Jordana Joy, Editor

For Langis Michaud, OD, MSc, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA, FEAOO, myopia management is best started sooner rather than later.

Anna Tichenor, OD, PhD, FAAO, details her poster – one of AOA 2026's Top Five posters – that identified how quickly and how meaningfully patients experience symptom improvement, and which types of symptoms are affected.

Mohammad Rafieetary, OD, FAAO, FORS, DipABO, ABCMO, details his portion of the "Myopia Matters: Managing Risk, Vision Loss and Control" presentation.

Mark Wells, OD, weighs in on the new parameter range expected for the Acuvue Oasys 1-Day for Astigmatism lens.

Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO, details his presentation on how eye care providers can best equip themselves with identifying and mitigating toxicities caused by antibody drug conjugates.

Daniel C. Brocks, MD, BostonSight chief medical officer, discusses a few of the company's studies, the patients they serve, and what the broader eye care community may be missing.

Clark Chang, OD, MSA, MSc, FAAO, FSLS, and Susan Gromacki, OD, MS, FAAO, FSLS, provide insights into their expertise.

Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO, details his experience in manufacturing his new ScleralEase device and what other ODs can learn from his experience.

Researchers from Yale School of Medicine weigh in on what everyday clinicians can take away from their findings.

Myopia management is rarely straightforward.

Yale School of Medicine researchers outline their findings and the methods of their researcher in an exclusive interview with Optometry Times.

The university received $29.8 million through the state's Amended Fiscal Year 2026 Budget to renovate the Highway 301 building in Statesboro and create a facility to house the new program.

Kevin J. Kovach, MD, and Giannie Castellanos, OD, gave their insights this season on what helps build referral trust and long-lasting comanagement relationships.

For Erin Tomiyama, OD, PhD, FAAO, managing myopia in pediatric patients involves decisions that extend well beyond updating a glasses prescription.

Mitch Ibach, OD, FAAO; Nate Lighthizer, OD, FAAO; and Austin Lifferth, OD, FAAO, share practical insights on identifying early disease and more.

Mitch Ibach, OD, FAAO; Nate Lighthizer, OD, FAAO; and Austin Lifferth, OD, FAAO, discuss how they evaluate patients with borderline findings but significant risk factors

Jeffrey J. Walline, OD, PhD, shares practical perspectives on counseling families, selecting treatment options based on lifestyle and compliance, and more.

Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO, provides insight into the intellectual conception of the patent-pending tool and the manufacturing process.

Regina Morales-Reyes details her poster presentation titled "Ten-Year Change in Contact Lens Use Prevalence and Its Determinants in University Students: A Comparison of 2015 and 2025 Cohorts."

Jessilin Quint, OD, MBA, MS, FAAO, shares strategies for improving adherence, building trust through patient communication, and more.

Giannie Castellanos, OD, outlines what ODs can implement into their communications strategies today to strength the referral power between MDs and ODs.

Crooker, OD, gives advice on how to put perimenopausal/menopausal patients at ease in the chair.

Giannie Castellanos, OD, calls on optometrists to empower others in the field and refer within their specialty.

Jessica Crooker, OD, highlights how physicians can identify early signs of menopause in the eye and debunk misconceptions about presbyopia for women.

A global systemic review recently found that women had less access to glasses than men in low- to middle-income regions.

Noelle Whitestone, MHA, discusses the implications of findings from a recent Orbis International study.

Gianne Castellanos, OD, shares the care limitations optometric practice owners face and trends in ophthalmic practice that she has uncovered in part of her research.

Kevin J. Kovach, MD, said that patient education as a part of the referral process can both improve care and comanagement relationships.

Diana Canto-Sims, OD, kicks off her interview series with a conversation with Kevin J. Kovach, MD, on comanagement.

Eye care providers took on dry eye, pediatric eye care, contact lens wear, and more.