgery by Frank M. Bishop, MD, CAPT, MC, USN, Michael Rosenberg, MD, and Stephen Sauer, MD Dr. Kondrot biked 335 miles to raise awareness of age-related macular degeneration and alternative treatments for the disease by Ellen Stodola 108 RETINA M E E TI NG RE PO RTE R S P EC I A L F E AT U R E S Retina consultation corner Live reports from the XXX Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology and the XXXVII Brazilian Congress of Ophthalmology 108 JCRS update 15 ASCRS update 15 Monthly Pulse 82 Product Showcase 120 RE S I DE NT S I N OT HE R N E WS D E PA RT M EN T S Cataract M&M rounds Chopped 96 Drawing on success 127 Classifieds 123 Calendar 124 Index to advertisers 126 Views from Asia-Pacific: DSAEK vs. DMEK 94 Alvin L. Young, FCOphth, FRCOphth, and Tae-Im Kim, MD, share their thoughts on DSAEK vs. DMEK by Alvin L. Young, FCOphth, FRCOphth, and Tae-Im Kim, MD AMD info every anterior segment specialist should know 104 New data and treatment options could enhance AMD treatment by Erin L. Boyle Dr. Rootman explores life's full palette by Maxine Lipner Dr. Oetting shares a case where the chopper was placed too anterior and stressed the zonules, and three resident surgery mentors offer tips by Preston H. Blomquist, MD, Susan M. McDonald, MD, and Ayman Naseri, MD 107 EYEWORLD EDITORS Chief medical editor: David F. Chang, MD Cataract editor: Bonnie An Henderson, MD Cornea editor: Clara C. Chan, MD Refractive editor: Kerry D. Solomon, MD Glaucoma editor: Reay H. Brown, MD EYEWORLD EDITORIAL BOARD CATARACT Lisa B. Arbisser, MD Preston H. Blomquist, MD Susan MacDonald, MD Saras Ramanathan, MD Steve G. Safran, MD Richard Tipperman, MD Mitchell P. Weikert, MD REFRACTIVE GLAUCOMA John P. Berdahl, MD Kraig S. Bower, MD Y. Ralph Chu, MD Neel Desai, MD Elizabeth M. Hofmeister, MD Louis E. Probst, MD Garry P. Condon, MD Steven J. Gedde, MD Jeffery A. Kammer, MD Nathan M. Radcliffe, MD Carla J. Siegfried, MD CORNEA Bennie Jeng, MD Barry Lee, MD Vincent P. de Luise, MD John A. Hovanesian, MD International editor: John A. Vukich, MD ASCRS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Brock K. Bakewell, MD Chair, Government Relations Committee Amar Agarwal, FRCS Renato Ambrósio, MD Graham D. Barrett, FRACO Ashley Behrens, MD William De La Pena, MD Bruno M. Fontes, MD Nada S. Jabbur, MD Shigeru Kinoshita, MD Boris E. Malyugin, MD Dan Z. Reinstein, MD Prin Rojanapongpun, MD Hungwon Tchah, MD Vladimir N. Trubilin, MD Ke Yao, MD Ronald Yeoh, MD ASCRS GOVERNING BOARD Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, President INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY GROUP Richard A. Lewis, MD, Vice President/President Elect David F. Chang, MD, Immediate Past President Edward J. Holland, MD, Past President Robert J. Cionni, MD, Treasurer Kerry D. Solomon, MD, Secretary John D. Banja, PhD ASCRS Public Trustee Rosa M. Braga-Mele, MD Chair, Cataract Clinical Committee David F. Chang, MD Medical Editor, EyeWorld Stephen S. Lane, MD Chair, Optometric Task Force Warren E. Hill, MD Member at Large Richard L. Lindstrom, MD Chair, ASCRS Foundation Edward J. Holland, MD Chair, Program Committee Nick Mamalis, MD Editor, JCRS Terry Kim, MD Chair, Cornea Clinical Committee Thomas W. Samuelson, MD Chair, Glaucoma Clinical Committee Roger F. Steinert, MD Chair, CME Industry Liaison Committee Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD Stephen A. Obstbaum, MD Chair, Refractive Surgery Chair, ASCRS Past Presidents Clinical Committee Committee Elizabeth Yeu, MD Chair, Young Physicians and Residents Clinical Committee