Sunday, January 13, 2008

Ocular Melanoma Video - Dr. Carol Shields


In this video, Dr. Carol Shields, the Associate Director of the Ocular Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital and a Professor of Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, discusses how ocular melanoms are diagnosed.

She has authored an astonishing 700+ articles, and is widely recognized as a preeminent authority on ocular tumors (also known as choroidal melanoma, uveal melanoma, eye melanoma, eye cancer, intraocular melanoma and ciliary body melanoma).

Of interest, Dr. Shields also played basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and was given their highest honor for excellence in academics and leadership.

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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Ocular Melanoma Video - COMS


In this video, Dr. E. Rand Simpson, an ocular oncologist and Director of Ocular Oncology at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, discusses the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) and the clinical features that are suggestive of ocular melanoma (also known as choroidal melanoma, uveal melanoma, eye melanoma, eye cancer, intraocular melanoma and ciliary body melanoma).

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It’s your life.

Together, we can see a cure.™