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JUL

2015

American Society of Retina Specialists honors Drs. Alexander Eaton and Hussein Wafapoor at annual meeting in Vienna, Austria

Retina Health Center Director Dr. Alexander Eaton and his colleague, Dr. Hussein Wafapoor, received the American Society of Retina Specialists’ (ASRS) 2015 Honor Award at the ASRS Annual Meeting on July 11 in Vienna, Austria. Dr. Eaton is the founder and director of Retina Health...

JUN

2015

Dr. Alexander Eaton named top doctor in ophthalmology

Dr. Alexander Eaton, director of Retina Health Center, has been named one of the nation’s Top Doctors in ophthalmology by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. The Top Doctors recognizes the top one percent of physicians in their field and is based on nominations submitted by other...

APR

2015

Florida high school students to present May 4 at national eye care research conference

Students selected to present on new eye drop delivery developed at Retina Health Center Fort Myers High School IB program students Ariana and Mia Allen have been working with Dr. Alexander Eaton, director of Retina Health Center, on a new eye drop imaging system that is designed...

MAR

2015

Long-acting ILUVIEN implant is now available to reduce the number of eye injections patients need

Retina Health Center now offers ILUVIEN, a new treatment for diabetic macular edema recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Retina Health Center Drs. Hussein Wafapoor and Alexander Eaton are the first physicians in the U.S. to treat diabetic macular...

NOV

2014

Public invited to free symposium Feb. 22 on macular degeneration

On Saturday, Feb. 22, Retina Health Center and the Foundation Fighting Blindness will host the 11th annual Southwest Florida Macular Degeneration Symposium with world-renowned experts providing the latest information on treatment options and new discoveries. Attendees will learn...

JAN

2014

Dr. Alexander Eaton receives Scientific Achievement Award from Lee County Medical Society

Dr. Alexander M. Eaton, director of Retina Health Center, has received Lee County Medical Society’s 2012 Scientific Achievement Award in recognition for his outstanding work in the areas of retinal science and clinical research. The society honored him for his recent work with...

NOV

2013

Retina Health Center study evaluates efficiency, comfort of new injection device for patient care

A study by Retina Health Center examining the comfort and efficiency of a new guarded injection device used for targeted application of medication for retinal disorders has been published in the November/December issue of OSLI Retina, a peer-reviewed clinical publication. In July...

AUG

2013

Dr. Alexander Eaton to speak at international retinal conference on new device to improve safety and comfort during eye injection treatments

Retina Health Center Director Dr. Alexander Eaton will speak to ophthalmologists from around the world Dec. 6-7 at the Asia Pacific Vitreo-retina Society Congress in Japan on the development of a new device to improve the safety and comfort of patients during the administration...

JAN

2013

Retina Health Center offers patients first non-surgical treatment for debilitating eye disease

Retina Health Center is now offering Jetrea, a new non-surgical treatment option for patients with symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (VMA), a progressive, debilitating eye disease. Left untreated, VMA may lead to visual distortion, loss in visual acuity and central blindness....

JAN

2013

New Guarded Injection Device developed by Retina Health Center featured in ophthalmology journal

A new device developed by Retina Health Center to improve eye injections is featured in the January edition of Review of Ophthalmology, a medical publication which highlights current, clinically relevant information on surgical techniques, disease diagnosis and management and new...

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