Ophthalmologist

Hosts Jim Mazzo and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, chat with Stephen McLeod, MD, about his new position and the future of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Susan MacDonald, MD, Cathleen McCane, MD, Laura M. Periman, MD, and Dagny Zhu, MD, chat about meeting hacks live from ASCRS.

Hosts Jim Mazzo and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, discuss the latest ophthalmic industry news and interview Sean Ianchulev, MD, MPH.

Newsweek’s compilation of America’s Best Eye Doctors, released July 26, included a number of Primary Care Optometry News/Healio Editorial Board members.

NEW YORK — At the Open Your Eyes to Private Equity meeting preceding OSN New York 2019, moderator John B. Pinto discusses the inaugural event, featuring “a whole arc of material, from basic to intermediate to advanced” presented in discussions on how ophthalmologists are affected through private equity partnerships.

Wills Eye Hospital’s Ophthalmologist-in-Chief Julia Haller, MD, was recently selected to be one of 100 new members of the National Academy of Medicine, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional and academic achievement and commitment to service.

The Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology would like to thank all member societies that participated in this important event organized by the APAO Public Education Standing Committee. Special thanks go to the two subspecialty member societies, the Asia Cornea Society and the Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society, for providing public educational materials for all APAO member societies to use.

To celebrate the diamond jubilee 60th anniversary of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology and to support young ophthalmologists attending the 35th APAO Congress, for the first time in history, the APAO is launching its Young Ophthalmologists Travel Grants to up to five residents in training or fellows in the Asia-Pacific region. Each successful applicant will receive US$1,000 if they live outside the host country of the 35th APAO Congress, which is China, whereas those who live in the host country will receive US$300.

This year, the APAO Public Education Standing Committee partnered with the Central Secretariat to suggest two themes for the event: meibomian gland dysfunction and age-related macular degeneration. Two of APAO’s Subspecialty Member Societies, the Asia Cornea Society and Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society, will co-organize the 2019 Eye Care Week and help to produce a comprehensive set of educational materials and a media kit, available on the APAO website. Member societies are invited to use the reference materials for public educational purposes during the 9th Asia-Pacific Eye Care Week. For ideas on educational or service activities that can be held during Eye Care Week, take a look at reports from previous events.

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