AAO Highlights

We were delighted to catch up with esteemed Editorial Board member and chair of the AAO annual meeting programme committee, Bennie Jeng (University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA) about recent exciting developments in keratoconus and future directions of corneal transplantation. What have been the most exciting recent developments in keratoconus? (00:16) What […]

It was a pleasure to speak with our esteemed Editorial Board member and chair of the AAO annual meeting programme committee, Bennie Jeng (University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA) about the impact of DSAEK, DMEK and DALK, and other emerging therapies for persistent corneal epithelial defects. Questions: What impact have descemet stripping […]

It was wonderful to catch up with Bryan Ang (Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Novena, Singapore) about the Xen®45 (Allergan Inc., Irvine, CA, USA) and its use in treating open angle glaucoma. Questions: What factors can cause failure of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS)? (00:15) When  should bleb needling be considered during MIGS with the Xen45 […]

We were delighted to catch up with David Huang (Casey Eye Institute, School of Medicine, Portland, OR, USA) about optical coherence tomography angiography, its limitations and further opportunities in the treatment of retinal diseases. Questions: What further opportunities are there for OCTA in retinal disease? (00:32) What are the limitations of OCTA? (02:08) What are […]

It was a pleasure to speak with David Huang (Casey Eye Institute, School of Medicine, Portland, OR, USA) about optical coherence tomography angiography and its advantages in managing retinal diseases. Questions: Could you give us a brief overview of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and its advantages compared with other imaging modalities? (00:34) How is […]

It was a huge pleasure to catch up with our esteemed Editorial Board member, Cynthia Matossian (Matossian Eye Associates, Hopewell and Hamilton, NJ, USA), as she talked us through her AAO presentation on outcomes with dexamethasone intraocular suspension 9% and concomitant postoperative anti-inflammatory medications. Questions What is the rationale for the use of dexamethasone intraocular […]

It was a pleasure to speak with our valued Editorial Board member, Bennie H Jeng (University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA), who talked us through his AAO 2020 presentation on  managing allergic and immunologic diseases of the conjunctiva and cornea, the impact of immunology on our understanding and treatment of allergic and […]

It was a pleasure to catch up with our valued Editorial Board member, J Fernando Arevalo (Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA), who gave his insights on his topic at the retina subspecialty day at AAO 2020, intravitreal anti-VEGF injections for exudative retinal arterial macroaneurysms. Questions Could you give […]

We were delighted to speak with Deepinder K Dhaliwal (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) about her refractive surgery panel at AAO 2020, discussing a case of a 50-year-old -8.00D myope, and the issues and recommendations for treatment. Questions Could you give us a brief overview of the case; who were the […]