EyeWorld Asia-Pacific March 2018 Issue

6 March 2018 EWAP CONTENTS P U B L I S H I N G S TA F F Publisher APACRS Ronald Yeoh, MD ronald.yeoh@apacrs.org Donald R. Long don@eyeworld.org APACRS Editorial Kathy Chen kathy.chen@apacrs.org Huang Weitian Sum Hew Mun ewap@apacrs.org Christine Shimmon Aileen Bian Senior Staff Writer Chiles Aedam R. Samaniego ASCRS Editorial Editor Amy Goldenberg Managing Editor Stacy Jablonski Senior Staff Writer/Digital Editor Ellen Stodola Staff Writer Liz Hillman 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 March 2018 Volume 14 • No.1 Contributing Writers Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD - Berlin, Germany Vanessa Caceres – Bradenton, Florida Rich Daly – Arlington, Virginia Lauren Lipuma – Washington, DC Michelle Stephenson - Roanoke, Virginia Senior Contributing Writer 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 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 Shelly Dixon shelly@eyeworld.org 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. EyeWorld Asia-Pacific Chinese Edition: 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. EyeWorld News Service : 4000 Legato Road, Suite 700, Fairfax, VA 22033-4003, USA, toll-free (1-800) 451-1339, telephone (1-703) 591-2220, fax (1-703) 273-2963, email eyeworld@eyeworld.org. Advertising Offices : ASCRSMedia, 4000 Legato Road, Suite 700, Fairfax, VA 22033-4003, USA, telephone (1-703) 591-2220, fax (1-703) 273-2963, email dlong@eyeworld.org. Copyright 2005, 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. Licensed through the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), 4000 Legato Road, Suite 700, Fairfax, VA 22033-4003, USA. All rights reserved. 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