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LASIK Candidate

Your patient is a 25-year-old man with myopia. His prescription has been stable for several years. He shows no corneal abnormalities and is generally healthy with no comorbidities. He asks, “Am I a good candidate for LASIK?” Yes. Good candidates are 21 years and older, have good eye and general...

PRK Candidate

Your patient is a 28-year-old mother of two with stable vision and some irregularities in the shape of her cornea. She wears contacts, but sometimes they irritate her eyes. She has a thin cornea, mild dry eye, and occasionally uses eye drops. She asks, “Am I a good candidate for PRK?” Yes. PRK may...

Recent grants - February 2017

Grayson Armstrong, MD, MPH, was selected to receive a Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (MSEPS) Advocacy Ambassador Travel Grant to attend the AAO’s 2017 Mid-Year Forum in Washington, DC. MSEPS is dedicated to the public’s direct access to ophthalmic care, and to serve the total...

Brain "rewires" itself to enhance other senses in blind people

Boston, Mass. — The brains of those who are born blind make new connections in the absence of visual information, resulting in enhanced, compensatory abilities such as a heightened sense of hearing, smell and touch, as well as cognitive functions (such as memory and language) according to a new...

Annual ASBMB meeting

https://www.asbmb.org/meeting2017/ There will be a section entitled: Glycobiology, Glycan Receptors and Functional Glycomics

Karen L. Zar, OD

Profiles: Harvard Catalyst Profile Mass. Eye and Ear Profile

Charles D. Leahy, OD, MS

Profiles: Harvard Catalyst Profile Mass. Eye and Ear Profile