Ophthalmic Women Leaders announced in 2012 that she had won the organization's Visionary Woman Award.
There was also training of community ophthalmic nurses, village health workers, and traditional birth attendants.
Daniel Durrie, an ophthalmic surgeon at Hunkeler Eye Centers in Overland Park, Kans.
An ophthalmic surgeon, Dr. V. started the nonprofit after his retirement from the local government hospital at age 58.
Throughout her career, McDonald, an ophthalmologist at Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island (New York), has performed several pioneering eye surgeries.
The company sells to the dental, gynecological, ophthalmic, orthopedic and veterinary markets.
One secret of Aravind's productivity is its well-trained battalion of ophthalmic assistants.
Merck said Zioptan is the first preservative-free prostaglandin analog ophthalmic solution.
Frank Larkin, a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields said there had been a steady decline in the numbers of eyes donated over the last four to five years.
In an accompanying commentary, Dr Gordon Johnson of University College London, UK, says that "ophthalmic surgeons should not be pressured to go for quantity at the expense of quality".
"Along with being noted for performing the first laser vision correction procedure... (McDonald) takes an active role in advancing women's careers through mentoring, " Jan Beiting, president of Ophthalmic Women Leaders, said in a statement.
Dr. Harvey Fishman, who founded and directed the Ophthalmic Tissue Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University in California, and his business partner, Tamer Abuelata, have created an iPhone app that will help limit the number of visits to your opthamologist.
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