|Articles|October 11, 2019

AAO Retina Street Team: Tarek S. Hassan, MD

Author(s)AAO 2019 Retina Street Team

Tarek S. Hassan, MD, shares his findings on the predictors of post injection endophthalmitis: a multivariable analysis based on injection protocol and povidone iodine strength, at the 2019 American Academy of Ophthalmology.

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