Eyeworld

JUN 2012

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

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6 EW Table of Contents June 2012 GLAUCOMA Glaucoma editor's corner of the world Instilling hope in the glaucoma patient 50 A positive attitude means more than you think by Faith A. Hayden 37 VISTA celebrates 20 years 37 By joining with the Cornea Society, VISTA founder Terrence O'Brien, M.D., has big plans for the corneal group by Michelle Dalton INTERNATIONAL International outlook An eye on combined surgery in Russia: Vacuum trabeculoplasty ab interno 51 Dr. Trubilin's practice has introduced a new original procedure for the combined treatment of glaucoma and cataract by Vladimir Trubilin, M.D. SECONDARY FEATURE: ASTIGMATISM Tools for aligning toric IOLs 48 Accurate positioning of toric IOLs is essential to optimally correct astigmatism and give a patient the best vision possible by Faith A. Hayden Characteristics of trans-PRK performed by the Profile 500 laser 52 Approach in Russia reveals another way to perform PRK by Alexander I. Myagkikh, Ph.D., Eugene V. Makurin, and Eugene L. Subbotin 65 OPHTHALMOLOGY BUSINESS Ethical issues in everyday ophthalmologic practice The ophthalmologist's 48 obligation to treat 56 A look at an interesting and important ethical dilemma by John Banja, Ph.D. Highlights from coverage of the 2012 ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress 66 The EyeWorld news team reports on ASCRS and ASOA Opening General Sessions, Cornea Day and Glaucoma Day, as well as symposia and courses from this year's ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress 77 SPECIAL FEATURES ASCRS update 11 JCRS update 11 Monthly pulse 46 DEPARTMENTS Classifieds 75 Calendar 76 Index to advertisers 77 EYEWORLD EDITORS Chief medical editor: David F. Chang, M.D. Cataract editor: Bonnie An Henderson, M.D. Cornea editor: Edward J. Holland, M.D. Refractive editor: Kerry D. Solomon, M.D. Glaucoma editor: Reay H. Brown, M.D. International editor: John A. Vukich, M.D. EYEWORLD EDITORIAL BOARD CATARACT REFRACTIVE Lisa B. Arbisser, M.D. Preston H. Blomquist, M.D. Saras Ramanathan, M.D. Steve G. Safran, M.D. Richard Tipperman, M.D. Farrell (Toby) C. Tyson, M.D. Mitchell P. Weikert, M.D. John P. Berdahl, M.D. Kraig S. Bower, M.D. Y. Ralph Chu, M.D. Neel Desai, M.D. Elizabeth M. Hofmeister, M.D. Louis E. Probst, M.D. MEETING REPORTER Ophthalmology Innovation Summit comes to the ASCRS Annual Meeting 60 The latest ideas in the areas of MIGS, femtosecond cataract, and premium IOLs were shared at this year's OIS at ASCRS RESIDENTS EyeWorld journal club Review of "Evidence-based guidelines for cataract surgery..." 58 by Elizabeth Dale, M.D., Lora Dagi Glass, M.D., Mary Whitman, M.D., Royce WS Chen, M.D., and Bryan J. Winn, M.D. 65 IN OTHER NEWS Marguerite McDonald, M.D., receives inaugural Visionary Woman Award 77 Among Dr. McDonald's many accomplish- ments, she is heralded as being the first surgeon in the world to perform laser vision correction by Michelle Dalton GLAUCOMA Garry P. Condon, M.D. Steven J. Gedde, M.D. Jeffery A. Kammer, M.D. Nathan M. Radcliffe, M.D. Carla J. Siegfried, M.D. CORNEA Clara C. Chan, M.D. Benny Jeng, M.D. Barry Lee, M.D. Vincent P. de Luise, M.D. John A. Hovanesian, M.D. ASCRS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE David F. Chang, M.D., President Eric D. Donnenfeld, M.D., Vice President/President-Elect Edward J. Holland, M.D., Immediate Past President R. Doyle Stulting, M.D., Ph.D., Past President Richard A. Lewis, M.D., Treasurer Robert J. Cionni, M.D., Secretary ASCRS GOVERNING BOARD Brock K. Bakewell, M.D. Chair, Government Relations Committee John D. Banja, Ph.D. ASCRS Public Trustee Rosa M. Braga-Mele, M.D. Chair, Cataract Clinical Committee David F. Chang, M.D. Medical editor, EyeWorld Terry Kim, M.D. Chair, Cornea Clinical Committee Stephen S. Lane, M.D. Chair, Optometric Task Force Richard L. Lindstrom, M.D. Chair, ASCRS Foundation Nick Mamalis, M.D. Editor, JCRS Stephen A. Obstbaum, M.D. Chair, Past Presidents Committee Sherman W. Reeves, M.D. Chair, Young Physicians and Residents Committee Thomas W. Samuelson, M.D. Chair, Glaucoma Clinical Committee Roger F. Steinert, M.D. Co-Chair, Program Committee Chair, Hall of Fame Committee R. Doyle Stulting, M.D., Ph.D. Chair, Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY GROUP Amar Agarwal, F.R.C.S. Renato Ambrósio, M.D. Graham D. Barrett, F.R.A.C.O. Ashley Behrens, M.D. William De La Pena, M.D. Bruno M. Fontes, M.D., Ph.D. Nada S. Jabbur, M.D. Shigeru Kinoshita, M.D. Boris E. Malyugin, M.D. Dan Z. Reinstein, M.D. Prin Rojanapongpun, M.D. Hungwon Tchah, M.D. Vladimir N. Trubilin, Ph.D. Ke Yao, M.D. Ronald Yeoh, M.D.

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