On Tuesday, August 4, 2015, the VMR Institute for Vitreous Macula Retina in Huntington Beach, California hosted a large group of community Doctors to a continuing education lecture on the use of pharmacologic vitreolysis for the treatment of anomalous PVD. This new way to treat vitreo-maculopathies has already replaced...
Vein occlusions are commonly seen in a retinal specialist’s office and are second only to diabetic retinopathy in frequency of problems affecting the blood vessels of the eye. There are two types of vein occlusions: the branch retinal vein occlusion and the central retinal vein occlusion....
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) is the premier eye research organization in the world. It’s annual meeting draws over 12,000 scientists and clinicians from all over the world to learn of the latest advances. Only a small number of presentations (less than 5%)...
[caption id="attachment_3960" align="alignleft" width="400"] Dr. Sebag holds party in Chicago to celebrate the release of Vitreous.[/caption] Dr. Jerry Sebag, of the VMR Institute, held a party to commemorate the release of his third book, entitled Vitreous - in Health and Disease. The event, which consisted of a...
[caption id="attachment_3797" align="alignright" width="411"] VMR Institute receives a special visit from Santa Claus[/caption] The 2014 holiday season was indeed a bright one for the VMR staff, when we were paid an unexpected, but very pleasant visit from the man of the season himself, Santa Claus! Along with...
Huntington Beach, Calif., October, 23, 2014 — 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. Jerry Sebag will release his encyclopedic text on the vitreous of the...
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...
Dr. Lawrence P. Chong Named Castle Connolly Top Doctor Dr. Lawrence P. Chong Named Castle Connolly Top Doctor Huntington Beach, Calif., August, 14, 2014 — VMR Institute, a leading facility for treatment of disorders of vitreous, macula, and retina in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas, announced...
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...