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- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Receives $1.6M Grant to Study Retinoblastomahttps://modernod.com/news/childrens-hospital-los-angeles-receives-1-6m-grant-to-study-retinoblastoma/2476397/Retinoblastoma is a tumor of the retina that generally affects children under 5 years of age and accounts for approximately 4% of childhood cancers. If not diagnosed early, retinoblastoma may result in loss of one or both eyes and can be fatal. David Cobrinik, MD, PhD, of The Saban Researc
- 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
- FDA Commissioner Gottlieb Announces Efforts to Improve Assessment of REMS Programshttps://modernod.com/news/fda-commissioner-gottlieb-announces-efforts-to-improve-assessment-of-rems-programs/2479604/In an FDA statement, Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, announced efforts to improve the quality of the information used to assess the effectiveness of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) programs in supporting the safe use of medications. In making decisions about whether the ben
- Mount Sinai Recruits Internationally Recognized Ophthalmologists to Expand Leadershiphttps://modernod.com/news/mount-sinai-recruits-internationally-recognized-ophthalmologists-to-expand-leadership/2479609/Mount Sinai Health System announced the appointment of two new faculty members to expand leadership in the Department of Ophthalmology. Louis R. Pasquale, MD, FARVO, has been named Site Chair of Ophthalmology at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens and will also serve as Vice Chair of
- Clearside Presents Additional Analyses of PEACHTREE Clinical Trial Data in Support of Xipere in Treating Uveitic Macular Edemahttps://modernod.com/news/clearside-presents-additional-analyses-of-peachtree-clinical-trial-data-in-support-of-xipere-in-treating-uveitic-macular-edema/2476155/Clearside Biomedical recently announced that additional data from PEACHTREE, the company’s pivotal phase 3 trial of Xipere (formerly suprachoroidal CLS-TA) in patients with uveitic macular edema, were presented by Rahul N. Khurana, MD, Vitreoretinal Surgeon at Northern California
- Prevent Blindness Elects Three New Members to National Board of Directorshttps://modernod.com/news/prevent-blindness-elects-three-new-members-to-national-board-of-directors-2/2479700/Prevent Blindness has announced that Paul Delatore, Global Head, Market Access at Alcon; Jim McGrann, Chairman & CEO of Healthy Eyes Advantage; and Rajeev S. Ramchandran, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology in the University of Rochester Medical School’s Department of Ophthalmology, have
- $4 Million Gift to Aid Construction of a Public Museum Dedicated to Vision and Eye Healthhttps://modernod.com/news/aao-announces-4-million-gift-to-aid-construction-of-a-public-museum-dedicated-to-vision-and-eye-health/2479720/The American Academy of Ophthalmology announced a project to construct the world’s first public museum dedicated to vision and eye health. The new museum will be located in San Francisco. Prominent ophthalmologist Stanley M. Truhlsen, MD, launched the project with a $4 million donation. The annou
- Flying Eye Hospital Celebrates 20 Years of Eye Care in Ethiopia this World Sight Dayhttps://modernod.com/news/flying-eye-hospital-celebrates-20-years-of-eye-care-in-ethiopia-this-world-sight-day/2479789/The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital—the world’s only U.S.-accredited teaching hospital on board an MD-10 aircraft—has returned to Addis Ababa to conduct a 3-week training project from October 1-19, 2018, invited by the Federal Ministr
- Staar Surgical Announces Agreement with Dr. Tobias Neuhann in Germany to Create Collaboration with Single Site Ophthalmology Clinicshttps://modernod.com/news/staar-surgical-announces-agreement-with-dr-tobias-neuhann-in-germany-to-create-collaboration-with-single-site-ophthalmology-clinics/2479798/Staar Surgical announced a multi-year strategic alliance agreement with Tobias Neuhann, MD, of the Augenklinik am Marienplatz (Eye Clinic at Marienplatz) in Munich, Germany. The agreement serves as a global partnership model for smaller and single site refractive surgery eye clinics that aim to p
- Chiropractic Treatment and Vision Loss: Examining the Connectionhttps://modernod.com/news/chiropractic-treatment-and-vision-loss-examining-the-connection/2479828/Many Americans visit chiropractors to address pain, often without informing their physicians. And they might not consider eye complications that could result, says Yannis Paulus, MD, a retina specialist at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. The energetic thrusts and rota