Welcome to the unofficial blog containing my notes from many of the talks given on May 24, 2013 at the 2013 Annual Clinical Day presented by the BC Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons & The UBC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Many of the complete lectures are contained on a password protected website for UBC Ophthalmology Grand Rounds but on my blog, my approach is to have my own notes along with some links to relevant articles that are either referred to in the talks or help explain the material better. Please feel free to add your comments by way of discussion and to share links freely on Twitter, Google+, Facebook or wherever else suits you
The concept is that the vitreous gel in the eye is like an octopus; if inject kenalog into the eye, you can't believe it sometimes when retina detached but vitreous still adherent. He goes through the issues of cases when vitreous does not separate cleanly
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Dr McCannel reviews the differential diagnosis of choroidal melanomas and presents examples of cases where the often used "To Find Small Ocular Melanomas" has failed her.
Read MoreDr Katherine Paton from UBC Dept of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences gave an overview of ocular oncology services provided at UBC and current treatment modalities. I have included a link to the newer AJCC TNM 7 tumor classification that replaced the COMS classification that we are mostly used to.
Read MoreIn this talk, David Maberley talks pathological myopia and its implications when performing cataract surgery from a vitreo-retinal surgeon's perspective.
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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