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The American Academy of Ophthalmology's newsletter for senior ophthalmologists (SOs). Scope is published quarterly, with all articles posted online and a PDF download available for print. The online archive includes all articles starting with the summer 2017 issue and select articles from prior issues.

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What We’re Reading This Fall 2019

OCT 03, 2019 By Samuel Masket MD, J. Kemper Campbell, MD, M Bruce Shields MD, Thomas S Harbin, MD, MBA, John R Stechschulte MD, Marcia D Carney MD in Book Reviews

Senior ophthalmologists share the best of what they’re reading this Fall. Share what you’re reading and send your review to scope@aao.org

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Artificial Intelligence: What Does It Mean for Our Future?

OCT 03, 2019 By Alfredo A Sadun, MD, PHD in Features

Dr. Alfredo Sadun's interest in artificial intelligence began as an undergraduate in the late 1960s. There, at MIT, he had an amazing lecturer on the subject, Marvin Minsky, who is regarded as one of the three great fathers of AI.

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Editorial - Our Contribution to Health Care Costs

OCT 03, 2019 By M Bruce Shields MD in Letter from the Editor

As seniors, we seem to get a lot of blame for the escalating cost of health care in the U.S. Yet recent evidence suggests that just the opposite may be true, at least in the area of heart health. That is good news not only for us, but also for the economy of the country.

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A Home of Its Own

OCT 03, 2019 By Norman B Medow MD FACS in Features

In 1980, with the foresight of a few, the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Foundation first conceived of a museum. The idea was to preserve our ophthalmic heritage, in part, so that by understanding our past, we could improve on our future. We would be able to better unde…

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Frederick Blodi, MD: From Austria to Iowa

OCT 03, 2019 By Barbara Ann Blodi MD, Christopher F Blodi MD in Features, History

Frederick Blodi was born on Jan. 11, 1917 in Vienna and grew up in the southern suburb of Maria Entzesdorf. His father was a corporate lawyer for the large multinational construction firm, the Nobel Dynamite Co.

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Walter H. 'Terry' Marshall, MD: Preserving Sight and Our Heritage

OCT 03, 2019 By M Bruce Shields MD in Features

The annual meeting of our Academy in San Francisco this fall promises to be especially memorable with a preview of the Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye, details of which can be found in this and the previous issue of Scope.

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Letter to the Editor - Reflections of Bernard Becker, MD

OCT 03, 2019 By Ralph S Riffenburgh MD in As I Remember It

I enjoyed the article on Dr. Bernard Becker, but I couldn't let pass the statement that there were no residencies at Washington University until he came.

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Blue Angels: A San Francisco Treat

OCT 03, 2019 By Susan H Day MD in Features

As AAO 2019 approaches, consider this both an invitation as well as a “heads up” notification: The Blue Angels will be flying overhead during our meeting.

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Editorial - An Optical Delusion

JUL 24, 2019 By M Bruce Shields MD in Letter from the Editor

M. Bruce Shields, MD, offers his observations on the optical illusion and the tragedy of the optical delusion.

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What We’re Reading This Summer 2019

JUL 23, 2019 By J. Kemper Campbell, MD, Thomas S Harbin, MD, MBA, Samuel Masket MD, M Bruce Shields MD, Marcia D Carney MD, Alfredo A Sadun, MD, PHD in Book Reviews

Baseball history, running a drug cartel and the cosmos. Senior ophthalmologists share the best of what they’re reading this summer. Share what you’re reading and send your review to scope@aao.org

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