May 2008

Focusing In on OCT

Allen C. Ho, MD, and Robert L. Avery, MD

News Medical Update

A summary of general medicine news that affects your patients, your practice, and you.

David Boyer, MD

War-related Eye Injuries Take a Toll

Legislation to create a tracking system and improve care was recently passed by US Congress.

Leah D. Farr, News and Industry Editor

Retinal Prosthesis for Degenerative Outer Retinal Disease

Mark S. Humayun, MD, PhD; James. D. Weiland, PhD; and Hossein Ameri, MD, FRCSI, MRCOphth

Surgical Tips for Your Fellowship

P. Kumar Rao, MD, and Adam Martidis, MD

Revolution and Renaissance

Michael Romansky, JD

Maximizing OCT Scans

How to avoid common pitfalls with time-domain OCT.

Teodoro Evans, MD, and Lihteh Wu, MD

SD OCT Offers True Advantages

But will it be widespread among European practices?

Alain Gaudric, MD

The Evolution of Spectral-domain Optical Coherence Tomography

Alan C. Sull, BA; Laurel N. Vuong, BS; Vivek J. Srinivasan, PhD; Andre J. Witkin, MD; Maciej Wojtkowski, PhD; James G. Fujimoto, PhD; and Jay S. Duker, MD

Spectral-domain OCT in Practice

Our research and clinical experience with the Bioptigen SD OCT system.

Aziz A. Khanifar, MD, and Sina Farsiu, PhD

Spectral-domain OCT Reveals Details of Intraretinal and Choroidal Vasculature

The Advanced Visualization software on the Cirrus OCT provide useful anatomic information that other units cannot.

Randy Dhaliwal, MD, FRCSC, FACS

Ophthalmic Imaging and the Emergence of SD OCT

Clinical experience with the Spectralis HRA+OCT.

Jeffrey S. Heier, MD

Seeing the Invisible With Combined OCT-SLO

Combining the two methods of imaging provides new insights into posterior segment conditions.

J. Sebag, MD, FACS, FRCOphth

Peeling Through the Layers: SD OCT

The technology is useful for imaging a variety of retinal diseases.

Zosia Michalewska, MD; Janusz Michalewski, MD; and Jerzy Nawrocki, MD, PhD

Clinical Experience With Fourier-domain OCT

The RTVue offers high-quality images with versatile features.

Jennifer I. Lim, MD

Fluorescein Angiography in 2008

What is the role of this imaging modality in today's retinal practice?

Joseph L. Lin, MD, and Howard F. Fine, MD, MHSc

Spectral-domain OCT in Latin America

Wide adoption of SD technology may be slow due to cost-benefit issues.

J. Fernando Arevalo, MD, FACS

Robotic Surgery in Ophthalmology

The use of a robotic surgical system can provide added dexterity for delicate intraocular manipulations.

Jean Pierre Hubschman, MD; Angelo Tsirbas, MD; and Steven D. Schwartz, MD

23-gauge Vitrectomy for Sutureless Vitreous Surgery

The instrumentation facilitated successful completion of surgery for a wide range of pathologies.

Keith Warren, MD

Managing the New Logistics of AMD Therapy

In a new series, retinal practice administrators explain how they have integrated the increased patient volume from intravitreal injections into their practices.

David Baczewski, MBA, Administrator, Illinois Retina Associates

5 Questions With Julia Haller, MD

Dr. Haller was recently appointed as the Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She is also Ophthalmologist in Chief at Wills Eye Institute.

Julia Haller, MD