Posts Tagged ‘Refractive’
Avedro
Presenter: David Muller, PhD Dr. Muller recognized the potential of using advanced methods to gently reshape the cornea and in 2007 founded Avedro, Inc., where he serves as the CEO. View Full Profile
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Presenter: Roy Rubinfeld, MD Dr. Rubinfeld was the first Washington area ophthalmologist to become involved in the care of laser vision correction patients in 1991. He has performed tens of thousands of LASIK and many PRK and other vision correction procedures. View Full Profile
Read MoreCross Linking Market Overview
Presenter: Stephen Slade, MD Stephen Glenn Slade graduated from the University of Texas (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) with a final, elective year spent at Guy’s Hospital in London. He completed a residency at LSU in New Orleans and fellowships at Baylor College of Medicine and Project ORBIS in New York. View Full Profile
Read MoreNexisVision Pivots to Develop a Novel Contact Lens Technology
Formed in 2008 NexisVision’s initial target was next generation corneal refractive surgery or in other words, the comfort and function of LASIK without a flap. In the last 18-24 months the company has pivoted to develop a novel contact lens technology. Presenter: Marguerite McDonald, MD Marguerite McDonald, MD, FACS, is a board-certified ophthalmologist offering corneal,…
Read MoreRefractec – The Tale of an Evolution in Need of a Revolution
Refractec was really a revolution at the time in terms of reshaping the cornea, but was in need of an evolution of how we think of the cornea. This technology if introduced today would have had an even more robust life. Presenter: Tom Frinzi Thomas Frinzi is Senior Vice President of Abbott’s vision business, which…
Read MoreCross Linking – Panel Discussion
Moderators: Stephen Slade, MD Stephen Glenn Slade graduated from the University of Texas (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) with a final, elective year spent at Guy’s Hospital in London. He completed a residency at LSU in New Orleans and fellowships at Baylor College of Medicine and Project ORBIS in New York. View Full Profile…
Read MoreOIS@ASCRS 2013 Executive Summary – Eye on Innovation
The Second Annual OIS@ASCRS – Ophthalmology Innovation Summit at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery was held in San Francisco on April 18, 2013. The conference attracted 325 attendees from 29 US states and 21 countries. The purpose of OIS is to create an ecosystem of clinical, technology and business. Uniting this diverse…
Read MoreOIS Sets Sights on Anterior Segment Innovations
The second annual Ophthalmology Innovation Summit (OIS) at the 2013 ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress combined industry, clinicians, and entrepreneurs to highlight innovations in anterior segment surgery. The half-day session featured talks on the impact of femtosecond lasers and intraoperative aberrometry, as well as micro-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS). Co-chairman William J. Link, PhD, Versant Ventures, Menlo…
Read MoreSurgical Treatment of Presbyopia – Challenges and Opportunities
Requesting many highly sought after answers to questions surrounding the surgical treatment of Presbyopia, co-moderators Dick Lindstrom, Founder and Attending Surgeon for Minnesota Eye Consultants and Eugene de Juan, Jr., MD, Founder & Vice-Chairman for ForSight Labs, dig into the underlying challenges and emerging possibilities in Presbyopia surgery. Lending their expertise to provide attendees with…
Read MoreRefractive Cataract Surgery – Challenges & Opportunities
Jack Holladay, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology for Baylor College of Medicine and Jim Mazzo, Retired President for Abbott Medical Optics and Executive Chair for Acufocus, lead a panel discussion on Refractive Cataract Surgery at the 2nd Annual Ophthalmology Innovation Summit on April 18, 2013. Lending expert insights into the current challenges and arising opportunities in…
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