KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Retina 2025, Peter K. Kaiser, MD, of Ocular Therapeutix, discusses positive data for OTX-TKI, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor designed to block VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2 and VEGFR-3.OTX-TKI (axitinib intravitrea…
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VIDEO: Gene therapy shows promise for treatment of wet AMD
KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Retina 2025, Allen C. Ho, MD, discusses recent breakthroughs demonstrating that gene therapy is a viable option for treating wet age-related macular degeneration.According to Ho, gene therapies admi…
Intravitreal injections come with many options
KOLOA, Hawaii — Retina specialists have a lot of options when it comes to intravitreal injection procedures, according to a speaker at Retina 2025.Michael Singer, MD, said that every part of the injection process has alternatives to the gold standard.“…
Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma: ‘One of the worst types of glaucoma you can get’
KOLOA, Hawaii — Ophthalmologists must know how to identify and manage pseudoexfoliation glaucoma, one of the most damaging forms of the disease, according to a speaker at Hawaiian Eye 2025.Pseudoexfoliation is a common cause of secondary open-angle gla…
Diabetic retinopathy can worsen during pregnancy
KOLOA, Hawaii — Patients with diabetic retinopathy need special care while pregnant, according to a speaker at Retina 2025.Irena Tsui, MD, said hormonal, metabolic and vascular changes during pregnancy can lead to worsening of diabetic retinopathy.“Pre…
VIDEO: Device allows patients to ‘test drive’ IOLs before cataract surgery
KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, Jay S. Pepose, MD, PhD, discusses a device that simulates vision outcomes of presbyopia-correcting IOLs.According to Pepose, the device utilizes a focus tunable lens that changes …
20 years of DRCR trials offer ‘fundamental contributions to clinical care’
KOLOA, Hawaii — Data from various retinal clinical trials suggest that there is a difference in efficacy in anti-VEGF therapies for patients with lower vision, according to a speaker here.During a presentation at Retina 2025, John W. Kitchens, MD, shar…
Experts debate navigating the ‘wild, wild west’ of AI in health care
As AI is integrated into health care, clinicians can acknowledge the technology’s limitations and help shape its future in medicine, according to experts.Healio, in partnership with LinkedIn News, hosted a virtual live event with a panel of speakers wh…
VIDEO: Healio Community brings together perspectives from across medicine
KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, Cynthia A. Matossian, MD, discusses the launch of Healio Community and the wide range of services it provides to ophthalmologists.Healio Community is a new platform centered aroun…
Ophthalmology practices need a plan to deliver good patient experience
KOLOA, Hawaii — Ophthalmology practices need a plan to deliver the best patient experience, according to a speaker at Hawaiian Eye 2025.Vance Thompson, MD, said the first part of creating that experience is developing a good team culture.“The team that…
Evaluation of OCT, uveitis history useful during patient selection for GA therapeutics
KOLOA, Hawaii — Assessing fellow eye status, age and history of uveitis are helpful ways to determine which patients are most likely to benefit from treatment with FDA-approved drugs for geographic atrophy, according to a speaker.“What I do stress is l…
Foster patient trust when managing complications
KOLOA, Hawaii —When dealing with complications during surgery, have a plan in place to retain the patient’s trust, according to a panel discussion at Hawaiian Eye 2025.“Even if you are not the cause of their troubles, you can apologize for their pain,”…
VIDEO: Surgical videos to play major role in optimizing robotic cataract surgery
KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, Uday Devgan, MD, this year’s recipient of the Philip M. Corboy, MD, Memorial Award, discusses the growing role of surgical videos in robotic cataract surgery.“We’re actually in th…
Office-based surgery ‘the way of the future’ in ophthalmology
KOLOA, Hawaii — Office-based surgery is safe and can help ophthalmology practices generate more revenue, according to a speaker at Hawaiian Eye 2025.ASCs are growing within health care, according to Parag A. Majmudar, MD, but ophthalmology has to share…
VIDEO: Novel technique for limbal relaxing incision beneficial for cataract surgery
KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, of OCLI Vision, highlights a new technique for performing penetrating limbal relaxing incisions.“These are simply conventional keratome incisions made at t…
Myopia benefit remains among older teenagers after discontinuing multifocal contacts
Children who wore soft multifocal contact lenses for myopia control had no loss of treatment effect after discontinuing the lenses as teenagers, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.In the NIH-funded Bifocal Lenses in Nearsighted Kids 2…
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KOLOA, Hawaii — Faricimab helped improve vision in previously untreated patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration, according to a real-world study presented at Retina 2025.Ferhina S. Ali, MD, MPH, presented an update on clinical outcom…
VIDEO: Distinguish quantity vs. quality of vision to manage unhappy refractive patients
KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, Audrey R. Talley Rostov, MD, of Bellevue Precision Vision, breaks down how to manage patients who are unsatisfied with their vision after refractive cataract surgery.According to …
Trump signs order withdrawing US from WHO, ‘endangering health everywhere’
President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from WHO, complaining that the agency has unfairly demanded too much in funding.“Ooh, that’s a big one,” Trump said in the Oval Office as an aide handed him the executive…
Beyond pills and procedures: The healing power of relationships
Like many physicians, my career was initially driven by my quest to become a healer, although I must admit, I really did not know what that meant.It began as an effort to achieve satisfaction and, yes, the joy of helping people treat their illnesses, m…