EyeWorld is the official news magazine of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
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6 February 2017 EW ASCRS NEWS 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 Glaucoma editor: Reay Brown, MD Refractive editor: Vance Thompson, 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 Lance Kugler, MD Louis Probst, MD GLAUCOMA Husam Ansari, 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 Kerry Solomon, MD, President Robert Cionni, MD, Immediate Past President Richard Lewis, MD, Past President Bonnie Henderson, MD, Vice President/President Elect Thomas Samuelson, MD, Treasurer Nick Mamalis, MD, Secretary Eric Donnenfeld, MD, Medical Editor, EyeWorld Edward Holland, MD, Chair, Program Committee David Chang, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation International Committee Stephen Lane, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation Domestic Committee Brock Bakewell, MD, Chair, Government Relations Committee Richard Lindstrom, MD, Member at Large Rosa Braga-Mele, MD Chair, Education Committee 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 John Berdahl, MD Chair, ASCRS Membership Committee Steven Charles, MD Chair, Retina Clinical Committee Elizabeth Yeu, MD Chair, Young Eye Surgeons Clinical Committee SPECIAL FEATURE Monthly Pulse survey 66 DEPARTMENTS Marketplace and classifieds 115 Index to advertisers 115 Meetings calendar 116 RETINA Retina consultation corner Retinal evaluation before cataract surgery 48 Catching visual surprises before they thwart high quality cataract surgery by Steve Charles, MD GLAUCOMA Glaucoma editor's corner of the world Charting the trabecular pathways 74 New technologies blaze a blue trail through the aqueous pathway by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD Presentation spotlight "EPIC" results give a good reason to celebrate 92 The EPIC-Norfolk study concludes that alcohol may provide protection against cataract development by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD To the point: Simple practice tune-ups for complex times The importance of conducting exit interviews 100 Paradoxically, exit interviewing provides an array of information that actually strengthens critical employee retention efforts by Corinne Wohl, MHSA, COE, and John Pinto Presentation spotlight Surgical approach to PHPV 94 Indian surgeons share expertise for management of persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD Diagnostic error presents "major issue" in liability claims 102 Though less frequent than improperly performed procedures, payouts for diagnostic error claims are higher by Liz Hillman Research highlight In plain sight 52 Combination of FDA-approved drugs studied to stave off retinal damage by Maxine Lipner Best of ASCRS: Glaucoma 82 Robert Noecker, MD, highlighted the best glaucoma papers at the "Best of ASCRS" session at the 2016 ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress MEETING REPORTER Reporting from Hawaiian Eye 2017 104 RESIDENTS EyeWorld journal club Review of "The risk factors and diagnosis of pseudophakic cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery in diabetic patients" 70 Research highlight Going with the peripapillary capillary flow 84 OCT angiography identifies new patterns in early glaucoma by Maxine Lipner Presentation spotlight Endophthalmitis rate low in India 96 Documented incidence in India proportionate to worldwide incidence, study shows by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD IN OTHER NEWS Building a practice and a relationship 117 Jerry and Carol Shields have built their relationship as well as an ocular oncology practice over the years by Ellen Stodola INTERNATIONAL Presentation spotlight The hospital that reaches you 88 A cataract "hospital on a train" offers a lifeline to India's remote and needy by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD OPHTHALMOLOGY BUSINESS YES connect Navigating contract negotiations 98 From non-competes to buy-ins and buy-outs, there's much to consider by Liz Hillman 104 48 Research highlight Mounting a defense against macular degeneration 50 Identifying agents to prevent vision loss by Maxine Lipner Pharmaceutical focus Helping glaucoma patients with compliance 78 What practitioners need to know by Maxine Lipner