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Panelists discuss how anti-VEGF therapies have dramatically improved visual outcomes in patients with age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema over the past decade. Key challenges persist, including treatment burden, adherence, and identifying optimal dosing regimens for individual patients.

This series features experts in ophthalmology sharing their thoughts on the one unsolved challenge they wish there was a solution for.

At the FLORetina Conference in Florence, Italy, John W. Kitchens, of Retina Associates of Kentucky, highlighted strategies to enhance efficiency in retina practices, addressing challenges like staff shortages and rising patient volumes. He emphasized streamlined workflows, advanced diagnostic tools, and enhanced patient communication to optimize care and improve outcomes.

In an interview with Ophthalmology Times, clinical trial investigator Zaina Al-Mohtaseb MD, noted the CLARA Phase 1/2 trial demonstrated the safety, efficacy, and simplicity of corneal endothelial cell injection therapy with a rho kinase inhibitor, offering a less invasive alternative to traditional corneal transplantation for treating corneal edema.

This series features experts in ophthalmology sharing their thoughts on the one unsolved challenge they wish there was a solution for.

Researchers at the USC Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics and the USC Roski Eye Institute are advancing a new treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in older adults.

This Week in Ophthalmology is a weekly video series highlighting some of the top articles and videos featured on the Ophthalmology Times website.

In this series, experts in the field advise current residents and offer insight into how they can make the most of their time and experience moving forward with their careers.

In an interview with Ophthalmology Times, Alon Kahana, MD, PhD, discusses interleukin-6 and its role in autoimmune diseases, particularly thyroid eye disease, noting that a promising alternative under clinical trial is pacibekitumab, an IL-6 ligand-blocking antibody.

In this series, experts in the field advise current residents and offer insight into how they can make the most of their time and experience moving forward with their careers.

Ahead of this year's Floretina meeting and International Congress on OCT Angiography, En Face OCT and Advances in OCT (ICOOR), David Hutton of Ophthalmology Times spoke with Charles Wykoff, MD, PhD. At FLORetina ICOOR, he presented on a number of topics, including diabetic retinopathy—the subject of his conversation with the Eye Care Network.

This Week in Ophthalmology is a video series highlighting some of the top articles featured on the Ophthalmology Times website.

Dr Wykoff addressed the top three questions retina specialists have about retinal non-perfusion

In this series, experts in the field advise current residents and offer insight into how they can make the most of their time and experience moving forward with their careers.

Retinal specialists conclude their discussion with key highlights from each patient case of retinal vascular disease and pearls the audience can apply in their practice.

In this final case, Sumit Sharma, MD, FASRS presents his case of neovascular AMD with a severe retinal pigment epithelial detachment who experienced a higher durability with a newer agent.

In this series, experts in the field advise current residents and offer insight into how they can make the most of their time and experience moving forward with their careers.

In this series, experts in the field advise current residents and offer insight into how they can make the most of their time and experience moving forward with their careers.

In this series, experts in the field advise current residents and offer insight into how they can make the most of their time and experience moving forward with their careers.

Welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Ophthalmology, a video series highlighting some of the top articles featured on the Ophthalmology Times website.

Lisa J. Faia, MD asks the panel about their concerns regarding the safety of newer agents for the broad array of retinal vascular diseases, highlighting the similarities and differences between clinical trial outcomes and real-world results.

In the third case, moderator Lisa J. Faia, MD presents her case of persistently active central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), explaining her approach to switching this treatment-resistant patient to a newer agent.

In this series, experts in the field advise current residents and offer insight into how they can make the most of their time and experience moving forward with their careers.

This Week in Ophthalmology is a weekly video series highlighting the latest news and articles featured on the Ophthalmology Times website.

Sumit Sharma, MD, FASRS ponders to the panel the root cause of improved outcomes with newer agents. The panel then highlights current gaps in measuring visual improvements beyond tools such as the OCT, emphasizing the need for patient-centered treatment plans.

In the second case, Scott D. Walter, MD, MSc, FASRS presents a patient case of diabetic macular edema (DME) where each eye was treated with a different agent. Walter presents optical coherence tomograph (OTC) outcome similarities and differences in key criteria, such as neovascularization, micro aneurism leakage, and macular leakage.

This Week in Ophthalmology is a weekly video series highlighting the latest news and articles featured on the Ophthalmology Times website.

Livionex, recently announced a successful end-of-Phase 2 meeting with the FDA, supporting the advancement of C-KAD, a 2.6% EDTA ophthalmic solution, to a Phase 3 clinical study. In an interview with Ophthalmology Times, Randall Olson, MD, lead author and a Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah, Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and CEO of the John A. Moran Eye Center, discusses the ongoing research.