Expert Interviews

Shawn O'Neil of ViaLase shares updates on the company's femtosecond laser, image-guided, high-precision trabeculotomy (FLigHT) treatment.

Adam Szaronos, President and CEO of Trukera Medical, discusses the recent rebranding of TearLab as well as the launch of the ScoutPro Osmolarity System.

At AAO 2022, Dr Mitch Shultz provides discourse on iStent inject vs Hydrus contralateral eye evaluation data.

At the 2022 American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, Dr Philip Dockery, MPH, presents, "Effectiveness of corneal crosslinking in young patients."

Dr Mark H. Blecher dives into his AAO 2022 topic: "One-Year Visual Outcomes Following Monocular Implantation with a Small Aperture IOL."

At AAO 2022, Dr Justis Ehlers presented a talk entitled, "Defining the Fluid Problem in Neovascular AMD: To Dry or Not to Dry?"

David Hutton discusses the AAO 2022 talk, "Corneal Oedema, Opacifications, Ectasia, and Bacterial Keratitis: Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies from the Preferred Practice Pattern Guidelines," with presenter Dr Francis S. Mah.

Prof. Martin Dirisamer speaks with Editor Caroline Richards about his ESCRS instructional course, "Mastering laser refractive surgery: Indications and outcomes."

Dr David Lubeck talks with Caroline Richards of Ophthalmology Times Europe about his ESCRS presentations, touching on surgical effects on corneal epithelium and the iTrack Global Registry for glaucoma.

Prof. Martin Dirisamer discusses his instructional course on common mistakes when performing DMEK and how to avoid them at ESCRS.

Assistant Prof. of ophthalmology Basak Bostanci discusses her ESCRS presentation, “Extended Range Of Vision In Unusual Cases” and how EDOF lens technology is evolving to include a wider pool of candidates.

Prof. Ioannis Pallikaris discusses his 2022 ESCRS presentation: "Peripheral Capsule Reconstruction And IOL Centration With The Fixoflex Ring".

Genotyping and artificial intelligence are together starting to predict the progression of glaucoma in individual patients, sparing them from suboptimal treatments and side effects. Recent research efforts are exploring modifiable risk factors such as caffeine consumption.

At ASRS 2022, Dr Sally Ong presented a talk entitled, “Vitrectomy vs Vitrectomy With Scleral Buckling in the Treatment of Giant Retinal Tear Related Retinal Detachments: International Multicentre Study.” Here she shares the biggest takeaways.

Dr Justis P. Ehlers dissects the revelations from the data in the Phase 3 Hawk clinical trial regarding the impact of central subfield thickness, volatility and the overall impact on visual acuity.

Dr Dilsher Dhoot discusses the post hoc analysis of the Copernicus and Galileo trials, which investigated if a delay in treatment would affect visual acuity gains or change in anatomy.

Dr Steven Yeh provides a brief overview of available therapies for noninfectious uveitis and uveitis macular oedema.

Dr Aleksandra Rachitskaya discussed the Phase 3 Archway end-of-trial results for the investigation of the Port Delivery System with ranibizumab in neovascular AMD.

Dr David Boyer discusses the Phase 3 investigation for OPT-302 combination therapy for wet AMD.

Though the speed of traditional guillotine cutters has increased significantly in recent years, there are certain limitations. With the advent of hypersonic vitrectomy, Dr Sunir J. Garg explains how retinal surgeons can remove the vitreous gel with more efficiency.

In the study, the faricimab molecule, which is a combined anti-Ang2 and anti-VEGF, performed better than the aflibercept drug in many different ways. Rishi P. Singh, MD, FASRS, summarizes some of these key findings.

Dr Sally Tucker of Ora Europe walks through the clinical trial pathway, describing how Ora addresses complexities to make the path as efficient as possible.

Jeff Cleland, PhD, CEO of Ashvattha, discusses safety data for an at-home subcutaneous anti-VEGF injection option in development for the treatment of wet AMD and DMO.

The study assesses retinal blood biomarkers using a new prototype OCT, aiming to measure retinal biomarkers such as blood flow volume, average velocity and vessel diameter with a new prototype.

The study found that if certain forms of nystagmus that are seen in patients, then there is a higher chance of poor binocular visual function, as well as higher interocular suppression.

Presented at ARVO 2022, research from Mass Eye and Ear hopes to open a new avenue for therapies that are for helping treat patients that develop primary open angle glaucoma.

Prof. Anat Loewenstein discusses data regarding the efficacy of faricimab at targeting both the VEGF and Ang2 pathways in patients with neovascular AMD and diabetic macular oedema.

The study's primary endpoints were to look at increasing Schirmer's scores, as well as eye discomfort score.

The Phase 3 integrated PEACHTREE and AZALEA study data revealed strong safety and efficacy for triamcinolone acetonide via suprachoirodal injection.

Ora's Caitlin Black, senior director and therapeutic area head of medical devices, talks about the next generation of ophthalmic device therapies and diagnostics, clinical trial updates and new innovations that are most exciting for presbyopia treatment.