Articles

• CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR’S PAGE: Reducing the Burden of Intravitreal Injections

  By Robert L. Avery, MD, Associate Medical Editor and Allen C. Ho, MD, Chief Medical Editor

BUSINESS OF RETINA

• Health Care Reform in 2011: What It Means for Today, Tomorrow

  Pennsylvania Avenue Updates

  By AN INTERVIEW WITH DEAN A. ROSEN, JD

• Allergan Inc.

  Retina on Wall Street

• First Study Visit Success

  Clinical Trials for the Retina Specialist

  By GAIL L. TORKILDSEN, MD; DAVID WATERS-HONCU; AND ASHLEY LAFOND

RETINA SURGERY

• RETINA PEARLS: Hybrid Technique for Silicone Oil Removal

  Pearls for reducing complications.

  By MANISH NAGPAL, MS, DO, FRCS(UK); RITURAJ VIDEKAR, MD; AND NAVNEET MEHROTRA, MD

• GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: The Potential Surgical Benefits of Colored Perfluorocarbon

  Colored PFCL can facilitate safe and efficient removal of temporary tamponades.

  By STANISLAO RIZZO, MD

• Segmental Scleral Buckling

  Surgical Updates

  By USHA PINNINTI, MD; ANDREW J. BARKMEIER, MD; AND PETROS E. CARVOUNIS, MD, FRCSC

ONCOLOGY

• Leading Simulators of Choroidal Melanoma

  By WILLIAM R. SHIELDS; AND CARLOS G. BIANCIOTTO, MD

COVER STORIES

• Drug Delivery to the Posterior Pole

  By MARK R. WIELAND, MD; AND ANNE E. FUNG, MD

• Implications of Extended-Release Devices

  By CARL REGILLO, MD

• Drug Delivery Mechanisms for Treatment of Uveitis

  Sustained-release formulations help ease burden of injections.

  By C. STEPHEN FOSTER, MD

• Mucoadhesive Nanopolymers for Posterior Segment Drug Delivery

  Topical formulations show promise as a drug carrier to the back of the eye.

  By SOUMENDRA SAHOO, MBBS, MS; RASHMIREKHA SAHOO, MSC; AND PADMALOCHAN NAYAK, PHD, DSC

• Ocular Iontophoresis for Drug Delivery

  Could this method work for dosing posterior segment therapeutics?

  By MICHAEL A. PATANE, PHD; AMY E. COHEN, MS; JOHN D. SHEPPARD, MD, MMSC; AND QUAN DONG NGUYEN, MD, MSC

• The Promise of Stem-Cell Therapy for Retinal Diseases

  Clinical trials in Stargardt disease and AMD are set to begin.

  By REVIEWED BY ROBERT LANZA, MD

• Reformulating Anti-VEGF for Extended-release Delivery in the Treatment of Retinal Diseases

  Preclinical studies support feasibility of novel microparticle approac

  By GARY P. COOK, PHD

OCULAR ONCOLOGY

• Photodynamic Therapy in Subfoveal Choroidal Hemangioma

  By ALI TONUZI, MD

RETINA SURGERY

• Removal of a Large Intraocular Foreign Body in an Eye with Good Visual Acuity

  By MANEESH M. BAPAYE, DNB(OPH), FRCS(G), FMRF, MBA; MEENA M. BAPAYE, MS, DOMS; AND CHARUTA BAPAYE, MS, DO, DNB(OPH), FRCS(G), FMRF

• Surgery for Macular Hole Repair: A Conversation

  Is face-down positioning necessary?

  By NANCY HOLEKAMP, MD; AND PAUL TORNAMBE, MD

• Focal Laser Treatment Using Retinal Navigation Technology

  By RAMA D. JAGER, MD, FACS

• INNOVATIONS

  A preview of today’s new products

• 5 Questions with Donald J. D’Amico, MD

  Dr. D’Amico is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College and Ophthalmologist-in-Chief at New York Presbyterian Hospital.

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