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15 EW NEWS & OPINION October 2015 results from the "happy patient study." J Refract Surg. 2014;30:674–678. Editors' note: The physicians have no financial interests related to this article. Contact information Nathan: knathan@fea.net Packer: mark@markpackerconsulting.com Tovian: s-tovian@northwestern.edu surgery. "Listening closely while providing an honest assessment of the capabilities and limitations of each approach most often results in a successful decision," he said. EW Reference 1. Mester U, et al. Impact of personality characteristics on patient satisfaction after multifocal intraocular lens implantation: AGBC 1347 Rev.C 3360 Scherer Drive, Suite B, St. Petersburg FL 33716 800-637-4346 • Tel: 727-209-2244 • Fax: 727-341-8123 Email: Info@RheinMedical.com • Website: www.RheinMedical.com 1 Developed In Coordination With Juan F. Batlle, M.D. 2 Developed In Coordination With Elie G. Khouri, M.D. 3 Developed In Coordination With Steven L. Maskin, M.D., Patent Pending. 4 Developed In Coordination With David R. Hardten, M.D. 5 Developed In Coordination With James Tearse, M.D. Background, Expressed Lid Image 08-01720 Tearse 5 Meib um Com pression Forceps 08-01718 Batlle 1 Eye lid C om p ression Forceps 08-01719 Khouri 2 Eyelid Squeegee 08-01 7 16 M askin 3 Mei bu m Expressor 08 -01717 H a rdten 4 Eyelid Compression Forceps Meibum Expressors Hardten 4 Tearse 5 Batlle 1 Khouri 2 Maskin 3 Come See Us At AAO Booth No. 2514 In memoriam: Jan G.F. Worst, MD L ongtime ASCRS member Jan G.F. Worst, MD, passed away on September 25 in his hometown of Groningen, the Netherlands. With the Jan Worst Research Group, he created and developed simple tools for cataract surgery that greatly helped to relieve cataract-induced blindness in developing countries, according to Michael C. Knorz, MD, executive director, International Intraocular Implant Club (IIIC). "Not only did he provide free surgical services in small rural villages throughout India, Nepal, and Pakistan himself, he never ceased to encourage his colleagues to offer their services to those less fortunate," Dr. Knorz said. "Jan will be remembered as a true pioneer of IOL design and implantation, for his passion and enthusiasm to advance science and his perseverance to better the life of thousands of patients throughout the world by giving them the gift of sight," Dr. Knorz said. "Envision the characteristics of an eccentric genius—innovative, iconoclastic, impulsive, and expressive; this was Jan Worst," said Stephen A. Obstbaum, MD, New York. "We associate him with his contributions in the early days of intraocular lens implantation, with the Worst Medallion lens, stainless steel suture incision closure, and later with the iris-claw IOL, but his work in other areas was equally illuminating. His interest in congenital glaucoma, including the surgical technique and the instruments he designed, were aptly described in his textbook on this subject. In addition, his observations on the anatomy of the vitreous supported the emergence of extracapsular cataract surgery as the preferred technique supplanting intracapsular surgery. Jan's brilliance greatly influenced the development of IOL implantation specifically and ophthalmology globally." In 1976, Dr. Worst was the recipient of the ASCRS Binkhorst Medal and Lecture, and in 1999, he was the first recipient of the IIIC G.F. Jan Worst Medal and Lectureship. EW

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