IT is my pleasant privilege, as a member of the Honorary Medical Staff, to extend to you a warm welcome at the beginning of this session. You are now part of a great team which is running this hospital and, as such, you will be called upon to perform your allotted tasks. This hospital may be comparatively young in years, but our forefathers have endowed us with many advantages, and our aim shou...

1- Department of Medical History, School Persian Medicine, Tehran University Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2- Translational Ophthalmology Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, , [email protected]

This is a review of a book entitled, "Anti-VEGF Use in Ophthalmology," written by Jay Duker, MD and Michelle Liang, MD. It is an excellent description of the history and development of anti-VEGF agents as well as an up-to-date and thorough account of their many clinical uses in Ophthalmology.

Through history, Arabs and Muslims have made valuable contribution to medicine and science. The main objective of this study was to assess the contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology using bibliometric indicators. Published articles in "Ophthalmology" authored by Arab researchers were screened and analyzed using ISI Web of Science database. Worldwide research productivity in ophthalmo...

The historical part of this editorial is based in part on The History of Ophthalmology. During the 16th and 17th centuries, physicians were considered academicians and surgeons were considered craftsmen; barbers were technicians and disease was thought to be due to morbid humors. The printing press was invented, and Bartisch’s Ophthalmodouleia was the first comprehensive ophthalmology textbook....