Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week
Prevent Blindness has declared September 18 – 24, 2023, as Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week. There are a number of inflammatory eye conditions. The one we specialize in at Texas Retina Associates
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Texas Retina’s New Waco Office Wins Outstanding Construction Award
The Associated General Contractors of America Texas Building Branch (AGCTBB) recently announced that they are awarding their annual “Healthcare 1 Outstanding Construction Award” to Mazanec Construction Company and Texas Retina’s new Waco
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Dr. Abbey Presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists 2023 Annual Meeting
Texas Retina Associates’ Ashkan M. Abbey, MD, recently presented at the 41st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) held in Seattle. ASRS is the largest organization of
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New Patient Portal System
Texas Retina Associates is in the process of transitioning to a new and improved patient portal system that will go live on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. This secure portal will provide you
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What is an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Test?
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive diagnostic imaging test similar to a computed tomography (CT) scan that allows your retina specialist to clearly see the retina and carefully map and measure
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June is Fireworks Eye Safety Awareness Month
By Ivan Castillo, MD Summer is here, and for many that means outdoor celebrations that include fireworks, especially around the 4th of July. Unfortunately, this also means an increase in eye injuries.
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11 Tips to Protect Men’s Eye Health
June is Men’s Health Month. It was established to help bring awareness to health issues men face and to encourage them to take charge of their health. A number of retinal diseases can affect
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Texas Retina Associates First in U.S. to Dose a Patient in the Phase 2 SIGLEC Trial
On June 1, 2023, Ashkan Abbey, MD, dosed the first patient in the Phase II SIGLEC Trial, a clinical study evaluating AVD-104, a potential new treatment for geographic atrophy (GA) from age-related
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Dr. Abbey Presents Phase 1 DAVIO Clinical Trial Results to the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Dr. Abbey presented the results from the Phase 1 DAVIO trial at ARVO 2023, the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). The trial was a first-in-human
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The TRUCKEE study is a real-world, collaborative effort to investigate the efficacy, durability, and safety of a monoclonal antibody treatment called faricimab in patients suffering from neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in
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