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M E E T I N G R E P O RT E R
Reporting live from the 2010
ACS
meeting, Kyoto, Japan
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The 2010 Asia Cornea Society (ACS) meeting
began December 1 with a meaningful opening
ceremony
with the theme, "a chance en-
counter, a miracle that brings people together
for something important, grand, or otherwise
life-altering."
by Chiles Samaniego
Prostaglandins under
pressure: medications
perform equally for all
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The three prostaglandin inhibitors are
compared among those with different
ethnic backgrounds
by Maxine Lipner
I N O T H E R N E W S
Accidentally green 69
EyeWorld explores ways in which a practice
can be economically smart and green
by Enette Ngoei
S P E C I A L F E AT U R E S
World View 8
ASCRS Update 9
JCRS Update 9
Program Committee:
Thomas W. Samuelson, MD–Chair
Garry P. Condon, MD
Douglas
J. Rhee, MD
Barbara A. Smit, MD, PhD
For more information,
please contact Laura Johnson
at (703) 591-2220 or
ljohnson@ascrs.org.
This
educational activity has been approved
for
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Cornea Day Planning Committee:
Terry Kim, MD
ASCRS Cornea Clinical Committee
David B. Glasser, MD
Cornea Society
Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD
ASCRS Cornea Clinical Committee
Edward J. Holland MD
Cornea Society
W. Barry Lee, MD
Cornea Society
Francis S. Mah, MD
ASCRS Cornea Clinical Committee
J. Bradley Randleman, MD
ASCRS Cornea Clinical Committee
Donald Tan, FRCS
Cornea Society
Energy settings in SLT:
how much is enough?
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by Tony Realini, M.D.
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For more information,
please contact Gail Reggio
at (703) 591-2220 or
greggio@ascrs.org.
D E PA RT M E N T S
Classifieds 70
Index to Advertisers 72
Calendar 74
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ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress
March 25-29, 2011
EyeWorld Educational Symposium
March 25-29, 2011
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26-27
G L A U C O M A
Introperative bleeding:
nanotechnology to the
rescue?
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A method of achieving hemostasis
without cautery for glaucoma surgery
is evaluated.
by Tony Realini, M.D.
O P H T H A L M O L O G Y
B U S I N E S S
Coding update for
Medicare—2011
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There are significant CPT code changes this
year, particularly the ones regarding OCT
by Riva Lee Asbell
