Bulletin - the St. Louis Optometric Society

Bulletin
Phone: 314 725-2020
P. O. Box 6136, Chesterfield, MO 63006
June, 2013
St. Louis Optometric Society
Officers: 2013-2014
President
Jason Riley, O.D.
573 468-4082
President-Elect
Kimberly Layfield, O.D.
314 739-9293
Vice President
Steven Rosen, O.D.
314 843-2020
Secretary
Erin Niehoff, O.D.
636 528-2020
Treasurer
Joseph Castellano, O.D.
314 863-0000
Sgt. At Arms
Andrew Biondo, O.D.
314 542-3600
Immediate Past President
Paul A. Whitten, O.D.
314 839-2400
MOA Trustees
Tom Cullinane, O.D.
314 579-0909
Robert G. Goerss, O.D.
636 272-1444
Executive Director
Barbara Nahlik
Phone: 314 725-2020
FAX 314 961-1041
e-mail: bnahlik8544@charter.net
Website: www.stlouisoptometricsociety.org
ST. LOUIS OPTOMETRIC SOCIETY
ANNUAL BANQUET
Tuesday, June 11
The Kemp Auto Museum
16955 Chesterfield Airport Rd.
Chesterfield, MO
6:30 p.m.
Reception & Exhibits
7:30 p.m.
Dinner
Dave Glover, Special Guest
The Dave Glover Show
FM News Talk 97.1
Presentation of Awards
Installation of Officers
$65.00 per person
R.S.V.P. by June 1
Thanks to the continuing support of our sponsors:
Alcon Vision
Bausch & Lomb
Dr. Mason Bias
Dr. Andrew Blatt
Drs. Berdy, Malhotra and Fedyk
Cooper Vision
Dr. John Galanis
Drs. Goltschman and Sturm
Hoya Vision
Dr. Theresa Jones
Midland Optical
Ophthalmology Consultants
Pepose Vision Instiutute
Retina Associates of St. Louis
The Retina Institute
Dr. Loren Schrenk
SureVision Eye Centers
Tekwani Vision Center
Dr. Paul Tesser
TLC
Vistakon
Dr. Stephen Wexler
ZeaVision
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Thanks to Bhumika Patel for her assistance
as UMSL student liaison to SLOS
SLOS OFFICER ELECTED
Offices to serve the St. Louis Optometric Society
for 2013-2114 were elected during the May 14
business meeting.
President
President-Elect
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Sgt. at Arms
Past President
Jason Riley, O.D.
Kim Layfield, O.D.
Steven Rosen, O.D.
Erin Niehoff, O.D.
Joe Castellano,O.D.
Drew Biondo, O.D.
Paul Whitten, O.D.
Trustees to the MOA
Tom Cullinane, O.D.
Robert Goerss, O.D.
Term of office begins on June 1. All will be officially
installed at the annual banquet at the Kemp Auto
Museum on June 11.
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Drs. Drew Biondo, Jordan Jones, & Jessica Carson
John C. Galanis, M.D., FACS
Roberta J. Crawford, O.D. Mark R. Barlow, O.D.
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• ReSTOR ® Tecnis Multifocal™ Crystalens®
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• Fellowship trained glaucoma consultation
• Wavefront optimized implant lenses
• Consultative Optometry
• Co-management of your Cataract, LASIK
and Multifocal implant patients
• Glaucoma consultation, OCT, LTP and
surgery
for your co-managed glaucoma patients
(314) 633-8575
7331 Watson Road, St. Louis, MO 63119
www.drgalanis.com
Lisa Salmon with IOP Ophthalmic with
Dr. Navin Tekwani who co-hosted the May meeting
FROM THE May 14 Meeting…
Dr. Navin Tekwani presented the continuing
education for the May SLOS meeting. Dr.
Tekwani is an ophthalmologist that practices at
Tekwani Vision Center. The titles of his
presentations were “Advanced Treatment Options
in Ocular Surface Disease” and “A Primer on
Femtosecond Laser Cataract Surgery.”
Dr. Tekwani began his presentation of “Advanced
Treatment Options in Ocular Surface Disease” by
discussing the applications of using an Amniotic
Membrane. The surgical indications for Amniotic
Membrane are pterygium excision, corneal ulcers,
chemical burns, bullous keratopathy, dermoids, and
conjunctivochalasis. Amniotic Membrane was
originally tried in the 1940’s, but without having the
ability to preserve it properly it did not work very
well. It was re-visited in the 1990’s and that is
when it started taking on a more lasting role in
surface disease treatment. The amniotic membrane
described is produced by IOP Ophthalmics. The
technology is called Ambio or Ambiodry and is a
dehydrated amniotic membrane that comes from
donors. It is dehydrated in a way that it maintains
its cytokines and growth factors.
