April 26th 2024
During the month of May, Prevent Blindness will offer fact sheets, videos and other resources for IRD education
Application of Recent Data in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Diabetic Macular Edema: Managed Care Insights and Strategies
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connection™: Paradigm Shifts in Presbyopia – Understanding Advances in Topical Treatment Innovations
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(COPE Credit) Analyzing Novel Tear Stimulating Treatments for Special Populations in Dry Eye Disease
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(CME/CNE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Restoring the Surface Impact of Preservatives and Novel Formulations in First Line Treatments for Dry Eye Disease
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(CME/CNE Credit) Analyzing Novel Tear Stimulating Treatments for Special Populations in Dry Eye Disease
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Improving Management of MGD-Associated Dry Eye Disease—A Look to the Future of Treatment
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Improving Management of MGD-Associated Dry Eye Disease—A Look to the Future of Treatment
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Restoring the Surface – Impact of Preservatives and Novel Formulations in First Line Treatments for Dry Eye Disease
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18th Annual Controversies in Modern Eye Care
May 4, 2024
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Headed to ARVO? You’re invited to dinner COPE CE/CME. Or join virtually!
May 6 & 7, 2024
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connection™: Paradigm Shifts in Presbyopia – Understanding Advances in Topical Treatment Innovations
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(CME Credit) Learning About the Lid – Optimizing Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Demodex Blepharitis & Blepharoptosis
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2nd Annual IKA Keratoconus Symposium: Front to Back and Everything in Between
May 18-19, 2024
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(COPE Credit) Learning About the Lid – Optimizing Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Demodex Blepharitis & Blepharoptosis
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(CME Credit) Virtual Case Studies™ in Cataract Surgery: Selecting Surgical Techniques and Preventing Intra-Operative Complications
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(COPE Credit) Clinical Crossroads: Navigating Neurotrophic Keratitis – The Importance of Avoiding Pitfalls and Ensuring Early Intervention
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Neurotrophic Keratitis Management: How Early Intervention Can Make a Difference
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(CME Credit) Clinical Crossroads: Navigating Neurotrophic Keratitis – The Importance of Avoiding Pitfalls and Ensuring Early Intervention
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17th Annual Controversies in Modern Eye Care
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Thyroid Eye Disease: The Masquerading Eye Disorder—A Guide to Collaborative Care and Accurate Diagnosis
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Saving Sight—The Expanding Role of the Optometrist in Retinal Disease Care
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Advances in Geographic Atrophy – Optimizing Diagnosis, Monitoring Progression, and Increasing Communication with Transformative Treatment on the Horizon
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Saving Sight—The Expanding Role of the Optometrist in Retinal Disease Care
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Advances in Geographic Atrophy – Optimizing Diagnosis, Monitoring Progression, and Increasing Communication with Transformative Treatment on the Horizon
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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What’s New in MGD Beyond Heating and Squeezing?
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The Ins and Outs of Lubricating Eye Drops
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities™ in Glaucoma Management – Understanding Challenges in Segmented Patient Populations (CME Track)
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Community Practice Connections™: Expert Perspectives in Diabetic Macular Edema – Considering Pathogenesis & Inflammation in Treatment Selection
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Considering the presence of retinal fluid when treating nAMD patients
August 20th 2020Recent international ophthalmic congresses have featured advocates for and against the need for complete fluid resolution when treating nAMD, with some ophthalmologists arguing for a zero-tolerance approach to the presence of fluid, and others claiming some residual fluid can be tolerated and may be helpful in some patients.
Understanding retinal vascular disease with UWF angiography
October 15th 2018Increasingly, UWF imaging is becoming standard practice in diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion, as well as providing important insights into the management of retinopathy of prematurity and rare hereditary retinal vascular conditions.
Opportunities and challenges in the world of ophthalmology in 2018
December 1st 2017As another year comes to an end, five members of Ophthalmology Times Europe’s Editorial Advisory Board reflect and share their perspectives on the exciting opportunities that lie ahead for ophthalmologists in 2018, whilst also considering the potential challenges.
Confocal scanner gives ophthalmologists valuable new tool
April 12th 2017Most ocular structures become luminescent for a short time when exposed to a light source of appropriate wavelength; this phenomenon is known as autofluorescence (AF). AF is due to the presence of fluorescent substances called fluorophores.
Patients’ health jeopardized by failed ophthalmology follow-up
March 29th 2017Failure to follow-up after ophthalmology appointments can damage patients’ health, a new study suggests. “In our view, national consideration should be given to create targets for reporting how well providers are managing follow-up patients,” reported A Davis and colleagues in the journal Eye.
Global diabetes epidemic must not become epidemic of blindness
March 1st 2017The global epidemic in type 2 diabetes mellitus is of unprecedented proportions. In absolute numbers, it probably exceeds any previous epidemic in the history of mankind. There are now more than 400 million people with diabetes in the world, and the number is projected to exceed 600 million by 2030.
‘Real-world’ ocriplasmin macular hole closure rates lag trials
January 25th 2017Ocriplasmin (Jetrea, ThromboGenics) may achieve lower macular hole closure rates than in trials, new British and Irish data suggests. Also, “the incidence of adverse events was greater than previously reported,” wrote RJ Haynes of Bristol Eye Hospital in Bristol, United Kingdom, and colleagues in the journal Eye.
Care lacking for diabetic eye diseases worldwide
November 23rd 2016Millions of adults around the world run the risk of losing their eyesight because of inattention to complications of diabetes, according to a team of international researchers. “A quarter of people with diabetes surveyed are not discussing eye complications with their health care professional, with many presenting when vision problems have already occurred,” the report said.
Eyecare providers criticized for blue light claims
November 16th 2016Optical services chains in the United Kingdom are misleading customers about filters to screen out blue light from electronic devices, according to the BBC. Boots Opticians and Vision Express both claim that the filters protect against retinal damage despite a lack of evidence, the news service said in a recent press release.