Beth Thomas Hertz

Ophthalmologists expressed a little more optimism than primary-care physicians, when asked to evaluate the financial state of their practices in a national survey conducted in 2011.

For corneal researchers, gaining access to any sizable amount of high quality tissue has long been a challenge.

For many vision researchers, traveling to Fort Lauderdale for the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology is a tradition of spring.

As attendees gather for the Wilmer Eye Institute's 22nd annual Current Concepts in Ophthalmology meeting, they can expect the agenda to focus on clinical use and medical issues important to ophthalmology.

The European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons will hold its XXVII Congress from Saturday, Sept. 12, through Wednesday, Sept. 16, in this Spanish city located on the Mediterranean coast.

The Wilmer Eye Institute will host its 26th annual Current Concepts in Ophthalmology meeting here March 16 to 20.

A $10 million research grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is designed to help a consortium of researchers identify better ways to treat trachoma in developing nations.