Fairfax, VA – The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) today announced the formation of the ASCRS Retina Clinical Committee (CC).
“The purpose of our Retina CC is to provide the members of ASCRS, who are predominantly anterior segment surgeons, with a resource to stay abreast of the latest advances in retinal treatment modalities as they relate to the anterior segment surgeon,” said ASCRS President Roger Steinert, adding, “Recognizing that cataract/anterior segment surgeons are occasionally faced with retinal disease in the aging population, ASCRS hopes to provide education and heighten awareness of the issues for its members as well as update them on advances in posterior segment surgery and treatment options surrounding macular degeneration and various forms of retinopathy. This is an exciting development that will enhance patient care.”
The Retina CC will be chaired by Lee M. Jampol, MD, Professor and Chair, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; and Chief of Ophthalmology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
Dr. Jampol has been Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University since 1983. His clinical practice and research have focused on vitreoretinal disease. He is specifically interested in inflammatory diseases of the retina, infection of the retina, age-related macula degeneration (AMD), and retinal manifestation of systemic diseases.
The committee also includes: Neil M. Bressler, MD; James P. Gills Professor of Ophthalmology
The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Julia A. Haller, MD, Katharine Graham Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of Wilmer’s Vitreoretinal Surgical Fellowship Training Program; Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD, Professor, The J. Donald M. Gass Distinguished Chair of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; and H. Richard McDonald, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco.
The Retina CC joins the ASCRS Cataract, Refractive, Cornea, Glaucoma, Young Physicians and Residents, and Pediatric Clinical Committees, and the Practice Management Coordinating Committee. These committees develop segments of the annual ASCRS Symposium, write white papers, conduct member surveys on clinical and practice issues, and provide a forum for developing consensus on a variety of clinical matters, which are reported to members through the ASCRS Symposium and various society publications.
