Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium

When matching a patient to an IOL before refractive cataract surgery, it is important to recognize that there is no such thing as “one size fits all,” according to a speaker at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.

Therapeutic drops are an emerging treatment for patients with presbyopia, with at least eight companies developing products.

Representation of women among full-time tenure-line faculty members decreases with progression in rank, Audina M. Berrocal, MD, said in a keynote presentation at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.

Retinal nerve fier layer as measured by optical coherence tomography may act as a surrogate measure for neuroaxonal loss in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Researchers were unable to identify any predictive risk factors for endophthalmitis following pars plana vitrectomy, according to a poster presentation at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.

Corneal neurotization, a sensory nerve transplant procedure, can restore corneal sensation in insensate corneas and improve visual acuity.

A split-face comparison found no difference between onabotulinumtoxinA and prabotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of glabellar frown lines, according to a study presented at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.

Some newly approved as well as several long-term use medications have been recently associated with acute retinal toxicity, according to a poster presentation at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.

In the past, only clinical factors were used to judge “risky nevi,” but imaging modalities are predictive tools for identifying choroidal nevus risk factors for growth to melanoma, according to Carol L. Shields, MD.

It is not for a lack of numbers of women in the workforce that accounts for the substantial leadership gap between men and women.