Feb 9th, 2022 - WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2022, Laura M. Periman, MD, discusses superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis and the potential use of neuromodulators to ease patients’ symptoms.

Feb 3rd, 2022 - WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Systemic effects of anti-VEGF in retinopathy of prematurity have not been ruled out, so it may be wise to use bevacizumab in lower doses or switch to agents with less systemic exposure, according to one presenter. “The BEAT-ROP study demonstrated a beneficial effect for bevacizumab vs. laser in the treatment of zone I, stage 3+ ROP. But one thing I didn’t like was the complet...

Jan 26th, 2022 - WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2022, Kathryn M. Hatch, MD, explains why cornea specialists strive for “one and done” when treating keratoconus and other epithelial defects with collagen cross-linking.

Jan 25th, 2022 - WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2022, Michael Greenwood, MD, discusses the benefits of adding endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation to any minimally invasive glaucoma surgery.

Jan 21st, 2022 - WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Surgeons need to consider the risks and possible refractive outcomes before implanting a premium IOL in a patient with glaucoma, according to a presentation at Hawaiian Eye 2022. Nathan Radcliffe, MD, said that when a patient with glaucoma who already has a premium IOL experiences a problem, the IOL is rarely the issue. “I never remove the premium IOL because as bad as the gl...

Jan 19th, 2022 - WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Keep the cornea in mind and protect the endothelium when managing pseudoexfoliation glaucoma during cataract surgery, a presenter said here. “Consider femto if at all possible to decrease the ultrasound and combine with angle surgery, but skip the implants to save the cornea,” Malik Y. Kahook, MD, said at Hawaiian Eye 2022. The second key is to target the angle first and earl...

Jan 18th, 2022 - WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Several pathways are under investigation for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration, according to a presentation at Retina 2022. “The big issue for us researchers is we don’t have a good animal model to test anything,” Peter K. Kaiser, MD, said. “We don’t have preclinical models that inform us if a drug is going to work or not because the animal that we use are...

Jan 18th, 2022 - WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2022, John Berdahl, MD, of Vance Thompson Vision in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, spoke about premium and toric IOLs in patients with glaucoma. “I was actually quite surprised in an informal poll of the audience at how many surgeons did premium IOLs,” Berdahl said. “The vast majority of hands went up, but they actually stayed up...

Jan 17th, 2022 - WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Diagnosing and treating ocular surface disease preoperatively is one of the elements that contribute to elevated patient satisfaction postoperatively, Marjan Farid, MD, said at Hawaiian Eye 2022. “We know that 50% of patients, at least, who come in for cataract surgery are asymptomatic, but at least 80% of those patients have at least one sign of dry eye disease,” Farid said ...

Jan 17th, 2022 - WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Medicare payment changes, ASC payment rates and new FDA approved drugs were a few of the topics discussed in a presentation on 2022 updates for ophthalmic practices at Hawaiian Eye 2022. Paul M. Larson, MBA, MMSC, COMT, CPC, COE, CPMA, a senior consultant from Corcoran Consulting Group, said that the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule was just updated a few weeks ago. “With the ...

May 24th, 2021 - WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Hawaiian Eye 2021 video, Savak “Sev” Teymoorian, MD, MBA, explains how Dextenza (dexamethasone, Ocular Therapeutix) intracanalicular inserts can reduce drop burden in patients with glaucoma after cataract surgery.

May 21st, 2021 - WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Hawaiian Eye 2021, Andrew G. Lee, MD, discusses the important questions ophthalmologists should ask patients with optic neuritis to identify neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

May 21st, 2021 - WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video at Hawaiian Eye 2021, Savak Teymoorian, MD, MBA, discusses how the Durysta bimatoprost implant 10 µg from Allergan obviates the need for patients with glaucoma to instill drops.

May 18th, 2021 - WAILEA, Hawaii — The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way physicians monitor age-related macular degeneration, and Nancy M. Holekamp, MD, believes those changes are here to stay. “We all learned that remote monitoring of our patients is desirable, even if there isn’t a pandemic,” she said in her presentation at Retina 2021. “It currently exists with monitoring patients with intermediate AMD, and t...

May 14th, 2021 - WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Hawaiian Eye, I. Paul Singh, MD, discusses how innovative technology has changed his definition of controlled glaucoma.

May 13th, 2021 - WAILEA, Hawaii — M. Bruce Shields, MD, was awarded the Philip M. Corboy, MD, Memorial Award for Distinguished Service to Ophthalmology at Hawaiian Eye 2021. Shields was unable to attend the meeting but accepted the award by way of a recorded video. “I sure wish we could be with you, but I’m grateful to the organizing committee of the Hawaiian Eye meeting that we can at least join you virtually,...

May 12th, 2021 - WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Hawaiian Eye 2021, Sahar Bedrood, MD, PhD, discusses how she has incorporated the iStent inject (Glaukos) into her practice, patient selection and the benefits of using the device in those with glaucoma.

May 12th, 2021 - WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Hawaiian Eye, Thomas W. Samuelson, MD, discusses the nuanced decision-making that goes into deciding which surgical interventions to use in patients with glaucoma who are also in need of cataract surgery.

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