April 25th 2024
At-home devices challenge commonly held beliefs on IOP measurements, visual field testing, and imaging.
(CME Credit) Community Practice Connection™: Paradigm Shifts in Presbyopia – Understanding Advances in Topical Treatment Innovations
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(COPE Credit) Analyzing Novel Tear Stimulating Treatments for Special Populations in Dry Eye Disease
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Improving Management of MGD-Associated Dry Eye Disease—A Look to the Future of Treatment
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Restoring the Surface – Impact of Preservatives and Novel Formulations in First Line Treatments for Dry Eye Disease
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Improving Management of MGD-Associated Dry Eye Disease—A Look to the Future of Treatment
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(CME/CNE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Restoring the Surface Impact of Preservatives and Novel Formulations in First Line Treatments for Dry Eye Disease
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(CME/CNE Credit) Analyzing Novel Tear Stimulating Treatments for Special Populations in Dry Eye Disease
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18th Annual Controversies in Modern Eye Care
May 4, 2024
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connection™: Paradigm Shifts in Presbyopia – Understanding Advances in Topical Treatment Innovations
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(CME Credit) Learning About the Lid – Optimizing Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Demodex Blepharitis & Blepharoptosis
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2nd Annual IKA Keratoconus Symposium: Front to Back and Everything in Between
May 18-19, 2024
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(COPE Credit) Learning About the Lid – Optimizing Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Demodex Blepharitis & Blepharoptosis
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(CME Credit) Virtual Case Studies™ in Cataract Surgery: Selecting Surgical Techniques and Preventing Intra-Operative Complications
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(COPE Credit) Clinical Crossroads: Navigating Neurotrophic Keratitis – The Importance of Avoiding Pitfalls and Ensuring Early Intervention
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Neurotrophic Keratitis Management: How Early Intervention Can Make a Difference
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(CME Credit) Clinical Crossroads: Navigating Neurotrophic Keratitis – The Importance of Avoiding Pitfalls and Ensuring Early Intervention
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1st Annual IKA Keratoconus Symposium: Front to Back and Everything In Between
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17th Annual Controversies in Modern Eye Care
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Cases & Conversations™: Addressing Challenges In The Diagnosis And Management Of Neurotrophic Keratitis
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Saving Sight—The Expanding Role of the Optometrist in Retinal Disease Care
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Advances in Geographic Atrophy – Optimizing Diagnosis, Monitoring Progression, and Increasing Communication with Transformative Treatment on the Horizon
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Saving Sight—The Expanding Role of the Optometrist in Retinal Disease Care
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connection™: Pearls in Co-managing Glaucoma – Multidisciplinary Management in a Multitude of Treatment Options
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connection™: Pearls in Co-managing Glaucoma – Multidisciplinary Management in a Multitude of Treatment Options
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Thyroid Eye Disease: The Masquerading Eye Disorder—A Guide to Collaborative Care and Accurate Diagnosis
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Advances in Geographic Atrophy – Optimizing Diagnosis, Monitoring Progression, and Increasing Communication with Transformative Treatment on the Horizon
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities™ in Glaucoma Management – Understanding Challenges in Segmented Patient Populations (CME Track)
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Medical Crossfire®: Considerations for the Use of Biosimilars in Retinal Disease - Are You Prepared for a New Paradigm? (CME Credit)
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Extended depth-of-focus IOLs may provide improved visual performance
October 18th 2016As your patients celebrate another birthday milestone, they are again back in your chair wondering why their reading glasses mysteriously disappear when they are out exploring life or why their arms are not as long as they used to be.
Charting new directions in glaucoma treatment
September 17th 2016Ben Gaddie, OD, FAAO, Optometry Times Editorial Advisory Board member, noted several specific areas that were advancing to give ODs better data and better control over patient health outcomes, including: • Corneal mechanics • 24-hour IOP monitoring • New glaucoma drugs and drug delivery systems • Advancements in OCT imaging
New technology helps IOP measurement
June 10th 2016Not long ago, a colleague asked me if I performed Goldmann tonometry on all of my glaucoma patients. Without hesitation I said, “No.” When asked why not, I simply answered that not all of my patients are physically able to have the test performed on them.
How alcohol consumption correlates with glaucoma
May 9th 2016With the advent of electronic health records, it is now easier than ever to keep up with what medications a patient is actually taking, and (especially in the arena of glaucoma) the several classes of medications, such as steroids, beta blockers, and antihistamines, that can influence how patients’ eyes behave. With this in mind, I had a patient come in the other day with an interesting question regarding her intraocular pressure (IOP).
8 things you missed at ARVO and ACSRS 2016
May 9th 2016It’s been a busy week for ophthalmology research and news after both the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting in Seattle and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) annual meeting in New Orleans.
Know your glaucoma surgery for better comanagement
April 4th 2016Treating and managing chronic glaucoma can be rewarding as an optometrist. The frequency of office visits to monitor this chronic disease provides ODs an opportunity to develop a close relationship with their patients while providing medical eye care.
Why retinal vasculature could aid glaucoma diagnosis
February 12th 2016Congenital anomalies, angle closure, and juvenile open-angle glaucoma aside, it can be generally agreed upon that glaucoma tends to be a disease of relatively older persons. This rings especially true in the arena of normal-tension glaucoma in which intraocular pressure (IOP) may play less of a causative role compared to vascular and hemodynamic dysfunction.
How patients perceive their glaucoma matters
December 9th 2015At the completion of the examination, I was getting ready to walk her up to the front when she stopped me and said she had a very serious question. We both sat down, and she asked me how long she had before she went blind because her mother went blind from glaucoma before seeking ophthalmic care.
Drance hemorrhages and quarterly optic disc evaluation
October 15th 2015Not very long ago, a 55-year-old African-American female presented with complaints of redness in her right eye for one week’s duration with mild discomfort. Medical history was significant for arterial hypertension, which was reportedly controlled with an oral beta blocker.
Be proactive in the fight against obesity
September 19th 2015For the last few years, doctors have warned that life expectancy may decrease nationwide. The primary culprit-obesity-has been wreaking havoc on patient health and the healthcare system, and many systemic health problems have been on the rise.
The challenges of identifying glaucoma progression
September 18th 2015From advances in medical technology and testing to increased awareness among the public, eyecare professionals are better able to identify glaucoma before it starts wreaking havoc on a patient's vision. But when it comes to identifying glaucoma progression, things get a little murkier.