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January 2009

UP FRONT
Chief Medical Editor's Page
By Stephen G. Slade, MD

News

Letters

TODAY'S TOPICS
Expectations for Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking
By A. John Kanellopoulos, MD; Thomas Kohnen, MD; and R. Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD

NORDAN'S PERSPECTIVE
Two-Tiered Standards for Visual Function
By Lee T. Nordan, MD

PEER REVIEW
NSAIDs, CME, and Cataract Surgery
By Julia T. Lewandowski, Senior Associate Editor

CATARACT SURGERY
Feature Story
DSAEK Pearls for Cataract Surgeons
By Patricia Sierra, MD

REFRACTIVE SURGERY
Feature Story
Wavefront Plus Topography for Superior LASIK Outcomes
By Noel Alpins, FRANZCO, FRCOphth

IOLs
Design Strategies for New Accommodating IOLs
By Jay S. Pepose, MD, PhD

Complex Case Management
Irregular Astigmatism and Recurrent Epithelial Ingrowth
By David R. Hardten, MD; Jeffrey Whitman, MD; Gaston O. Lacayo III, MD; and Jonathan B. Rubenstein, MD

COVER STORIES
Economic Challenges
By Steven J. Dell, MD

The Economy's Impact on Refractive and Refractive Cataract Surgeons
By Larry Katzen, MD; Mark A. Kontos, MD; Dwayne K. Logan, MD; Robert J. Weinstock, MD; and Darrell E. White, MD

New Challenges for Refractive Surgery in 2009
By Louis E. Probst, MD

Investing in Innovation
By William J. Link, PhD

What to Do in a Reeling Economy: an Interview With J. Andy Corley
By Sara E. Smith, Senior Managing Editor

Managing Through This Economy
By Shareef Mahdavi

BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Merging Cataract and Refractive Surgery
By Phil Jackson

Innovations

5 Questions With Roberto Pinelli, MD