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FDA Clinical Trial for 36 spring fog Treatment of Keratoconus © 2013 Dean McGee Eye Institute 1 invisions: president’s view Discovery and Innovation KEY ELEMENTS OF DMEI MISSION Gregory L. Skuta, MD IN ORDER TO PROVIDE OUR PATIENTS included the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma with the very best in clinical and surgical care, Study (COMS), the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma the Dean McGee Eye Institute has, since its Treatment Study (CIGTS), the Age-Related Eye founding, been committed to a spirit of discovery Disease Study 2 (AREDS 2), the Comparison of and culture of innovation. The Stephenson AMD Treatment Trials (CATT) for age-related Laser Center, for example, housed one of the macular degeneration (AMD), the Early Treatment country’s first VISX excimer lasers for refractive of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ETROP) Trial, surgery. Recently (and thanks to the support of the Telemedicine Approaches to Evaluating a generous donor), we acquired the technology Acute-Phase Retinopathy of Prematurity (eROP), to engage in collagen cross-linking studies to the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Trial more effectively treat corneal conditions such (IIHT), and studies of diabetic retinopathy hosted as keratoconus, in which central thinning of the through the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical cornea creates distortion and reduction of vision. Research Network. In order for the Eye Institute to maintain its standing as a national leader in Over the past 38 years, our clinicians and eye care, it is important that we continue our surgeons have participated in hundreds of clinical engagement in key national studies such as these. studies and projects, including multicenter clinical trials sponsored by the National Eye Our DMEI Clinical Trials Unit is typically Institute. Some federally funded projects have involved in 30-40 projects at a time, all with 2 DMEI InVision Winter 2013 the purpose of discovering new and better Our clinicians and surgeons also collaborate treatments for a variety of conditions that can with our basic scientists with the intent of impair vision and even result in blindness. bringing observations from the laboratory By working with and supporting our highly to the clinical setting. One example of such respected clinicians and surgeons (three-fourths collaboration is work by Alex Cohen, MD, PhD, of whom are listed among the Best Doctors in and Michael Elliott, PhD, on preclinical studies America), our clinical trials of the inhibition of team enables the Dean McGee caveolin-1 Eye Institute to offer unique (a protein found in and cutting-edge treatment corneal tissue) to opportunities to our patients. …enables the promote corneal wound healing. This work could In this edition of InVision, Dean McGee Eye be applicable to a variety we are featuring some of the of corneal injuries. surgical innovations offered Institute to by Drs. Steven Sarkisian and offer unique Advances in the field of Mahmoud Khaimi. Since ophthalmology must be joining the faculty in 2006 and cutting-edge driven by innovation and 2007 respectively, these and the development of two surgeons have been “treatment new technologies and very active in numerous treatments. At the Dean studies of new and emerging opportunities McGee Eye Institute, technologies and have to our patients. we will continue established reputations as our commitment to thoughtful surgical innovators. providing our patients Learn more about canaloplasty, the iStent, and with the latest and best technologies to help other exciting surgical techniques on fulfill our constant and overarching mission to pages 32-35. preserve and restore vision. Other new technologies now available to our patients at DMEI include the LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System for the treatment of dry eyes. Gregory L. Skuta, MD Yet another is the ORA System used in the President” and Chief