Adit Gupta - Orbit and Oculoplastics: Newer Trends

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When I did my fellowship training with Dr. Norman Shorr 30 years ago, I remember thinking that oculoplastic and orbital surgery was so advanced that it had pretty much reached an apex, and it would be difficult to make any significant further advances in the field. Just in case the lesson of how wrong I was is not obvious, simply glance at the table of contents of the excellent handbook that Adit and Prerana have put together: the field has blossomed in extraordinary fashion over the past 30 years, and our ability to help patients with difficult eyelid, lacrimal and orbital disease is amazing.

I am most proud to congratulate the editors: they have tapped some of the best experts in the world to present cutting-edge information on an excellent choice of practical topics. Each chapter covers an important and challenging aspect of our discipline, and each of these areas has benefited from significant advances in both surgical and non-surgical management. I am hopeful that the readers will be able to apply this knowledge to their own patients.

Most of all, I hope that the readers are personally motivated to further evolve the Discipline of Ophthalmology. Whether you are a professor at a busy urban university, or a solo practitioner in a small town, you have the ability to discover new things and invent better ways to help our patients. Hopefully the ideas in this textbook, and the passion and talent of the authors and editors of the book, will inspire you in your own journey.

And especially if you are young, brace yourself: medicine and science are evolving at increasing speed, and the advances that you will see in your career will surely take your breath away.