Ask the Experts: What problem in ophthalmology do you wish there was a solution for?

This series features experts in ophthalmology sharing their thoughts on the one unsolved challenge they wish there was a solution for.

Video Transcript:

Editor's note: The below transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.

Nathan Radcliffe, MD:

If I could have a solution to one problem in ophthalmology, it would certainly be some sort of cure for glaucoma. If I could really dream big, it would be a way to restore vision loss. There's never been a single patient who's lost vision from glaucoma who's gotten any of their vision back. It's an irreversible disease. I'd love to change that, and I used to tell people it'll never happen, but gosh, the science is advancing so rapidly these days that now I tell people, I think there's hope.

Victoria Tseng, MD, PhD:

I think probably other than with cataracts, everything else, we're trying to slow things down, but it'd be great if we could reverse things, especially for glaucoma, because that's where I work.

John Josephson, MD:

So what I wish there was a solution for in ophthalmology–there's so many things. But I think when I think about if I could solve one problem, it would be–I know this is going to sound, there's a lot of big problems. HSV keratitis, these patients, when they come in–again, I'm a cornea specialist, so maybe that's why. But HSV keratitis is one of those conditions where we can't control when it happens. We can't control the outcome. We have treatments for it, but it's really a strange condition because a lot of mimicrs of it. If we could put more effort into trying to figure out that condition and how to treat it and maybe even prevent it, I would be very happy.