Author Description

Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2025! Offering practical guidance to those who are learning or already performing office-based ophthalmic procedures, The Ophthalmic Office Procedures Handbook reviews all current procedural and surgical techniques routinely performed in an office or minor-surgery suite. Written by Leonid Skorin, Nate Lighthizer, Selina McGee, Rich Castillo, and Karl Stonecipher, this unique handbook is an excellent resource for all eye care providers--both those performing the procedures as well as those who are co-managing pre- and post-operative visits. Walks you through the entire clinical experience--from initial indications to steps in the procedure, potential complications, supplemental reading, and coding and billing information--using an easy-to-follow, heavily templated chapter format Presents bulleted lists of key information in every chapter for quick reference Includes multiple full-color photographs of every procedure, as well as corresponding videos of each procedure or surgical technique covered in the book by the author team of renowned ophthalmologists and optometrists Over 35 videos in the VST ebook correspond to each procedure or surgical technique covered in the book by the author team of renowned ophthalmologists and optometrists Covers informed consent considerations, preoperative care, anesthesia and instrumentation, postoperative care/co-management, efficacy, and much more Provides a portable, easy-to-use resource for everyday clinical use and for the professional development of students, residents, and practitioners An ideal companion volume to The Ophthalmic Laser Handbook