Expert Interviews

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.

Mila Ioussifova, OD, CNS, FAAO, FOWNS, details her AOA Optometry's Meeting 2026 session.

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.

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outlined a recent study he conducted with Neda Gioia OD, CNS, IFMCP, FOWNS, on optometry and burnout – in addition to unpublished data on job satisfaction.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

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

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

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

At ARVO Michael Siatkowski, MD, and Jody Summers, PhD, stopped to discuss the rising rates of myopia in children and if anti-inflammatory drugs could play a role in slowing progression.

Andrew Pucker, OD, PhD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA, talked about a recent paper in which he proposed the renaming of artificial tears and rewetting drops to lubricating drops.

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