Office Virus Prevention Guidelines
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) COVID-19 Patient Information Update for MERSI Eye Center and OIUF Under Governor Baker’s Phase 2 reopening guidelines for Massachusetts, medical practices can now provide all types of care, including routine appointments. MERSI has stayed open throughout the pandemic, successfully treating our essential patients. We have put in place the following prevention guidelines to […]
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Dear Patients, We always recommend that those of you on immunomodulatory therapy be vigilant about practicing universal precautions to prevent getting ill (see below). The flu is a concern each year, which is why we recommend and encourage you to get the flu shot. Now, we have a new viral illness in addition to the […]
Uveitis/OID is the Third Leading Cause of Blindness
Uveitis/OID is the Third Leading Cause of Blindness By C. Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR Did you know that Uveitis/OID is the third leading cause of blindness in developed countries? It is the third leading cause of blindness because patients are left on chronic steroid therapy, which causes vision-robbing problems of glaucoma and cataract, or […]
Looking Forward to 2020: The Year of Vision a Self-Reflection
Looking Forward to 2020: The Year of Vision a Self-Reflection By Stephen D. Anesi, MD, FACS This time of year is always a time for reflection, but also a time to look to the future. As we enter into this new decade, starting with the year 2020, I wanted to share some of the thoughts […]
Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic Retinopathy By Peter Y. Chang, MD Diabetes affects 415 million adults worldwide, and it is becoming more prevalent in children and adolescents thanks to the unhealthy diets and physical inactivity that have become the hallmarks of our modern society. Excessive hunger and thirst, frequent urination, weight loss, fatigue, and blurry vision are the classic […]
Psoriasis and Eye Inflammation
Psoriasis and Eye Inflammation By Peter Y. Chang, MD August is Psoriasis Awareness Month. Do you know that there is an association between psoriasis and uveitis and other types of inflammatory eye diseases? Psoriasis is caused by an overactive immune system, leading to an accelerated growth rate of skin cells. It is characterized by patches […]
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Associated Uveitis
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Associated Uveitis by Stephen D. Anesi, MD, FACS July is juvenile arthritis awareness month, and thus I feel it is time to reconnect with those who are aware of and fight for children with the most common presentation of this disease, or educate those who are hearing about this for the […]
Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Current Status and Treatment
Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Current Status and Treatment Peter Y. Chang, MD Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss over the age of 50. It affects about 15 million men and women in the United States with about 200,000 new cases diagnosed each year. About 1.7 million U.S. citizens have the […]
AIDS and the Eye
AIDS and the Eye C. Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR The ocular manifestations of AIDS revolve primarily around infectious and malignant disease. Prior to the advent of multi-drug “cocktail” therapy for HIV infection, opportunistic infectious disease of the eye was extremely common, and, in fact was a sentinel “marker” for a marked reduction in CD4 […]
Association of Ocular Inflammatory Disease with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Association of Ocular Inflammatory Disease with Inflammatory Bowel Disease C. Stephen Foster, M.D., F.A.C.S, F.A.C.R. Even more surprising than the association between arthritis and eye inflammation, at least to some people, is the association between bowel inflammation and eye inflammation. But history tells us that such an association exists. This may be true not only […]