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Dr. Sachin Mehta – Eye on Vision – Diabetic Eye Disease

Dr. Sachin Mehta’s “Eye on Vision” segment for February covering Diabetic Retinopathy on Lake Havasu’s Channel 45. This is a monthly segment offering information and community education to the citizens of Lake Havasu and Bullhead City, Arizona.

USC & RCA Create Collaboration

USC EYE INSTITUTE AND RETINAL CONSULTANTS OF ARIZONA UNITE TO ENRICH OPHTHALMIC SERVICES AFFILIATION CREATES JOINT INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP AND INTEGRATED CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS The USC Eye Institute and Retinal Consultants of Arizona are proud to announce a new collaboration enhancing eye care with a specific focus on a joint educational and research programs. The USC-RCA […]

FDA Approves 1st Drug for Diabetic Retinopathy

FDA Approves 1st Drug for Diabetic Retinopathy To be used in those with diabetic macular edema, injections fight leading cause of blindness FDA Approves 1st Drug for Diabetic Retinopathy By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the drug Lucentis (ranibizumab) to […]

Dr. Pravin Dugel New Year Eye Care Mission to Nepal

Dr. Pravin Dugel, managing partner, Retinal Consultants of Arizona, spent the holiday season providing free cataract surgery in Nepal as part of the Himalayan Cataract Project – an international non-profit addressing the tragedy of treatable blindness caused by cataract. Dr. Dugel, along with his youngest daughter Brenna, chose to spend the holiday and New Year […]

Implantable Telescope Technology Now Available in Phoenix

NEW YEAR BRINGS SIGHT RESTORING “IMPLANTABLE TELESCOPE” TECHNOLOGY TO ARIZONA PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION PHOENIX-BASED RETINAL CONSULTANTS OF ARIZONA JOINS PATIENT CARE TEAM January 7, 2015 – Phoenix, AZ – Retinal Consultants of Arizona (RCA) – one of the nation’s leading Retina & Vitreous clinical research and patient treatment facilities – is proud […]

Dr. Matthew Witmer & A Patient Letter of Restored Vision

Dr. Matthew Witmer Receives Patient Letter of Appreciation for Restored Vision Dear Staff of Retinal Consultants of Arizona, I just wanted to drop you a note and tell you how good a surgeon you have. I saw Dr. Witmer in October to have some floaters removed from my left eye. He did the surgery and […]

RCA Recognized for Excellence in Healthcare

The United States Trade and Commerce Institute Recognize Retinal Consultants of Arizona for Excellence in Healthcare Retinal Consultants of Arizona (RCA) – one of Arizona’s leading Retina and Vitreous medical practices received recognized for Excellence in Healthcare from the United States Trade and Commerce Institute. “We are proud to be recognized by the USTCRI for […]

Anti-PDGF, anti-VEGF combination may be game changer in wet AMD treatment

“Anti-VEGF monotherapy will go down in medical history as a treatment model that was both insurmountable and unsustainable.” “It was insurmountable because of the historic gains that were seen in a disease, neovascular macular degeneration, that had miserable treatment results earlier. We went from essentially not being able to treat our patients at all and […]