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EW MEETING REPORTER
December 2012
EyeWorld Video Reporter
Recorded live from AAO/APAO Chicago
Thursday OIS
Jim Mazzo, president, Abbott Medical Optics, discusses how the presidential election
will affect the ophthalmic industry. The industry needs to stay engaged in the political
process, he urged, especially as budget cuts go into effect.
Saturday AAO/APAO 2012
Kathryn Colby, M.D., Boston, moderated the Cornea Subspecialty Day session titled
���Anterior Segment Surgery���Expanding Your Reach,��� and revealed that keratoprosthesis is gaining ground, with deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) becoming an
accepted technique in the U.S. and beyond.
Friday AAO/APAO 2012
Michael C. Knorz, M.D., Mannheim, Germany, reviews take-home points from a cornea
point-counterpoint session that was held at Refractive Subspecialty Day, immediately
preceding the joint meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Asia-Paci���c
Academy of Ophthalmology in Chicago.
Sunday AAO/APAO 2012
Epithelial herpes keratitis is the most common cause of infectious blindness in the U.S.,
affecting about 500,000 people. Eric D. Donnenfeld, M.D., Long Island, N.Y., discusses
the controversy among clinicians as to whether topical or oral antibiotics is the best
treatment.
EyeWorld Video Reporter from
AAO/APAO 2012 Chicago
www.EWreplay.org/AAO2012
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