The annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology includes subspecialty meetings focusing on the cornea, glaucoma, pediatric ophthalmology, oculofacial plastic surgery, refractive surgery, the retina, and uveitis.
November 15, 2021
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Posters presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2021 annual meeting showed that even patients with mild inflammation with their thyroid eye disease benefitted from teprotumumab and that real-world adherence was consistent with the pivotal clinical trials.
Among many presentations during a hot topics session at the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2021 annual meeting, speakers discussed the first FDA approved therapy for thyroid eye disease and the latest in enhanced monofocal intraocular lenses (IOLs).
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David Ramsey, MD, PhD, MPH, explains findings from a study on telehealth use among patients with diabetes in Massachusetts.
November 14, 2021
James Auran, MD, a professor of ophthalmology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and president of the American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma, outlines the benefits and challenges of transferring ophthalmic care to outpatient facilities.
Anne Barmettler, MD, an associate professor of ophthalmology, visual sciences, and plastic surgery at Montefiore Medical Center discusses patient feedback on Tepezza (teprotumumab) for thyroid eye disease.
The field of ophthalmology had already been moving toward telehealth and artificial intelligence (AI) before the COVID-19 pandemic, but these changes are being accelerated now, making it crucial for ophthalmologists to learn to adapt.
Leon Herndon Jr, MD, a glaucoma specialist, ophthalmologist, and professor of ophthalmology at the Duke University Eye Center, discusses how a patient’s age can affect their glaucoma symptoms and treatment.
November 13, 2021
Aaron Lee, MD, an associate professor of ophthalmology at University of Washington, describes how artificial intelligence (AI) is used in ophthalmology now and how it could be utilized in the future.
Emergency department utilization for nonemergent ophthalmic conditions is on the rise in the United States, but presentation types vary significantly based on patient demographics, according to 2 posters presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) 2021 meeting.
Victoria Ly, MD, MPH, explains the results of her study on follow-up among students in Arkansas who failed their vision screening tests.