American Academy of Ophthalmology 216 Annual Meeting

Katherine Talcott, MD: 5-Year Review of Endogenous Bacterial Endophthalmitis

October 18, 2019

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Katherine Talcott, MD, of Cole Eye Institute, discusses results of a 5-year study examining endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis at a tertiary care center from AAO 2019.

Real-World Survival Rates of Keratoplasty

October 18, 2019

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Sumayya Ahmad, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses results of a study she presented at AAO 2019 that examined the real-world survival rates of penetrating keratoplasty.

Visual Outcomes After Cataract Surgery in Diabetic Eyes

October 17, 2019

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Katherine Talcott, MD, of the Cole Eye Institute, discusses the results of a study she co-authored from AAO 2019 that examined visual acuity outcomes after cataract extraction with IOL implantation with diabetic eyes.

Rishi Singh, MD: Impact of Early Anatomical Dryness on Visual Outcomes

October 17, 2019

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Rishi Singh, MD, of the Cole Eye Institute, discusses the results of an analysis of VIEW trial participants he presented at AAO 2019.

Sumayya Ahmad, MD: Demographic Associations With Astigmatism

October 16, 2019

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Sumayya Ahmad, MD, assistant professor of ophthalmology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses the results of a study she co-authored examining demographic associations with varying forms of astigmatism

AKST4290, an Oral Therapy for nAMD, Shows Promise in Phase 2a Studies

October 16, 2019

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Michael Stewart, MD, of Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, discusses the results of 2 phase 2a studies examining the use of AKST4290 in treatment naive and refractory neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Aleksandra Rachitskaya, MD: Novel Imaging and Surgical Techniques

October 16, 2019

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Aleksandra Rachitskaya, MD, of Cole Eye Institute, discusses a presentation she led at AAO 2019 on novel imaging and surgical techniques.

Topical Antibiotics Not Needed Following Cataract Surgery

October 16, 2019

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A new study has found that receiving or not receiving topical antibiotics following cataract surgery had no impact on the development of endophthalmitis.

KSI-301 Improves Wet AMD, Diabetic Macular Edema, and Retinal Vein Occlusion

October 15, 2019

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A phase 1b study, which was presented by Charles Wykoff, MD, PhD, at AAO 2019, found the novel anti-VEGF therapy KSI-301 shows promise for treating a slew of retinal diseases.

EyeArt Screening System Detects Diabetic Retinopathy

October 15, 2019

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A presentation at AAO 2019 highlighted the ability of the EyeArt screening system to detect diabetic retinopathy with 95.5% sensitivity.