The recently published TFOS DEWS II report was more than two years in the making. Key to bringing it to fruition was Auckland University-based Associate Professor Jennifer Craig, vice chair of the
Glaucoma New Zealand (GNZ) has announced a Gordon Sanderson Scholarship in memory of Associate Professor Gordon Sanderson who died earlier this year. “Teaching was both a vocation and passion for
Interestingly pain perceived as ocular surface pain, can differ in origin. Nociceptive pain (caused by a corneal abrasion for example) is the normal activation of the cornea’s nociceptors. The
Kiwi ophthalmologist, Dr Simon Dean has taken a novel approach to designing a state-of-the-art, non-contact corneal aesthesiometer (NCCA). Here he shares his thoughts on the device and its use in a
Research in dry eye disease has gained momentum – in part due to the recent publication of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Dry Eye Workshop II (TFOS DEWSII) report, a culmination of more than two
After almost two and a half years of work, the near 400-page TFOS DEWS II report has been published by the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS). This massive undertaking involved 150 researchers
Emerging from the buzz of TFOS DEWS II, I’m getting my first chance to step back and take stock of the work that 150 experts in the field have contributed, pro bono, to reach consensus on many aspects
In conjunction with the University of Auckland’s Ocular Surface team, led by Associate Professor Jennifer Craig, and their international collaborators, dry eye is being investigated as part of the
Matthews Eyewear Eyecare has acquired its tenth practice and its first in Auckland, with the purchase of Epsom Eyecare. Matthews bought Epsom Eyecare from Andrew Wilmott, formerly director of
I was first introduced to what was to become the TrueTear Nasal Stimulator by its inventor at a meeting at Auckland Eye in 2013. Myself, Michael Ackerman, along with a medical advisor and investor
Well-known trans-Tasman eye health practitioner, Richard Grills has teamed up with a couple of friends, including an ophthalmologist and well-known GP-turned inventor Stuart Esnouf, to develop a new
Visual testing may prove to be the most reliable, portable and easiest test to implement in schools and amateur sports for concussion, say researchers. This is the theory being tested by a new study
