One Size Rarely Fits All
March 8, 2021
When the going gets really tough, the AAO should step down from its ivory tower to represent all its members – big and small
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March 2021
Welcome to the March issue of The Ophthalmologist! Our Upfront section features the latest industry and research, from the effect of fine particulate matter on AMD to Zika’s impact on retinal development in utero. In the opinion column, In My View, Sandra Yeh argues that the AAO should serve the whole ophthalmic community, and David Huang comments on his recent win – the Greenberg Prize to End Blindness. In our cover feature, “A Way Out of the Dark,” Rupert Bourne and colleagues from the Vision Loss Expert Group present the global status of vision loss and outline future expectations. The issue’s In Practice articles take on refractive options for professional athletes, materials and processes used to create IOLs, uveitis clinical pearls, and preoperative cataract evaluation protocols. In NextGen, Bala Ambati discusses a novel approach to treating keratoconus, while Profession covers medical student burnout. Further, Nikki Hafezi continues the story of successfully commercializing an ophthalmic product. Finally, we sit down with Sathish Srinivasan, Consultant Ophthalmologist at University Hospital Ayr and University Hospital Crosshouse, Ayrshire and Arran NHS in Scotland. I hope you enjoy reading this issue!
Child Prodigy
March 5, 2021
Sitting Down With… Sathish Srinivasan, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Director at University Hospital Ayr, Professor of Health and Life Sciences, University of West of Scotland, and President of the UK and Ireland Cataract and Refractive Society (UKISCRS)
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When the Rubber Hits the Road
March 4, 2021
In a 2014 article for The Ophthalmologist, I wrote about the milestones towards commercializing a product to the point of receiving regulatory approvals; here, my story continues…
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Brain, Not Eye?
March 3, 2021
Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) causing vision problems may be a lot more common than previously thought
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Lights Out
March 3, 2021
The argument for a non-surgical approach to keratoconus: pharmacologic cross-linking with a LOX boosting eyedrop
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Uveitis 101
March 1, 2021
Five clinical pearls for treating uveitis and associated ocular inflammation
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SMILE When You’re Winning
February 26, 2021
Choosing the best refractive surgery options for professional athletes
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A Way Out of the Dark
February 25, 2021
VISION 2020: The Right to Sight – what’s next in the global challenge to reduce vision impairment and blindness?
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Eye Pollution
February 24, 2021
Particulate matter exposure is linked to increased AMD risk
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The Early Bird Catches the Complexity
February 23, 2021
The importance of preoperative corneal and retinal disease diagnosis
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Eyes on the Ultimate Prize…
February 22, 2021
We may not yet have ended global blindness – but affordable, technologically advanced diagnostics will help us get there eventually
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Behind the Lens
February 19, 2021
You’ve spent countless hours looking at IOLs through a surgical microscope – but have you ever thought about the materials and processes that give rise to the lens?
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Conjunctivae in a Dish
February 18, 2021
Tissue developed by researchers could be used to create a model for addressing ocular surface disease
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Of Zika and the Eye
February 16, 2021
Zika infection in early pregnancy can impact retinal development in utero, but not postnatally
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When Ophthalmologists Become Funambulists
February 15, 2021
Is irreversible sight loss an acceptable side effect of pandemic precautions? As we look ahead (but not down!), we must prepare for a long walk on the tightrope: keeping our patients safe from COVID-19, while not compromising their vision.
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Image of the Month: Distant Island
February 12, 2021
This month’s image, captured using fundus autofluorescence, shows peripapillary atrophy and focal RPE atrophy
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Burnout: The Other Epidemic
February 9, 2021
The high-stress setting of medical school sets the stage for burnout, especially given that many medical students don’t have adequate tools for self-care. Adding a pandemic is a recipe for disaster – so how can students (and staff) alleviate the pressure?
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Super Sensor-tive
February 8, 2021
A new manufacturing process paves way for the next generation of smart lenses
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The Power of Physics and Fluidics
November 25, 2020
Armin Wolf, Professor of Ophthalmology and Director at the Universitaets Klinikum Ulm in Germany, explains why physics is so important and how Oertli’s SPEEP pump is bringing cataract surgery to the next level
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