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Gareth Lema, MD, PhD

Lema is vice chair of quality, safety and experience at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai and associate professor of ophthalmology at Icahn School of Medicine.

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July 19, 2024
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Q&A: 72% of eye drop medication wasted due to ‘self-imposed use cessation dates’

Multiuse eye drop bottles are often discarded at medical centers long before the FDA-regulated expiration date, leading to significant drug waste and increased costs, according to research published in Ophthalmology.

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July 20, 2022
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VIDEO: Point-of-care OCT may help with diagnosis of CRAO at stroke centers

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASRS meeting, Gareth Lema, MD, PhD, discusses the use of point-of-care OCT to more quickly diagnose central retinal artery occlusion.