Sara E. Smith

NUREMBERG — The 16th Annual Meeting of the German Ophthalmic Surgeons welcomed nearly 4,000 participants to this year’s International Symposium.

Advanced Medical Optics is taking its first steps into the vitreous/retina market with a worldwide distribution agreement with the established medical equipment manufacturer Optikon.

Because there is so much new information about cataract surgery, Ocular Surgery News convened an international round table to discuss the issue. We gathered together editorial board members from the U.S. Edition, the Europe/Asia-Pacific Edition and the Latin America Edition of Ocular Surgery News.

ORLANDO, Fla. – IOLs were the stars of the show this year, here at the world’s largest ophthalmology meeting. Whether for cataract or refractive surgery – and increasingly it is hard to tell the difference between the two – novel IOL technologies and applications generated much of the excitement at the joint meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology.

NICE, France – Last month, 2,800 ophthalmologists from around the world gathered here for the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.

PHILADELPHIA — The number of attendees was down, but that did not prevent the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery from presenting a diverse and exciting lineup of scientific information at its annual meeting here.

A leader in the field of ophthalmic systems was recently formed by the merger of two German companies. Asclepion-Meditec AG and Carl Zeiss Ophthalmic Systems AG, the ophthalmic unit of the Carl Zeiss Group, have joined to form Carl Zeiss Meditec AG.

A leader in the field of ophthalmic systems was recently formed by the merger of two German companies. Asclepion-Meditec AG and Carl Zeiss Ophthalmic Systems AG, the ophthalmic unit of the Carl Zeiss Group, have joined to form Carl Zeiss Meditec AG.

PHILADELPHIA — The number of attendees was down, but that did not prevent the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery from presenting a diverse and exciting lineup of scientific information at its annual meeting here.

In order to control the amount of money spent on health care, the government in the Netherlands has prearranged a set number of medical specialists permitted to practice in the country. Health care providers worry that not increasing the number of doctors to match the growing rate of the population will result in detrimental effects on the way health care procedures are performed and will limit access to health care. Long waiting lists for needed procedures are already a problem here, with some cataract patients having to wait up to a year for surgery.