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Eyenuk, AAO Collaborate to Offer AI-Driven DR Screening for Underserved Patients in Delaware
Eyenuk and the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) reported Oct. 16 that they had teamed up under the AAO’s EyeCare America program to provide eye disease screening for underserved communities ...
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AAO Glaucoma Day Session Evaluates Latest Devices Advancing or Sold Outside the US
US glaucoma specialists have over 20 surgical options to treat their patients, but even more devices are available or in the pipeline outside the US, and their developers could seek FDA approval. M...
Retina Specialists Face Complement Inhibition Therapy with Mixed Emotions
The use of complement inhibitors to slow the progression of geographic atrophy (GA) is shaping up as the fulcrum for changing how ophthalmologists deliver and get compensated for retina care. Two c...
Pros and Cons of Same-Day Cataract Surgery Debated During AAO Refractive Day
The advantages and disadvantages of immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) took center stage during a 2023 AAO Refractive Day session that tasked Rupert Menapace, MD (Austria), wit...
US Refractive Surgeons Grapple with Treatment Options for High Myopes
Surgeons attending the Refractive Subspecialty Day at the 2023 AAO meeting in San Francisco debated the ideal treatment options for patients with moderate to high myopia. Practices shared widely di...
2023 AAO Meeting Draws 15,661 to San Francisco
The 2023 meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology drew 15,661 in-person attendees Nov. 3-6 to Moscone Center in San Francisco, according to preliminary numbers released by the AAO. Another ...
Buzzworthy Topics at the 2023 AAO Meeting
Dry Eye: New products kept generating buzz around dry eye. Bausch + Lomb leaned into the promotion of Miebo, the new, first-in-class drug therapy that directly targets tear evaporation. Diagnostic ...
Eyecelerator at AAO Showcases Innovators and Awards $45 Thousand in Prize Money
Eyecelerator awarded a total of $45 thousand in prize money to winning pitch challengers at its fall meeting, after emerging companies got a chance to work with accomplished industry veterans to re...
RxSight Announces Controlled Launch of LAL+ with Extended EDOF Functionality
RxSight—already the fastest growing IOL company in the US—is conducting a controlled launch of an additional version of the Light Adjustable Lens (LAL), referred to as the LAL+. Stephen Slade, MD, ...
Surgeons Compare Trifocal and EDOF IOLs During AAO Refractive Day
Trifocal IOLs went head-to-head with extended depth of focus lenses during the 2023 AAO Refractive Day program as Damien Gatinel, MD, PhD (France), advocated for trifocal models and Douglas Koch, M...
UCSF Ophthalmology Showcase Sends Message to Industry That It’s ‘Open for Business’
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), held its Ophthalmology Showcase on Nov. 3 to highlight both the school’s history of ophthalmic innovation and its role in future advancements. Th...
US Ophthalmologists Emphasize Action as Industry Inches Toward Greener Practices
Sustainability sessions at the 2023 AAO meeting echoed the sentiment of the ESCRS and other ophthalmic meetings throughout the year. US ophthalmologists discussed how practices can implement protoc...
Diagnostic Leaders Showcase Devices, Collaborations at AAO Meeting
Notable diagnostic innovations showcased at the 2023 meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology were Topcon’s Tempo perimeter and Heidelberg Engineering’s Anterion anterior OCT platform. Also...
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