The 32rd annual meeting of the American Society of Retinal Specialists, formerly The Vitreous Society, took place in August this year. VMR Institute's founding director Dr. Sebag presented on VMR Institute’s experience with limited vitrectomy for floaters. In our scientific study of the effects of floaters...
[column col="1/4"] [/column] [column col="1/4"] [/column] [column col="1/4"] [/column][column col="1/4"] [/column] On Wednesday, August 20th, the VMR Institute held yet another informative lecture as part of its 2014 Lecture Series. Dr. Chong, the keynote speaker, Wednesday night centered around the pathophysiology of retinal tears and detachments. Attendees were informed how to suspect a retinal tear or...
The American Ophthalmological Society (AOS) held it's 150th annual meeting in the same locale as its very first meeting - the southern end of the borough of Manhattan in the City of New York. This venerable and prestigious organization is the oldest medical society in America....
"Leading Eye and Vision Research” was the theme of the annual meeting for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) which this May in Orlando, Florida. As in past years, members of the VMR Institute staff and students were chosen to present their work...
[column col="1/3"] [/column] [column col="1/3"] [/column][column col="1/3"] [/column] On Monday, July 7th, the VMR Institute held its fifth lecture of the 2014 Lecture Series. This lecture centered around Exudative Maculopathies; the various causes for exudative maculopathy that can be grouped anatomically as those that arise from changes in front of...
Upon his return to the VMR office from an extended weekend, Dr. Sebag was pleasantly surprised to find that the wonderful staff had the office adorned with elegant balloons (as many as he turned in age this year), and showered him with gifts, a cake and...
Dr. Chong was an international guest speaker and on the scientific committee of the 37th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Retina and Vitreous held in Campinas, Brazil April 12-13, 2014. [divider scroll_text=""] After the meeting, Dr. Chong took two of his former students, Professor Marcello Casellas...
The Aging Eye lectures were a success! We are so grateful to all of those that made it out to hear Dr. Sebag, Dr. Hertzog, and Dr. Chang speak on the topic. A huge thank you to Dr. Hertzog and Dr. Chang for being our...
VMR Institute Tech Presents at Prestigious 2014 Annual ARVO Meeting The VMR Institute’s technician, Kenneth Yee, will present on his current research at the event. [divider scroll_text=""] Huntington Beach, Calif., March 6, 2014 — VMR Institute, a leading facility for treatment of disorders of vitreous, macula, and retina...
Dr. Sebag attends the OCMA Physicians of Excellence Honoree Reception The Orange County Medical Association, along with Orange Coast Magazine, hosted a reception honoring all of the doctors chosen as 2014 Physicians of Excellence on January 22, at AnQi Gourmet Bistro in Costa Mesa. Many of the...