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CIME 2025: What you missed in presbyopia tips, tricks, and updates
Neda Shamie, MD; Selina McGee, OD, FAAO, Dipl ABO; and Jacob Lang, OD, FAAO, provided their insights during CIME 2025 on May 4.
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A plethora of topics were discussed from a collaborative care perspective at this year's annual Controversies in Modern Eye Care (CIME) conference in Los Angeles, California. From lenses to eye drops, presbyopia was a particularly hot topic on May 4. Neda Shamie, MD; Selina McGee, OD, FAAO, Dipl ABO; and Jacob Lang, OD, FAAO, detail key takeaways on presbyopia from CIME 2025.
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