Dr. Paul Jorizzo, Dr. Paul Imperia, Dr. Rory Murphy and three assistants from Medical Eye Center returned from Christmas Island in the central Pacific Ocean. They spent a week prescribing treatments, giving away sunglasses, and training local doctors to provide eye care. Drs. Jorizzo and Imperia performed 74 cataract and 10 pterygium surgeries, helping restore vision to a local population that is particularly vulnerable to blindness.
The Rise of Oculoplastic Surgery: Beyond the Eyelid
You may have recently encountered the word “Oculoplastics,” as it’s garnering a lot of online traction, but what is it? Oculoplastic surgery originates from the Latin/Greek “Oculo,” referring to the eye, and “plastic” derives from