Michael Mbagwu, MD

Michael Mbagwu, MD, is a practicing comprehensive ophthalmologist at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and is a current Byers Ophthalmic Innovation Fellow at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford, Stanford University Medical School. He has a research interest in medical informatics, application of real-world data and creation of AI algorithms for diagnosis/prognosis of ophthalmic disease.

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July 27, 2023
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BLOG: Introducing the Qdata module for geographic atrophy

The American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS Registry has now linked approximately 3.5 million ophthalmic images to deidentified electronic health record data from nearly 16,000 contributing clinicians.

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July 20, 2023
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BLOG: Highlights from the 2022 IRIS Registry report

Verana Health, the exclusive data curation and analytics partner for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, recently released the 2022 annual report on its partnership with the Academy's IRIS Registry.

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July 05, 2023
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BLOG: Including imaging data in IRIS Registry expands its depth

The American Academy of Ophthalmology recently expanded the depth and breadth of the IRIS Registry by including data from approximately 3.5 million real-world patient images.

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June 27, 2023
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BLOG: Study examines duration to IOP measurement following prostaglandin analog therapy

At the 2023 American Glaucoma Society annual meeting, my colleagues and I shared the findings of a study on IOP follow-up and prostaglandin analog therapy.

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May 13, 2023
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VIDEO: Medication use decreased after MIGS

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Michael Mbagwu, MD, discusses a study using IRIS Registry data to understand the medication reduction of different MIGS procedures.

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December 19, 2022
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BLOG: Real-world data provide insights into Dextenza safety, patient characteristics

Two abstracts showcased at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting utilized the IRIS Registry to provide insights into real-world treatment patterns and safety outcomes of patients treated with Dextenza.

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November 10, 2022
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BLOG: Comparing unstructured notes within an ophthalmology-specific database

Some data points housed in electronic health record systems are more suitable for large-scale evaluation than others.

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October 31, 2022
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BLOG: IRIS Registry Industry Report summarizes highlights of 2021 research

Before the 2022 American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, Verana Health, the technology, data and analytics partner for the Academy’s IRIS Registry, shared its 2021 IRIS Registry Industry Report.

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August 12, 2021
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BLOG: Linking imaging data with patient profiles in the IRIS Registry

The American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS Registry contains 367 million patient encounters from more than 65 million unique patients.

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June 09, 2021
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BLOG: Stand-alone MIGS procedures in the real world

In June 2012, the iStent from Glaukos was approved by the FDA. Approval for the iStent inject followed in 2018.