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Q&A: Stela Vujosevic shares why the staging system for diabetic eye conditions should be updated | Ophthalmology Times
Photo of Stela Vujosevic at the 2025 EURETINA meeting in Paris, France Stela Vujosevic, Md, PhD, FEBO, presented the need for a new staging system for diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema at the 2025 EURETINA meeting in Paris, France.…
Q&A: Andreas Pollreisz explains when to use and not use widefield OCT-A imaging | Ophthalmology Times
Photo of Andreas Pollreisz at the 2025 EURETINA meeting in Paris, France Andreas Pollreisz, MD, a medical and surgical retina specialist from the Medical University of Vienna, discussed widefield OCT-A imaging at the 2025 EURETINA meeting in Paris, France. He…
David Almeida, MD, MBA, PhD, advances ophthalmic training with near real surgical specimens | Ophthalmology Times
David Almeida, MD, MBA, PhD, highlights near real surgical systems (NRSS), providing ophthalmologists with anatomically accurate models that replicate real surgical scenarios for training, research, and device development. (Image credit: AdobeStock/Iurii) A vitreoretinal surgeon and clinician-scientist with Erie Retina Research…
Enhancing Vision With Small Aperture Extended Depth of Focus IOLs and Adjunctive PRK in Patients With Keratoconus
A panelist discusses how a 50-year-old male patient with stabilized keratoconus achieved excellent visual outcomes with an IC-8 small aperture IOL by targeting slight myopia to optimize the defocus curve, followed by adjunctive PRK to address central corneal astigmatism that…
Timothy Lai on the SALWEEN trial
Photo of Timothy Lai, MD, at EURETINA 2025 in Paris, France Timothy Lai, a clinical professor honorary at the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, presented the one-year data from the Salween study…
Sruthi Arepalli, MD, spotlights a deep-dive orbital tour of the eye
To learn more about or to register for EyeCon 2025, click here. Set against the backdrop of a scenic Florida coastline and a growing emphasis on cross-specialty collaboration in eye care, the Ophthalmology Times and Optometry Times EyeCon® 2025 conference is…
Effects of calcium channel blockers on visual field progression in glaucoma patients
(Image credit: AdobeStock) Researchers from UK and Italian institutions investigated the association between the effects of calcium channel blockers and the rate of visual field (VF) progression in patients with glaucoma. First author Giovanni Montesano, MD, PhD, and colleagues reported…
Global Spotlight: The Most Cost-Effective Countries for Cataract Surgery
Cataract surgery remains one of the most common and effective ophthalmic procedures globally, but the cost can be a significant barrier for many patients. In an increasingly interconnected world, medical tourism has emerged as a viable solution, offering high-quality, affordable…
Beacon Therapeutics reports positive phase 2 results for gene therapy in X-linked retinitis pigmentosa
(Image Credit: AdobeStock/Dmitrii Kotin) Beacon Therapeutics recently revealed topline data results for 2 of the company’s phase 2 trials—SKYLINE and DAWN, both investigating laruparetigene zovaparvovec (laru-zova) in patients with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP).1 The data was presented during the 2025…
Amir Kashani on biomarkers for Alzheimer disease
(Image credit: AdobeStock/Pixel Matrix) Amir H. Kashani, MD, PhD, is a professor of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute in Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. In an interview with Ophthalmology Times, Kashani discussed a research paper on OCT-A angiography’s…