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EW NEWS & OPINION 10 March 2016 Atypical glaucoma cases discussed at RANZCO 106 Poster from the 2015 RANZCO scientific congress explores cases where glaucoma was the secondary issue by Matt Young and Gloria Gamat 106 120 118 136 RESIDENTS EyeWorld journal club Review of "Scheimpflug lens densitometry and ocular wavefront aberrations in patients with mild nuclear cataract" 108 by Tiffany Liu, MD, and Alexander Nguyen, MD RETINA Retina consultation corner Retina Clinical Committee responds to "Pearls for YAG vitreolysis of floaters" 112 by Timothy Olsen, MD, Ron Adelman, MD, David Brown, MD, Steve Charles, MD, William Mieler, MD, David Boyer, MD, and Keith Warren, MD Cataract surgeons respond to Retina Clinical Committee's concerns over YAG vitreolysis 113 by Karl Brasse, MD, and I. Paul Singh, MD Novel peptide drug for treatment of retinal diseases on the horizon 118 Prototype drug candidate will potentially target some retinal disorders in a less invasive way by Matt Young and Gloria Gamat MEETING REPORTER Reporting from the 2016 World Ophthalmology Congress 120 EyeWorld journal club Review of "Effect of Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy on visual function in patients with posterior capsule opacification and good visual acuity" 110 by Jessica Maslin, MD, Peter Ryg, MD, and Lucy Zhang, MD On the AMD plate 114 Eyeing vitamin D levels in connection with disease development by Maxine Lipner IN OTHER NEWS Retinal specialist turns writing hobby into more during retirement 136 Retired surgeon started a diary as a boy and now has 3 published memoirs on his life from China to medical school in the U.S. and beyond by Liz Hillman E Y E W O R L D E D I T O R S Chief medical editor: Eric Donnenfeld, MD Cataract editor: Rosa Braga-Mele, MD Cornea editor: Clara Chan, MD Refractive editor: Steven Schallhorn, MD Glaucoma editor: Reay Brown, MD CATARACT Lisa Arbisser, MD Susan MacDonald, MD Kevin Miller, MD Saras Ramanathan, MD Jonathan Rubenstein, MD Steven Safran, MD Laurence Sperber, MD Richard Tipperman, MD Mitchell Weikert, MD REFRACTIVE John Berdahl, MD Kraig Bower, MD Y. Ralph Chu, MD Thomas Clinch, MD Neel Desai, MD Elizabeth Hofmeister, MD Louis Probst, MD GLAUCOMA Husam Ansari, MD Garry Condon, MD Steven Gedde, MD Jeffrey Kammer, MD Parag Parekh, MD Nathan Radcliffe, MD CORNEA Vincent de Luise, MD John Hovanesian, MD Bennie Jeng, MD Barry Lee, MD Bryan Lee, MD Chaz Reilly, MD INTERNATIONAL Graham Barrett, MD Oliver Findl, MD Michael Knorz, MD Boris Malyugin, MD Ronald Yeoh, MD Roberto Zaldivar, 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 Cionni, MD, President Richard Lewis, MD, Immediate Past President Kerry Solomon, MD, Vice President/President Elect Eric Donnenfeld, MD, Past President Bonnie Henderson, MD, Treasurer Thomas Samuelson, MD, Secretary Brock Bakewell, MD, Chair, Government Relations David Chang, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation International Committee Edward Holland, MD, Chair, Program Committee Stephen Lane, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation Domestic Committee Richard Lindstrom, MD, Member at Large Rosa Braga-Mele, MD Chair, Education Committee Eric Donnenfeld, MD Medical Editor, EyeWorld Warren Hill, MD Member at Large Richard Hoffman, MD Chair, Cataract Clinical Committee Terry Kim, MD Chair, Cornea Clinical Committee Nick Mamalis, MD Editor, JCRS James Mazzo ASCRS Public Trustee Douglas Rhee, MD Chair, Glaucoma Clinical Committee Roger Steinert, MD Chair, Industry Liaison Committee John Vukich, MD Chair, Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee Kevin Waltz, MD, OD Chair, Integrated Practice Committee Keith Warren, MD Chair, Retina Clinical Committee Elizabeth Yeu, MD Chair, Young Eye Surgeons Clinical Committee SPECIAL FEATURES JCRS update 13 ASCRS update 13 Monthly Pulse survey 86 DEPARTMENTS Classifieds 133 Calendar 134 Index to advertisers 135

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