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An AI model for target IOP prediction performs as well as glaucoma specialists, offering a promising tool to enhance glaucoma management, especially for nonspecialists.

At the EnVision Summit 2025, medical students were given awards for best poster presentation. In exclusive interviews, they spoke with Ophthalmology Times about their award-winning posters and research.

At the EnVision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Poonam Misra, MD, and Alcina Lidder, MD, gave advice on managing glaucoma in patients with other ocular co-morbidities such as myopia and those who have undergone corneal transplantation.

Clinician-scientists play a vital role in advancing ophthalmology by balancing patient care with research, leveraging clinical insights to drive impactful discoveries, and collaborating across disciplines to stay at the forefront of innovation.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Amy Zhang, MD, discussed the importance of ergonomics in the operating room.

At the EnVision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tania Tai, Lucy Shen, and Shivani Kamat all gave insight into complications they have seen while performing glaucoma surgery.

The research analyzed the 1-year outcomes of 132 eyes, evaluating mean IOP, baseline changes, medication reduction, and stratifying the results by race (African American vs Caucasian) and glaucoma severity (mild, moderate, severe).

Emerging technologies, such as remote tonometry and genetic risk scoring, are revolutionizing glaucoma care by enabling earlier detection, personalized management, and more efficient use of resources.

The procedure offers a renewed approach to suprachoroidal drainage, with potential for both combined and standalone glaucoma surgery.

A systematic review and meta-analysis highlights the safety and efficacy of excimer laser trabeculostomy as an implant-free MIGS procedure for managing open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension, either alone or in combination with cataract surgery.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sara Wester, MD, discussed the Women Leaders in Eye Health session at the conference and the donation from Orbis that supported the session.

Bonnie Henderson, MD, founder and program director of the EnVision Summit, talked with Ophthalmology Times about the evolution of the conference and how it brings optometrists and ophthalmologists together to learn, discuss shared problems, and facilitate co-management in a family-friendly environment.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Kristen Nwanyanwu, MD, MBA, MHS, joined by her children, discussed her talk on eradicating TRD and the family-friendly environment of the conference.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, retina program chairs Geeta Lalwani, MD, and Majda Hadziahmetovic, MD, discussed Hadziahmetovic's presentation on deep learning models of neovascular AMD as well as their time at the conference.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mike Farkas, MD, discussed gene therapy research for retinal degenerations that sidetracks the current "status quo" therapies of AAV-based replacement and CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Kelly Donovan, MD, talked about her graduate research on the earliest phase of diabetic retinopathy, and trying to understand how hyperglycemia translates into disease.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oleg Alekseev, MD, PhD, talked about difficulties in diagnosing inherited retinal degenerations due to mutations in over 300 different genes.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Ollya Fromal, MD, gave advice on how retina specialists can manage add-ons in their busy retina clinics.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Giulia Corradetti, MD discussed AI applications in the identification and prediction of OCT structural biomarkers in intermediate AMD.

Ying Han, MD, PhD discusses glaucoma management strategies, including transitioning care between ophthalmologists and optometrists, improving diagnosis, and the hope for future glaucoma developments.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sharon Fekrat, MD, FACS, FASRS talked about multi-modal retinal and choroidal imaging to diagnose and identify neurodegenerative diseases using machine learning.

Shah discusses several studies from the IRIS registry and plans for a retina program at next year's event to address the growing interest in retina procedures and techniques.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Rachel Simpson, MD, talked about new developments in glaucoma treatment and really how to tailor glaucoma treatment to the patient.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Angela Zhu, MD, offered advice on cataract surgery for all ages, focusing on pediatrics.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sherrol Reynolds, OD, FAAO, participated in a discussion on patient-centered care and the newest treatment strategies in neovascular AMD and DME.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Ashley Wallace Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS, gave insight into advancements in keratoconus management and the importance of early detection as well as tips and advice on fitting scleral contact lens

Examining the performance of AI algorithms versus human graders in neovascular age-related macular degeneration

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Lana Rifkin, MD, gave clinicians advice on how, and when it may be most appropriate to use the new G2211 code.