Is Presbyopia Finally Taking Center Stage?
Presbyopia is the eye condition that will impact 100% of patients at some point. It has long been said that a solution for presbyopia is the “holy grail” of eye care. While there is not yet a cure for presbyopia, there are more tools than ever before to help patients have functional near and intermediate vision while maintaining distance vision. Recently, George O. Waring IV, MD, FACS, moderated a discussion with Steven J. Dell, MD; Rex Hamilton, MD, MS, FACS; and Cathleen M. McCabe, MD, on the profound need for eye care providers to provide more presbyopia solutions to their patients and how they are doing that.
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Emerging medical and surgical presbyopic treatments
Ophthalmologists have several options at their disposal for the treatment of presbyopia, according to Elizabeth Yeu, MD, a partner at Virginia Eye Consultants and an assistant professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. Speaking recently at the virtual 2022 Toronto Cataract Course, Yeu noted that innovation is advancing in presbyopia correction. “We have spent …
read moreThe Modern Presbyopia Exam
It’s time to move towards a more quantitative approach that can better guide treatments for presbyopia By James A. Katz, MD Presbyopia is a manifestation of the aging of the eye that is associated with near and intermediate blurry vision, headache, and eye strain or fatigue. In presbyopia, all of the tissues of the eye …
read moreAce Vision Group Adds Four Ophthalmologists to Medical Advisory Board; Launches New Corporate and Medical Affairs Websites
Ace Vision Group announced the addition of Cathleen McCabe, MD; James Katz, MD; Ehsan Sadri, MD; and Dagny Zhu, MD, to its medical advisory board. These prominent ophthalmologists will contribute expertise to advance the development and implementation of novel solutions for eye health, specifically Laser Scleral Microporation (LSM), a laser therapeutic designed to rejuvenate the …
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