After learning about a modification of the Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implantation for glaucoma that avoids the use of donor material in favour of creating a scleral tunnel, I gave it a try.
Read MoreSteven Mansberger from Portland talked about risk factors for glaucoma. We have come a long way from just educated guessing where our past success or failure influences our next treatment decision to the point of identifying risk factors for converting to glaucoma and even how best to treat patients.
Read MoreI had the honour of being one of the invited international faulty members to a conference in Israel last month. The local glaucoma specialists who had organized the 2 day symposium were Shlomo “Choka” Melamed from Tel Aviv, and Eytan Blumenthal, from Jerusalem.
Read MoreI’ve been letting off warning cries for months but to no avail. Now I have to watch as my patients are going blind because I practice in a region where the public healthcare system is a failure. This is not a so-called developing nation but rather beautiful Vancouver, BC Canada. Despite an assurance of all glaucoma surgery being performed within 6 weeks, only half my patients are meeting this target as I watch others suffer permanent visual loss. Surgery is a money loser for the hospitals in a system that can save the most money by NOT treating patients instead of treating them.
Read MoreIn this video, I present a Canaloplasty glaucoma surgical procedure that I performed in December 2011 at the University of British Columbia Eye Care Centre. This procedure has been described as being the glaucoma equivalent of angioplasty in cardiac surgery. Our standard glaucoma surgeries are more analogous to bypass surgery in that we bypass the obstructed trabecular meshwork.
Read MoreI started this site in 2009 to write about Glaucoma, Health IT (EMR, EHR), Technology and to host my podcast series "Talking About Glaucoma." There is a shortcut to this blog to make it easier to find http://iguy.tv/blog.
I am a glaucoma sub-specialized Ophthalmologist and have a full time clinical practice at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic of the Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, NH. I have a longtime interest in the use of technology to help in medical care as well as in Education. In addition, I was a very early adopter and developer of Electronic Medical Record systems who has lectured internationally on the topic of making the transition to EMRs in daily practice.
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