Limbal Relaxing Incisions

Louis D. “Skip” Nichamin, MD is the Medical Director and Managing Partner of the Laurel Eye Clinic in Brookville, Pennsylvania, one of the leading private ophthalmic practices in the country. After graduating from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan with high distinction and recognition, including membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, he completed his ophthalmic residency at the Sinai Hospital of Detroit in Michigan where he was awarded the H. Saul Sugar award for his outstanding performance. Dr. Nichamin has since been the recipient of numerous awards, lectured extensively around the world, and authored hundreds of articles and chapters in the fields of cataract and refractive surgery. His broad surgical experience numbers in the tens of thousands of surgical cases and includes posterior, as well as anterior, segment procedures. Dr. Nichamin has been a representative for the American Academy of Ophthalmology Board of Councilors and served as the Chairman of the Cataract Clinical Committee of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He holds a board position on the ASCRS Philanthropic Foundation. Dr. Nichamin is a committee member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Preferred Practice Patterns and founding member of the American College of Ophthalmic Surgery. He has been awarded the Senior Achievement and Secretariat Awards by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He is an active consultant in the ophthalmic industry and serves on numerous medical advisory boards.

Dedication Acknowledgments About the Editor About the Associate Editor Contributing Authors Preface Introduction Chapter 1 History, Background, and Future of Incisional Astigmatic Surgery Section 1 The Foundation and Future of Astigmatic Keratotomy Spencer P. Thornton, MD, FACS Section 2 Limbal Relaxing Incisions: History, Current State of the Art, and Future Richard L. Lindstrom, MD; Molly McDonald, OD; and David R. Hardten, MD Chapter 2 Measuring Astigmatism: Planning Surgery and Tracking Results Noel A. Alpins, MD, FACS and George Stamatelatos, OD Chapter 3 Overview for the Use of Limbal Relaxing Incisions Louis D. /u201cSkip/u201d Nichamin, MD Chapter 4 This Is How I Do It Section 1 Limbal Relaxing Incisions to Correct Astigmatism James P. Gills, MD and Pit Gills, MD Section 2 How I Perform Limbal Relaxing Incisions Richard S. Hoffman, MD Section 3 Astigmatism Correction With Peripheral Corneal Relaxing Incision Douglas D. Koch, MD and Christian C. Hester, MD Section 4 My Approach to Limbal Relaxing Incisions Randall J. Olson, MD Section 5 My Guide to Peripheral Corneal Relaxing Incisions Jonathan B. Rubenstein, MD Section 6 Astigmatism in Three Dimensions R. Bruce Wallace III, MD Chapter 5 Enhancement of Patients With Prior Limbal Relaxing Incisions David R. Hardten, MD and Molly McDonald, OD Chapter 6 Limbal Relaxing Incision Complications Parag D. Parekh, MD, MPA Chapter 7 Femtosecond Laser Limbal Relaxing Incisions Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD; Allon Barsam, MD, MA, FRCOphth; and An Vo, MD Financial Disclosures Index