There are four different devices available from IOP
Ophthalmics. Two are square tissue pieces that can
be cut and used as needed and the other two are
disks. The difference in the pieces is the thickness
in the tissue. Continued on next page Tekwani
Tekwani cont.
The surface of the eye basically is made up of
conjunctival epithelium, corneal epithelium, and
stem cells. This makes the amniotic membrane
suitable because it has an intact epithelial layer, a
dense connective tissue basement membrane, and a
fibroblastic network that helps to proliferate and
heal tissues that are diseased. Originally the
membrane was sutured down, but now this has
evolved into using glue called Tisseel. It is biodegradable, lasts for 5-10 days and then disappears,
and provides much better comfort for patients than
sutures.
Next, slides/cases were presented that demonstrated
the effective use of amniotic membranes with
pterygium removal and corneal ulcers.
The second presentation was “A Primer on
Femtosecond Laser Cataract Surgery.” This
procedure is now available in St. Louis and is
something that will become more popular as time
goes along. It is typically not going to be covered
by insurance. Average cost will likely be in the
$600- $800 range. The laser application is designed
to assist with cataract surgery. It provides improved
precision and makes outcomes more consistent and
predictable. There are three main applications in
cataract surgery: capsulotomy, nucleus
fragmentation, and corneal incisions. It is not a
replacement for the phaco system, as it will not
remove the cataract.
Dr. Tekwani then presented cases and videos of the
femtosecond laser in use during cataract surgery.
Theh presentation provided one hour C.E. credit.
Many thanks to Dr. Tekwani for his presentation
and co-hosting the evening with Lisa Salmon of
IOP Ophthalmics.
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Drs. Jason Riley, Kim Layfield and Karen Rosen
THANKS FROM THE UMSL-AOSA CHAPTER
The University of Missouri-St, Louis College of
Optometry AOSA chapter held its annual Corneal
Classic golf scramble on April 27TH this year and it
was a great success! The tournament was held at
Normandie Golf Club and close to sixty golfers
participated. Many optometry students as well as
optometrists and suppliers around the area also
turned out for the event.
Although the weather did not cooperate, the golfers
played through the rain and made it back to the
pavilion where they we met with catering by the
famous Pappy’s Smokehouse. After dinner
everyone gathered around as we raffled off some
amazing prizes. The winners of the Optic Cup this
year were Dr. Tom Cullinane, Dan Cullinane, Tim
Cunoy and Steve Milton with an outstanding score
of 61 !
A portion of the golf tournament’s proceeds will be
donated to the St. Louis Society for the Blind and
will also help support events such as the Eyeball, a
formal held in honor of the graduating fourth year
students. The UMSL AOSA chapter would like to
thank all the golfers, hole sponsors, and volunteers
who made this beautiful day so enjoyable.
Andy Toebben, Class of 2015
Corneal Classic Chair
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Drs. Jamie Gold and Marisa O’Brien
CO-MANAGEMENT REPORT
Drew Biondo, O.D.
Lipview/Lipiflow co-management opportunities are
currently available through Mulqueeny Eye Centers
for patients with moderate to severe MGD. This
safe and effective treatment clears blocked
meibomian glads and offers instate symptomatic
relief. Plesae e-mail or call Drew Biondo
(ajbiondo@surevision.us) or Sean Mulqueeny for
details. 314 542-3600
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Drs. Don Walter and Gary DeLancey
Drs. Tom Hlefrich and Eric Polk
MOA TRUSTEE REPORT
Drs. Tom Cullinane & Robert Goerss
Keyperson System: Please contact Tom
Cullinane to be sure that you are signed up to be a
keyperson for your legislator. Many districts have
changed and. therefore, you may have a different
legislator than previously. It is critical that all
SLOS members participate in the keyperson system
as there are many new State Representatives and
Senators with whom to build relationships.
Legislation: The eye drop prescription bill
passed out of both the Senate and the House and
now awaits signing at the Governor’s desk. This
bill was supported by both optometry and
ophthalmology and would allow patients to renew
their prescript-tions for glaucoma medications, for
example, before the current 30 day restriction.
The no cap fees bill was supposed to go to
hearing early in April.
Leadership Retreat: The Leadership Retreat will
be held at Stoney Creek Inn in Columbia, MO on
Friday, May 30 through Saturday, June 1. Visit
www.moeyecare.org for more details.
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WELCOME BACK TO VISTAKON AND
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New ads will appear in the next issue.
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CALENDAR
May 30 – June 1 MOA Leadership Retreat
Stoney Creek Inn
Columbia, MO
www.moeyecare/org
June 11
Installation Banquet
Kemp Auto Museum
Invitations to be mailed in May
July 9
SLOS Meeting
Alcon hosts
Aug. 11
Annual Optometry Academe
UMSL-College of Optometry
8 hours. CEE
Aug. 13
SLOS Meeting
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Drs. Nabhan and Walsh