Know options for treatment are available
New systems, digital front desks, and analytics help ODs reinvent practice management plans
Optometry Times' EyeCon co-chairs Kelly K. Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO, and A. Paul Chous, MA, OD, FAAO, reflect on the 2023 EyeConversations keynote address, which covered new technology, artificial intelligence, and an update in pharmacology.
Modern technology enables early detection, individualized solutions.
Considerations in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema.
Revolutionized treatment offers favorable safety profile, quick postop recovery
Long-term success of contact lens wearers attributed to education, professional input on cleaning methods
Brad Sutton, OD, FAAO, FORS, discusses key takeaways from his discussion, "Genetic testing in AMD: critical, useful, or inappropriate," which he presented during the 2022 American Academy of Optometry meeting.
Erin Rueff, OD, PhD, FAAO, shares highlights from her 2022 American Academy of Optometry presentations in the contact lens space.
Understand the condition’s structural, innervational, neurological, and genetic abnormalities
One OD has polished a 4 step process of introducing new contact lens technology to patients
Research indicates that too much technology usage results in negative effects on eyesight.
This imaging technique provides depth-resolved images of retinal vasculature.
Potential presbyopia treatment coming
Clinicians must think creatively for solutions to vocational rehabilitation
Optometrists can play an important role in early detection, earlier surgical referral to experienced skillful surgeons, surveillance, and follow-up care for glaucoma patients.
Treatment should be adjusted based on disease severity.
When considering the best modality these lenses' stability are superior.
Optimizing eye care for pilots is crucial for safe flying.
Physicians share tales of creative workarounds to cope with this condition.
Paul Smith shares an update on Orasis Pharmaceutical's CSF-1 drug and what to expect this year.
Postoperative scenario tracks potential complications.
Drop tolerance, adherence remain challenges for physicians and patients with glaucoma.
The speed at which the COVID-19 vaccine was developed is the medical breakthrough of our lifetimes.
Revolutionized treatment offers favorable safety profile, quick postop recovery
Considerations in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema.