Sharpening Negotiations
6 Sharpening Negotiations When opportunity comes, it is too late to prepare. — John Wooden INTRODUCTION Active negotiations occur every single day in any setting where 2 or more people…
Optimizing Operations
4 Optimizing Operations The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity. — Douglas Horton INTRODUCTION Eye care providers appreciate the importance of properly following procedures in an organized fashion…
Complementing Personal Finance
10 Complementing Personal Finance Everything matters. Nothing’s important. — Friedrich Nietzsche INTRODUCTION For an eye care provider to succeed professionally in business, personal finances need to be just as equally…
Integrating Information Technology
8 Integrating Information Technology The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that…
Enhancing Marketing
7 Enhancing Marketing The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself. — Peter Drucker INTRODUCTION Marketing…
45 When Should a Patient With Diabetic Retinopathy Be Considered for a Vitrectomy?
45 QUESTION WHEN SHOULD A PATIENT WITH DIABETIC RETINOPATHY BE CONSIDERED FOR A VITRECTOMY? Ronald C. Gentile MD, FACS, FASRSAlexander Barash, MD Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness…
33 What Systemic Medications Require Periodic Fundus Evaluation? What Am I Looking for and What Tests Do I Do?
33 QUESTION WHAT SYSTEMIC MEDICATIONS REQUIRE PERIODIC FUNDUS EVALUATION? WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR AND WHAT TESTS DO I DO? Michael T. Andreoli, MDWilliam F. Mieler, MD Every ophthalmologist should…
3 What Are the Age-Related Macular Degeneration Look-Alikes? Do I Treat Them Any Differently?
3 QUESTION WHAT ARE THE AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION LOOK-ALIKES? DO I TREAT THEM ANY DIFFERENTLY? Kaivon Pakzad-Vaezi, MDKathryn L. Pepple, MD, PhD The majority of clinical practice adheres to the…
28 How Do I Differentiate a Macular Hole From a Lamellar Hole From an Epiretinal Membrane With a Pseudohole, and Why Do I Care?
28 QUESTION HOW DO I DIFFERENTIATE A MACULAR HOLE FROM A LAMELLAR HOLE FROM AN EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE WITH A PSEUDOHOLE, AND WHY DO I CARE? SriniVas R. Sadda, MD Optical…
25 What Imaging Options Are There to Detect an Intraocular Foreign Body? When Do I Get Which One?
25 QUESTION WHAT IMAGING OPTIONS ARE THERE TO DETECT AN INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY? WHEN DO I GET WHICH ONE? Daniel G. Cherfan, MDSumit Sharma, MD Open globes, regardless of the…
