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- Retina Specialists in US Hot Zones Report on How Offices, ORs Have Changed During COVID-19 Spreadhttps://modernod.com/news/retina-specialists-in-us-hot-zones-report-on-how-offices-ors-have-changed-during-covid-19-spread/2477521/New Retina Radio, Retina Today’s podcast, featured a conversation with three doctors from hotspots in the United States. John W. Kitchens, MD, moderated a conversation with George Williams, MD, from the Oakland University School of Medicine, outside of Detroit; Gwen Cousins, MD, from Ret
- New Retina Radio: Experts Discuss New Patient Protocols in COVID-19 Erahttps://modernod.com/news/new-retina-radio-experts-discuss-new-patient-protocols-in-covid-19-era/2477501/New Retina Radio has launched a new series covering the COVID-19 crisis featuring retina specialists around the world talking about how their practices have been affected. In the first episode of this series, host John W. Kitchens, MD, was j
- Live Webcast: COVID-19 Impact on Retina Practiceshttps://modernod.com/news/live-webcast-covid-19-impact-on-retina-practices/2477468/Bryn Mawr Communications (BMC) will host a live video webcast of its New Retina Radio podcast on Friday at 12 pm ET. The webcast, “How Retina Doctors Are Altering Their Treatments During the COVID-19 Crisis, and How They Can Anticipate What’s Next,” will be hosted by John W. Kitchens, MD. Panelis
- Could a Hormone be Used to Treat Eye Disease?https://modernod.com/news/could-a-hormone-be-used-to-treat-eye-disease/2477314/John A. Moran Eye Center researchers continue to shed new light on the potential of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) to treat eye disease. EPO increases red blood cell production, and is already used clinically to treat anemia. However, more recently EPO is being recognized for other properties,
- Second Sight Announces $2.4 Million, 4-Year Grant from NIH to Develop Spatial Localization and Mapping Technologyhttps://modernod.com/news/second-sight-announces-2-4-million-4-year-grant-from-nih-to-develop-spatial-localization-and-mapping-technology/2476926/Second Sight Medical Products announced receipt of a $2.4 million, 4-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop spatial localization and mapping technology (SLAM). A joint collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), the initiative is i
- Oyster Point Pharma Expands Executive Leadership Teamhttps://modernod.com/news/oyster-point-pharma-expands-executive-leadership-team/2476896/Oyster Point Pharma announced the appointment of Dan Lochner, MBA, as its Chief Financial Officer, and John Snisarenko, MBA, as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Lochner joins Oyster Point Pharma after spending nearly 15 years, most recently as a Managing Director, at Goldman Sachs asset mana
- Zeiss Receives FDA Clearance for Epithelial Thickness Mapping for CIRRUS HD-OCThttps://modernod.com/news/zeiss-receives-fda-clearance-for-epithelial-thickness-mapping-for-cirrus-hd-oct/2476359/Zeiss announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the CIRRUS HD-OCT platform, expanding the capabilities of its Anterior Segment Premier Module to include epithelial thickness mapping (ETM). According to refractive specialist John Doane, MD, of Discover Vision Center in Kansas
- Investigators Seek Optimized Ophthalmology Clinical Trial Outcomeshttps://modernod.com/news/investigators-seek-optimized-ophthalmology-clinical-trial-outcomes/2476338/Investigators from Brown University and Johns Hopkins University shared new considerations from 3 groups working to standardize Core Outcome Sets (COSs), to increase the utility of results from randomized clinical trials for 3 eye conditions: age-related macular degeneration (AMD), refractive err
- Pennsylvania Senate Approves Bill That Would Expand Optometrists’ Scope of Practicehttps://modernod.com/news/pennsylvania-senate-approves-bill-that-would-expand-optometrists-scope-of-practice/2479790/A Pennsylvania bill – Senate Bill (SB) 668, introduced by Sen. John Gordner – seeks to expand optometrists’ scope of practice beyond the limits of their training. The bill passed the full Senate by a vote of 32-17 on Sept. 25, 2018, and it now awaits consideration by the House Professional Licens
- Surgeons from Vance Thompson Vision Make Impact with Mission Trip to Hondurashttps://modernod.com/news/surgeons-from-vance-thompson-vision-make-impact-with-mission-trip-to-honduras/2479985/This spring, Russell Swan, MD, led a team of surgeons from Vance Thompson Vision and the University of Iowa, plus staff members, on a mission trip to Honduras. Russell Swan, MD, John Berdahl, MD, Brandon Baartman, MD, and Dan Bettis, MD, were joined by five team members for a week-long sur