Aging in Ophthalmology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0443139830 ISBN 13: 9780443139833

Verlag: Academic Press, 2025

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Aging in Ophthalmology examines the aging process of the eye and how this affects the future of ophthalmology. With a strong focus on therapeutic options, the book shows the latest improvements in medical and surgical possibilities. It describes both the risks of the aging of the eye, the aging of different parts of the eye (like the retina, lens, and iris), therapeutic approaches to limit the aging processes of the eye, along with a glance into the future. This book is a valuable resource for ophthalmologists of all subspecialties and researchers interested in the aging process in the human eye.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Prof. Dr. Jorge Alió, is academically serving in Universidad Miguel Hernández as Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology and Director of the Iberia Biobank and Biodata created jointly with the funding of the National Network of Clinical Research (OFTARED, National Health Institute Carlos III), where he is the Coordinator of Eye Diopter Research. His clinical services as an ophthalmic clinician and surgeon are provided in ‘Vissum Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante’ (Founded by Dr. Alió in 2004), ‘Grupo Miranza’. Throughout his career and arising from his clinical research activities, he has been the author or co-author of 669 peer review papers, 385 book chapters, 99 books (as editor or co-editor), and over 2.111 presentations and invited lectures in international meetings. Jorge Alio, recently entered the ‘Forbes’ list of the 100 best doctors in Spain

Andrzej Grzybowski, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, MAE, is a Professor of Ophthalmology at the Institute for Research in Ophthalmology. He has been an active editor, editor in chief, and author of more than 500 peer-reviewed international publications and over 50 book chapters as well as reviewer for more than 20 journals. He serves as editorial board member of several international journals, including the American Journal of Ophthalmology, and is a lifelong member of the European Academy of Ophthalmology. As the only Polish ophthalmologist he was included in the top 2% ranking of world-best scientists prepared by Stanford University. In 2022 he was awarded Officers’ Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for outstanding achievements in research and teaching and support for international scientific cooperation by the President of Poland, a ranking of the Top 100 most influential people in the world of ophthalmology.

Anat is a retina specialist, expert in retinal toxicity, and has a strong research interest in the early detection of retinal disease. Her career path started with four years serving as a physician-officer in the Israeli Navy, a residency in TASMC, a fellowship in retinal vascular diseases and vitreoretinal surgery at The Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute in Baltimore, before returning to Israel, where before long, she was appointed head of TASMC’s vitro-retina unit, and then went on to become the Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology. She has found the time to publish more than 300 peer-reviewed articles, write multiple textbook chapters, and take on leadership roles within international societies (she is the current General Secretary of EURETINA and serves on the international committee of the Macula Society)

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Aging in Ophthalmology examines the aging process of the eye and how this affects the future evolution of ophthalmology.

With a strong focus on the aging process and therapeutic options, the book also shows the capabilities that prevent and treat the aging of the eye through the latest improvements in the medical and surgical possibilities of ophthalmology.

In 18 chapters. Aging in Ophthalmology describes the aging process of the eye from a practical perspective as well as the consequences from the therapeutic point of view. The book describes both the risks of the aging of the eye, the aging of the different parts of the eye (like the retina, lens and iris), the therapeutic approaches to limit the aging processes of the eye and a glance into the future. This book is a valuable resource for ophthalmologists of all subspecialties and researchers interested in aging process in the human eye

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Academic Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0443139830
• ISBN 13: 9780443139833
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 354
• Herausgeber: Alio MD
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