Originally posted by Jaded Soul
Always interesting to see familiar names in semi-unexpected places. The webmaster of that site is one of the Retina fellows at Doheny/USC.
There's a lot of big names on that site.
I think the site is great with a huge database of photos. However, like most atlases, it's lacking in written content. On the other hand, for sites with written content, they lack in quality photos.
This is why I'm working with the faculty and residents at Iowa to make a continually growing archive of ophthalmic cases and atlas. My goal is to build up a free online database of cases with content similar to the Wills Eye Manual. The residents are presenting and seeing interesting cases all day long, so with a small amount of effort, we could post about 100 cases a year. The best part is that this online reference will grow and change. In addition, it'll provide variations of one disease, which I think is lacking in textbooks and atlases. For instance, we could present what AD, AR, and X-linked RP looks like in patients (which present very differently and have different visual outcomes).
Most people publish only what they think is the "classic" presentation. Well, this isn't the case in clinical medicine. Diseases often blur the lines that physicians try to draw to pigeon hole diseases into separate categories. My plan is to have each case be like this one:
http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/eyeforum/rounds1.htm
Ultimately, these diseases well be listed by diease entities and searchable on the site.