EyeWorld Asia-Pacific September 2015 Issue

6 September 2015 EWAP CONTENTS APACRS Secretariat 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751 Fax: (65) 6327 8630 Email: apacrs@snec.com.sg Website: www.apacrs.org P U B L I S H I N G S TA F F Publisher APACRS Charity Wai apacrs@snec.com.sg Donald R. Long don@eyeworld.org APACRS Editorial Kathy Chen kathy.chen@apacrs.org Javian Teh Huang Weitian ewap@apacrs.org Christine Shimmon Senior Staff Writer Chiles Aedam R. Samaniego ASCRS Editorial Managing Editor Stacy Jobionski Staff Writer Ellen Stodola Staff Writer Lauren Lipuma Production Graphic Designer Julio Guerrero Graphic Design Assistant Susan Steury Production Manager Cathy Stern Production Assistant Carly Peterson S e p t e m b e r September 2015 Volume 11 • No.3 Contributing Editors Vanessa Caceres – Lakeland, Florida Michelle Dalton – Reading, Pennsylvania Rich Daly – Arlington, Virginia Enette Ngoei – Singapore Matt Young – Malaysia Senior Contributing Editor Maxine Lipner – Nyack, New York Advertising Sales ASCRS Media 4000 Legato Road Suite 700, Fairfax, VA 22033 (1-703) 591-2220 • fax: (1-703) 273-2963 eyeworld@eyeworld.org • www.eyeworld.org Director Donald R. Long don@eyeworld.org Advertising Sales Manager Jeff Brownstein Jeff@eyeworld.org (1-703) 788-5745 Paul Zelin paul@eyeworld.org (1-703) 383-5729 Classified Sales Cathy Stern cathy@eyeworld.org (1-703) 591-2220 EyeWorld Special Projects and Events Jessica Donohoe Jessica@eyeworld.org (1-703) 591-2220g APACRS Publisher : EyeWorld Asia-Pacific Edition (ISSN 1793-1835) is published quarterly by the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (APACRS), c/o Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, telephone (65) 6322-7469, fax (65) 6327-8630, email apacrs@snec.com.sg. Printed in Singapore. EyeWorld Asia-Pacific Chinese Edition (ISSN 1521-7566) is jointly published quarterly by the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (APACRS), c/o Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, telephone (65) 6322-7469, fax (65) 6327-8630, email apacrs@snec.com.sg; and the Chinese Ophthalmological Society (COS), c/o Chinese Medical Association, 42 Dongsi Xidajie, Beijing 100710, PR China, telephone (86-10) 6524-9989 ext 2456, fax (86-10) 6512-3754. Printed in Beijing, PR China. Editorial Offices : EyeWorld Asia-Pacific Edition: Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (APACRS), c/o Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, telephone (65) 6322-7469, fax (65) 6327-8630, email apacrs@snec.com.sg. 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KDN number: PPS1766/07/2013(022955) MCI (P) 065/02/2015 52 65 GLAUCOMA Evolving views on IOP and glaucoma 46 Significant changes in our understanding of the role of IOP in the disease process by Tony Realini, MD, MPH How will glaucoma treatment change in the future? 49 Will IOP reduction remain our primary approach? by Tony Realini, MD, MPH DEVICES Diagnosing dry eye disease 51 In the future, clinicians will likely have a single test to quantify and distinguish the various types of dry eye, but for now, newer diagnostic tools are helping to confirm the disease by Michelle Dalton 46 PHARMA FOCUS Eye-opening mydriatic agents 52 The latest on these dilating drugs by Maxine Lipner NEWS & OPINION MEETING REPORTER: Live reports from the 28th APACRS Annual Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 55 by EyeWorld Staff 55 Tribute to Robert M. Sinskey, MD 65 by Maxine Lipner

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