EyeWorld is the official news magazine of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
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8 117 132 145 SPECIAL FEATURES Monthly Pulse survey 88 DEPARTMENTS Marketplace and classifieds 142 Meetings calendar 143 Index to advertisers 144 Light-activated protein offers promise as retinal implant 122 Bacteriorhodopsin-based implant could help those with blinding retinal conditions see again by Liz Hillman To the point: Simple practice tune-ups for complex times Similar challenges for ophthalmologists around the world 110 A list of common challenges that ophthalmology practices face by Corinne Wohl, MHSA, COE, and John B. Pinto Dealing with natural disasters 112 Ophthalmologists who have lived through them share stories, lessons learned by Vanessa Caceres CORNEA Device focus What's new with the Boston Keratoprosthesis? 114 An update on this device's two formats by Michelle Stephenson Research highlight Posterior keratoconus front and center 117 What to know about this unusual condition by Maxine Lipner RETINA Research highlight Searching for the right timing for vitrectomy 120 Research explores whether to try a vitrectomy or medical management first by Maxine Lipner Research highlight Fielding floaters with YAG vitreolysis 124 Studying treatment effect of this laser technique by Maxine Lipner INTERNATIONAL International meeting paper session recap 126 A snapshot of some of the paper presenta- tions at the XXXV Congress of the ESCRS by Ellen Stodola and Liz Hillman Presentation spotlight Astigmatism management: Corneal incisions 116 The femtosecond laser may be the future of corneal incisional surgery by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD Presentation spotlight Uganda: Creating sustainable eyecare 130 Newly built ophthalmology hospital serves patients in dire need in rural Uganda by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD MEETING REPORTER Reporting from Hawaiian Eye 2018 132 IN OTHER NEWS Couple met through shared interests 145 Dr. Waring and Dr. Rocha both work in cornea, cataract, and refractive surgery in Charleston, South Carolina by Ellen Stodola EW ASCRS News February 2018 February 2018 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 editors: Reay Brown, MD, and Nathan Radcliffe, MD Refractive editor: Vance Thompson, MD CATARACT Lisa Arbisser, MD Susan MacDonald, MD Kevin Miller, MD Tal Raviv, MD Jonathan Rubenstein, MD Steven Safran, MD Laurence Sperber, MD Richard Tipperman, MD Mitchell Weikert, MD Elizabeth Yeu, MD CORNEA Vincent de Luise, MD John Hovanesian, MD Bennie Jeng, MD Barry Lee, MD Bryan Lee, MD Charles Reilly, MD GLAUCOMA Husam Ansari, MD Steven Gedde, MD Linda Huang, MD Robert Noecker, MD Parag Parekh, MD Valerie Trubnik, MD Dana Wallace, MD REFRACTIVE John Berdahl, MD Y. Ralph Chu, MD Thomas Clinch, MD Neel Desai, MD Lance Kugler, MD Louis Probst, MD Blake Williamson, MD Roger Zaldivar, MD INTERNATIONAL Graham Barrett, MD Maria Jose Cosentino, 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 Bonnie Henderson, MD, President Kerry Solomon, MD, Immediate Past President Robert Cionni, MD, Past President Thomas Samuelson, Vice President/President Elect Nick Mamalis, MD, Treasurer Terry Kim, MD, Secretary Eric Donnenfeld, MD, Medical Editor, EyeWorld Edward Holland, MD, Chair, Program Committee David Chang, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation, International Initiatives Stephen Lane, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation, Domestic Initiatives 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 Francis Mah, MD Chair, Cornea Clinical Committee Nick Mamalis, MD Editor, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery James Mazzo ASCRS Public Trustee William Myers, MD Chair, EyeConnect Committee Douglas Rhee, MD Chair, Glaucoma Clinical Committee John Vukich, MD Chair, Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee Steven Charles, MD Chair, Retina Clinical Committee Sumit Garg, MD Chair, Young Eye Surgeons Clinical Committee