About Eye Handbook

• Eye Handbook, the first mobile app for eye health care, is still the most downloaded:

  • More than 2 million downloads through Apple App Store and Android Google Play.

  • This comprehensive tool specific to eye care is used by eye care providers, primary care doctors, surgeons and specialists, and emergency care doctors and comes highly recommended.

  • Eye Handbook (EHB) named #5 in top 10 emergency medicine mobile apps by Schumacher clinical partners (blog post, August 9, 2016).

  • EHB was created in 2009 by three ophthalmologists who continue to be its chief editors and developers.

  • It was launched at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual meeting in the fall of 2009 and received a fantastic response of nearly 10k downloads overnight.

  • Team continued development and execution of EHB since inception, and as a result, new versions have been released with many new features and content.

• EHB Creators

  • Ken Lord, MD, EHB Chief Editor, who now is a vitreoretinal specialist in St. George, Utah.

  • Rohit Krishna, MD, a glaucoma subspecialist and Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine.

  • Vinay Shah, MD, a vitreoretinal specialist and Clinical Associate Professor at Dean McGee Eye Institute at the University of Oklahoma.