Charles B. Slonim, M.D. Installed as FSO President-Elect
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The Florida Society of Ophthalmology (FSO), the preeminent professional association for medical and osteopathic doctors who specialize in vision care, installed Charles B. Slonim, M.D., as president-elect at its Annual Meeting, Masters in Ophthalmology, held June 24-26 in Palm Beach, FL.
As FSO president-elect, Dr. Slonim will help lead the nonprofit association, which represents more than 500 medical doctors focused on protecting the medical and surgical specialty of ophthalmology. In addition to active participation in legislative advocacy and the dissemination of responsible information to physicians and patients throughout the state, the FSO also provides continuing medical education opportunities.
Dr. Slonim is a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa and a Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He teaches physicians about oculoplastic diseases, diagnoses and surgeries as well as contact lens technology.
Dr. Slonim has lectured extensively to ophthalmologists, optometrists and other physicians throughout the United States and in more than 55 international cities in more than 35 countries around the world. He has published more than 34 scientific journal articles, 17 ophthalmic book chapters and 11 clinical symposia.
Dr. Slonim is the team ophthalmologist for many Tampa Bay area professional and intercollegiate sports teams including the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League and the University of South Florida intercollegiate sports programs. During the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Dr. Slonim served as a consultant at the Olympic Vision Center in the Olympic Village. He is an Honorary Member of the Haitian Ophthalmology Society after assisting in the relief effort following the 2010 earthquake.
Dr. Slonim is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and New York Medical College. He completed an Internship and Residency in Ophthalmology at the Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
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The Florida Society of Ophthalmology (FSO) has a rich history of serving patients since its founding in 1939 as the Florida Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. Today, the organization represents more than 500 physician members throughout the state and is focused on advancing patient care and protecting the medical specialty of ophthalmology.
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He is an Honorary Member of the Haitian Ophthalmology Society after assisting in the relief effort following the 2010 earthquake. Dr. Slonim is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and New York Medical College. He completed an Internship and
He is an Honorary Member of the Haitian Ophthalmology Society after assisting in the relief effort following the 2010 earthquake. Dr. Slonim is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and New York Medical College. He completed an Internship and
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I n addition to more traditional approaches to correcting presbyopia, such as lens- or corneal-based technology, an innovative frontier is emerging. Inroads are being made in everything from femtosecond lens softening to enhancement of scleral plasticity. EyeWorld took a closer look at some of these to see how they might eventually civilize presbyopic territory.
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One innovative new approach is using the LensAR femtosecond laser (Winter Park, Fla.) to soften the lens nucleus. The concept here is to place femtosecond pulses in the nucleus, according to Ronald R. Krueger, M.D., medical director of refractive surgery, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland, and professor of ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic. "The lens nucleus is then softened as compared to the harder nuclear state that might have been there before, and that would allow for more flexibility of the crystalline lens," Dr. Krueger said.
With the technique, the laser will focus very localized pulses along any specific geographic pattern in whatever volume needed. "We don't have to cut through the anterior part of the lens to get in the middle of it—the laser goes right to the middle," Dr. Krueger said. "We can put pulses in any number of different patterns in order to try and make the lens softer so that it's more flexible."
Results so far, however, have been modest and somewhat unpredictable. "We've shown that we could make the lens more flexible experimentally, but in treating patients we have not seen any consistent return of that accommodative mechanism," Dr. Krueger said. "What we have seen is that we can put the laser pulses inside the lens without having a cataract form from them."
There have been a few cases where the technique has shown promise. "We have seen a few cases where we got 1.5 D or so of potential accommodation change with objective measurement," Dr. Krueger said. "But many other cases we haven't seen any change." Investigators are now working on the patterns to try and come up with one that they hope will work the most effectively.
Dr. Krueger thinks that successes that LensAR has had of late in using the femtosecond technology for cataract surgery will provide the financial foundation to continue working on accommodation restoration. "In time, I think that we will eventually be able to solve this issue," he said.
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