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Procedural Pharmaceutical Lessons From Early Adopters

Experienced glaucoma surgeons share practical pearls on integrating sustained drug delivery into practice.

By: Christine Funke, MD, J. Morgan Micheletti, MD, FACS, Jason Bacharach, MD, Shivani S. Kamat, MD, Arkadiy Yadgarov, MD, Steven R. Sarkisian, Jr., MD, Robert F. Melendez, MD, MBA, Syril K. Dorairaj, MD, and, Pranav Vasu, MPH, Savak “Sev” Teymoorian, MD, MBA, Reza Alizadeh, MD, Lorraine M. Provencher, MD, Jai G. Parekh, MD, MBA, FAAO, Manjool Shah, MD, Inder Paul Singh, MD, Huda Sheheitli, MD, Reena A. Garg, MD, Zarmeena Vendal, MD
Glaucoma Physician September 1, 2026 Page(s): 16-20
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Procedural Pharmaceutical Lessons From Early Adopters

  • Janet Woodcock, MD

    Drug regulation and pharmaceutical quality

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    U.S. Food and Drug Administration

    Then, you bring in the early adopters, you talk to them about what the change should be, and try to figure it out.

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  • Larisa Cavallari, PharmD

    Pharmacogenomics and precision medicine

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    University of Florida College of Pharmacy

    Our genotype-guided approached led to a reduction in patient-reported pain over three months in the people who we expected to benefit the most. These findings add to the evidence base that pharmacogenetics testing improves outcomes and justifies broader implementation across health care.

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  • R. David Anderson, MD

    Interventional cardiology

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    University of Florida College of Medicine

    This helps us prescribe the right medication the first time and absolutely has the potential to reduce complications.

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  • Siegfried Schmidt, MD, PhD, FAAFP

    Family medicine and pain management

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    University of Florida College of Medicine

    Pharmacogenetic testing has provided us some answers why this is happening and helped us determine the right drugs, in the right dosages, at the right time for our patients. This is the future of medicine, and what I want to become reality for all of my patients.

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  • Julie Johnson, PharmD

    Clinical pharmacology and pharmacogenomics

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    University of Florida College of Pharmacy

    We’re excited to be one of the first places in the state to use genetic information to guide treatment decisions …

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