Authors


Dr Amir Rosenblatt

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Assessing barriers to retinal care during a pandemic

A global survey of retinal experts assessed their perceptions of evolving clinical practice in the Covid-19 era, focusing on digital teleophthalmology, home monitoring and decentralised patient care.


Dr Inder Paul Singh
Dr Inder Paul Singh

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Simplifying glaucoma medical therapy for patients in the United States

Compounded medications are playing a central role in the process.


Dr Jorge L. Alió and Dr Elinor Megiddo-Barnir

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Extended depth-of-focus IOLs: A review

A look at how EDOF technology can be categorised into five types


Dr Rishi Raj Borah

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Orbis brings school-based eye health intervention to children in India

The nonprofit's Refractive Error Among Children programme allows for early detection, prevention and appropriate management of visual impairment.


Michael W. Stewart, MD

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Letter to the Editor: Intravitreal injections. Who should perform them?

In response to a previously published article, three ophthalmologists present their views on intravitreal pharmacotherapy injections.


Dr Frank J. Goes

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Half a century of developments in ophthalmology: One doctor’s reflections

Dr Goes reflects on a life at the forefront of ophthalmology, considering advancements in technology and the knowledge that has changed his practice and improved outcomes for patients.


Kassi Jackson

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US FDA approves RYZUMVI (Phentolamine Ophthalmic Solution) for the treatment of pharmacologically-induced mydriasis

Ocuphire Pharma and Viatris developed the drug together for the reversal of pharmacologically-induced mydriasis (RM) produced by adrenergic agonist or parasympatholytic agents


Louise Gagnon; Reviewed by Dr Rachel Curtis

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Smartphone direct ophthalmoscope tech helps visualise optic disc

A smartphone direct ophthalmoscope attachment makes it possible to examine the optic nerve and distinguish whether its state of health is normal or abnormal.


Benson S. Chen, MBChB, MSc, FRACP

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The ins and outs of gene therapy for inherited optic neuropathies

A look at what’s in the therapeutic delivery pipeline for these disorders.


Prof. Jorge Alio

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Cosmetic surgery of the cornea: A new type of surgery

A colourful look at how the keratopigmentation technique offers therapeutic and cosmetic applications.


Mr Mayank A. Nanavaty

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Not just for eating: Grapes and potatoes help surgery trainees hone skills

The pandemic has impacted ophthalmic surgical training. Exercises have been developed to provide key skills that can be practised simply at home and require no special equipment.



Dr Lisa M. Nijm

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Rethinking dry eye disease with acute steroid treatment

Loteprednol etabonate suspension 0.25% demonstrates anti-inflammatory action and produces significant improvement in conjunctival hyperaemia and ocular discomfort.


Dr Hasan Naveed

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Not just for eating: Grapes and potatoes help surgery trainees hone skills

The pandemic has impacted ophthalmic surgical training. Exercises have been developed to provide key skills that can be practised simply at home and require no special equipment.



Prof István Szabó

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Amblyopia screening with the dynamic random dot stereotest

A new amblyopia screening system that can be used on Android devices has performed better than some of the ‘gold standard’ stereotests in recent Hungarian studies.



Elana Meer, BA

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Electronic health records: how the pandemic highlighted the future of practice management

Electronic health records may be the future of practice management.


Marco Zarbin, MD, PhD, FACS

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Impact of Disease Activity Criteria on Dosing Interval Assignment in Clinical Trials in nAMD

Dr Marco Zarbin presents his talk from the 2023 ASRS annual meeting, where he explores the impact of disease activity criteria on drug durability estimations in clinical trials and includes a comparative analysis across multiple clinical trials in neovascular AMD (age-related macular degeneration).


Dr Marta Ibarz Barberá

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Benefits of topography-guided treatments for irregular corneas

Topography-guided treatments for irregular corneas can improve patients’ best corrected visual acuity. The technique is easy to plan and perform, supported by software to do the calculations.


Prof. David P. Piñero

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Amblyopia screening with the dynamic random dot stereotest

A new amblyopia screening system that can be used on Android devices has performed better than some of the ‘gold standard’ stereotests in recent Hungarian studies.


Dr John A. Hovanesian

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Removing opioid prescriptions from cataract surgery

Drug delivery solutions to manage pain after cataract surgery improves adherence.


Prof. Fotis Topouzis and Dr Dimitrios Giannoulis

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Understanding the genetics of glaucoma

Many genes and polymorphisms have been identified as being associated with glaucoma, predicting progression, identifying those at increased risk and allowing treatment to be optimised.


Sheryl Stevenson

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AAO 2023: Company updates from Centricity Vision CEO Rob Thornhill

At this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting in San Francisco, California, Rob Thornhill, CEO of Centricity Vision, spoke with the Ophthalmology Times team about developments in the company's ZEPTOLink IOL positioning systems.


Dr Masaki Tanito

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Leveraging UVC light for infection prevention in ophthalmology and beyond

The threshold limit value is increased for virus and bacterial eradication.


Dr Omid Kermani

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Minimising risks during routine ophthalmic examinations in the COVID-19 era

Until we have a vaccine and see a reduction of COVID-19 cases down to zero, we must adjust and take every precaution possibly to protect our staff, as well as our patients.


Dr Jay Pepose

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Small-aperture IOL poised to fill unmet need

The one-piece, small-aperture IOL IC-8 was found in a retrospective comparative review of studies to enhance vision at all distances, with improved visual acuities and a broad range of continuous functional vision.



Dr Abdelwahhab Azzawi

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Biometric changes and endothelial cell loss after deep sclerectomy and trabeculectomy

Comparisons of deep sclerectomy and trabeculectomy show the former to have better outcomes and fewer complications in cases where it is indicated.


Mr Joshua Ong; Dr Peter Mortensen; Dr Tyson Brunstetter; Dr William J. Tarver; and Dr Andrew G. Lee

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Investigators research astronauts’ ocular health following space flights

With NASA’s sights set on Mars, continued research into further understanding and mitigating spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome is of the utmost importance for astronaut health and space exploration.

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