Eyeworld

OCT 2015

EyeWorld is the official news magazine of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.

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EW NEWS & OPINION 8 October 2015 102 E Y E W O R L D E D I T O R S Chief medical editor: Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD Cataract editor: Rosa M. Braga-Mele, MD Cornea editor: Clara C. Chan, MD Refractive editor: Steven C. Schallhorn, MD Glaucoma editor: Reay H. Brown, MD International editor: John A. Vukich, MD CATARACT Lisa B. Arbisser, MD Susan MacDonald, MD Saras Ramanathan, MD Steve G. Safran, MD Richard Tipperman, MD Mitchell P. Weikert, MD REFRACTIVE John P. Berdahl, MD Kraig S. Bower, MD Y. Ralph Chu, MD Thomas E. Clinch, MD Neel Desai, MD Elizabeth M. Hofmeister, MD Louis E. Probst, MD GLAUCOMA Husam Ansari, MD Garry P. Condon, MD Steven J. Gedde, MD Jeffrey A. Kammer, MD Parag Parekh, MD Nathan M. Radcliffe, MD CORNEA Vincent P. de Luise, MD John A. Hovanesian, MD Bennie Jeng, MD Barry Lee, MD Bryan Lee, MD Chaz Reilly, MD INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY GROUP 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 Prin Rojanapongpun, MD Hungwon Tchah, MD Vladimir N. Trubilin, MD Ke Yao, MD Ronald Yeoh, MD E Y E W O R L D E D I T O R I A L B O A R D A S C R S E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E A S C R S G O V E R N I N G B O A R D Robert J. Cionni, MD, President Richard A. Lewis, MD, Immediate Past President Kerry D. Solomon, MD, Vice President/President Elect Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, Past President Bonnie An Henderson, MD, Treasurer Thomas W. Samuelson, MD, Secretary Brock K. Bakewell, MD, Chair, Government Relations David F. Chang, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation International Committee Edward J. Holland, MD, Chair, Program Committee Stephen S. Lane, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation Domestic Committee Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, Member at Large Rosa Braga-Mele, MD, International Representative Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD Medical Editor, EyeWorld Warren E. Hill, MD Member at Large Richard S. Hoffman, MD Chair, Cataract Clinical Committee Terry Kim, MD Chair, Cornea Clinical Committee Nick Mamalis, MD Editor, JCRS James V. Mazzo ASCRS Public Trustee Douglas J. Rhee, MD Chair, Glaucoma Clinical Committee Roger F. Steinert, MD Chair, Industry Liaison Committee John A. Vukich, MD Chair, Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee Kevin Waltz, MD, OD Chair, Integrated Practice Committee Keith A. Warren, MD Chair, Retina Clinical Committee Elizabeth Yeu, MD Chair, Young Eye Surgeons Clinical Committee Tips for initiating medical therapy for glaucoma 100 At the recent World Glaucoma Congress, a panel of experts discussed the current status of initial glaucoma management by Tony Realini, MD, MPH INTERNATIONAL International outlook Stereoacuity: A new measure of LASIK success? 102 In a new study, researchers from India analyzed LASIK results by looking at stereoacuity by Matt Young and Gloria D. Gamat New DNA sequencing very personally diagnoses congenital cataracts 104 Thanks to a new development in genomic medicine, clinicians may now be able to approach diagnosis and management of congenital cataracts in a more streamlined manner by Matt Young and Gloria D. Gamat OPHTHALMOLOGY BUSINESS Doctors refusing care to patients: What are the limits? 110 Conditions that obligate care versus ones that don't by John D. Banja, PhD The dangers of predicting your retirement 114 It's better to focus on what you can control, and that's the amount you put away for retirement now, while owning the strongest funds possible in your retirement portfolio by Roger Balser Treating dry eye layer by layer 121 A presentation at the EuCornea meeting explored a "tear film oriented therapy" approach to dry eye by Ellen Stodola MEETING REPORTER Reporting from the 2015 Combined Ophthalmic Symposium 124 Reporting from the XXXIII Congress of the ESCRS 138 IN OTHER NEWS Malaysian ophthalmologist revives interest in piano 161 Dr. Thevi makes time for her musical passion as well as practicing ophthalmology by Ellen Stodola Keratoconus terminology and differential diagnosis 122 Physician comments on the diagnosis of keratoconus and ectasia and some of the terms that need to be discussed when dealing with the disease by Ellen Stodola Conjunctival lesions demystified 118 How to recognize and treat 3 types of malignant lesions by Lauren Lipuma 161 SPECIAL FEATURES JCRS update 11 ASCRS update 11 Monthly Pulse Survey 82 Product Showcase 152 CORNEA Hot off the press: Best in cornea 116 Bennie H. Jeng, MD, highlighted the best cornea papers at the "Hot Off the Press" session at the 2015 ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress RESIDENTS EyeWorld journal club Review of "Intracameral phenylephrine and ketorolac during cataract surgery maintains intraoperative mydriasis and reduces postoperative ocular pain" 106 by Matthew Adams, MD, MBA, Shazia Ali, MD, Greg Brunin, MD, Robert Garoon, MD, Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD, and Mitchell Weikert, MD DEPARTMENTS Marketplace and Classifieds 157 Calendar 158 Index to advertisers 160

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