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Jennifer Harthan, OD, FAAO, FSLS, shared the importance of early diagnostics and pediatric screening of keratoconus at the IKA 2024 Symposium.

Shelley Cutler, OD, FAAO, gives an overview of how keratoconus diagnosis and treatment over the past 40 years has changed and evolved as well as some key insights from the IKA 2024 Symposium.

The company reported that statistically significant data was found supporting ANX007’s ability to provide vision loss protection in patients with geographic atrophy.

This research ultimately could enhance the manufacture of eye implants universally used in cataract and refractive surgeries.

William Trattler, MD, talked about his session at the IKA 2024 Symposium that discussed the progression of keratoconus in patients and just how likely it is for them to progress and the importance of following up with these patients.

Kourtney Houser, MD, and Kendall Donaldson, MD, MS, had a session where they talked about the early diagnosis of keratoconus and key indicators in tomography that might help diagnose keratoconus before vision loss.

Melissa Barnett, OD, Director of Optometry at the University of California, Davis, talked about her session at IKA that focused on keratoconus from the patient perspective.

Elizabeth Yeu, MD, Executive Board Member of IKA, and a cataract and refractive surgeon at Virginia Eye Consultants, talked about perioperative considerations for cataract surgery in keratoconus patients.

Justin Schweitzer, OD, FAAO, from Vance Thompson Vision, talked about his session at the IKA Symposium discussing cross-linking in keratoconus treatment, with a look at both the present and looking toward the future.

Christine Sindt, OD, FAAO, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Iowa School of Medicine, talked about her session at the meeting focusing on higher order aberrations and the correction of complicated optics on scleral contact lenses.

Alan Glazier, OD, FAAO, talked about a session he is a moderator in that discusses the education of the public on keratoconus, from screening to diagnosis, and the roles clinicians can take to assist in the anxieties of the patients.

Andrew Morgenstern, OD, FAAO, FNAP, President and Co-founder of IKA, talked about his session at the meeting centering around the pediatric prevalence of keratoconus.

According to ophthalmologists at the Colorado University School of Medicine, discussing mental well-being is a key part of effective treatment and improving care for patients.

Alternate methods of screening may lead to earlier diagnosis of disease.

Connecticut ophthalmologist Donald Salzberg, MD, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for taking kickbacks in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans on patients. He was ordered to pay $1.34 million in restitution.

At this year's ARVO meeting, Michael Chaglasian, OD, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about the paper he presented on the detection of glaucoma with a novel widefield imaging device combined with OCT

The campaign will encourage, educate and empower the public to include vision and eye health as a part of their healthcare by asking them to share how eye care services and exams improved their vision and their daily lives.

At this year's ARVO meeting, Irene Santiago Tierno, MS, talked with Ophthalmology Times about the paper she presented on how abnormal subendothelial matrix exacerbates choroidal endothelial cell death in early age-related macular degeneration.

Simply slowing disease progression is no longer enough.

At this year's ARVO meeting, Daniela Ferrara, MD, PhD, FASRS, presented a paper on predicting functional outcomes for different treatment durations of faricimab in Diabetic macular edema.

The trial evaluates OCU410ST, a modifier gene therapy candidate utilizing an AAV delivery platform for the retinal delivery of the RORA gene.

At this year's ARVO meeting, Edmund Tsui, MD, presented a paper on the analysis of anterior chamber inflammation through automated quantitative assessment of swept-source anterior segment OCT images.

Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have conducted a study in a humanized mouse model to show that infections can occur deep inside the eye by penetrating the blood-retinal barrier.

The Early Detection of Vision Impairment in Children (EDVI) Act would establish the first federal program to address children’s vision and eye health.

At this year's ARVO meeting, Roger Goldberg, MD, presented a paper on hard exudates and their resolution in patients with diabetic macular edema treated with either faricimab or 2 mg aflibercept.

GLOW2 follows the GLOW1 study in which tarcocimab-treated patients, over the 48-week study duration, saw 29-fold increased response rate in ≥ 2-step improvement in DRSS and 89% decreased risk of developing sight-threatening complications.

Organization eyes green practices, shifting ophthalmology landscape.

This year at ARVO, Anand Swaroop, PhD, was awarded the Friedenwald Award Lecture 2024. He spoke with the Eye Care Network about this lecture and what the award meant to him.