Jordana Joy, Editor

Magdalena Stec, OD, FAAO, and Noreen Shaikh, OD, MEd, FAAO, gave an overview of current evidence-based myopia control treatments in part of their AAOpt 2026 session.

Eric Schmidt, OD, FAAO, presented his poster "Patient-Reported Blurred Vision Improvement with Cyclosporine 0.1%/PFBP in Dry Eye Disease with Severe Central Corneal Staining: Phase 3 Pool" at AAOpt 2026.

Raman Bhakhri, OD, FAAO, details a session given with Denise Skiadopoulos, OD, FAAO, during the annual AAOpt meeting in Anaheim, California.

Sherrol Reynolds, OD, FAAO, details her session "GLP-1RAs and Ocular Health: AOA Guidance for Optometric Practice 2025" during AAOpt 2026.

Phil Rainey, OD, MPH, FAAO, states that the recent parameter expansion of Johnson & Johnson's Acuvue Oasys Max 1-Day and Oasys 1-Day has been a game changer for his practice.

Nora Lee Cothran, OD, FAAO, reviews a study which found a statistically significant reduction in IOP in patients with open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension when switching to latanoprostene bunod.

Jade Coats, OD, FAAO, stopped by to discuss her presentation at AAOpt 2026, titled"How Eyelid Hygiene Can Change the Dry Eye Conversation."

Neda Gioia, OD, CNS, FMCP, FOWNS, CFMP, details a lack of research exploring the intersection of hormones and ocular health in women and what health care as a whole should investigate next.

Shane Kannarr, OD, overviews results from a phase 4, multicenter, prospective, open-label trial that evaluated the impact of concomitant use of PFHO during contact lens wear.

Christopher W. Lievens, OD, MS, PhD, FAAO, FNAP, FBCLA, discusses his poster presentation titled "Latanoprostene bunod 0.024% Initiation in Medicare Fee-for-Service Patients with Open Angle Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension."

To kick off Perimenopause and Menopause Awareness Month, Meredith Bishop, OD, MS, FAAO, gives an overview of her poster "Perceptions of Linking Presbyopia with Perimenopause: A Survey of US Female Eye Care Professionals."

Michael Cymbor, OD, FAAO, gives an overview of a rapid fire lecture he gave in collaboration with Andrew Rixon OD, FAAO; Austin Lifferth, OD, FAAO; and Derek MacDonald, OD, FAAO, at AAOpt 2026.

Kaleb Abbott, OD, MS, FAAO, discusses the relationship between poor sleep, depression, anxiety, and dry eye.

David Webley, BSc (Hons), MCOptom, FBCLA, weighs in on SightGlass Vision's latest data presented at AAOpt's annual meeting in Anaheim, California.

Maria Sampalis, OD, tells Diana Canto-Sims, OD, in this week's episode that the biggest impact AI has made at her practice is when used in the exam room as a scribe for routine patients.

An independent analysis of 600 patients across 20 US optometry offices found contact lens wearers generate 29% to 86% higher annual profits than eyeglasses-only patients.

The company reported that Acuvue Oasys Max 1-Day and Oasys 1-Day outperformed the other 5 daily disposable lenses evaluated in a recent study, among other Johnson & Johnson data highlights at AAOpt 2026.

DOT lenses reduce retinal contrast signaling through embedded light-scattering elements while maintaining a single power across the lens, rather than creating peripheral defocus with multiple optical powers.

The meeting will include an Open Public Hearing.

Maria Sampalis, OD, is an advocate for getting artificial intelligence to do tasks that provide more time to spend with patients, such as letter-writing.

Roman-Lantzy, PhD, gives an urgent plea to eye care providers, whom she calls "the gatekeepers of the entire story" for pediatric patients with CVI.

Mary Beth Yackey, OD, outlines all that you need to know about the role of oculomics in eye care.

In the latest episode of The Independent Advantage, Maria Sampalis, OD, gives a resounding "absolutely not" when posited with the question of whether or not eye care providers will be replaced by AI.

Jem Martin, OD, discusses the accommodations and referrals any provider can offer, the red flags that should raise suspicion of CVI, and how the free TEACHCVI screening tool works in practice.

In the first episode of the second season of The Independent Advantage, Diana Canto-Sims, OD, chats with practice owner Maria Sampalis, OD, on why artificial intelligence has boomed in practice ownership spaces.

Merabet, OD, PhD, MPH, discusses what his research on motion processing reveals about the neural roots of CVI and where diagnostic tools like neuroimaging and eye tracking are headed.

The findings extend prior Asian efficacy data to a diverse North American cohort for Stellest lenses.

Optometrists share advice on the best practices for ensuring students are prepared for the new school year and how clinicians can leverage the influx to grow their practice.

The agency assigned a PDUFA target action date of April 30, 2027.

Teacher-led vision screening identified about 3 in 4 children with refractive error and correctly cleared most unaffected students.