US Ophthalmic Review


Volume 5 • Issue 1 • Spring 2012


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US Ophthalmic Review acknowledges the financial assistance of the following companies in the publication of this edition: Alcon Laboratories and ISTA Pharmaceuticals.


Richard L Abbott, MD


Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of California


Rosa Braga-Mele, MD, MEd, FRCSC Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Director of Cataract Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto


Emilio C Campos, MD


Professor and Chief of Ophthalmology, University of Bologna


David Chang, MD


Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco


Deepinder K Dhaliwal, MD Assistant Professor, Cornea and External Disease Service, University of Pittsburgh


Enrique L Graue, MD


Professor of Ophthalmology, Dean of the School of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico


Richard L Lindstrom, MD Adjunct Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota


Parag Majmudar, MD


Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Rush University, Chicago


Robert Ritch, MD


Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, New York Medical College


Paul Sternberg, Jr, MD


GW Hale Professor and Chair, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Nashville, Tennessee


Spencer P Thornton, MD Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center


Mark Tso, MD


Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Wilmer Eye Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine


Martin Wand, MD


Clinical Professor Ophthalmology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine


Robert Weinreb, MD


Director, Hamilton Glaucoma Center, University of California, San Diego


US Ophthalmic Review wishes to thank the organization below for their assistance. This does not constitute any official endorsement.


Editorial Board


Bruce E Spivey, MD Chief Emeritus, Department of Ophthalmology, California Pacific Medical Center


Bradley R Straatsma, MD, JD Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles


Roger F Steinert, MD Irving H Leopold Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology, University of California, Irvine


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