Subspecialties

Limbal relaxing incisions were a large part of my approach to treating astigmatism in patients undergoing cataract surgery. No longer…

We look to the oldest in society to understand the contribution of poor nutrition to ophthalmic disease

Identifying corneal limbal stem cells for transplantation has been a major challenge. But now a highly specific marker of these cells has been found: ABCB5

Oral replacement therapy of the retinoid intermediate that fails to form in some types of Leber congenital amaurosis shows significant promise in an early-phase clinical trial

Might you soon take a skin cell from a patient with retinitis pigmentosa, roll it back to a pluripotent state, culture it to become retinal cells and trial gene therapy on it in vitro?

Population-level disease prophylaxis with statins has improved the lives of millions. But there has been some protest about this mass medication. Is the next battle not with disease, but with the press?

One of the most debilitating microvascular complications of diabetes is diabetic retinopathy, the most important cause of blindness among working age adults in developed countries.

As the prevalence of diabetes increases worldwide, so too do the complications relating to it, such as diabetic macular edema (DME).

Diabetic macular edema (DME) poses a significant management dilemma for visual impairment.

Diabetic macular edema (DME) may occur when blood vessels leak contents into the macular region.