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1. Arshinoff S, Sadler C, D’Addario D, Bilotta R, Johnson TM: the use of topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy. J Cat Refract Surg: 20; 216-222 Apr. 1994, suppl.
2. Arshinoff Steve A, Leung Kevin: Gyrate Atrophy. In Tasman W., Jaeger EA eds. Duane’s Clinical Ophthalmology 3: 25; 1-24, Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1996.
   
3. Arshinoff SA, Mills MD, Haber S: The pharmacotherapy of photorefractive keratectomy. J Cat. Refr. Surg. 22: 8; 1037-1044, Oct. 1996.
4. Arshinoff SA, Opalinski Y, Ma J: The pharmacotherapy of cataract surgery. in Yanoff M, Duker: Ophthalmology. In press 1997.
   
5. Arshinoff SA: The dispersive-cohesive viscoelastic soft shell technique. J. Cataract Refract Surg. Feb. 1999. 25: 2; 167-173.
6. Steinback MJ, Arshinoff SA, Samis W, Irving EL, Lillakas L, Lui B, Taylor J. Retrobulbar injection of Lidocaine: Is there an effect on saccadic velocities? Poster. ARVO 2001.
7. Arshinoff SA, Albiani DA, Taylor-Laporte J. Intraocular pressure after bilateral cataract surgery using Healon, Healon5 and Healon GV. J Cataract Refract Surg. April 2002. 28:4; 617-625.
8. Kertes. P, Daneshs, Punjak, et al. Toxicity of subretinal triamcinolone in rabbit. ARVO Poster 2001.
9. Arshinoff Steve A, Strube Yi Ning J, Yagev R. Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery. J. Cataract Refract Surg. July 2003. 29: 7; 1281-1291.
10. Irving EL, Arshinoff SA, Samis W, Lillakis L, Lui B, Taylor J, Steinbach MJ. Effect of retrobulbar injection of lidocatine on saccadic velocities J. Cataract Refract Surg 2004. 30:2; 350-356.
    
11. Arshinoff Steve A, Leung Kevin, Strube Yi Ning J: Gyrate Atrophy. in Tasman W., Jaeger EA eds. Duane’s Clinical Ophthalmology 3: 25; 1-24, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2003.
    
12. Arshinoff SA, Wong E. Understanding, retaining, and removing dispersive and pseudo-dispersive OVDs. J Cataract Refract Surg 2003: 29:12; 2318-2323.
13. Kassiri K, Taylor-Laporte J, Arshinoff SA. Patient awareness of enhanced optical performance of the Tecnis Z9000 IOL. 2006: in press
14. Chen SH, Arshinoff SA. A Cost-Analysis of Unilateral vs. Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery (SBCS) in Canada. Clinical & Surgical Ophthalmology. 2005; 23; 9: 324 – 332.
15. Arshinoff SA, Chen SH. Finances influencing simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery popularity in different Canadian and international jurisdictions. J Cataract Refract Surgery 2006: in press
16. Ing E, Safarpour A, Ing T, Ing S. Ocular Adnexal Assymetry in models: a magazine photograph analysis. Can J Ophthal;mol 2006 Apr; 41 (2): 175-82
17. Arshinoff SA, Jaffari M, Koushan K. Winner: Best Poster Cataract secton. “OVD Use Enhanced by Cohesion Data.” American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery: San Francisco, Calfornia, March 18-23, 2006.
18. Nia K, Markowitz SN. Provision and utilization of low-vision rehabilitation services in Toronto. Can J Ophthal. 2007; 42: 1-5.
19. Arshinoff SA, Odorcic S. Same Day Sequential Cataract Surgery. Current Opinion in Ophthalmology 2008; 19: 1-10.
20. Arshinoff S A. Bastianelli P. The Incidence of Postoperative Endophthalmitis after Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS). J Cataract Refract Surg. 2011; 37: 2105-2114.
21. Micieli JA, Arshinoff SA. Five things to know about cataract surgery. Cdn Med Assn J 2011;9:1.
22. Arshinoff SA, Arshinoff BI, Strube YJ. Chapter 25: Gyrate Atrophy. In Tasman W, Jaeger EA (eds): Duane’s Clinical Ophthalmology, 2011 edition, Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 
23. Shima N, Markowitz SN, Reyes SV. Residual colour detection abilities in age-related macular degeneration. Can J Ophthalmol 2013;48:274-278
24. Arshinoff SA, Norman R. Tri-Soft Shell Technique. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2013; 39: 1196-1203
25. Arshinoff SA, Norman R. The Tri-Soft Shell Technique. EyeWorld 2013; 18: 16-17.
26. Ong Tone S, Godra A, Ing E. Correspondence. Polyangiitis overlap syndrome with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s) and giant cell arteritis. Can J Ophthalmol 2013; 48: e6-e8.
27. Arshinoff SA, Berk TA. Using Ophthalmic Viscosurgical Devices to Manage Problems in Cataract Surgery. In: Fishkind WJ, ed. Phacoemulsification and Intraocular Lens Implantation: Mastering Techniques and Complications in Cataract Surgery. New York, NY: Thieme Medical Publishers Inc; 2017:277-290.
28. Grzybowski A, Schwartz S, Matsuura K, Ong Tone S, Arshinoff S, Ng JQ, Meyer, Liu J, Jacob S, Packer M, Lutfiamida R, Tahija S, Roux P, Malyugin B, Urrets-Zavalia J, Crim N, Esposito E, Daponte P, Pellegrino F, Graue-Hernandez E, Jimenez-Corona A, Valdez Garcia J, Hernandez-Camarena J. Endophthalmitis prophylaxis in cataract surgery: Overview of current practice patterns around the world. Curr Pharm Des. 23(4):565-573. 2017
29. Nithianandan H, Jegatheeswaran V, Dalal V, Arshinoff SA, Maini R, Nazemi F, Le T, Tam ES, Somani S. Refractive Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery versus Conventional Manual Surgery: Comparing Efficacy and Safety in 3144 eyes. Am J Ophth 2019;206:32-39.

