PHACO CHOP: Mastering Techniques, OptimizingTechnology, and Avoiding Complications,1st by D. Chang, David F. Chang, David F. Chang

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Synopsis

The technique of phaco chop—a means of dividing the nucleus of the lens of the eye during surgical treatment of cataracts—is believed by Chang (clinical professor, U. of California at San Francisco) and his collaborators to be the safest method of treating simple and difficult cataracts. They set forth their case for that position by reviewing the techniques of the procedure, moving from basic horizontal and vertical chopping and their recommended uses; through discussion of the phacodynamics of chopping, the configuration of the phaco machine, and the avoidance and management of complications; and concluding with an exploration of the application of bimanual, microincisional cataract surgery. The DVD contains two hours of supplemental instructional video. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Biography

David F. Chang, MD is a summa cum laude graduate of Harvard College and earned his MD at Harvard Medical School. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of California, San Francisco where he is now a clinical professor. In 1995, he received the Crowell Beard Award at University of California, San Francisco for excellence in clinical teaching. Dr. Chang is chairman of the cataract program sub-committee for the AAO Annual Meeting. He organized, and was the program co-chair for the first three AAO “Spotlight on Cataracts” symposia. He is the 2003 recipient of the AAO Annual Meeting Secretariat award.

Dr. Chang is a member of the AAO Ophthalmic Knowledge Base Panel for Cataract and Anterior Segment, which is developing the American Board of Ophthalmology knowledge base for the MOC examination. He is on the scientific advisory board for the UCSF Collaborative Vision Research Group, American Medical Optics, Calhoun Vision, Medennium, and Visiogen, and is the medical monitor for the Visiogen Synchrony accommodating IOL FDA monitored trial. He is co-chief medical editor for Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today, and serves on the editorial boards for Ocular Surgery News, EyeNet, Video Journal of Ophthalmology, and Comprehensive Ophthalmology Update. He is the cataract editor for two online educational sites: the AAO Specialty Clinical Updates and the Ocular Surgery News Ophthalmic Hyperguides.

Financial disclosure: Dr. Chang is a consultant for AMO. He has no financial interest in any instruments.