Podcasts

The 14th annual Glaucoma 360 conference, co-founded by Adrienne Graves, PhD, and Andrew Iwach, MD, and hosted by Glaucoma Research Foundation, will be held from February 6-8, 2025, at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, California. The event will focus on the latest advancements in glaucoma care and encourage innovation and collaboration.

The EnVision Summit, co-founded by Bonnie An Henderson, MD, is a unique family-oriented, multispecialty ophthalmology CME conference, along with a newly introduced optometry track. Henderson sits down with Ophthalmology Times to talk about the 2025 conference that will take place February 14 to 17 at the Caribe Hilton San Juan, in Puerto Rico.

Robert T. Chang, MD, from Stanford University discusses how large language models are transforming ophthalmology by enhancing patient communication, documentation, and education, while also addressing ethical considerations and potential future applications in glaucoma care.

In this final episode, DMEI’s residents share their future plans for expanding the device capabilities and offer practical advice to other up-and-coming creators in eye care technology.

Jibran Sharieff, MD, and Brandon Kingrey, MD, discuss their innovative smartphone-based device for affordable retinal imaging, highlighting its potential to enhance eye care accessibility and education in low-resource settings.

These residents won second place at the Eyecelerator competition held prior to this month’s American Academy of Ophthalmology conference in Chicago, receiving a $15,000 prize—the first such prize awarded to residents—for their development of a smartphone device designed to take fundus images.

Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve ophthalmology practices by streamlining documentation, enhancing screening capabilities, and guiding more effective treatment decisions.

Ehsan Sadri, MD, FACS, of Visionary Eye Institute in Newport Beach, California, sat down with Professor Emeritus Colin R. Green, PhD, DSc, University of Auckland, in Auckland, New Zealand, to learn more about a novel therapy in development for the treatment of keratoconus and other corneal ectasias.

In this PER On Air Ophthalmology Times podcast, an expert panel discusses the latest advances in X-linked retinitis pigmentosa and how to optimize diagnosis as well as developments in gene therapy.

In this PER On Air Ophthalmology Times podcast, an expert panel discusses diagnosing TED and providing appropriate pharmacologic and surgical treatments.

In this PER On Air Ophthalmology Times podcast, a team of experts provides insights into the diagnosis and management of patients with NK (including assessing their underlying cause of NK), with a look at the range of treatments available for patients with advanced stages of NK.

This PER On Air - Ophthalmology Times podcast examines the new treatment paradigm for patients with geographic atropy, following the introduction of complement-targeting therapies.

In this PER On Air Ophthalmology Times Podcast, a panel of experts takes a closer look at newer-generation anti-VEGF agents for the treatment of nAMD and DME, sharing insights into clinical trial and real-world data, patient education, and other important considerations for treatment.

In this Ophthalmology Times EyePod podcast, Mandeep S. Singh, MD, PhD, speaks with Mark S. Humayun, MD, PhD, about the progress made by a team of USC researchers on a novel stem cell patch for treating advanced dry age-related macular degeneration.

This podcast features engaging commentary from experts in the clinical management of glaucoma. These experts share information about traditional and newer therapies for glaucoma, including topical drops, sustained drug delivery options, and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery. They discuss safety and efficacy data with an emphasis on appropriate patient selection, as well as key take-home points and practice pearls.

The role of calendars may be growing more important when managing patients with nAMD and DME. How many weeks can patients go between injections with newer anti-VEGF agents versus older options? How short of an injection interval can patients tolerate before it becomes too much of a burden? In this podcast, Murtaza Adam, MD; Laxmi Devisetty, MD, Hong-Uyen Hua, MD; and Sherrol Reynolds, OD; share insights into determining appropriate treatment regimens with these therapies and supporting patient adherence.

David Hutton, Managing Editor of Ophthalmology Times sat down with Claris Bio CEO, Clarke Atwell, to discuss the company's path toward developing treatment for neurotrophic keratitis.

Explore cutting-edge ophthalmology innovations in this new series on the Ophthalmology Times EyePod podcast. Throughout this series, we'll hear insights from various stakeholders in clinical practice, academia, and industry. In this episode, host Ehsan Sadri, MD, engages in a conversation with Jeffry Weinhuff, managing partner at Visionary Ventures, exploring trends and offering advice for individuals driven by an entrepreneurial mindset.

In this episode of EyePod, David Hutton sits down with Neena Haider, PhD, and Arun Upadhyay, PhD, to talk about modifier gene therapy.

In this podcast, Neda Shamie, MD, and Peter J. McDonnell, MD, discuss real-world experiences, patient choices, and the nuances of integrating femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery into practice, offering insights into the latest developments in ophthalmology.

In this episode, Neda Shamie, MD, and Peter J. McDonnell, MD, discuss the benefits and challenges of implementing the many options from the premium lens pipeline into practice, emphasizing the importance of customization based on patients' lifestyles and expectations, while also addressing concerns and sharing their positive experiences with the evolving technology in the field.

This special edition of the Ophthalmology Times® EyePod, recorded in conjunction with Physicians’ Education Resource, examines how key therapies for treating diabetic macular edema—anti-VEGF agents and corticosteroids—address the underlying pathophysiology of the condition to effectively and safely treat it. In this podcast, J. Fernando Arevalo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASRS; Peter Kaiser, MD; and Nathan Steinle, MD, share their insights to help clinicians optimize care for their patients with this common diabetes-related eye disease.

This special edition of the Ophthalmology Times® EyePod recorded in conjunction with Physicians’ Education Resource features an international panel of ophthalmologists, including Arshad M. Khanani, MD, MA, FASRS; Carl J. Danzig, MD, FASRS; and Anat Loewenstein, MD, MHA, who will discuss unmet needs in the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME) — and opportunities for extended treatment intervals that newer agents might provide. This program is designed to help clinicians better appreciate limitations of traditional anti-VEGF agents and optimize the growing toolkit of available therapies.

In this EyePod® episode, David Hutton sits down with Shankar Musunuri, CEO of Ocugen to discuss updated data for OCU400.