Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Ophthalmology: 2006 GLAUCOMA CARE Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 24 December 21, 2006 Why I use prostaglandins as first–line treatment – John S. Cohen, MD When glaucoma is bad – Frederick M. Kapetansky, MD Treating children with glaucoma – Peter A. Netland, MD Antimetabolites in glaucoma surgery – Garry P. Condon, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Midwest Glaucoma Symposium, Presented September 15-16, 2006, Jointly Sponsored By The University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, The Center For Continuing Education In The Health Sciences, The UPMC Eye Center, And The Midwest Glaucoma Symposium PRACTICE PEARLS Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 23 December 7, 2006 Managing risk – Linda J. Hay, JD Dry eye and refractive surgery – Jill F. Rodila, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. RETINAL SYMPOSIUM Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 22 November 21, 2006 Diabetic retinopathy: optimal laser techniques – David J. Browning, MD Controversy: intravitreal triamcinolone should play a vital role in the treatment of diabetic macular edema – J. Michael Lahey, MD Controversy: intravitreal triamcinolone should be used sparingly for treatment of diabetic macular edema – Jennifer I. Lim, MD Rational workup and prophylaxis of vein occlusion – Dr. Lahey Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 2006 Ophthalmology Symposium, Presented By Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA MANAGING ELEVATED INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 21 November 7, 2006 Current medical treatment of glaucoma – Andrew G. Iwach, MD Surgical intervention in glaucoma – Dr. Iwach Glaucoma tube shunts: physiology and changing clinical indications – Alfred M. Solish, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 26th Annual Current Concepts In Ophthalmology, Presented By The San Diego Eye Bank AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION: CURRENT CONCEPTS Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 20 October 21, 2006 Dry AMD: Clinical features; Pathogenesis and risk factors; Management: present and future – Peter Custis, MD Wet AMD: Clinical features; Pathogenesis; Treatment – Peter Custis, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 26th Annual Current Concepts In Ophthalmology, Presented By The San Diego Eye Bank CATARACT/FLUOROQUINOLONES Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 19 October 7, 2006 Lens–based refractive surgery – Robert P. Lehmann, MD Fluoroquinolones: a critical review of the literature – David A. Hollander, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. GLAUCOMA: SELECTED TOPICS Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 18 September 21, 2006 Glaucoma and neovascularization of the anterior segment – James C. Tsai, MDA Fruits and vegetables: should glaucoma patients be eating more of them? – Anne L. Coleman, MD Glaucoma surgery and the cornea – Joann Giaconi, MD Pediatric glaucoma – Maya Eibschitz–Tsimhoni, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. STRABISMUS Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 17 September 7, 2006 Strategies for managing intermittent exotropia – Kenneth W. Wright, MD Accommodative esotropia – Kenneth W. Wright, MD Congenital esotropia – Kenneth W. Wright, MD Complex strabismus: selected cases – Kenneth W. Wright, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Comprehensive Ophthalmology Review Course, Presented By The Jules Stein Eye Institute And The Doheny Eye Institute CHALLENGES IN NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 16 August 21, 2006 Assessment and management of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy – Neil R. Miller, MD NAION: a suggested unified theory of pathophysiology – Howard R. Krauss, MD Optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis – Lynn K. Gordon, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. RETINAL DISEASE Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 15 August 7, 2006 The role of inflammation in AMD – Alessandro Iannaccone, MD Medical retinal update – Steve Charles, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Ninth Annual Clinical Update For The Comprehensive Ophthalmologist, Presented By The University Of Tennessee Health Science Center GLAUCOMA ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 14 July 21, 2006 New perspectives on target IOP – Kuldev Singh, MD Views on perimetry – Marc F. Lieberman, MD Trabeculectomy and combined surgery – John S. Cohen, MD Pediatric glaucoma update – Terri Pickering, MD New developments in angle surgery – Donald Minckler, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 10th Annual Glaucoma Symposium, Presented By The Glaucoma Research And Education Group CATARACT TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 13 