Expert Interviews

Dr. Alexander, chair of the Alliance for Patient Safety, discusses recent changes from the FTC on contact lenses.

Dr. Alexander, chair of the Alliance for Patient Safety, discusses recent changes from the FTC on contact lenses.

Dr. Alexander, chair of the Alliance for Patient Safety, discusses recent changes from the FTC on contact lenses.

Chris Wroten, OD covers how the recent COVID-19 stimulus bill affects ODs

Dr. Casella and Gretchyn cover new contact lens technology, specialty lenses, myopia and more.

New drug from Gensight Biologics hits pipeline

A world-first clinical trial led by the Centre for Eye Research Australia shows vitamin B3 (nicotinamide) could play an important role in protecting against nerve cell damage that leads to blindness in glaucoma patients.

Check out our latest Q&As from July 2020

Chris Lievens, OD, MS, FAAO, makes the argument for why all reusable contact lens wearers should be using hydrogen peroxide as a disinfecting agent.

Optometry Times Chief Optometric Editor Benjamin P. Casella, OD, FAAO, discusses how exercises including yoga impact patients who have glaucoma.

The effect alcohol consumption has on glaucoma has been discussed for years. Optometry Times Chief Optometric Editor Benjamin P. Casella, OD, FAAO, talks about the correlation between alcohol consumption and its impact on intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma.

Richard Carvajal, MD, associate professor at Columbia University Medical Center, discusses one drug potential to treat ocular melanoma at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.

Penny Asbell, MD, professor of ophthalmology at Mount Sinai in New York, NY, discusses the Dry Eye Assessment and Management Study (DREAM) study and why omega-3s may be no better than a placebo in helping dry eye at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.

Eric Kuklinski, clinical research coordinator at Mount Sinai in New York, NY, discusses the methodology behind the Dry Eye Assessment and Management Study (DREAM) study and its findings at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.

Lower eyelid lid laxity impacts a variety of eye disorders. Tracy Doll, OD, of Pacific University College of Optometry, explains how patients with loose lower eyelids may present with signs of dry eye disease and how to treat those patients to make them more comfortable at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.

Refractive surgery options continue to evolve. Jake Weber, student at Southern College of Optometry, compares newer refractive surgery devices to traditional refractive surgery weighing the pros and cons at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.

Al Kabat, OD, FAAO, professor at Southern College of Optometry, discusses his research of the available lid cleansers on the market and how they perform at eradicating demodex in vitro at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.

Patients with diabetes may need to add a dry eye workup to their health assessments. Scott Schwartz, OD, from Detroit, MI, discusses his poster, “Does diabetes make a difference in dry eye,” at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.