Cataract surgery is one of the most commonly performed procedures in the United States. We were delighted to speak with Dr Cynthia Matossian (Matossian Eye Associates, New Hope, PA, USA) to discuss the findings from her national, noninterventional, cross-sectional, mixed methods survey that aimed to identify cataract surgery candidates’ knowledge, beliefs, and emotions as they […]

A sustained-release axitinib hydrogel implant poses advantages for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). In this touchOPHTHALMOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Dilsher Dhoot (California Retina Consultants, Santa Barbara, CA, USA) to discuss the phase 1 study of the axitinib hydrogel implant, its findings and the next steps for its development.  The […]

It was a pleasure to speak with our valued Editorial Board member, Dr Deepinder Dhaliwal (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA) about her hot topics for AAO 2022, important advances in ophthalmology and her personal highlights of this year’s meeting. The annual American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) meeting took place from 30 September […]

In this touchOPHTHALMOLOGY interview about his AAO 2022 presentation, Dr Gregory Parkhurst (Parkhurst NuVision, San Antonio, TX, US) talked to about the best practices for helping patients when they considering implantable collamer lens and provides some insightful suggestion to consulting physicians.  ‘I Can’t Have LASIK … Now What?  Transitioning to ICL surgery’ was presented at […]

It was a pleasure to talk to Roxane Hillier (Newcastle Eye Centre, Newcastle, UK) on her EURETINA course on rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair. In this interview, she discussed the treatment options for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. The instructional course entitled “Mechanisms of Action in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair” was conducted at EURETINA 2022, 1–4 September 2022  […]

In this touchOPHTHALMOLOGY interview, Dr Gregory Parkhurst (Parkhurst NuVision, San Antonio, TX, US) discusses his AAO 2022 presentation about transitioning patients from LASIK eye surgery  to implantable collamer lens.  ‘I Can’t Have LASIK … Now What? Transitioning to ICL’ was presented at the annual American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) meeting, 30 September – 3 October […]

In this touchOPHTHALMOLOGY interview, Roxane Hillier (Newcastle Eye Centre, Newcastle, UK) discussed techniques involved in retinal reattachment and shared the highlights from her EURETINA course on rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair. The instructional course entitled “Mechanisms of Action in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair” was conducted at EURETINA 2022, 1–4 September 2022  Could you tell us a […]

Dr Rahul Khurana (Northern California Retina Vitreous Associates, Mountain View, CA, USA) took part in a retrospective cohort study investigating the incidence of loss to follow-up after anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections among patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration. In this interview, he discusses with  touchOPHTHALMOLOGY the design and findings of this study as […]

In this touchOPHTHALMOLOGY interview, Prof. Francesco Bandello (Department of Ophthalmology University Vita-Salute Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy) talks us through the advantages of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) over conventional dye angiography in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and a study investigating the relationship between OCTA and fluorescein angiography/indocyanine green angiography in AMD. ‘Morphological and […]