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UP FRONT

• CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR’S PAGE: ACOS

  By Stephen G. Slade, MD

TODAY's

• Professional Life and the Smartphone

  By Elizabeth A. Davis, MD; John A. Hovanesian, MD; James A. Katz, MD; Manus C. Kraff, MD; and William B. Trattler, MD

INSIDE EYETUBE.NET

• It’s All in the Details

  Exploring the fine points on Eyetube.net.

  By Richard M. Awdeh, MD, and William B. Trattler, MD

CATARACT SURGERY

• FOCUS ON GLAUCOMA: What’s New in Glaucoma Surgery?

  The indications and surgical options as well as the expanding role of the crystalline lens.

  By Thomas W. Samuelson, MD

• Combined Phacoemulsification and Trabeculectomy: Practical Considerations and Approaches

  Surgeons should perform their best trabeculectomy and cataract surgery and not modify their technique significantly.

  By Louis B. Cantor, MD

• Endoscopic Cyclophotocoagulation and Its Indications in Glaucoma Therapy

  A versatile treatment option.

  By Brian A. Francis, MD, MS

• Glaucoma Drainage Devices for Cataract Surgeons

  Surgeons are newly excited about the prospect of treating glaucoma patients!

  By Richard A. Lewis, MD

• The iStent for the Cataract Surgeon

  One small stent for the eye, one potentially giant leap for glaucoma management.

  By Mahmoud Rateb, MD, and Iqbal Ike K. Ahmed, MD, FRCSC

COMPLEX CASE MANAGEMENT

• Traumatic Aniridia and Aphakia

  By Amar Agarwal, MS, FRCS, FRCOPHTH; Dhivya Ashok Kumar, MD; Boris Malyugin, MD, PHD; David C. Ritterband, MD; Gabor B. Scharioth, MD; and Shachar Tauber, MD

PHACO PEARLS

• Cleaning the Anterior Capsule

  By William J. Fishkind, MD; Nick Mamalis, MD; Robert H. Osher, MD; and William B. Trattler, MD

REFRACTIVE SURGERY

• FEATURE STORY: Wavefront-Optimized Procedures Associated With Less Postoperative Spherical Aberration Versus Wavefront-Guided

  My hypothesis regarding the effectiveness of the wavefront-optimized algorithm was reflected in my results.

  By Fred Mattioli, MD

COVER STORIES

• A Brief History of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

  The Academy began some of the first continuing medical education programs ever developed.

  By James J. Incollingo, Contributing Editor

• Veterans Remember: The Great Ophthalmological War and the Rise of the ASCRS

  The paradigm shift that shook cataract and refractive surgery.

  By James J. Incollingo, Contributing Editor

• The True Cost of Transparency

  Why some physicians are speaking out against a new code of conduct.

  By Stephen Daily, News Editor

• Educating Cataract Surgeons: a Glimpse of the Future

  From video cases to three-dimensional surgical simulators, the author has seen—and has been responsible for—changes in teaching techniques.

  By Robert H. Osher, MD

• Surgeons Sound off Regarding the Role of the AAO and ASCRS in the Future of Ophthalmology

  One of the key functions of ophthalmic associations is to provide members with quality continuing medical education.

  By Mark A. Kontos, MD, Robert J. Weinstock, MD, Karl G. Stonecipher, MD, Stephen Coleman, MD, and William B. Trattler, MD

DEPARTMENTS

• INNOVATIONS

  A preview of today’s new products

• 5 Questions with Bruce E. Spivey,MD

  Dr. Spivey is president of the International Council of Ophthalmology and honorary president of the World Ophthalmology Congress.

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