Chris Wroten, OD: New technologies and pharmacology

Diana Canto-Sims, OD, introduces the second guest of Season 2, Raphael Rostenne, who will be discussing AI-assisted front desk management.

Susan Gromacki, OD, MS, FAAO, FSLS, details one of her AAOpt 2026 sessions, titled "Advances in Contact Lens Care for the New Contact Lens Technologies."

For Maria Sampalis, OD, implementing AI isn't an excuse for practice owners to replace their staff with new technology; it should instead lift the burden of certain tasks to make for more patient visits.

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.

Maria Sampalis, OD, discusses her implementation of the EHR software Barti in her practice.

Host Hamza Shah, OD, MS, FAAO, is joined by Cory Lappin, OD, MS, FAAO, to discuss dynamic muscle stimulation for dry eye, spurred by a paper on improving blinking in dry eye patients.

CLARITY program data show significantly longer time to treatment failure and higher rates of steroid-free quiescence vs placebo.

Drs Bryce St. Clair and Behrad Garmsiri explain how they build trust, improve health literacy, and destigmatize future interventions for patients with AMD.