Expert Interviews

Leslie Scher, OD, focuses on identifying myopia and recommending treatment as soon as possible. Early intervention is shown to improve outcomes and prevent vision loss, and occurrence of severe ocular conditions.

Hamza Shah, OD, MS, FAAO, and Carolyn Majcher, OD, FAAO, weigh in on the recent FDA approval of the drug, which has been used off-label by compounding pharmacies for nearly 2 decades.

Leslie Scher, OD, discussed the importance of scheduling pediatric comprehensive eye exams. She also shared how her practice manages the influx of patients during the busy back to school season.

Pamela Theriot, OD, FAAO, discussed comprehensive eye exams, managing pediatric dry eye symptoms, and avoiding digital eye strain as back to school season begins.

Maria Sampalis, OD, weighs in on how she has tripled her private practice's growth during her career and how she has used the back to school season as an opportunity to strengthen that growth.

Philip Morgan, BSc, PhD, MCOptom, FAAO, and Lyndon Jones, DSc, PhD, FCOptom, discuss the latest data on contact lens profitability released from the Contact Lens Institute.

Jade Coats, OD, FAAO, stated that providing pre- and post-op patient care can provide an opportunity to support ophthalmologists.

Jessica Steen, OD, FAAO, DipABO, stated that each ADC can have distinct ophthalmic monitoring needs and management protocols.

Neda Gioia, OD, CNS, FMCP, FOWNS, CFMP, stated that preparing optometric students for the possibility of burnout may help reduce its prevalence.

Erin Rueff, OD, PhD, FAAO, provides tips to fellow clinicians on how to keep these patients comfortable in their lenses.

Mila Ioussifova, OD, CNS, FAAO, FOWNS, details her session on the hormonal and aesthetic considerations ODs should make when treating these patients.

Ping Moore, OD, outlines modern workups spotlighting MGD, etiology-driven treatments, and collaborative care reshaping outcomes.

Jade Coats, OD, FAAO, details what has changed in dry eye treatment in the last decade, and how to optimize the ocular surface through the power of comanagement.

Justin Schweitzer, OD, FAAO, details how to distinguish secondary glaucomas from primary glaucomas in a recent presentation.

Jessica Steen, OD, FAAO, DipABO, weighs in on what the optometric community should know concerning what side effects their patients may experience.

Shareen M. Greenbaum, MD, and Amanda Amberg, OD, recognize comanagement as an opportunity to target dry eye early and use advanced diagnostics and treatments for healthier ocular surfaces.

Neda Gioia, OD, CNS, FMCP, FOWNS, CFMP, details what she finds concerning and surprising in a recent study she conducted with Kaleb Abbott, OD, MS, FAAO, FOWNS.

Kaleb Abbott, OD, MS, FAAO, FOWNS, details one of his lectures during AOA's Optometry's Meeting 2026.

Jacqueline Theis, OD, FAAO, gave tips to clinicians on how to critically read studies in order to assess if they are applicable to their everyday practice.

Denise Whittam, OD, said that the Acuvue Oasys lens family holds her go-to lenses for patients for their comfortability.

Kaleb Abbott, OD, MS, FAAO, FOWNS, outlined a recent study he conducted with Neda Gioia OD, CNS, IFMCP, FOWNS, on optometry and burnout – in addition to unpublished data on job satisfaction.

Canto-Sims, OD, discusses how Meta's donation of free AI glasses to blind veterans could close longstanding access gaps in low vision care.

Erin Rueff, OD, PhD, FAAO, provides an introduction to Johnson & Johnson's versatile contact lens family.

Jacqueline Theis, OD, FAAO, underscored the importance of individualizing care based on where the patient is in their MS journey.

Mark Schaeffer, OD, FAAO, stated that optometrists should be prepared for even the rarest cases of emergencies and urgencies.

Melody Tavakoli, OD, stated that patient complicance remains one of the biggest challenges for contact lens wearers.

Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO, stated in a poster presentation that a multi-practice study found that the lens had particularly positive effects on patients who reported dryness symptoms.

Mohammad Rafieetary, OD, FAAO, FORS, DipABO, ABCMO, discussed his AOA 2026 presentation "Eye of the Needle Returns: Navigating the Patient’s Journey Receiving Intravitreal Injections."