Floaters arise from the vitreous body, the gel that fills the center of the eye. Myopia is the clinical term for near-sightedness that is due to abnormal elongation of the eye. A common reason to perform vitrectomy (surgery to remove the gel in the center of...
To date, most doctors considered ‘floaters’ to be little more than nuisances. However, recent studies have shown that there can be severe effects on vision, specifically the ability to discern shades of gray, which is an important component of vision. This condition has been named...
Dr. Gui had the distinct privilege of virtually presenting his research about wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) on September 21-22, 2020 at the annual Retina Society meeting. Dr. Gui and colleagues found that in their study population, an increased injection frequency of anti-vascular endothelial growth...
Dr. Sebag Will Deliver the Inaugural Robert Machemer Lecture at the Soe Biennial Congress. VMR Institute, a leading facility for treatment of disorders of Vitreous, Macula, and Retina in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas, announced today that Dr. Sebag has been named the keynote...
Hope, Happiness, and Action With Dr. Sebag: Eye Floaters Action Movement Podcast Interview In August, Jonathan Reed, host of The Eye Floaters Action Movement podcast--a podcast dedicated solely to eye floaters with the goal of providing its subscribers and listeners updates on research and cures to fight...
Curing Patients of Debilitating Eye Floaters In December, Dr. Sebag was asked to be interviewed by Straight From The Cutter's Mouth: A Retina Podcast from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, which interviews the leaders of the field of vitreoretinal surgery. He was asked to discuss his...
For over 100 years, the The American College of Surgeons has organized an annual clinical congress that was held this year in San Diego. Dr. Jerry Sebag lectured at the congress, sharing the experience at the VMR Institute for Vitreous Macula Retina in treating...
At ARVO's, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, annual meeting, VMR Institute's own Jeannie Nguyen-Cuu presented the results of our research to develop a self-administered questionnaire for people with floaters. We created the questionnaire in order to evaluate the degree of impact vitreous floaters have...
[caption id="attachment_5389" align="aligncenter" width="640"] VMR Institute's Dr. Jerry Sebag, Researchers Kenneth Yee, Carlo Garcia, Justin Nguyen, and Doheny Eye Institute's Dr. Sadun[/caption] Recognized as one of the top 50 medical meetings by the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association, ARVO is the world's leading educational and networking...
Breakthrough Results of the DRCR.net Protocol S and Protocol T Will Dramatically Change the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy The Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network (DRCR.net) is a collaborative network dedicated to facilitating multicenter clinical research of diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema and associated conditions; some of...