Posted by: Pepose Vision Institute in Lifelong Vision Foundation on September 29, 2014
Mark your calendars for The Eye Ball, St. Louis on November 1, 2014 at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. Champion the cause of clear vision! Join us for an evening of dinner, drinks, and Lifelong Vision Awards to honor extraordinary people who are making a difference today in how we see tomorrow. Wonder at […]
Read MorePosted by: Pepose Vision Institute in Eye Care on September 23, 2014
Conjunctivitis: A Common Infection in Children According to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control, more than 164 million school days are missed annually in US public schools due to the spread of infectious diseases. An astonishing 3 million of those school days are lost as a result of acute conjunctivitis . . […]
Read MorePosted by: Pepose Vision Institute in Pepose Info on September 18, 2014
Dr. Rieger was recently informed he has been chosen by the American Society of Healthcare Professionals for induction as a TOP 25 Optometrist in Missouri. Selection is based on a thorough multi-phase process which includes patient and peer nominations combined with third-party research. The Top 25 distinction is extended exclusively to the select few of […]
Read MorePosted by: Pepose Vision Institute in Pepose Info on September 15, 2014
Click here to watch an interview with Dr. Pepose at the prestigious European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESNRS) in London. (If the above link doesn’t work, please copy and paste the following: http://ewreplay.org/node/555?v=3784635951001)
Read MorePosted by: Pepose Vision Institute in Pepose Info on September 12, 2014
Dr. Pepose is on his way to London to present and instruct at the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS). Founded in 1991, the ESCRS is Europe’s leading organization for cataract and refractive surgeons and is at the forefront of developments in anterior segment surgery. The society has over 5,000 members from almost 100 […]
Read MorePosted by: Pepose Vision Institute in Pepose Info on September 11, 2014
Dr. Pepose will be in London on the 12th of September as a Member of the Program Faculty and Invited Speaker at The International Society of Presbyopia’s 6th conference. He is one of just 48 Program Faculty participants, with only 17 from the USA. The International Society of Presbyopia (ISOP) provides an International forum for the promotion of interdisciplinary […]
Read MorePosted by: Pepose Vision Institute in Interesting Info on September 8, 2014
The first glasses in the world, it seems, were created some 700 years ago. It’s taken until this year, 2014, for patients to receive the first FDA-approved bionic eyes. This breakthrough comes via Second Sight, a California company whose Argus II technology revolves around implanting patients with an artificial retina. As of now, only people with […]
Read MorePosted by: Pepose Vision Institute in Eye Care on September 1, 2014
Good vision is vital to learning in college. However, life on campus makes students susceptible to a host of vision and eye problems, such as injury, infection and increased nearsightedness. These six tips can help keep students seeing 20/20 throughout college. Read more at Eye Smart.
Read MorePosted by: Pepose Vision Institute in Interesting Info on August 29, 2014
Researchers from the University of Iowa (UI) can now start figuring out root causes behind eye diseases and vision loss, following their creation of the most-detailed molecular map of a section of the human eye. This section of the eye has long been associated with blindness. The map in high-resolution records over 4,000 unique proteins […]
Read MorePosted by: Pepose Vision Institute in Eye Care on August 25, 2014
As Children’s Eye Health & Safety/ Back to School Eye Health Month comes to a close, please be sure to have their eyes checked. Most children have healthy eyes. But there are conditions that can threaten good vision. Because you can’t always “look” into your child’s eyes to tell if they have eye health problems, […]
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