One OD weighs in during office closure
March 23, 2020
Chief Optometric Editor Ben Casella, OD, FAAO, shares what is happening—or not happening—in his practice.
Benjamin P. Casella, OD, FAAO
Unconventional clinical options for lowering IOP
March 10, 2020
Reach past conventional therapies and give alternatives a try
New guidelines out for diabetes patient care
March 10, 2020
Going to St. Louis, MO, for a couple of days in the dead of winter is not at the top of the to-do list for this Georgia boy. Nothing against St. Louis. I love that city. But, why should I travel there in January?
ODs must raise awareness about glaucoma
February 3, 2020
I hope everyone had a good and productive Glaucoma Awareness Month. It’s in January, just in case you needed a reminder for when to wear your green ribbon on the lapel of your lab coat.
Coats’ disease: A case study of a 4-year old boy
January 28, 2020
Early and correct diagnosis of this congenital retinal vasculopathy vital to improve visual outcomes.
Look at more than the optic nerve head in glaucoma patients
January 22, 2020
Epiretinal membranes can affect accuracy of a glaucooma diagnosis and disease monitoring
SD-OCT shows schisis advancements due to sickle cell
January 22, 2020
Retinoschisis can make diagnosing open-angle glaucoma especially difficult for optometrists.
Sights are set on perfect vision in 2020
January 21, 2020
I used to show more patients the 20/15 line during a refraction. I’m not sure when I stopped doing that as much—or why. At any rate, most of my refractions stop at 20/20 these days.
How I reflect on the year as an OD
December 5, 2019
Is there room for improvement? You bet there is.
Be leery of large optic cups when screening for pediatric glaucoma
November 21, 2019
Kids with big optic cups make me leery. They always have. I will say that, like most ODs, I have seen far more cases of pediatric physiologic cupping than I have of pediatric glaucoma.
