July/August 2009

Health Care Reform and the Retina Subspecialty

Allen C. Ho, MD; and Robert L. Avery, MD; with William L. Rich III, MD, FACS

Medical Update

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

Section Editor: David Boyer, MD

Expanding Therapeutic Options for Retinal Vein Occlusion

The approval of Ozurdex and the release of positive 6-month BRAVO and CRUISE results suggest additional treatment options for retinal vein occlusion will soon be available.

Jennifer Kreatsoulas, PhD, News & Contributing Editor

The Qualities of a Good Retina Fellow

Retina specialists who work closely with fellows share their thoughts on what characteristics they like (and do not like) to see in those who pursue retina fellowships in their programs, and offer advice on how to get the most of a retina fellowship.

Jeffrey S. Heier, MD; Arunan Sivalingam, MD; and Gaurav Shah, MD

Toxic Posterior Segment Syndrome Due to Reuse of Cannulated Tools

Similarities to TASS should be considered.

Steve Charles, MD

Repair of Retinal Detachment Associated With Giant Retinal Tear

Odette M. Houghton, MD

Sutureless Vitrectomy for Vitreous and Retinal Biopsy

Diagnostic vitreoretinal surgery may be an alternative when noninvasive methods reveal little about disease.

J. Fernando Arevalo, MD, FACS

Nine Black Pearls in the Management of Uveal Melanoma

Tips for clinicians for better management of this often misunderstood disease.

Carol L. Shields, MD

Antiangiogenesis in Ocular Oncology: More Than Meets The Eye

These agents have multiple applications in the management of chorioretinal vasculature conditions.

Edoardo Midena, MD, PhD, and Raffaele Parrozzani, MD

Primary Intraocular Lymphoma

An update on pathology and treatments.

Amy C. Schefler, MD; Daniel Gologorsky; and Timothy G. Murray, MD, MBA

Pearls for Imaging and Diagnosis in Ocular Oncology

The use of new imaging modalities can help clinicians better understand the pathophysiology of intraocular tumors.

J. William Harbour, MD; and Zélia M S Corrêa, MD, PhD

Radiation Therapy for the Retina Specialist

Innovations and pearls for the management of ocular tumors.

Paul T. Finger, MD

OCT And Autofluorescence: Are They Useful in the Diagnosis of Intraocular Tumors?

These newer imaging modalities may be useful for detecting predictive factors in some cases.

Elisabetta Pilotto, MD; Alemany-Rubio Ernesto, MD; AND Edoardo Midena, MD, PhD

Combined Phaco-vitrectomy: Factors Influencing Functional Outcomes

In the absence of prospective trials, outcomes appear to be mostly surgeon-dependent.

Anselm Kampik, MD

Practices Combine Forces, Improve Outreach, Service

Mid Atlantic Retina nearly doubled its number of surgeons at the beginning of this year.

James F. Vander, MD

Innovations

5 Questions With Stanislao Rizzo, MD

Dr. Rizzo is a vitreoretinal surgeon at the Eye Surgery Clinic, Santa Chiara Hospital, in Pisa, Italy.

Stanislao Rizzo, MD