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Summer 2021
- 15 Years of VIEWPOINTS
- Informed Consent: Not Just a Piece of Paper
- Critical Thinking Protocols for Opthalmic Medical Personnel
- Case Study: Cranial Nerve 4 Palsy Decompensated by Yoga Poses
- Case Study: Co-managing KCN
Fall 2020
- Follow-Up to 2016 Stein Lecture Featuring Ian Crozier, MD and Steven Yeh, MD
- Coronavirus Kills Chinese Whistleblower Ophthalmologist
- Case Study: Neuroretinitis –The Great Masquerader
- Case Study: A subluxated lens with suspicious etiology of undiagnosed connective tissue disorder
Winter 2019
- Bitemporal Hemianopsia
- Thyroid Eye Disease
- Ophthalmic Photographers' Society Photo Essay
- Posterior Corical Atrophy
Summer 2019
- Case Study: Wernicke Syndrome
- Case Study: Miller Fisher Variant of Guillain Barre Syndrome: Diplopia “Plus”
- How to Develop a Prior Authorization for Ophthalmic Medication
- Case Study: Idiopathic Orbital Inflammatory Syndrome
Fall 2018
- Training New Technicians in a Large Multi-Specialty Practice
- Giant Cell Arteritis: What Every Ophthalmic Technician Needs to Know
- Fixation Preference and Visual Acuity Testing in Non-verbal Children
- Acquired Monocular Elevation Deficiency
- A General Overview of New MIGS (Micro-Invasive Glaucoma Surgery)
- Case Study: MEWDS (Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome)
- Be an “MVT*”! *Most Valuable Technician
Summer 2017
- Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- Macular Degeneration and Nutrition: Patient Perceptions
- Cataract Surgery from Inside My Eye
- Eye Care Productivity and Access in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System
- Color Vision and Color Vision Testing
Winter 2017
- Advanced Press-On Prism Fitting Techniques for Patients with Symptomatic, Oblique-Angle Strabismus
- Cat Scratch Disease – The Ophthalmic Connection
- Genetic Testing Rules Out von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
- Direct Carotid Cavernous Fistula Following Head Trauma
- Corneal Topography: Tear or not to Tear, that is the Question
Spring 2016
- Electrophysiology and Imaging Techniques in the Evaluation of Congenital Nystagmus Horner’s Syndrome
- Optic Neuritis
- All Flashes Are Not Created Equal: How Your History and Work-Up can Make a Difference!
- Toxic Optic Neuropathy; Roles for the tech: Improve the knowledge about suspicious medications for TON.
Fall 2015
- The Technician’s Role in Improving Patient Compliance
- Idiopathic Intracranial Pressure
- Miller Fisher Syndrome
- Vision Concerns in Infantile Capillary Hemangioma
- Occipital Stroke Causing Right Homonymous Hemianopia
Spring 2015
- Foveal Cavitation and Vision Loss in Children and Young Adults
- Listen to Your Patient – Cutting Through Complexity in Search of the Simple Truth
- What's So Important About the "R" in RAPD?
- Deuteranopia: A Case Study
- Persistent Epithelial Defect and Cornea Melting
- Going From "We Have It All" to "This Is All We Have": Lessons Learned on an Ophthalmology Training Mission
- Detecting Mycotic Keratitis
- Conjunctival Lesion or Malignant Melanoma?
Spring 2014
- Retina Prosthesis Offers Hope for Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients
- Evaluation of the Relationship of Clinical Stereopsis & 3D Movies
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Thyroid Eye Disease
- Horner Syndrome
- Adie's Tonic Pupil
- Atonic Pupil
Spring 2013
- Evaluation of the Optic Nerve in Glaucoma
- Acquired Myasthenia Gravis after Orbital Trauma in a 23-Month Old Girl
- The Possibility of Perfect Vision: An Explanation of Photorefractive Keratectomy
- Bull’s Eye Maculopathy Secondary to Hydroxycholoroquine Toxicity
- Difficulty Reading with a Normal Eye Exam
- Acute Maculopathy
- Pseudopapilledema
- Choroidal Melanoma vs. Choroidal NeoVascular Membrane?
- Artificial Iris….It’s Complicated: Retinal Surgery Through An Artificial Iris
Spring 2012
- Role of Optical Coherence Tomography Operator in Glaucoma Detection and its Progression
- Presumed Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome
- Bitemporal Hemianopsia
- Diplopia and Ptosis
- Diagnosing Conjunctival Cyst
- Nonarteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in a Young Patient
- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Winter 2011
- The Role of 20 MHz Anterior Segment B-Scan
- Susac Syndrome
- Horner’s Syndrome; Myasthenia Gravis; Thyroid Eye Disease; Third Nerve Palsy
- Coats’ Disease
Summer 2010
- Importance of the Ocular Exam in Diagnosing Systemic Disease
- Angioid Streak Rupture
- Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
- Why Am I So Nearsighted
Winter 2009
- Management of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
- Mycobutin Uveitis
- Photographing the Anterior Eye
- Acanthamoeba Keratitis
- A Comparative Study: Value of Certification