Retina Consultants of Hawaii | Hawaii Macula and Retina Institute
Retina Consultants of Hawaii provide excellent clinical care and have several clinic locations in Hawaii.
Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy is a variant of macular degeneration. It is thought to be more common in Asians but is likely underdiagnosed on the Mainland. Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy is a research interest at Retina Consultants of Hawaii. Because of our experience with this disease, Dr. Raymond Wee was invited to present about this disease to […]
At the end of 2015, Dr. Kokame was featured on local Hawaii news to update the Hawaii community on his first Argus II Bionic Eye patient. He was thrilled to share that she can now see light after years of blindness. “She was previously in total darkness. Now, she can actually see the light. She […]
Drs. Kokame, Lai, and Wee hosted the 41st Visiting Retina Professor Lecture Series in December 2015. This lecture series began in 1993 and has hosted many esteemed vitreoretinal specialists including Drs. Harry Flynn, Jennifer Lim, Bill Mieler, Jose Pulido, Rick Spaide, Alan Bird, Jason Slakter, Mark Humayun, and Don Gass, and many more. The Visiting […]
This November, the Retina Consultants of Hawaii (RCH) staff and physicians traveled to Las Vegas to attend the annual meetings for the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), the Ophthalmic Photographers Society (OPS), and the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO). Retina Consultants of Hawaii strives to improve the quality of life […]
ARGUS II “Bionic Eye” Surgery now in Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific Region History was made on March 24, 2015, as Retina Consultants of Hawaii director Dr. Gregg Kokame performed the first implantation of the “bionic eye,” or the ARGUS II Retinal Prosthesis System (“ARGUS II”), into the eye of a patient from Honolulu, Hawaii. This […]
EPIC: Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection (Eylea) for PolypoIdal Choroidal Vasculopathy with Hemorrhage or Exudation In London at the EURETINA meeting on 9/13/14, Dr. Gregg Kokame, medical director of the Hawaii Macular and Retina Institute, released the results of the EPIC study, the world’s first prospective study of aflibercept use in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. The paper by […]
The American Society of Retina Specialists had their largest meeting ever with 1700 retina specialists from around the world meeting in San Diego. What was impressive was not only the large attendance by retina specialists in the USA, but also by many from around the world. Many leaders in retina from Japan, who have become close friends, […]
The World Ophthalmology Congress 2014 Tokyo, Japan The World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC), a bi-annual international meeting bringing researchers and clinicians together from around the world, was held in Tokyo, Japan from April 2 – 6, 2014. Dr. Gregg Kokame and Dr. James Lai from Retina Consultants of Hawaii participated in the World Congress. The American Academy of […]
Dr. Gregg T. Kokame, MD, MMM graduated from Iolani School, received his bachelor’s from Pomona College, and medical training at UCLA Medical School. He received his retinal training from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the top ophthalmology training institution in the nation. Read about Dr. Kokame’s journey in his path in ophthalmology and his memorable invited lectures.