Mark Lobanoff, MD

Marking 5 decades of Ophthalmology Times, clinicians share the innovations that defined their training, shaped patient outcomes, and continue to push the field ahead.

A panelist discusses how a 50-year-old male patient with stabilized keratoconus achieved excellent visual outcomes with an IC-8 small aperture IOL by targeting slight myopia to optimize the defocus curve, followed by adjunctive PRK to address central corneal astigmatism that was causing ghosting despite good uncorrected acuity, emphasizing the critical importance of controlling irregularities in the central 3-mm zone and ensuring nighttime pupil size remains under 5 mm for optimal results.

A panelist discusses how a 40-year-old female patient seeking freedom from glasses experienced a complicated course with a light adjustable lens that resulted in poor visual quality and 22 clinic visits, but was successfully salvaged through lens exchange to an IC-8 small aperture IOL after demonstrating the benefits with a simple pinhole occluder test.

A panelist discusses how the IC-8 Apthera small aperture IOL functions as a pinhole-based optical system that blocks distorted peripheral light while allowing focused light from both distance and near targets to travel through the same pathway, creating an extended depth of focus that ophthalmologists have long awaited in the United States.

In honor of Ophthalmology Times’ 50th anniversary, anterior segment surgeons attending ASCRS 2025 weigh in on the innovations that defined modern ophthalmology.

Exploring how oral sedation and office-based surgery can enhance efficiency and patient experience