Kiawah Eye Meeting

BALTIMORE — At the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting here, James Burke, PhD, of Allergan, discusses research into brimonidine in preserving vision in both glaucoma and retina disease.

Kiawah Eye 2017 took place June 1 to 3 on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, and featured presentations on the latest ocular surgery advancements and treatment options.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. ― At Kiawah Eye 2017, Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, discusses the benefits of attending the Kiawah Eye meeting, whose goal is to turn a practice from good to great. The program features a renowned faculty in an intimate, relaxed setting.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. ― At Kiawah Eye 2017, Jake McMillan, MD, a resident at the Storm Eye Institute at MUSC, discusses his presentation that showed that patients with diabetes who were on insulin or had moderate to severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy were at a relatively high risk for developing edema after cataract surgery.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. ― At Kiawah Eye 2017, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, discusses how his practice uses MDbackline software, which is integrated with the EMR system to electronically follow up with patients after an office visit or surgery to help proactively educate them or answer questions they may have concerning a diagnosis or procedure.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — At Kiawah Eye 2017, Savak “Sev” Teymoorian, MD, MBA, says that surgeons should consider adding selective laser trabeculoplasty, or SLT, to their MIGS procedure as a way of additionally reducing IOP and reducing patient reliance on medications.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. ― At Kiawah Eye 2017, Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, discusses how the LipiScan from TearScience helps him show refractive cataract surgery patients the anatomy of the meibomian gland and meibomian gland disease. He says this has helped his practice improve the ocular surface before refractive cataract surgery for optimal visual outcomes.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. ― At Kiawah Eye 2017, Elizabeth Yeu, MD, of Virginia Eye Consultants, shares ergonomic pearls from her experience incorporating femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — At Kiawah Eye 2017, Savak “Sev” Teymoorian, MD, MBA, discusses modern in-office use of electroretinography, or ERG, to identify stressed tissue in the retina that can be treated before the loss of that tissue in glaucoma treatment.

KIAWAH, S.C. — At Kiawah Eye 2017, Amanda L. Marzolf, MD, a resident at the Medical University of South Carolina, discusses a study done at Storm Eye Institute that supports the idea of delaying IOL implantation in infants who undergo early cataract surgery. IOL selection is more accurate after the first year of life when the rapid rate of eye growth decreases, Marzolf said.