July 7, 2006 Cataract surgery: what's new? Douglas D. Koch, MD Intelligent implants – Mark Packer, MD Implantable contact lens – John A. Vukich, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. OCULAR ONCOLOGY FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE OPHTHALMOLOGIST Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 12 June 21, 2006 Uveal tumors: diagnosis and work–up – Devron H. Char, MD Uveal melanoma: treatment update – Devron H. Char, MD Orbital tumors: diagnosis and management – Devron H. Char, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Washington Academy Of Eye Physicians And Surgeons 2006 Annual Meeting CATARACT: PERIOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 11 June 7, 2006 Update on antibiotic prophylaxis in cataract and refractive surgery – Francis S. Mah, MD Viral external ocular diseases in cataract and refractive surgery – Dr. Mah Cataract surgery in patients with pre–existing retinal disease – Carmen A. Puliafito, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Cataract And Refractive Surgery Congress, Presented February 24-25, 2006, By The Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami HOT TOPICS Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 10 May 21, 2006 Combination immunosuppression for the management of dry eye and ocular surface disease – Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD Unusual and interesting corneal cases – Dr. Donnenfeld Uveitis in children – C. Stephen Foster, MD Uveitic cystoid macular edema – Robert H. Janigian Jr, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Challenges In Cornea And External Disease, Presented March 3, 2006, By The New England Ophthalmological Society, Providence GLAUCOMA PEARLS Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 09 May 7, 2006 Cracking the drainage device code – Paul A. Sidoti, MD Glaucoma: legal pitfalls – Robert Stamper, MD New technologies in glaucoma: Gregory L. Skuta, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. MACULAR DISEASE Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 08 April 21, 2006 What's new and hot in retina: AMD – Jennifer Lim, MD Nutrition and macular degeneration – Allan J. Flach, MD, PharmD Current treatment strategies in diabetic macular edema – Christina J. Flaxel, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. CATARACT: SURGICAL PEARLS Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 07 April 7, 2006 Pseudophakic dysphotopsia – Randall J. Olson, MD Phaco wound burn – Randall J. Olson, MD Understanding new lens removal technologies – Randall J. Olson, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the 28th Annual UC Davis Ophthalmology Symposium, Cataract Surgery From A to Z (And Beyond), presented May 13-14, 2005, by the UC Davis Health System NEW REFRACTIVE TECHNOLOGY Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 06 March 21, 2006 Phakic and presbyopic IOLs – David R. Hardten, MD The Crystalens in clinical practice – D. Michael Colvard, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. SECONDARY GLAUCOMA Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 05 March 7, 2006 Exfoliation syndrome and exfoliative glaucoma – Robert Ritch, MD Neovascular glaucoma – Steven R. Sarkisian, Jr, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. GLAUCOMA: PROBLEMS AND PLEASURES Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 04 February 21, 2006 Are b–blockers obsolete as first–line therapy? – Shan C. Lin, MD Rescuing the failing filter – Robert Ritch, MD Pigment dispersion syndrome and pigmentary glaucoma – Dr. Ritch Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Ophthalmology 2006: New Directions in Ocular Therapies, presented December 1-2, 2005, by the University of California, San Francisco, Beckman Vision Center, Department of Ophthalmology DIABETIC RETINOPATHY Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 03 February 7, 2006 Diabetic retinopathy diagnosis and treatment – Juan Orellana, MD Proliferative diabetic retinopathy – Dr. Orellana Preoperative planning: cataract surgery in the diabetic patient – Susanna S. Park MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. SURGICAL PEARLS Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 02 January 21, 2006 Phacoemulsification and lens implantation after pars plana vitrectomy – Kevin M. Miller, MD Macular hole surgery – Paul E. Tornambe, MD Choose your weapon: when to chop, sculpt or flip – Stephen S. Bylsma, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the 25th Annual Current Concepts in Ophthalmology, presented July 16, 2005, by the San Diego Eye Bank GLAUCOMA MEDICATION Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 44, Issue 01 January 7, 2006 Glaucoma medical therapy: individualized patient care – James C. Tsai, MD Effect of glaucoma therapy on the ocular surface – Robert J. Noecker, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program.