1. June 24-5, 1995 Canadian Society for Cataract & Refr. Surg. The pharmacotherapy of PRK
   Victoria, B.C. presented by SAA
2. June 3, 1996 American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surg. The Viscoelastic Soft shell Technique
   Seattle, Washington compromised corneas & AC Compartmentalization. Pres by SAA
3. June 22, 1996 Canadian Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Painless PRK Presented by SAA Ottawa, Ontario
4. June 23, 1998 International Congress of Ophthalmology Examining the track record of Amsterdam, Holland ophthalmic viscoelastics Presented by SAA
5. June 2001 Steinback MJ, Arshinoff SA, Samis W, Irving EL, Lillakas L, Lui B, Taylor J. Retrobulbar
   injection of lidocaine: is there an effect on saccadic velocities? Poster ARVO 2001.
6. May 2, 2004 ASCRS San Diego Pt awareness of reduced spherical aberration with Tecnis IOL –Kam Kassiri
7. May 30, 2004 CSCRS Toronto Pt awareness of reduced spherical aberration with Tecnis IOL –Kam Kassiri Recipient of EFC-CSCRS Award of Merit
8. April 2, 2005 CSCRS Ottawa The Economics of SBCS in Canada Presented by Sylvia Chen
9. Mar 18-23, 2006 ASCRS, San Francisco OVD Use Enhanced by Cohesion Data Arshinoff SA, Jaffari M, Koushan K. Winner: Best Poster Cataract secton.
10. Apr 4-9, 2008 ASCRS, Chicago Worldwide Status of SBCS in 2008. Arshinoff SA, Odorcic S Winner Scientific Poster of Special Interest: Socioeconomic/Surveys.
11. Oct 17, 2009 Jamaican Cdn Assn Mtg Glaucoma & the Toronto Glaucoma Initiative presented by Kim Le & SAA.
12. June 26-9, 2010 Canadian Ophthalmological Society Mtg. Quebec City Endophthalmitis after ISBCS and IC Antibiotics presented by Paul Bastianelli.
13. June 26-9, 2012 Canadian Ophthalmological Society Mtg. Toronto Comparison of Popular IC Antibiotics presented by Stephan Ong Tone.

The Eye Foundation of Canada is pleased to have dedicated board members, the majority of whom have served for over a decade and dedicated their time voluntarily. They support our initiatives, serve as mentors for our EFC scholarship students, contribute to all important decisions for the foundation, and give their unique expertise in managing a charitable foundation. The EFC remains grateful for their contributions to EFC and to the welfare of the community.

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The Eye Foundation of Canada is committed to expanding our services to the community. To assist in the funding of our services,  mailings are sent out to potential donors and annual events are held.  In the past, EFC has collaborated with the Toronto Blue Jays and the CNIB ‘Sight Day with the Jays’. The EFC continues to  host its annual ‘Thanks for My Sight Night” which is always well attended by EFC scholarship recipients, ophthalmologists, patients, community partners, EFC board members, and family and friends of the foundation. In 2017, another annual community building event was launched: Skate for  Sight. This evening invites guests to a skate party in a local indoor arena where EFC members meet family and friends in a informal fun setting.

Do you wonder what your donation allows us to do?

The Eye Foundation of Canada sponsors medical student education and research in ophthalmology to help create more young enthusiastic and leading ophthalmologists for Canada.  We provide public education about eye disease and engage in research with outstanding eye care specialists. Our mission is to improve patient care through education and research.

The Eye Foundation is focused on expanding  public awareness in industries to educate workers on eye safety in the workplace. We have successfully expanded our summer scholarship program to encompass more students from across Canada. As we proceed from success to success we will continue to undertake new projects in our mission to improve patient care.

However, in order to do this, we need your help. View our previous events.

Every summer, we award one or more medical students who have just completed their second year of medical school, with a $8,000.00 scholarship to spend the summer furthering their education in ophthalmic medicine, surgery and research.

The program consists of education and research experience in the diagnosis and management of eye disease. It is conducted at the Eye Associates with portions at various University of Toronto teaching hospitals, encompassing all sub-specialty areas in ophthalmology. Each student will become involved in at least one research project that is supported by the Foundation.

To date there have been 50 EFC Summer scholars since we began the program in 1991, two thirds of whom have gone on to careers in Ophthalmology.

Past summer scholars include:

We are currently accepting applications.
Application deadline: February 2nd, 2024

 Due to Covid 19 there may be limited access to hospitals for the 2024 program.

We ask that applicants write to us expressing their interest and include their
Curriculum Vitae and the dates of their availability for the summer of 2024.

We expect that prospective students would be available for at least
8 –10 weeks during the summer of 2024.

The Eye Foundation of Canada
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Toronto, Ontario M3N 2V6

For more information please call us (416) 743-9046
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October 13th, 2010

Dr. Steve Arshinoff, President of the Eye Foundation of Canada, strikes a pose with hockey legend, Johnny Bower, who handed out personally autographed pictures of himself with Tim Horton behind his net as he greeted and welcomed every guest at Sight Night 2010!

“Thanks for My Sight Night” was held Wednesday October 8, at Woodbine Racetrack, which was great fun, as always, and oversold, as usual.

Once again, special guests, patients, valued friends, and EFC board members celebrated the continued success of the Eye Foundation of Canada and its dedication to Ophthalmology.  

Eye Foundation of Canada Annual Fall Event “Thanks for my Sight Night”.
An evening at the Races, at Woodbine Racetrack.