Mohammad Rafieetary, OD, FAAO, FORS, DipABO, ABCMO, details his AAOpt 2026 presentation "Photobiomodulation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Evidence, Mechanisms, and Clinical Integration."

Aflibercept 8 mg cut RVO injections by up to 3 over 64 weeks in QUASAR, while a pair of additional posters show Amsler gaps in AMD and BRAO-linked stroke risk.

Raman Bhakhri, OD, FAAO, details a session given with Denise Skiadopoulos, OD, FAAO, during the annual AAOpt meeting in Anaheim, California.

Sherrol Reynolds, OD, FAAO, details her session "GLP-1RAs and Ocular Health: AOA Guidance for Optometric Practice 2025" during AAOpt 2026.

Magdalena Stec, OD, FAAO; Noreen Shaikh, OD, FAAO; Huizi Kelly Yin, OD, FAAO; and Brenda Bohnsack, MD, PhD, detail their AAOpt 2026 session in Anaheim, California.

Kwaku Osei, OD, PhD, FAAO, discussed patient-reported outcomes with a senofilcon C (Johnson & Johnson; Acuvue Vita), reusable lens, with the majority of wearers rating comfort, vision, and handling favorably.

Andrew Pucker, OD, PhD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA, discussed how oculomics research presented at AAOpt 2026 could eventually support point-of-care diagnosis and referral decisions.

Lloyd Williams, MD, PhD, discusses rising cataract blindness and low-cost surgery in conflict zones for World Sight Day.